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Homework Station: Planning and Prepping the Space
Planning and creating a homework station that works for you and your kids; Finding your inspiration; Considering your options and weighing them out. Kids always seem to bring their toys in the living room or homework to the dinning room table, right? There is nothing wrong with that, but as parents we sometimes imagine what it would be like if our children would have their own spaces to do those things in. If you are looking to create a homework station for your kids to either play or do their homework, look no further! I share the thought process, inspiration, planning and building in this series of blog posts on…
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Achieving a Tidy and Organized Bathroom Closet
Have you ever been to one of those lovely spas or resorts where they have beautifully organized bathrooms? Doesn’t it make you feel relaxed? Do you wish you could replicate that zen feeling in your bathroom at home? Here is how. Bathrooms are some of the smallest rooms in most of our homes. Yet, they can sometimes be the most disorganized and harder to keep in order. Usually, bathroom closets have doors which gives them the advantage to hide anything we need to behind them. What we may be forgetting is that, their doors are meant to hide personal products and not clutter. It’s in our advantage to have our…
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The Convenience of Command Strips and their Multiple Uses
Have you seen the 3M Command Strips commercials on television yet? If not, you will probably start seeing them soon. With the holidays coming up, their commercials are a little more frequent then throughout the rest of the year. I personally swear by these hooks! You may be unsure how to use the strips differently from how they are shown on television. Or maybe you are a skeptic and don’t believe they work as well as they do. If so, let me show you some possibilities where you can use them or show you ideas that can inspire you to utilize these hooks in your own way. The options are…
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Outdoor rubber mat refresh
Would you like to spruce up your front porch and not break the bank? Here are some ideas related to what I did to refresh our welcome mat and front porch. Have you ever noticed how many people go all out with gorgeous decor on their front porches? If you haven’t noticed, next time you go on a walk or on a drive have a look. I absolutely love it! The change of decor usually happens around the time a new season arrives. The front door to a home becomes so much more inviting and alive. I initially got the idea to refresh our outdoor rubber mat from a video…
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Stenciling a wall for the first time
Have you ever considered the idea of stenciling a wall? It’s more cost effective than wallpaper but a little more time-consuming. Never the less, I went ahead and did it. I love the final product! Here is what I did. I was itching to stencil a wall in our house for a while. I was waiting to get inspired as to where I could do it in our house. One day, while putting away laundry in our walk-in closet, I got the idea to stencil the back wall of our closet. I figured it was the perfect place to “test” a technique I had never done before. Bonus: it’s not…
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Creating a Gallery Wall By Shopping Your Home
Gallery Wall; DIY craft; shopping your home; inexpensive project; no measuring needed. Have you ever thought about shopping your own home to find home decor? I guarantee, you would be surprised. Here are some ideas to create a gallery wall using items and decor you already own. I’ve loved the gallery wall idea ever since I saw it on Pinterest years ago. I found the perfect place in our house, a little by mistake. Here is how it all started. My inspiration I knew I wanted to make a feature wall in our den/playroom which is right off of our living room. I looked through many ideas but nothing clicked…
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Homemade Knockoff Canvas Wall Art
DIY Homemade Canvas Wall Art; Using Mod Podge and Scrapbook paper; Saving Money Have you ever considered a homemade canvas wall art as home decor to save money instead of buying it? I hand-made this canvas for a friend so that she could have the look she wanted in her dinning room for a reasonable price. A good friend of mine was looking to decorate her dinning room with a large canvas she had seen on Wayfair. The one she wanted was 24″x18″ in size and was over $150. What??!! When she showed it to me I told her I could totally make that for her. Bonus! I could make…