Looking for chair leg pads that will actually STAY ON your chairs? I share the ones that have worked best for me! (post includes affiliate links - full disclosure statement available {here}) Hi all! I'm at our house in NC after driving down with my sister last week to visit my parents (including an early celebration of my dad's birthday) and to work on a few house projects. I knocked out a super quick & simple project yesterday to solve this small but annoying problem that I'm guessing many ...
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Must-Have Bathroom Measurements (Towel Bar Height, Toilet Paper Holder Height & More!)
The best towel bar height, toilet paper holder height, and other bathroom measurements to help you get the final touches on your bathroom right! Since sharing bathroom remodel before & after, I've gotten a ton of detailed questions about measurements for various things in our bathroom. Everything from toilet paper holder height to the height and size of our shower niche, and more. So today I'm sharing all the tips and measurements that you'll need to make designing and decorating your ...
Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace Review
Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace is one of the best white paint colors out there! I share why I love it and how it compares to other popular whites! Choosing the right white paint color for our new master bathroom was a bit trickier than I expected but I couldn't be happier with the color I ended up with - Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace. I get lots of questions about it so today I'm going to share why you might want to put it on your short list of white paint colors for your home (especially ...
Round Mirrors: A Stylish Round-Up!
I'm a total sucker for a good round mirror and have way more in my home than is probably normal :) . They're just so good for kicking a room up a notch by softening a space, filling tough to decorate spaces like above the bed, and more. Today I'm sharing my favorite round mirrors and and all the different places and spaces I use them in our home. If you're on the hunt for a round mirror hopefully this will help you find one you love! And even if you're not, it should give you a few new ideas to ...
Amazon Kitchen Gadgets: My 15 Faves!
Sharing my 15 favorite Amazon kitchen gadgets - the tools & gadgets I have and love! I love decorating my kitchen but cooking in it... not my favorite thing! I love any kitchen tool or gadget that gets me out of the kitchen faster (or at least makes cooking a little bit more fun). Today I've gathered together my 15 favorite Amazon kitchen gadgets and am sharing them with you! Ready to see? (post includes affiliate links; full disclosure statement available {here}) 1. Appliance ...
Laundry Hampers with Lids (That Are Full of Style!)
Looking for a stylish laundry hamper with lid? I've rounded up my favorites! When searching for the finishing touches for our master bathroom remodel, finding a stylish, functional hamper was at the top of my to-find list since ours isn't hidden away in a closet - it takes center stage under our bathroom floating shelves. Bathrooms are full of hard surfaces so warming it up was key and I knew a woven hamper would do exactly that. So I went on the hunt for a woven laundry hamper with a lid ...
A Wallpaper Backsplash For Your Kitchen!
Adding a wallpaper backsplash to your kitchen is a great budget-friendly way to add color and pattern to your space! Today I'm sharing the details of adding wallpaper to our backsplash including a must-have tip for sealing it! (post includes affiliate links; full disclosure statement available {here}) When we bought our house, the kitchen (along with most of the rest of our house) was filled with dated, stained wallpaper: Removing the old wallpaper gave it an instant update (see my ...
Mixing Metals in Your Bathroom: Tips for Pulling it Off!
Want to try mixing metals in your bathroom but aren't sure how to do it? These tips will help you pull it off like a pro! In almost every room in our home you'll find lots of neutrals, loads of texture, and usually a mix of metal finishes too! My natural tendency has always been to match things so mixing different metals together in one space isn't something that came easily to me. I baby stepped my way into doing it and now there's hardly a space in our home where stainless, gold, and other ...
Our Bathroom Floating Shelves: All the Details!
Looking for bathroom floating shelves? I'm sharing where to buy them, tips for installation, and ideas for styling them too! The floating wood shelves in our bathroom are one of my favorite master bathroom remodel ideas. After getting so many questions about them, I decided to write a quick post sharing everything I know! Let's get to it... (post includes commissionable links; for more information, see my full disclosure statement {here}) Our Bathroom Floating Shelves Let's start with the ...
IKEA PAX Closet System Review!
