So, my house painting is done! (I think, tbh they never told me if they were done…) As you saw in the reveal post, I love love love the new color and am having a great time restyling my porch and deck to play off the dark teal siding. I did NOT love the process of getting the house painted. …
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Dark Teal House Paint Reveal (Before and After!)
My house painting is finally done! (I think… more on that next week.) I’m thrilled with the dark teal house paint color I chose: Sherwin Williams Seaworthy. I have started to completely forget that the house was ever lemon yellow, which is an ideal outcome for any painting project. It looks like it should have always been this color.
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One of the things that can be disheartening about working on your house is that it often feels like you’re just throwing money at problems, even when DIY-ing it. Since I moved in last summer, my boyfriend and I have bought light fixtures, rugs, porch furniture, living room furniture, dining room chairs…the list goes on. And while I try my …
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As a person of a certain age (cough, cough, late 20s), I often want nice things but my taste outpaces my bank account. Can anyone relate? This headboard from West Elm has been on my radar for a while now and is so deliciously beautiful. I WANTED it, tried to bargain with myself why I should get it, and thought …
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This is one of those projects that had such a HUGE impact that I wish I had done it right when I moved in. I lived with these gross, one-inch white tile countertops for over a year before I got around to attempting a DIY feather finish concrete counter. I truly don’t know why anyone would choose to have mosaic …
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It’s week 6 of the One Room Challenge! I’m shocked we’re already at the reveal! This is the fun part guys! The rental friendly outdoor deck renovation came together so nicely (in my heavily biased opinion). It’s warm and inviting and finally maximizing every inch of the deck as best we can.
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It’s week 5 of the One Room Challenge and I can see the finish line from here! This week was all about setting up the projector and home theater. A friend of mine kindly gave me his projector about a year ago and it has sat untouched for 12 months—that makes a whole year sound better, right? But now we can …
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So, I accidentally redesigned my living room over the weekend. How? Well, I have no self-control and I popped into Savers to look for some patio furniture for my sister and her husband and was greeted by a perfect condition Article Sven Grass Green Sofa and then my plans for my living room (and the rest of my Saturday) changed. …
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It’s week four of the One Room Challenge! This week it was all hands on deck as I attempted to build my own cornhole DIY. First, let me say if you’re not a midwesterner (or went to college there) you may not appreciate the thrill that is cornhole. And in fact, Wikipedia says, “The West-Side of Cincinnati, Ohio is considered one of …
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