Before moving to rural Iowa, I loved wandering into a craft store to see what I could create. The options in a craft store are pretty endless. You can embroider or paint or even glue things onto other things! Art! Whatever “getting crafty” looks like for you, craft stores are sure to provide ready-made tools… Read More Under $10 DIY: Shoes
A few weeks ago, I shared some before pictures of our upstairs bathroom. (You can read that post here if you missed it!) My design plan included painting the walls and vanity with leftover paint, replacing the hardware with leftover knobs from the kitchen, and replacing a few accessories. My only expenses were a $30 shower curtain, a… Read More Bathroom Update: After
T*This post contains affiliate links* When I finally pressed “publish” on the post about our DIY kitchen update, I didn’t expect the overwhelming response I would receive. I put many hours into designing, sourcing, painting, and loving that room from top to bottom. Since I published the post a little over two months ago, it has… Read More OUR CONTROVERSIAL KITCHEN RUG
*This post contains affiliate links* Before we moved into our house, a few of the deacons (who are now our best friends here!) asked us what color they should paint the bathroom. I answered quickly without thinking. “Ummm… light grey?” I was trying not to be picky or difficult. We’ve joked about it with them… Read More Bathroom Design Plan
Today I’m writing about another exciting Before & After project- our guest room! The family that lived here before us had 4 kids, so 2/3 bedrooms were for the little ones. We don’t have any little ones, so we use them as guest rooms! Hospitality is very important to me and to Ben. We have been… Read More Before & After: Guest Retreat
Until yesterday, our enclosed front porch was my nemesis. It is a long, skinny room with concrete floors, scraps of indoor-outdoor carpet, and all of the dead bugs in Iowa. I don’t know how they coordinate it (or why they have chosen this room) but I swear that all of the bugs in Iowa come… Read More IKEA Porch Makeover
*This post contains affiliate links* A few weeks ago, I posted the full reveal of our DIY kitchen update. (If you missed it, check it out here!) With $200 and about a week of hard work, our kitchen was transformed from this… into this! There were three major changes made in the kitchen, but everything… Read More $200 Kitchen Update: Sources and Process
