When you decorate your home, start with your bedroom. Why? Because it’s your most personal space, and the one you spend your downtime in. Make it important! When you’re looking for ways to decorate your…
Gorgeous Flea Market Flips : Before and After Furniture Makeovers
If you are a budget decorator, you probably know your local flea market, thrift store, or yard sale circuit pretty well. If you don’t, get familiar. Why? Because flea market flips and other such fairy…
Stay Cool with a DIY Stock Tank Pool!
Is an Olympic size lap pool not in your budget? We get it. For summer fun in the backyard, try this easy DIY project that uses supplies from the farm & ranch store. Stock tank…
How to Reupholster a Chair
We all have ’em. That old chair you can’t stand to throw out, but also can’t stand to look at! Either its’ fabric could win an ugly chair contest, or it is in such bad…
We’re Floored! Painted Floor Ideas & Projects
Trying to figure out an inexpensive way to redo your worn out floors? You can create your own painted floors! Whether you want to cover an existing floor, or start over on brand new sub…
Best IKEA Hacks for Every Room
We all love it, that huge, lovely, ever so affordable home decor heaven where you can get things that look cool and update your home, for a fraction of the cost. Yes, we mean Ikea….
DIY Paper Flowers You Can Make
Sometimes the easiest way to add your own personal stamp on your home without spending a lot of cash is to make something crafty. For me and Steve, that means being really picky about what…
DIY Spa Bathroom on a Budget!
The bathroom is the one room in the house where we should feel luxury pampering. After all, it’s our private space, right? I see all you Moms raising your eyebrows! Well, in theory, anyway. And…
Furniture Arranging Ideas & Tricks
Sometimes the most difficult home decorating decisions we make is how to place the items we already own. How to arrange furniture in a room can affect mood, the visual size of a room, and…
DIY Dining Table Makeovers – Before & Afters
When decorating dining rooms, one of the biggest problems most of us have is our budget. It’s difficult, if not impossible for most of us to purchase a new dining set whenever we want a…
10 Simple Tips : How to Declutter Your Home
I admit it. I let clutter build up, even now, after years of blogging about organization, design and decorating! Ok, so it happens to most of us. We let our guard down for a couple…
DIY Picture Frame Ideas & Crafts
Picture frames are cheap, easy to work with, and we usually have a few hanging around the house. So why don’t we use them for more than just pictures? They are a great base for…
How to Install a Backsplash
One of the fastest ways to update and upgrade a kitchen or bath is to install a backsplash. There are so many options these days, from glass mosaics, to classic subway tiles, to peel and…