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Pink Girls’ Shared Bedroom Evolution
Our girls’ shared bedroom has come a long way since we first moved in. See how its design and makeover has slowly evolved over the past year. I shared the evolution of this room in real time in my Instagram stories. You can watch part 1 here and part 2 here. When we bought our house in July 2020, the second bedroom was large but had dated wood paneling and green carpet!
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How I Elevated our Bathroom with Wall Panels
Did you know there are alternatives to tile or cultured marble for your tub and shower? I’m sharing how I elevated the look of our bathroom during our renovation buy installing waterproof wall panels instead of traditional wall tiles. When it was time to start planning our bathroom renovation, I automatically thought of which tile I was going to use around the tub/shower and what color I was going to paint the walls. But then I discovered that there is another DIY option that still gives you that same custom, high-end look! This project is sponsored by WetWall, a Wilsonart Company. I love trying out new products to share with…
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DIY Pottery Barn Inspired Bathroom Vanity
I’m showing you how to use stock lumber and a few specialty tools to build your own Pottery Barn-inspired bathroom vanity complete with furniture feet, doors and drawers! Click play above to watch the how-to video! *I’m so excited that Woodcraft is sponsoring this project! It’s such a treat to work with them since I use so many of their tools and materials on a regular basis. Links included in this post are affiliate links. I appreciate your support to keep these fun videos coming!* Materials I picked up most of the lumber used for this project at our local lumber yard. Everything else was purchased from Woodcraft.com* with pretty…
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How to Choose Exterior Paint Colors
Choosing the right paint color for the outside of your house is a big project that you’ll have to live with for many years. So it’s not something you want to take lightly or choose on a whim. I personally struggled with making this decision, so I broke down my step-by-step process to make it easy for you to choose the right exterior paint color for YOUR house. The biggest problem I have in choosing almost anything for my house is that I like a lot of things. So to help narrow down a choice, I have to look for what I LOVE. To do that you have to look…
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Quick New House Video Tour
Before Move-In House Tour Take a video tour of our new house before we moved in. There’s lots of space, lots of beige, and lots of closets! Get a close look because she’s about to transform! This is pretty much the way our house looked when we first looked at it as prospective buyers. Empty, large and in charge. The bathrooms are in great shape and perfectly-preserved from the 1950s! The rooms are much larger than our previous home. And full of so much potential! Watch the video above and then click over to my picture tour to see all of our plans for this 2300 sq ft ranch beauty!…
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Our Ranch Revival Introduction and Before Tour
Meet Our New Home and See Our Plans My husband and I recently bought a new home and we’ve got big plans for it over the next few years. Check out the pictures as it looked before we moved in! Exterior Our initial plans for the outside of our home include: painting re-sodding new windows replace awnings with Bermuda shutters or metal awnings clean and re-stain front walkway create parking pad at street in front yard clean up landscaping maybe add decorative siding, shakes, or something to gable above porch
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Bathroom Planning: Shower
How to Choose Between a Shower and/or Tub Things haven’t changed much on my bathroom addition planning, but I thought I could still continue my bathroom planning series for you! And since it’s about my master bathroom, we’ll start with what I consider the most luxurious of options you’ll consider. Separate Tub and Shower I think most people would agree that this is the ultimate, top-dog option when it comes to a master bathroom. Especially with the currently trendy, freestanding-style tubs.
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Just Keep Fixin’
The process of fixing up my house was quite lengthy. Read this blog post to find out why!
