$95 Kitchen Cabinet Makeover
$95 Kitchen Refresh With Paint At the time I posted this, our kitchen “remodel” (aka: paint supplies) cost $95! Now…
Cutting Board Gallery Wall
A gallery wall featuring cutting boards is a pretty yet practical display in a kitchen or dining area. It provides…
Cutting Board Makeover (Video!)
Transform plain wood cutting boards into beautiful vintage-inspired kitchen decor in less than 30 minutes. Distressing techniques include beating up…
$70 Thrifted Wood Chandelier
Lighting is like the jewelry for your home. Interior lighting trends change so often it’s hard to know what is…
Best Paint for Kitchen Cabinets
This isn’t our first rodeo with a budget kitchen remodel – thanks to paint. Our previous home’s white painted kitchen…
Home Staging Tips & Tricks
I am not a professional home stager, so this project represents my very first time staging a house! Recently I…
Holiday Home Tour
The new fallen snow illuminated our home perfectly today, so I snapped some photos so that I could sneak in…
How my kitchen paint is holding up….
It’s been seven months since we repainted our deep-grain oak kitchen cabinets, so today I thought I’d share an update…
Pergo Flooring: Our Kitchen REVEAL!!
Today I’m sharing my Pergo flooring kitchen reveal, and all I can say is…why in the world did we wait…
Pergo: Kitchen Progress Update!!
Today is the day! I’m finally sharing our Pergo kitchen progress update since we are in a full-speed-ahead-rip-and-replace DIY flooring…
12 Ideas to Make Your Kitchen Look Spectacular
Painting Kitchen Cabinets + 12 Embellishment Ideas Read more about our kitchen project: How to Prep Your Cabinets // Kitchen…
DIY Faux Leaded Glass
DIY Faux Leaded Glass Cabinets I loved the look of old painted cabinets, and pony walls (half walls) with pass-through built-in…
How to Eliminate Wood Grain on Your Cabinets
Porous, grainy oak cabinets can be one of the most difficult types of wood to paint. Trust me — we…
Kitchen Island ButcherBlock Countertops
As with most kitchen islands, our island sits right in the middle of our home. We suffered a serious case…
Repainting & Adding Trim on Our Kitchen Cabinets
We’ve experienced a few “lessons learned” with our DIY budget kitchen remodel. I started this project years ago. Back during…
Summer Home Tour
If you’ve stopped by from Life on Virginia Street and this is your first time here, welcome! I’m so excited…
20 Budget Backsplash Ideas
The kitchen is the heart of your home and anchors your entire decorating scheme, that’s why I think backsplashes are…
DIY: Stenciled French Backsplash
I had a beautiful stencil with a script version of the French sonnet, “Springtime in Paris” and held onto it for…
Rustoleum Cabinet Transformation (Kitchen)
My kitchen when I first moved in back in 2005: I added a wallpaper backsplash that year…I had NO budget…
Ikea Butcher Block Countertops
Ikea butcherblock countertops are not only beautiful, but super affordable. We used butcherblock to repurpose our existing builders-grade island and…