Thinking about installing an IKEA PAX closet system? I share everything I love about ours & a few things I don't! Jeff and I had been sharing our small master bedroom closet for 7 years when we decided to take the plunge with a bathroom addition (check out our bathroom remodel before and after if you missed it) so you can bet I was including a walk-in closet in that baby! Our choice of closet system was an easy one because it's what we installed in our old house and loved it - IKEA's ...
Dorm Room Essentials: The Ultimate List + Free Printable Checklist!
College kids will soon be heading back to school (or for some, heading off on their own for the first time!). If you're gathering all of your dorm room essentials and want to make sure you're not missing anything, I've got you covered! I worked with my two college-aged daughters to create the ultimate dorm room essentials list. It includes essentials for your dorm bed, bath, & desk along plus some dorm decor ideas too. I've also included a free printable checklist of all of the dorm ...
Glass Shower Enclosures: Cost + The Options You Do & Don’t Need!
I'm sharing all the details about glass shower enclosures including cost and which options might be worth it and which aren't! After sharing our master bathroom remodel, something many of you wanted more info about is our glass shower enclosure. Today I'm dishing all of those details including the extra options I chose, why I chose them, and the full cost breakdown too. (post includes affiliate links – full disclosure statement available {here}) Before jumping in, here's a reminder of ...
Our Bathroom Remodel Before & After: The Big Reveal!
Today's the day... our bathroom remodel "before" and "after" reveal is here!!! My pregnancies took about as long as it did to birth this new space but my new baby is everything I was hoping for and more! Ready to see? (post includes affiliate links - full disclosure statement available {here}). Let's start by throwing it back to what our master bathroom looked like before. It was tiny, as in ‘I can spread out my arms and almost touch all four walls’ tiny with a small corner shower, toilet ...
Our Home Office Rug (+ Other Favorites!)
Our home office has been a WRECK for the past several months - it's the space we used to store everything going into our master bathroom addition from our new vanity (that sat there for months before it was installed) to the tile, bath hardware, accessories, and more. This was the scene on one of its more organized days during the reno: With all four of us at home full-time and three of us needing a quiet work space, it was definitely time to reclaim it! Last week I cleaned the heck out ...
6 Living Room Wall Decor Ideas – Say Goodbye to Those Bare Walls!
If you've been staring at a bare wall in your living room for way to long trying to decide what to do with it, one of these six living room wall decor ideas should help! Do you have a big bare wall in your living room like I do? I don't think every bare wall needs to be decorated, but I feel like this wall needs something. I'm just not sure what! After searching for some inspiration, I've gathered together six favorite living room wall decor ideas to share! 1. Gallery Wall Just to the ...
End of Bed Benches: My Stylish Favorites!
Looking for an end of bed bench for your bedroom! I'm sharing my stylish favorites! One of the little extras that I love to have in bedrooms is an end of bed bench. It's so nice to have a spot to sit while I'm putting on my shoes and a place to pack and unpack suitcases, lay out clothes, and stack our throw pillows when we go to bed. When shopping for a new bench, I'm pretty sure I came across every single option out there so I decided to round my favorites up to share with you! (affiliate ...
Wallpapered Bookshelves
I LOVE wallpapered bookshelves and am sharing pics, tips, and ideas of how to re-create the look in your own home! I love decorating with neutrals but playing with colors and patterns in a room is fun too! What I've learned from some pretty expensive past mistakes is to stick with simple designs and neutral colors for large, expensive home purchases like sofas and dining tables. With a neutral base, you can then add the colors and patterns you love with things like pillows, throws, and other ...
3 Spray Paint Ideas To Instantly Update Your Home!
Looking for simple spray paint ideas that will make a big difference in your home on a budget? I'm sharing three simple ideas! Even if you're not ready to do any major renovations in your home because of a tight budget, it doesn't mean that you can't make some updates on the cheap! Using just a few bottles of spray paint, I made several small, simple updates to our family room to make it feel less dated. The spray painting projects I did included (1) spray painting the brass accents on our ...
Back Porch Ideas From Our Makeover
We've been making the most of the spring weather and spending lots of time on our back porch this month - have you guys been embracing the outdoors more too? While the wicker rockers the previous homeowners left behind have served us well, we decided it was time to buy some things of our own and make our outdoor space a more beautiful, relaxing place to be. Let's head outside so I can share some back porch ideas from our recent makeover... ( post includes affiliate links; full disclosure ...
