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Home Repair

How to Easily Remove Wallpaper
Crafts/DIY | Home Repair | Most Popular

How to Easily Remove Wallpaper

If you are needing to remove wallpaper but are daunted by the task, be sure to follow these easy directions! More than four years ago I did a blog post on how to apply wallpaper or a mural and now I’m telling you how to remove it. Sometimes you need to remove it, what can…

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16 Essential Tools for Do It Yourself (DIY) Projects
Crafts/DIY | Home Repair | Paint/Wax/Stain

16 Essential Tools for Do It Yourself (DIY) Projects

Today I’m sharing 16 essential tools for DIY projects! If you are just putting together your own toolkit, this is the guide you need! I recently shared with you why I do DIY projects and maybe you want to start doing them too. Buying tools for DIY projects can be daunting if you are starting…

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This is Why I DIY
Crafts/DIY | Home Repair | Paint/Wax/Stain

This is Why I DIY

Have you wanted to DIY? Do you know the reasons why I do it? Learn to find out more! In the last 10 years, DIY or do-it-yourself is a phrase you see just about everywhere. Everything these days cost a lot of money so why not try to do-it-yourself? That motto pretty much sums up…

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How to Hang Wallpaper (or a Mural) on One Wall
Crafts/DIY | Home Repair | Kids Rooms

How to Hang Wallpaper (or a Mural) on One Wall

You’ll find everything you need to know about to how to hang wallpaper on one wall or hang a mural on one wall in this post. If you’ve never attempted hanging wallpaper before, I highly recommend starting with just one wall! Hanging wallpaper on just one wall is far easier than attempting a whole room….

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How to Clean A White Apron Front (Farmhouse) Sink
Home Repair | Kitchen

How to Clean A White Apron Front (Farmhouse) Sink

This is the best thing I’ve find for how to clean a white apron front or Farmhouse sink. I love my white apron front sink or Farmhouse sink. This is the second one I’ve had as I had it installed in my previous house. I get a lot of questions asking if it’s hard to…

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DIY Wooden Shelves & How to Install Them
Crafts/DIY | Home Repair | Kids Rooms

DIY Wooden Shelves & How to Install Them

These DIY wooden shelves are so easy to make and put up in any room. We made these wooden shelves for my son’s room with rustic industrial shelving brackets and wood cut to size that fits perfectly for this angled wall. This post contains affiliate links for your shopping convenience. Click here to read my…

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Kid’s Picnic Table Makeover – How to Paint Over Rotten Wood
Home Repair | Outdoor | Paint/Wax/Stain

Kid’s Picnic Table Makeover – How to Paint Over Rotten Wood

I gave this kid’s picnic table a makeover by painting over the rotten wood. Let me show you the steps on how I did it. Do you have an outdoor piece of furniture or maybe parts of your house where the wood is rotten? I bought this little kids’ picnic table at a garage sale…

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How to Patch Drywall + Home Decor Techniques That Fool the Eye
Home Repair

How to Patch Drywall + Home Decor Techniques That Fool the Eye

In this tutorial I will show you an easy way to patch drywall and give you some home decor techniques that will fool the eye! There are so many things you learn really quickly when you do a home renovation especially when it involves patching drywall! It’s been five years since we moved in and…

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Paint Your 80s Fireplace
Home Repair | Paint/Wax/Stain

Paint Your 80s Fireplace

I am going to show you how I painted my 1980s ugly peach stone fireplace.  With all the crazy amounts of photos I’ve taken of my living room, I’ve never done a post about that 80s peach granite and marble stone fireplace. I’ve answered many emails about it so I thought it was finally time…

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I’m 49 and a bit embarrassed to admit that…. 1.I I’m 49 and a bit embarrassed to admit that….
 
1.I’m adopted and have never truly felt like I belong anywhere. I’ve tried to create my own space for myself with my blog, social media, and my home as a way of feeling like I belong to something. My close friends and my kids are my world. 
 
2. I’ve constantly organized and stayed busy at home to combat my anxiety. I now try to relax as much as I can in the evenings but still feel like I should be doing more.
 
3. I’ve said yes to so many things over the years when my gut said no just to make the other person happy or just to avoid my feelings of anxiety.

4. Having a chaotic upbringing led to me wanting to control my environment by making it into a sanctuary of peace. Even if I was in a rental for a short time, I would always make sure the place I’ve lived in was decorated and organized nicely. 
 
5. I’ve started my life over so many times, in my personal life (with relationships ending) and also in my business. I thought I would have life all figured out by now. I give everything my all and work so hard at whatever I do. My new chapter is about building a community where I can be authentically me.
This is the one thing you have to worry about when This is the one thing you have to worry about when you’re putting a room together. 

And I’m using my basement as an example, because my basement is just a hangout for my kids (along with my treadmill) and I haven’t purchased any new furniture for this room, it’s just sort of happened. But it does work! 

And the reason it works is because I did make sure that the scale of the furniture works together. 

The size of it all works together. Imagine a tiny box of a coffee table in front of the couch, it would look funny, as an example. 

So if you are saving up for furniture or waiting to figure out your style, just focus on scale and I promise you your room will look good in the meantime. 

And adding artwork helps. 😉

(Also I said towards the end…when you’re waiting to put furniture together…I meant ROOM waiting to put a room together) 🥴
My 2 easy steps to finding your decorating style! My 2 easy steps to finding your decorating style!

It doesn’t need to be hard! But it can be overwhelming with all the great design inspiration out there. 

And because everything costs so much, you want to make sure you make the right decision. 

Here are 2 easy steps.

1) Gather images of everything you love (magazine cut outs, Instagram saves, or Pinterest pins) and don’t try to figure out why you love it. 

Then step back and see if you can find a pattern or theme. 

