a home decor blog, making it pretty one space at a time
It’s the beginning of a new year! Which means my brain is full of hopes and goals for the year. I’ve taken time off and had lots of time to dream! Let’s get cracking! This year, I have two houses and they’re mostly done. So now I get to dive into the nitty gritty. I get to really refine my… Read More
At the beginning of the year, I made a list of projects I wanted to complete this year. I thought it’d be fun to review how those went. You know, what I actually did and what I didn’t get to. Here’s my report Card on my 2020 Projects.
A few weeks ago, I shared my finished kitchen. It’s been so fun cooking in this pretty space! After the big reveal, I kept getting asked how to paint IKEA cabinets since the pink paint is one of the main attractions in this room. I thought I’d share everything that worked and what didn’t work and what I regret…. Read More
Hello! Last week I finished my kitchen renovation. It was a little over 7 weeks of hard work so it feels so good to be enjoying the finished room! I did some holiday baking yesterday and I was so grateful to have such a pretty space to cook in! Since it is a smaller space, one thing I did to… Read More
As we’ve been working on the kitchen for the past two months, I’ve been keeping track of every penny we’ve spent on the renovation. From screws for the studs to paint for the baseboards, everything will be counted for. I love to hear how much real renovations cost so I thought I’d breakdown my kitchen renovation costs.
Last year I helped my sister redo her kitchen. One of the projects I did in there was to take an IKEA Kallax bookcase and repurpose it to be the base for banquette seating. I did half of the project and her husband did the other of that. Because of that, the IKEA hack bench seat tutorial was good, but… Read More
