DIY Built-In Bookshelves
This DIY tutorial for adding built-in bookshelves is a lot simpler than it looks. That means getting this classic look of floor-to-ceiling …
Decorating Ideas and Projects
Here are a bunch of decorating tips and tricks to upgrade any home and makeover rooms on a budget. From curtain hanging tips to what kind of rug to get (and how to mix patterns) there's a lot of info to discover.
6 Ways We Upgraded Our Bedroom
Our bedroom used to be a living room, so it’s taken some work to turn it into a comfortable, functional, and beautiful sleeping space (it’s…
How To Install A Stair Runner
It may seem intimidating to install a stair runner yourself, but it’s so darn easy that we’ve done it twice! Thrice if you count demonstrat…
Adding Ikea Floating Shelves In Our Bedroom
For over a decade, one of our renovating mantras has been “the middle makes no sense.” Basically, don’t fret if your house is mid-reno, not…
A Quick Way To Hang Curtain Rods
Here’s a simple trick we used to hang curtain rods FAST and EVELY in our duplex rental. We had 16 curtain rods to hang in one afternoon, so…
How To Fit A King-Size Bed Into A Small Bedroom
This is a meandering journey of a post, so make yourself comfortable. We mentioned in this side table post that we traded our queen-size be…
The Easiest DIY Headboard
We’ve made a bunch of headboards over the years and the method shown below is the all-time easiest and most customizable DIY headboard of t…
Rug Sizing Tips & Our Favorite “Magic Rug”
Rugs are hard. We get it. How do you know the right size and placement? Will it look good in your room? What if looks nothing like the phot…
Adding A Door To The Kitchen
There’s been a big change in our kitchen! As in, new-hole-in-the-house kind of big! Okay, so really it’s just a new door. But that’s big, r…
Family Room Is An Office, Art Room, and A Movie Room
We haven’t dropped in on this room since this post from more than a year ago about hanging our giant chandelier (how is that possible?! Whe…
The Best 7 Storage Furniture Pieces
Anyone who lives in a small-ish space knows that thoughtful storage can upgrade so many aspects of your life at home when it’s done right (…
9 Small Kitchen Ideas
“We just couldn’t figure out why you weren’t tearing out the kitchen.” That’s what one of our contractor’s guys said to us right as we move…