It's Week 3 of the $100 Room Challenge and The Great Purge happened! The Monica Closet is *finally* cleaned out! {Insert happy dance here!} Can I tell you how amazing it feels to be able to walk in the Monica Closet? Cleaning out the Monica Closet took some time to do, but this room is slowly coming together. Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 For your convenience, this post may contain affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Read my full disclosure policy here. Thanks for … [Read more...]
$100 Room Challenge | Farmhouse Style Guest Bedroom Plans
Did I scare you away yet with my secret Monica Closet?! I hope not, because I've got big plans for this room! From unorganized, choatic clutter to a fresh, clean and organized farmhouse style guest bedroom is the plan! $100 Room Challenge: Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 With any big project, I like to start out with a solid plan. Decide what your vision is and then shop for materials to make sure you stick to your budget. My vision is a farmhouse style guest bedroom with shiplap … [Read more...]
2019 Word of the Year
Happy New Year, y'all! At the end of each year, I reflect on the events that happened during that time and what I've learned. Then I pick a word for the new year. My word of the year is something I've been doing since I was in college and it signifies what I want to accomplish each year. It amazes me each year how one little word can challenge and inspire me so much. With each word I pick, I end up learning more about myself. Some years I learn more than others with the word I … [Read more...]
Five Minute Pumpkin Centerpiece
For most people, once the clock strikes midnight on Halloween, all the pumpkins turn into Christmas trees! Are you one of those people that like to decorate for Christmas right after Halloween? I love fall so I'm holding onto my pumpkins a little longer. I hope it's okay with you to share my five minute pumpkin centerpiece today! If you've got pumpkins, a bowl, some greenery and pumpkins, then you can make this five minute pumpkin centerpiece for your Thanksgiving table! For this five … [Read more...]
$100 Room Challenge: Farmhouse Style Bathroom Reveal
Hip, hip, hooray! It's reveal day for the $100 Room Challenge! The $100 Room Challenge was just that- a challenge- a fun one! I decided on a farmhouse style bathroom and I love the end result! With a budget of $100 dollars and one month to update one room, several other bloggers and I got together to share our projects with y'all! It was a fun challenge that I'm sure inspired you to get creative with a room in your house! The key to the $100 Room Challenge is to use items you already … [Read more...]
How to Frame a Bathroom Mirror
We did it! We finally framed the builder grade mirror in the master bathroom for part of the $100 Room Challenge! It's been something I've wanted to do since we moved in, but I kept putting it off because we didn't have a miter saw. We did it though! We framed the bathroom mirror and it wasn't as hard as I thought. I'm going to show you how to frame a bathroom mirror without making miter cuts! For the $100 Room Challenge, I knew I wanted to frame out the builder grade bathroom mirror … [Read more...]
How to Whitewash Wood
Do you want to make new wood look old? I love the look of old, whitewashed wood and it couldn't be easier to make new wood look aged and worn by using a whitewash technique! Now that I've done it, I want to whitewash all the things! Today, I'm going to show you how to whitewash new wood. A whitewash was traditionally used in interior and exterior cottages and dairy barns. It is actually a lime wash, made of lime and water and has been used in historic houses for centuries because it is … [Read more...]
Farmhouse Style Bathroom Inspiration
A group of talented bloggers and I have gotten together for the $100 Room Challenge this month! With a budget of $100 and one month to update one room in the house, each blogger will show you their thrifty designs and inspire you along the way. The $100 Room Challenge is hosted by my friend Erin at Lemons, Lavender and Laundry. I love this challenge because it creates the perfect motivation to refresh a space with a small budget. Challenge accepted! For this challenge, my plan is to … [Read more...]
How to Paint Kitchen Cabinets
Do you have old wooden cabinets that need a refresh? Or do you want to make your kitchen feel lighter and brighter? Maybe even larger? With some paint, a weekend or two and a lot of determination, you can transform your kitchen by painting the cabinets. Let's learn how to paint kitchen cabinets like a pro! In full disclosure, we have a very small kitchen so we were able to paint all of our kitchen cabinets in one weekend. That may not be the case for you because it all depends on the … [Read more...]
Lemon and Eucalyptus Centerpiece
This beautiful lemon and eucalyptus centerpiece is easy to make and is perfect for summer! I used my vintage dough bowl, eucalyptus leaves and baby eucalyptus sprig picks that I got at Hobby Lobby. I bought the baby's breath flowers at the dollar store. I already had the big lemons and the baby lemons were also from Hobby Lobby and they were $2.00 for the bag! First, I arranged the eucalyptus leaves in the dough bowl. I placed two to three of the eucalyptus leaves on one side and then … [Read more...]