2) Find the one object in your house that you can’t live without - maybe it’s a vase, a piece of art - for me it’s my sofa. I’ve had it for 20 years,

Use this one item as a jumping off point. It’s your anchor. When you start to feel lost, go back to that item and ask yourself…will it go with this one piece?

I had it reupholstered once and will reupholster it again…if my cat ever stops scratching it. 

#finddecoratingstyle #decoratingstyle #designstyle #decoratingtipandtricks
Unpopular opinion from an interior designer Beca Unpopular opinion from an interior designer 

Because I think we would all love hardwood or the look of hardwood up the stairs. 

But it can be slippery, especially with kids. 

Adding a carpet runner up the stairs is an excellent choice but now you are paying for two floorings on one staircase. 

To make the stairs safe and look good and be good on your budget, adding a fun pattern carpet on the stairs is a great alternative!

#flooringforstairs #stairsflooring #carpetdesign #stairrunner
No one can say I haven’t tried hard. I’ve gone t No one can say I haven’t tried hard. 

I’ve gone through so many ‘starting over’ phases in my life I should be an expert by now but it just shows you that we are always learning and growing. 

And if you feel like you’re too old to start over or to start something new, I promise you, you are not. 

No matter what has happened in my life, I keep getting back up there. And I don’t know what the future holds but I’m excited for the journey (or at the very least, trying to convince myself of that).

#startingvoer #resilience #challengeyourself
I’m sharing with you how to create your home into I’m sharing with you how to create your home into your sanctuary and going over design basics with you. 

This is Part 3

I’m showing you my floorplan of my living that I got from my realtor so that you can do the same - you don’t need any fancy CAD program. 

You need to figure out where the pathways are, like I mentioned in my previous video.

Place the big furniture first - for the living room, it would be the couch/sofa. Then my little marble coffee table and the cabinet ACROSS from the couch with a TV above it (I know I said above...greenscreen recording was so difficult for me, I wasn’t about to redo it lol)

Then I added my two armchairs and the large vintage green rug. 

The armchair that is by the window and fireplace gets moved over closer to the sofa when I have company over but for the day-to-day, it works to keep it near the window to fill that space and also keep the pathways clear. 

Working with floorplans is so important especially when dealing with an awkward space. 

Did you find this video helpful? Let me know in the comments!

#designbasics #interiordesignbasics #interiordesignfloorplans #designfloorplans #floorplanning
OMG these cupboards are so dirty! Even after wipi OMG these cupboards are so dirty!

Even after wiping them down with a cloth. 

Am I going to have to repaint them?

I got a Magic Eraser and dipped it into a bucket of warm water (get really wet then wring out a bit) and wiped it all over the cupboard door (I had drips of water coming down but it wasn’t sopping wet). Then get a damp cloth and immediately wipe the cupboard door again. Dry well with a dry cloth. I did one section at a time so the water wasn’t left on each door for very long. 

It worked sooooo well! 

Next let’s try it on doors. 

I can always see hand marks on the doors in the hallway (I think they are handprints with hair product from the kids) and no amount of wiping will get it off except with this Magic Eraser technique. 

I’m so happy this worked!! I have brand new cupboards and doors! Thank goodness, who wants to repaint? Especially since they were professionally spray painted.

Will you try this technique?

#cleaningtips #kitchencupboards
#cleaningtipsandtricks #magiceraser
We are back with Part 2 of Design Basics! When y We are back with Part 2 of Design Basics! 

When you are designing a room, you need to look at the floorplan of the space to really get a sense of where the furniture needs to go. 

Each space in your home has a flow and you need to figure out where the pathways are in a space before you can figure out where to place the furniture.

You’ll need to locate
Doorways
Entrances
Windows
Electrical baseboard heaters or radiators

After that, you’ll start with the big furniture pieces that you know for sure you’ll need

For a living room, that would be a sofa
For a bedroom, a bed
For a dining room, a table
For an office, a desk

I know this seems obvious but finding a spot to put the sofa might be the hardest part in a living room. And if you are watching TV in this room, you’ll need to know where that relates to the sofa.

Start planning your space and the one big piece of furniture and come back from Part 3!

#designbasics #interiordesigntips #decoratingtipsandtricks
Here’s everything I know about interior design bas Here’s everything I know about interior design basics. 

I’m going to share everything with you so you can create your home into your sanctuary. 

Part 1

When you are designing a room, you need to know what that room is used for and who it is for
Is it for sleeping?
Eating?
Hosting?
Working?
All of the above?

This might seem like an obvious question to ask but let’s say you’ve saved an image of a living room that you LOVE and you want to replicate it. It has a beautiful couch, coffee table, paint color, decor items, rug, everything is perfection - but that’s someone else’s space…and yes it may look beautiful but we don’t know how they use their space. 

Maybe your living room needs to have storage, room for hosting, room for toys, room for watching TV. 

You need to get clarification of everything you need for that space and THEN you can design. 

So make a list of all the activities that are done in that room, what people use that room and 

Stay tuned for Part 2.

#designbasics #interiordesigntips #decoratingtipandtricks #decorating101
I used to be scared to live alone for one reason… I used to be scared to live alone for one reason…

Who would do the hard things?

Starting over can be scary.

I used to feel embarrassed to admit this, but I was always afraid to live alone.

Not because I didn’t want independence…
but because I wondered who would do the hard things.

Who would change light fixtures?
Who would figure things out?

But I’ve learned something.

Being with someone doesn’t automatically make life easier.

And being on your own doesn’t mean you can’t do hard things.

You can try.

And if it doesn’t work out… you can call an electrician.

But I did it and it looks so good! And I’m so proud of myself!

➡️ Comment SCONCES and I’ll DM the link for the light fixtures. 
#selfempowerment #startingover #selfimprovementgoals

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