Hi, everyone! I'm writing today to share about my latest project as part of a Thrift Shop Challenge with a few other bloggers. The goal of the challenge is to breathe new life into a secondhand treasure, and to share the process with our followers. I chose to restore an antique wooden table to use…
Continue reading ➞ How-to Repurpose an Antique Table as a Kitchen Island: Thrift Shop Challenge
Five weeks ago, we knocked out a wall and began the intimidating process of finishing our basement for the One Room Challenge. The finished product is completely unrecognizable, and I am ridiculously excited to show you what can be accomplished with a little grit, a lot of perseverance, and a commitment to learning new things.
If you’re finding me through the One Room Challenge, welcome to my home on the internet! I’m Avery and I live in a charming 1910 Craftsman style parsonage in rural Iowa with my husband, Ben. You can learn more about me here, and see some of my previous design work in my kitchen, my High Style, Low Budget Sunroom from…
Continue reading ➞ The Power of Paint: One Room Challenge Week Four
What do you do with a room that is is the size of an area rug, has just one useable wall for furniture placement, and is mostly a hallway between the living room and mudroom? For the last three years, the answer to that question has been, "I don't know... maybe I could pile all…
Six weeks of painting, building, creating, sewing, cleaning, styling, shooting, writing, editing, posting, and cheerleading have come to an end.
If you’re finding me through the One Room Challenge, welcome to my home on the internet! I’m Avery and I live in a charming 1910 Craftsman style home in rural Iowa with my husband. You can learn more about me here, and see some of my previous design work in my kitchen, and my Fall 2018 One Room Challenge:…
Continue reading ➞ Finishing Touches: One Room Challenge Week 5
This week, I'll be sharing about my two biggest projects- the DIY bed swing and the painted concrete floors!
This week, I saw monumental progress in my space through the power of paint. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Paint is the easiest and cheapest way to completely transform a space.
I'm showing you my step-by-step process to make a high-end, low-budget DIY tree stump coffee table.
For this round of the One Room Challenge, I will be transforming our sunroom! This space has incredible potential, and will be a dream come true once it is given a little love (and a lot of white paint). Read on to see my design plan!
