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Teen Boys Room Inspiration

I'm starting to think about renovating my youngest son's room because he is over his locker/sports themed room. He's 17 and it feels a bit weird renovating with him being so close to moving away for college, but I want his last year in his room to feel like HIS room...

What I’m Using in my Vegetable Garden this Year

I have loved gardening since I was a kid. When I was about 12, I babysat two boys before and after school and made $1 an hour (one dollar!!!). I'd show up at 6am every morning (sometimes on Saturdays by accident, oops!), go to school, then race back to get the boys to...

Setting up a Bird Feed Station

I've been loving and using the potting bench that I made a couple weeks ago. I've planted a few types of tomatoes, basil, peppers, and kale and some of them have even sprouted over the last couple days. Exciting times for a girl who loves to garden! In keeping with...

DIY Potting Bench and Sources for Pre-made Benches

With Spring right around the corner, I've been dreaming up plans for what my vegetable garden will look like this season. I've plotted where the raised garden beds will go and have been gathering cardboard egg containers and toilet paper tubes to serve as degradable...

Friday Round Up: Hallway Makeover, Coat Closet, and PLANS! for our Bedroom

I visited a friend today who had just moved into his house a couple months ago and he was embarrassed that he had unpacked boxes laying around. Really?! I STILL have boxes to unpack and areas to organize and we've been here almost 8 months! It's definitely a process...

DIY Aged Vessel

If you've been a longtime reader of this little blog, then you know that one point, my house was blue, blue, blue. Teal, to be exact! And I still have some of those now dated decor items just hanging out in the basement. Because I've been cleaning out my basement...

Mini Project: Pantry Makeover

I always feel like January is the best time to get organized. We're all stuck at home because it's too cold to go out and it just starts to feel claustrophobic, especially if your house is unorganized. So, I've been slowly attacking areas that need organizational help...

Painting an Accent Wall in the Great Room

After taking down all the holiday decorations a couple weeks ago, I realized that our great room was looking STARK! Because we get a lot of light in that room and the walls are practically white with neutral decor, there was not a lot of color. So, I painted an accent...

9 Small Cabinets For Tight Spaces

I'm revamping my great room and am looking to make it a more cozy and feel like home. Currently, there's very little "us" in the room and I think a large part of that is because there's no wall space to hang family photos. In one corner of the room, near the...

What to do When You and Your Partner’s House Styles Differ

My husband and I have different aesthetics when it comes to house design and decor. He's more traditional and I'm more contemporary. I spend a lot of time thinking about design and researching trends and he'd rather shoot himself in the foot than do that. I'm fine...

Friday Round Up: The Introduction to Get Stuff Done Thursday!

Jan 14, 2022 | Dining Room, Friday Round Up, Music Room, Things I like

Music Room Ever since the music room renovation, I've been waiting and waiting for art pieces to arrive that I ordered from Etsy so that I could hang them on my two gallery walls. And... dun dun dun... they're finally here! Well, all but 2 pieces, but that didn't stop...

Ten House Projects for 2022

Jan 11, 2022 | Basement, Garage, Kids Bathroom, Kitchen, Laundry Room, Master Bedroom, Office, Powder Room, Whole House

We have so many big plans for 2022 and I can't wait to get started (I actually already have)! I have a ton of personal goals for this new year, and I wanted to memorialize our home goals to keep me accountable and to also see how many we actually end up doing in this...

How to Hang Items on Walls with Only One Person

Jan 11, 2022 | DIY, Whole House

Okay, this post on how to hang heavy items might seem like common sense information, but when I found a tutorial a few years ago on this topic, I thought it was really helpful. And I also just used the technique a couple days ago so I'm passing the information along...

Six Months In: Where We Started and How Far We’ve Come

Jan 8, 2022 | Foyer, Kitchen, Living Room, Music Room, Whole House

It's been about six months since we moved into our home and I thought it a good time to see where we started from and what the house looks like now. Let's take a look! Foyer This space was one of the first ones that we renovated even before we moved in. We were...

How to Add Fluting to Your Walls

Dec 9, 2021 | DIY, Music Room

The music room is almost done! I really should've finished it a couple weeks ago to meet the One Room Challenge deadline, but life got in the way. And a vacation to Miami. So, I'm not mad about missing the deadline! I'm currently waiting for a hardware piece to come...

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I’m Sandra and I’ve renovated 7 houses over the last 20 years. I’m an attorney by trade but home renovation is my real passion. Thanks for following along as I renovate yet another space. I hope you get some ideas and inspiration!