When you need artwork, vases, lamps or even furniture―to get a bigger bang for your buck, go thrifting! Part of the fun is the challenge. You enter a store not knowing what you’ll find, then suddenly, there’s that item you can’t live without. Here are some tips to make the most of your thrift store adventures while avoiding buyer’s remorse.

While I don’t have statistics to back up my claim, common sense allows me to state we spend much more time looking at our walls than our floors and ceilings. All that dedicated “eye time” puts a lot of pressure on our walls to help deliver the look we desire. Since our walls do so much for us, I think you’ll agree that they deserve to be treated well. Which brings us to the topic of this blog – wall treatments. We’ll examine various treatment options to help you create a solid strategy for those important vertical spaces in your home.

We hear it discussed on our favorite HGTV shows, we even read about it in Better Homes & Gardens and Architectural Digest. Everybody who talks about interior design/redesign talks about flow; but what exactly is it? Read on to find out how flow is an important element for your home’s interior.

Sometimes when you redesign a room, you choose your paint colors, your furniture, your lighting, your flooring, but somehow when you put it all together, it doesn’t look finished. Maybe it even feels disjointed or incomplete. Standing in your new space with that feeling instead of loving the result is painful. So if you want to avoid this disappointment, check out the tips below!

Want to redesign your space but not sure how to choose your colors? For a lot of people, this is the most daunting part of the project. Color selection fear (whiteonlyaphobia?) is real for many. The questions in this blog will take the fear and mystery out of this part of the design process leaving you with greater color confidence.

My own home project is the subject of today’s blog. To be more specific, it’s two home projects – a laundry room and nearby powder room refresh. I’ll share some tips on what you can do too when you’re DIYing duties double.

When considering backsplash for a kitchen or bath redesign, don’t look past the new design buzzword — countersplash. Here’s what to consider between countersplash and tile backsplash.

A front yard redesign is an easy way to create a warm, welcoming social space. Personalize your porch, patio, or other outdoor space with these front yard redesign tips.

Is your home stuck, in part or entirely, in a decade past? In this project I helped a client love to where she lives by bringing her house out of the 70s. You might want to apply the same steps that we took and apply them to any house and any decade it needs to escape. And even if you like your home’s decade-ness, I think you’ll enjoy this blog with its fun before and after pics.

If your house is anything like mine, the new year means more than just personal resolutions. It means planning new house projects! Some projects are needed for maintenance. Yawn, not fun. But the non-maintenance ones? Well, scoop out a big heaping helping of Happy New Year to me! I hope your 2023 finances allow you to pursue at least a few fun home projects. In this blog, we’ll address the what, when, and how of completing that seemingly endless list of home projects, plus the not-fun inevitable budget and time constraints.

Happy holidays! La-la-la-la! Luckily, you only have to read me singing instead of hearing me sing. Also lucky for you, I’m much better at crafting than singing. So, without further a-doo-wop, read on for three more DIY holiday projects you can complete with very little time or money.

When facing Grinch-like prices around the holidays, we all look for ways to stretch our money so we can be as happy as the “Whos” down in “Who-ville”. And one of the best ways I have found to stretch the dough is to make homemade holiday decorations. Read on for a fun, super simple holiday project!