I can't believe we've lived in our home for almost two years now and we've already done our second living room makeover! I feel like on the first go round, we just did the basics to make it livable for us. I couldn't stand the dark red walls!! I mean, I would never have been able to stand looking at them all day. The reclaimed wood wall, did come after the paint job but was our first DIY project in our living room. Painting the discolored wall heater cover was also something I did early on because I really didn't like looking at it. ... Read more...
DIY: Elastic Hair Ties
This was probably the quickest and easiest DIY project I've ever done! For my baby shower I wanted to give a useful gift that the women who attended would use. I love my elastic hair ties, but buying enough for 40 women was a little more than I wanted to spend, and I saw a post on pinterest that gave me the idea to make some elastic hair ties for my baby shower. Steps on how to make your elastic hair ties: Image from Something Turquoise. I found some super cute elastic on Amazon from a shop called, Sunshine Shoppe ... Read more...
How to Get Old Hunter Boots Looking New Again
Here's the thing about Hunter rain boots, they last FOREVER!!! I've had mine since probably 2008. In the Bay Area there aren't too many opportunities to wear them since the weather is typically really nice, of course lately with El Niño it's been raining a ton, which we need, so I am super happy. So because I knew I was going to be wearing my Hunter Boots a lot more often I wanted to bring them back to their natural rubber boot shine. I wasn't sure if that was even possible, but it looked like so many people I know who have had their ... Read more...
DIY Full Length Mirror
I want to start by saying a big thank you to Ace Hardware who sponsored my DIY project and this post. Justin and I have been doing nothing but DIY projects lately and this project was on my list of things to do. I'm happy to have been able to collaborate with Ace during their paint sample promotion for this project. I hope you enjoy! I have been meaning to get a full length mirror for my closet/office for quite some time but haven't been able to settle on which one. Full length mirrors can be quite expensive if you ... Read more...
Before and After: Brick Patio Addition DIY
When Justin and I bought our house in September of last year we saw so much potential in our little fixer upper. We've been making slow but good progress on the house starting with a mini kitchen remodel, reclaimed wood accent wall, doing some IKEA hacks to glam up some bookcases for my closet, and more recently building an outdoor shower. One area of our house we had completely neglected until recently was our backyard. Yes, I had purchased furniture for our outdoor dining area, rug included, and we added a hot tub but we'd left the ... Read more...
