Amazing Home Tour | High End Look on a Budget

A few weeks back we took you on a before and after home tour of my parents dated 90's home renovation. Clearly they have transformed the look and feel of their home with a re-imagined floor plan and new finishes, all while working with a modest budget. Our home on the other hand is a new build. While we had the privilege of choosing all the finishes in our home prior to construction, we also planned for upgrades down the road. To keep building costs down, we opted to go with several builders grade finishes. Over the past 5 years we've…

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How To Design A Bedroom | Tween Girl Ideas

Are you looking to design a bedroom but feel a bit overwhelmed? Perhaps you've wondered "Where do I start designing a bedroom?", "How can I design my own bedroom for free?", "How do I arrange a small bedroom?'Or more specifically for this post, "How to design a tween girl bedroom?", "How do you organize a tween girls bedroom?", "What should a teenage girl's bedroom include?", "What is the best color for a teenage girl's bedroom?".If you've found yourself asking any of these questions and felt intimidated, lost or overwhelmed, we'd like to share our tried and true steps to design a…

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DIY Countertop with a Marble Look

How to make a DIY countertop that looks like marble, without the high end cost!Ellie loves to create and is always busy working on a new masterpiece. This bedroom makeover was screaming for a large workspace and lots of storage!Not only does this built-in design offer her a large work surface, but there is now ample storage space for all her art supplies.Follow along as we show you how you can create this DIY countertop for under $60.Another option for  a DIY countertop would be an epoxy countertop.While it would be more expensive, the results are stunning. Previous Next To see…

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How to Make a Built In Desk | Upcycling At Its Best

This project has been a long time coming. We’ve been working on this built in desk with shelves for Ellie’s bedroom for the past 3 weeks. Sometimes we set unrealistic expectations of how much we can get done in a week. 🤪In a perfect world, with everything going smoothly we hoped to get this built in desk done in a week. Ambitious I know, but that’s what I am, ambitious! But the reality of it is, that it’s summer, there are swimming lessons, play dates and sleepovers with cousins and the list goes on.Ellie is our budding artist! She is constantly…

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Industrial Teen Bedroom Tour

Join me for a tour of this fun industrial teen bedroom! As mentioned in the Painting the Perfect Stripe Tutorial I let Mr. G pick out the color scheme for his new room. He chose Kelly Green, Navy and White. I loved his choice! I thought it would be perfect using a combination of these classic colors to bring his new room into his teenage years. I wanted to create a space where he could kick back and relax, have space to do his studying and have it grow with him as he gets older.And for ideas for designing a kids…

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