DIY Home Projects: 10 of My Favorites!
We've knocked out a ton of DIY projects on our home - today I'm sharing the details on my ten favorites! The weekend is a great time to knock out DIY home projects! I thought it would be fun to share ten of my favorite DIYs from over the years - everything from stenciling our bathroom walls several years ago to my more recent DIY of dressing up my girls' bathroom cabinets with paint. If you're a long-time reader some of these will be familiar to you but I bet you'll still find a few DIY home ...
How to Remove Wallpaper (The Easiest Way Step by Step!)
Want to know how to remove wallpaper? I've tried lots of different ways and am sharing what I've found works best! Just as in our previous home, there's a LOT of wallpaper to remove at our home in NC! Over the years I've tried every trick in the book for taking old wallpaper down (we have a knack for buying houses absolutely loaded with it) and today I'm sharing the removal method that works best for me. I'm also sharing the "before" and "after" makeover of the most recent room I removed ...
How to Paint a Front Door (Step by Step!)
Want to know how to paint a front door so it looks like a pro did it? I'm sharing the step by step in this post! When we bought our house in NC, I put painting our front doors near the top of my long home project to-do list. They were a bright light blue that was cheery but not my style and the color didn't look the best with our home's brick color either. I wanted to stick with a paint color that was still fairly light but a bit more subdued and landed on Benjamin Moore's Boothbay Gray - it's ...
Our Small Breakfast Nook “Before” & “After” Makeover
Sharing the "before" and "after" transformation of our small breakfast nook! The cute little breakfast nook full of windows was one of the features we loved most when touring the house we eventually bought in NC (details on our home purchase are in {this post} if you missed it!). It's also one of the first spaces I tackled in making over our new house so I thought I'd share the "before" and "after" with you! Ready to see?! (post includes affiliate links; full disclosure statement available ...
Our Master Bedroom Rug
Looking for a new master bedroom rug? I'm sharing the rug I chose along with some other beautiful options! Following the chaos of our bathroom addition (the amount of construction dust that had migrated into our bedroom was seriously unreal!), it was time to get our dustbowl of a master bedroom back into shape. A new bedroom rug was part of my mini-makeover since the old one was already looking a little ragged after years of use and then really ragged by the time the addition was wrapping up ...
How to Make An Interior Design Mood Board
Every time I share an interior design mood board I've created, I get tons of emails and messages asking how I made it. There are LOTS of different ways to interior design mood boards with no one way being the "right" way. But many of you were frustrated by the fact that many programs used to make them such as Photoshop have a STEEP learning curve. They're pricey too! So today I'm sharing a step by step guide for creating interior design mood boards with ease so you'll be whipping out your own ...
8 Budget-Friendly Kitchen Organization Ideas!
I'm sharing eight quick and simple budget-friendly kitchen organization ideas to whip your kitchen cabinets and drawers into shape and keep them clutter-free! It seems like you can never have enough cabinet and drawer space in a kitchen, right?! But storing everything in your kitchen in an organized way helps so much for maximizing your space and making everything easy to find too. I've had homes with some super small kitchens over the years and have figured out several ways to organize them ...
Bathroom Renovation Update!!
Update: Our bathroom is DONE! Check out my master bathroom reveal {here}! We're finally on the home stretch of our master bathroom addition! I always underestimate how many decisions go into a big project like this and how crazy time consuming it is too. There have definitely been some bumps along the way but now that I'm seeing the finishing touches going into the space I'm so excited with how it's turning out and am dying to share the details with you. Ready to see?? (post includes affiliate ...
My Home’s Paint Colors (Room by Room!)
"What paint color is that?" is one of the most frequent question I get via emails, messages, and comments. Coming from someone who's been known to knock on the front door of strangers' houses to ask about their exterior paint color, I totally get it! For today's post I've gathered together all of the paint colors in our previous home - good paint colors are tough to find and these are all keepers in my book! (post includes affiliate links - see my full disclosure statement {here}) Exterior ...