One Room Challenge – the REVEAL! (Home Gym / Theatre Room)
It’s week 6 of the One Room Challenge, which means it’s REVEAL WEEK! < div class=”post-content”> My parent’s basement didn’t need structural work, tiling, carpeting or electrical work – but I think you’ll agree that it certainly needed a makeover: Purging, organizing, paint and fabric took this room from unusable to a spectacular home gym. […]
Before & After – Lego Table
This Lego table / Lego storage project took a long time. Normally, I would have whipped out a nightstand in a day or two, but this one was well over a week – mostly because I couldn’t decide what I wanted to do with it. This is the crappy nightstand that I started with: Awful. […]
Before & After – Lockers
I read an article where a person was looking for pantry ideas; her home didn’t have one, and she wanted something she could put in her kitchen, but without a hefty built-in price tag. Her solution ended up being lockers. She retrofitted them with shelves and painted them a bright colour and they were AMAZING! […]
Lingerie chest makeover
This is a tiny little dresser – about 18″ wide and only about 12″ deep. I guess it would be called a lingerie dresser or lingerie chest? A “disaster dresser” to begin with. Look at the destroyed top! Missing knobs, chipped drawers – and what you can’t see inside, is that the drawer bottoms are […]
Painting bathroom cabinets
I was provided with Rust-Oleum Krud Kutter and Bullseye 1-2-3 primer for this “Painting bathroom cabinets” post. My bathroom has bugged me for a little while now. Our cabinets are 13 years old and are showing the wear and tear of the years everywhere. Hubby doesn’t seem to notice, but they are glaring to me. […]
Master Bedroom Makeover – Theirs $6,773 vs. mine $1,144
This master bedroom makeover has been WEEKS in the making, and you’ve caught bits and pieces as I’ve finished each DIY – but today I want to share it with you in its entirety – budget and all! You’ve seen in magazines the sections “Theirs vs. Ours” right? I’m going to go with that idea […]
Modsy-Inspired Dresser Makeover
*This post contains affiliate links and sponsored product. If you’ve followed along, you’ll know that I’ve been working with some Modsy designs to makeover my master bedroom. Part of that makeover included new furniture – or rather, “new to me” furniture. This Modsy rendering shows the Sausalito extra-wide dresser from Pottery Barn: It’s gorgeous, and […]