A Budget DIY & Home Decorating Blog
Overwhelmed with a long list DIY “to-do” list this year? I totally know what you’re going through. It was around this time of year several years ago that the DIY and decorating bug bit me. And it bit…HARD. I really wanted to start making changes to my boring, builders-grade home. But I was a single mom. Working full time. And…
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If I could share one lesson that I learned in 2018, it would be this: pursuing a peaceful life sometimes requires drastic action, diligence and determination. There are times that life requires you do hard things. To “rip off the Band-aid” (as Mark likes to say). It means undoing the things that aren’t working for you or your family. It sometimes…
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Merry Christmas eve, everyone! I hope you are enjoying the holidays and soaking in all of the gifts this season has to offer. Today our porch reveal marks the grand finale of the “12 Doors of December” holiday campaign, sponsored by Delaney Hardware. Visit Delaney’s blog to see all 12 doors transformed by an easy hardware upgrade, each porch decked…
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Today I thought I’d share a quick snapshot of the new paint in the kitchen. Almost everything we are doing is not sponsored, all real budget out of our own pocket. The kitchen paint supplies cost $95! Now we are up to 10 spaces that we’ve remodeled in 4 months (if you include the dinette area adjacent to the kitchen)!…
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I took this photo on a warm December day. Buddy was keeping watch over me as I decorated the front porch for Christmas. If you’re not following the #12DoorsofDecember tour, 12 bloggers are revealing their front door makeovers every day until Christmas Eve. It’s happening right now on Instagram, and this is just a sneak peek of my porch. My full…
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Our pre-holiday remodeling frenzy continues. We (well, Mark) painted the entire 2-story family room over the course of two days and it completely transformed this space. I happily let him do it since I’m finishing up the kitchen project and my wrist hasn’t fully recovered from painting our last house. So here is our family room update, painted in “Simply…
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