Dramatic Wallpaper Bathroom Makeover

Dramatic Wallpaper Bathroom Makeover

Are you ready for a dramatic wallpaper bathroom makeover? Here's the before and what we were working with. Believe me it's an improvement from the bright red walls we found here when we first moved in. Since then our downstairs half bath had only been given a coat of...

Beautiful DIY Plywood Plank Flooring

Beautiful DIY Plywood Plank Flooring

It's so interesting to me how renovating a home can lead to design decisions you thought you might never choose. That's what happened in our music room. When we first bought our house the large room off the entrance had carpet. The rest of the first level had laminate...

Budget Friendly Fireplace Refresh

Budget Friendly Fireplace Refresh

Big shout out to One Room Challenge and it's media partner Better Homes and Gardens! It's been a big motivator to giving our music room the love it deserves. This week we've been diligently working on the music room and with great results. The plywood plank floors are...

Sanding Our Maple Wood Floors Part 2

Sanding Our Maple Wood Floors Part 2

This is Part 2 of our floor project. To see Part 1 go here. More than a few people thought we were crazy to even attempt to sand down our wood floors. Despite the challenge of this flooring project, we knew we could do it. Our former wood floors were well worn as well...

ORC Week 5 – JUGGLING IMPORTANT PROJECTS

ORC Week 5 – JUGGLING IMPORTANT PROJECTS

  Now that we're on week 5 of the one room challenge it's time to as we like to say, "to put it in high gear"! Jeremy, the boys and I keep plugging away at things, but it's been slow. I feel we need the urgency a deadline brings so we push ourselves a little harder....

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Zero Dollar Room Refresh and Redesign

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