Pursuing a homier home can be exhausting & frustrating, but it doesn’t have to be. In today’s post, I’ll show you the steps you should take to define homier home for you and your family. Have you ever found yourself uttering things like, “I hate going in this room. It makes me so stressed out,”…
How’s it going, friends? As company has been coming over for summer fun and now that my living room refresh is complete, I have been getting a lot of questions on where to go for the best furniture and decor. In my list of 10 here, five are specifically from the Indianapolis area and the other five are in…
Looking to upgrade your out-dated cabinets? Follow this tutorial for how to apply java gel to your cabinets for a beautiful wood-stained look. My friend, Heather, recently renovated her kitchen on a budget and was looking for ways to cut the cost. Before getting started, I created a 3D visualization board (shown below) for her in…
Renovating a kitchen can be costly. With these 6 tips for renovating your kitchen on a budget, you can have the kitchen of your dreams for a lot less! As we all know, kitchens are the first thing most homebuyers are checking out in a home because the cost of renovating a kitchen can be so costly. If…
Hosting overnight guests soon? This checklist will help you make sure you provide the best experience for your guests. When I was a little kid, we lived in the city of Chicago while my grandparents lived in a large suburban home about an hour away. Many times we would end up staying there instead of…
Looking for a little home decorating, style and/or project confidence? These are 10 of my favorite home happy books. Hey there! Happy Tuesday! This week I’m sharing with you my absolute favorite home-loving books. Over the course of the last three years or so of owning our home here in Indianapolis, I have been collecting…
Learn how to create the perfect system for organizing under the bathroom sink with these 7 easy steps! Oh, under the bathroom sink… why are you so awkward? Why is it soooo hard to keep you organized? These answers may be tough to answer, but today I’m talking about my well thought-out plan to combat…
Ready for your next room makeover? The tips in this post will help ensure your makeover runs smoothly. Hi guys!! It’s been a minute! I took some much needed R&R after the One Room Challenge to enjoy my creation. Now that both my living room and I are feeling refreshed, I wanted to share with…
Before and afters of a cozy rustic living room refresh. WAAAHHHHOOOOO!! The day has come my friends! The final reveal! As stressful and as all-consuming as this challenge was, I am beyond ecstatic to finally have a room I’m proud of and one that is complete… for the most part. If you have missed the…
It’s week 5!! One week until the big reveal! Check out what’s left on my list to finish creating the Cozy & Rustic Living Room Refresh! Is crying allowed in the One Room Challenge? I feel so close, yet so far away. It has been seriously one of the busiest weeks of my life. Everything…
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 This week has flown by! It also felt like the busiest week of my life. Why I decided to start a workout class and personal training and join a bags (cornhole for my Hoosier friends) league with the hubs…
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 Week 3, week 3, week 3… I was feeling productive. Knocked out a bunch of odds and ends including taking the 6-foot tall box lamps up a 9-foot ladder by myself to the second story ledge in the…
Welcome back! Week 2, ekk!!! This past week I have been running, running, running. I was on Spring Break for part of the time and it snowed, rained, or was just plain cold almost every day. But, the good news is it allowed me to stay in the house and not feel guilty about it,…
Hey!! Today is the day! I’m freakin’ out just a little, but I have taken the leap. For the first time, I will be taking part in the One Room Challenge™ Spring edition! What is the One Room Challenge™? The ORC is a 6-week home blogger event in which there are 16 featured bloggers that…
Learn from someone else’s experience on the painting IKEA furniture dos and donts for your next IKEA furniture painting project. I’m sure you’ve had a piece of IKEA furniture at some point in your life that was just the right price and style for what you needed. If you’re like me, you have a few…