a home decor blog, making it pretty one space at a time
Hi Friends! For Christmas this year, I asked for a bunch of books. And not just any books, but books I thought I would love that also happened to be pink (what is it about pink that just speaks to me and makes me smile?). My husband was the sweetest and made all of my dreams come true! I created… Read More
So, I have something embarrassing to admit- my baby hasn’t had a light in his nursery for months! When I first started blogging (mid September- three months ago), the fan had caught fire (!) so we took it down. Well, he hasn’t had an overhead light in his nursery since. We get by with a flash light and a small… Read More
I don’t know if you heard, but using ledges for your gallery wall is the new, updated version of gallery walls. The good news is that using the ledge is actually SO much better. Why? You don’t have to put a million holes in your walls, you can easily switch out your frames, you can create a more layered look,… Read More
how to create art for your decor with your baby introduction When I imagined being a mom, I pictured myself doing fun projects with my little ones. Don is currently 9 months old and so you might think that he is too young for any painting (much less something that I’d want to put on my walls), but I… Read More
Today we are talking about how to removing paint off stairs. As a reminder this is how my stairs looked: So scary! A DIY gone bad, for sure! My plan was to use a safe stripper to remove the layers of paint and wallpaper and polyurethane so I can redo the edges and lay down a stair runner. Here’s how… Read More
Hi Friends! I have started thinking about my stairs. If you remember from this post, my stairs are a big Pinterest Fail. Aka, I read how to wallpaper/paint my stairs from Pinterest and it turned out horribly wrong. Everything was fine (the wallpaper, the paint), until I put on a finish coat of polyeurthane. This clear coat (which was supposed… Read More
