Painted Wood Stools
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Painted Wood Stools

If you have kids, you know it’s necessary to have a stool in your bathroom. However, most of the time adding a bulky stool can totally throw off the aesthetic of your space. Let me show how I customized stools to add to our bathrooms.

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Baby Boy Nursery Reveal
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Baby Boy Nursery Reveal

Our third floor which has served as our guest room, our playroom, and basically a catch-all is now being turned into the nursery. I needed to find the right space for everything and it was therefore kind of a multi-step process, but I'm so happy with how it turned out. Let me walk you through the process of transforming this into the nursery space!

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Upgrading Your Builder Grade Mirror
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Upgrading Your Builder Grade Mirror

When I redid our loft bathroom, I really liked how big the mirror was, especially in comparison to the rest of the space because this is a really massive bathroom. However, after I redid everything else, I realized the mirror just looked bare and contrasted with the rest of the space. I decided to build a custom frame for it!

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First Floor Update
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First Floor Update

In order to get ready for baby number two to come, we needed to rearrange and redo our first floor to accommodate our TV and our play area. I knew that I wanted to add extra storage, and from there it just snowballed into a whole first floor makeover. So, follow along to see what I did!

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Jackie’s Bathroom
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Jackie’s Bathroom

I decided to take Jackie’s builder basic bathroom and step it up a notch. It needed to be more functional. We needed more space for hanging stuff that was not on the back of the door and I wanted it to reflect her style. It’s amazing what a change in hardware, some paint, and a little bit of shiplap can do to transform a space!

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Valentine’s Day Tile Mat Ideas
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Valentine’s Day Tile Mat Ideas

Every time I post about my front door tile mat from Letterfolk it seems to get more and more love! If you've been around for the cleaning the tile mat saga, you know that my white tile mat has gotten damaged by the sun and it just doesn't look the same. So when Letterfolk did a special 50% off discount on the black tile mat when they were on The View. I grabbed one to replace my white one. So today I have a few Valentine’s Day tile mat ideas that I want to share with you that you can add to your Valentine’s Day decor.

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Creating a Cozy Landing Space
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Creating a Cozy Landing Space

When I first started redoing our primary bedroom, we moved my husband's desk over to the corner of the room. That took away the space that we were using previously for our full length mirror. I knew I needed to find a new space for it because it was just awkwardly sitting behind the bedroom door and that just wasn’t going to work. Hanging it on the back of the door wasn't an option either because there was too much light coming in from behind it. So, I spent some time wandering around our house and I decided that the landing at the top of our first set of stairs was going to be the best option since there was a good amount of space to work with. I liked that there was nothing on the wall, the lighting was good and there was plenty of space for me to make this a cozy little nook, so that's what I decided to do. So I got to work.

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Creating a More Functional Coat Closet
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Creating a More Functional Coat Closet

 If you’ve been here a while you will know that I LOVE reimagining underutilized spaces, especially closets. Our builder grade coat closet is a prime example of underutilized space and just wasn’t cutting it for our needs. I knew I wanted to get my hands on it, so I decided to remove everything from it and get to work.

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Adding Storage and Color to a Bathroom
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Adding Storage and Color to a Bathroom

The bathroom in our loft is a very large space with not a lot of storage, like most of our house. It’s also really basic and builder grade. There’s nothing wrong with that, but it doesn’t reflect my current design style. So I got to work coming up with a plan to revamp it into something functional that I love.

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Easy DIY Drawer Organizers
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Easy DIY Drawer Organizers

My mom asked me to put some drawer organizers in the drawers in her kitchen. She was getting frustrated with the clutter in two of her drawers specifically so I had her tape out the layout that she wanted and I used some scrap wood that we had and made it happen. After I finished with hers I liked it so much that I did the same thing to a few drawers in my house. The whole process was pretty simple, let me show you what I did.

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Lily Ann Cabinets Bonus Room
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Lily Ann Cabinets Bonus Room

Time for a new project! My aunt and uncle have an awkward space above their garage. It’s kind of a bonus room that the builder finished, but they haven’t known how to use this space. So, with the help of the amazing team at Lily Ann Cabinets, I was able to take this bonus room space and make it so much more functional. Lily Ann Cabinets helped me design a space that included a desk area, a window seat, and tons of storage cabinets all in the White Shaker Elite style. So, let’s get started!

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