a home decor blog, making it pretty one space at a time
Eep! We are officially down to the wire with the laundry room! A week from now everything has to be done. Considering that last week we literally didn’t have a wall, things are looking up. Catch up on the laundry room progress! week 1 / week 2 / week 3 / week 4 / week 5 / week 6
This weekend I took my son to do some vintage shopping at a market close to our house. I usually leave him at home and go with my sister, but he was so fun to shop with and well behaved, I think this’ll become a tradition for this market! I let him pick out one item (he got a dinosaur… Read More
I’ve done a bunch of updates on my dark kitchen and they have made a world of difference! This has been a DIY space that I’ve tried to do on a tight budget and I’ve been thrilled with the results so far. But the insides of my cabinets have remained untouched. I thought that wallpaper would add some pattern and… Read More
This winter felt like the longest ever. In January and February when I was done with the cold weather, I started dreaming of all the ways I was going to make our backyard a happy place to hang out. Step one- an umbrella. I started the hunt and here are my favorites-
It’s week 4 of the One Room Challenge! The good news is that the floors are DONE! The bad news is that we had to tear out an entire wall. It’s definitely 1 step forward, 2 steps backyard around here. I’ll tell this story at the bottom of the post. Until then, let’s start with the fun part, the floors…. Read More
The walls on my she shed were rough- beautiful wood, but the nails from installing the exterior poked through. That was covered by Styrofoam insulation which was terrible to look at. I didn’t like the idea of throwing away the Styrofoam (because of the mess and environmental reasons), so I decided that shiplap was the way to go!
