With our wedding in July and family and friends staying with us for the occasion, I figured it was time I finally give our guest room a little love. I hadn’t touched it since I moved in the house, so there was nothing cute about it. It was a bed in a room and that’s…
If you’re thinking about decorating a room in your home, you probably have lots of ideas floating around your head, and aren’t sure how to know what will look good together. Does that paint color really go with that rug and couch? When I’m designing a room, I need to see what everything will look…
Finding your personal decorating style can be a bit of a struggle. I myself, have experimented with many different styles over the years, including a mix of girly, bright and colorful, then mid-century modern, and a mishmash of all the above. It wasn’t always pretty (I’ll spare you the photos) and none of them really…
Curtains and blinds are one of the biggest ways you can transform a room next to paint or a large area rug. They are hugely important to any room makeover and can instantly create softness, add drama with bold patterns, or a punch of color to really finish off your space. But, it can be…
We just finished our living room makeover a couple weeks ago, and today, I’m going to share our process for choosing flooring, one of the biggest changes we made to the living room. Let’s rewind for a second. When we moved into our home, the living room had dingy beige carpet that was at least…
The past several months I’ve been busy working on a living room makeover. It all started last year when I had a mindset shift regarding decorating. We were about a year in our new home and I was tired of a lot of things. I was tired of spending hours decorating, trying to make it…
Oh, the pivotal first couch purchase…it’s possibly the most expensive, most used, and most permanent piece of furniture you buy for your home. No pressure 🙂 About 3 years ago we were moving into our first house and ready to buy our first couch. It was time to retire the hand me down couch I used…
We see it all the time. House Hunters is infamous for showing couples that have opposite tastes and can’t seem to agree on anything. One likes rustic traditional designs while the other likes clean, modern, and light. It makes for good TV, yes, but it’s also real life. I’m counting my lucky stars Jordon and…
I was doing it all wrong in the beginning: I was trying to mix many different styles because I couldn’t decide on one, I had no clear direction, I was buying decor because it was on sale and not because I really loved it… It was a hot mess. No wonder our home frustrated me….
Have you ever worked really hard on something only to have it fall short? You put in plenty of time and money. You’re super excited to get to the finish line and see your vision come to a reality. And then as the end nears you start to notice something doesn’t feel right… That’s how I…