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$100 Room Challenge Week 4 – How to DIY a Wall Mural
Only one more week to go friends and even though my legs are definitely a little tired from a long weekend, I’m very much on schedule for next week’s reveal! This week was all about bringing some of my personality and design style into the room and the best ways I know how to do that are to build something, DIY something, and paint something – so that’s what I did. Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 We had a random warm Saturday so I took advantage of it and built a new set of shelves for above the toilet. During…
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$100 Room Challenge Week Three – Now the fun starts!
Welcome to Week Three of the $100 Room Challenge – the brainchild of Erin from Lemons, Lavender, and Laundry where bloggers are given one month and only $100 to makeover a room in their home! After two weeks of teasing you with my plan for my Guest Bathroom this week is about showing you actual progress in the space — which includes lots and lots of painting. Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 As I mentioned last week, one of the reasons I decided to makeover this bathroom for this challenge is that the crown trim was really in need of repair…
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$100 Room Challenge Week Two – Coming up with a Plan for the Guest Bathroom
It’s only been a week and I have to tell you that I am SOOOOOO IN LOVE with how the bathroom is looking! It honestly was hard for me to put that first stroke of new paint on the walls – after all this was the first big DIY accomplishment I took on myself – but now that things are rolling I know 100% that this was the right decision. Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 Speaking of decisions (cue the segway…….) I’ve had a few questions from my followers lately asking me about my design process, so I thought why not…
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$100 Room Challenge Week One – A new look for the Guest Bathroom
Usually at this time of year I would be wrapping up my projects from the previous year and sharing my goals for the upcoming one – but I’m throwing all that out the window and jumping right into the first project of 2020! I’m extremely excited to be joining Erin from Lemons, Lavender, & Laundry this January and taking part in her $100 Room Challenge – one month, one room, only $100! It’s a big departure from the One Room Challenge that I take part in in the spring but it’s a chance to challenge my creativity and resourcefulness in ways that I think could be really helpful to readers…
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Take the 52 Week Hilltown House Home Challenge!
If you’ve been following along with my monthly round ups over the last year you know that 52 weeks ago I started a challenge —— a challenge to stop procrastinating and finally knock off the all the home improvement tasks that have been lingering on the bottom of my to do list. And as we get ready to ring in the next decade tomorrow night I am excited to report that I made it through all 52 tasks on my list and damn it feels good!! In fact it feels so good I wanna invite all of you to join in and keep the good feeling going by officially starting…
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12 Quick and Easy Ways to Decorate for the Holidays
Christmas is just under a week away, which if you’re like me means there is still PLENTY of time to add some last minute holiday decor to your home! Not to pat myself on the back too much, but I think I kinda nailed my Christmas decorations this year (Go Me!) especially in my living room. I shared this room last year and the year before but something always didn’t feel right. For one, I had too much stuff in there so I kept a lot of stuff packed away this year; same thing with color – way too many different colors going on to keep this room…
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November Round Up
I can feel it starting friends – the overwhelming anxiety of having so much to do before the end of the year and not enough time to do it in! I can blame part of it on a late Thanksgiving, but the honest truth is that every year I do try to cram a crazy amount of activities in the few short weeks before Christmas and inevitably there isn’t enough time to do them all. But the one thing I try to take stock of when I feel like I’m drowning in the holidays is that I am only this busy because I am lucky enough to have so many…
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Holiday Gift Guides – For the Ladies, the Gents, the Boys, the Neighbors, and the House
I know this may elicit a few eye rolls – but I love shopping for Christmas presents! Finding the perfect present and seeing the people I love open them is one of my favorite parts of the holiday season. A long time ago I learned that they key to loving and not loathing Christmas shopping is to get as much as I can bought and wrapped as early as possible (usually the first or second week of December) – that way I’m free to enjoy the rest of my holiday season. This year I finally put aside some time to share with all of you some of my favorite gift…
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Indulging in a Mini-Master Bath-Makeover with my new Bathroom Butler Heated Towel Warmer
Don’t be shocked folks but today I’m taking you inside a space I very rarely show – my master bathroom! While this room functions absolutely perfectly – there is a lot to be desired aesthetically. The budget required for a big bathroom makeover is still a few years off and even though I had done a few cosmetic updates (new mirrors, new lights, new vanity color) I kinda left it at that — and then I kinda dreaded going in there every day! All I could see was what still needed to be done, but since I didn’t have a timeline of when that would be accomplished I had nothing…
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October Round Up
Before we all dive into Christmas trees and hot cocoa, I have to say goodbye to month of skeletons and witches brooms. I was hoping to be able to fondly look back on celebrating my little guys 6th birthday last month and trips to the pumpkin patch, but a nasty round of sickness put a dent in our plans. At least we were all healthy enough to go Trick or Treating and end the month on a much better note than it started! I spent most of my time working on customer projects so this months round up will be short but I’ve got a lot of fun things on…
