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Headboard Makeover

Recently I bought a headboard from Wayfair. However, it wasn’t exactly what I had anticipated it would be. It looked a lot different than the picture, darker and with a green tint to it.  So I decided...

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File Seat Mini Makeover

Last year I bought a See Jane Work File Seat from Office Depot. It is great! Not only is it functional but its also decorative. However, I wasn’t really digging the fabric on the top or the fact that...

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The Dining Chairs Makeover – DIY: How To Upholster a Dining Chair 

I got these chairs last year when I moved in to my townhouse. My dining room table didn’t have any chairs with it and my mom’s office was getting rid of these chairs. I took them because I thought I...

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DIY Jewelry Storage

  Last year I posted another DIY post for Jewelry storage where I took a wood pallet I got at Hobby Lobby, painted it and used hooks to hang necklaces from.    Recently I decided to take a new approach...

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Painting My Bedroom Door with a POP of Peach!

I’ve decided to break from my usual color pallet and add a pop of peach to my bedroom decor. I went to Home Depot and picked up some Behr Peach Rose HDC-CT-12.   I guess painting doors to add color to...

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The Bedside Table Makeover

I liked the way the color on my bedroom door turned out so much that I decided to use the color to paint my bedside table too! Like many of my pieces of furniture, my bedside table has gone through a...

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Instagram Roundup

Here’s a look at last week’s projects via Instagram! There are a few more I posted to the blog but not to Insta including The Dining Chairs Makeover- DIY: How to Upholster a Dining Chair and DIY...

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Basement Bathroom Vanity Update

The basement bathroom was feeling “blah” and I wanted to add some color. Lucky/not so lucky for me the paint from when I had painted the cabinets black a while back was peeling off. I didn’t exactly...

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Adding Shelves to the Office Nook

In the living room we had this weird corner nook that really served no purpose and was hard to decorate, so we decided to slip a desk in there and use it as an “office nook.” Here’s the realtor’s...

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DIY Upholstered Headboard 

When my friend asked me to help her build an upholstered headboard for her & her fiancé’s new apartment, I said yes, of course! I was super excited to help  with this project because I haven’t...

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How to Add Gold to Your Home Decor

I’m pretty obsessed with gold in the home, but it’s really hard to add gold without making the space look gaudy and tacky. After searching the web I found some beautiful homes where gold accents are...

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White & Gold Storage Cart Makeover

A while back I bought a metal storage cart from Target, which I used for various things throughout the past year. Now, I decided to use it as a “beauty cart.” However, I wasn’t totally in love with the...

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Optimizing Storage in a Bedroom With No Closet

For a long time I’ve struggled finding a solution to my lack of closet in my bedroom. Since it is technically not a bedroom, it doesn’t have a closet and there is no extra room to create one....

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Navy Upholstered Trunk Makeover 

I was lucky enough to have a co-worker of mine spot a nasty looking trunk on the curb in front of her apartment and think of me! When she saw it she thought I would enjoy giving it a nice makeover and...

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DIY Wood Frame Jewelry Storage

It was time to update my jewelry storage solution again. This will be the third time I’ve tried to come up with a functional and visually pleasing way to store my jewlery. The first time I had used a...

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Pink & Gold Office Inspiration 

I have found that whenever I go on Pinterest, I tend to pin a lot of office and kitchen pins! I just love beautiful, organized offices! Lately I’ve been pinning a lot of pink & gold offices! I used...

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Craft Room Oranization Inspiration – 10 Amazing Craft Rooms that Inspire

One thing I’ve been struggling with is finding a good way to organize and store all of my crafting material. Somehow all of my paints and glitters, etc. always seems to end up everywhere! I’m trying to...

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Champagne Glitter Stool: How to Put Glitter On Almost Anything!

So something you should know about putting glitter on things… it’s super messy! But, in my opinion it’s totally worth it!! While covering my mirror in glitter (post coming soon), I decided I wanted to...

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Pink Bedroom Decor Inspiration

It’s been a while, but I decided to make the first post of 2017 a post with some bedroom decor inspiration. Source Source Source Source Source Source Source Source Source Source

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Entry Room Makeover Plans 2017

To start the new year off we decided we wanted to give the Entry Room a bit of a makeover and tackle some of the things that we have been talking about doing for a while, but haven’t gotten around to...

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