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How we painted our stairs black
This is one of those projects that I wish I would have done the moment we moved in. Why did we wait so long for this stair makeover?! For some reason it’s very nerve wracking to paint original wood. Putting paint on a floor surface feels even more wrong! I’m here to tell you, Just do it! You won’t be sorry. It will make your old stairs feel so fresh! When we moved into our old home, we were excited to see mostly hardwood floors. Terrible, nasty, hardwood floors…but hardwood nonetheless. A few years back we got some quotes to refinish the wood. It’s expensive ya’ll, so we decided to…
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DIY Industrial Curtain rods + extra long DIY curtains
When we moved into our house about 4 years ago, we didn’t have a lot of money for renovations, but we did have A LOT of windows to cover. I’m thankful for our many windows letting in tons of light during the day, but they also allow the neighbors to see everything we’re up to when the sun goes down (sorry guys). So, when we moved in we just needed to cover those bad boys asap to give ourselves some privacy. I found the cheapest two packs of white curtain panels as well as the most inexpensive curtain rods I could find all with the intention of changing the curtains…
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We refinished our 100 year old floors!
Why didn’t we do this years ago?! We refinished our 100 year old floors! One of the things we loved about our house when we first saw it were the original hardwood floors. We thought the floors had such potential to be beautiful! Although they were very beat up, discolored, worn, scratched, splattered and faded, we could still envision the potential with a simple floor refinishing. But guess what, turns out refinishing a floor is expensive and time consuming, lol! Fast forward 3 years and we still had the same beat up, rough, discolored floors. Also, that awful old vinyl in the kitchen (you can check out our kitchen makeover…
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How we painted our kitchen cabinets – An inexpensive change that makes a huge difference
We moved into our current home a little over two years ago. We hadn’t intended on buying a fixer upper, but needed to move to the area pretty quickly, especially since our old house sold within two weeks. The idea of a charming old home to fix up was so exciting (and a bit scary) when looking at homes. When all was said and done, we ended up buying an older home built in the 20’s right near our cute little downtown. We love being near downtown and that the house has a lot of character, but there is a TON of work to be done. Tons of wallpaper to…
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Our bathroom renovation on a budget
(This post contains affiliate links. Please see our Privacy & Disclosure policy for more information) We moved to Valparaiso about 2 years ago. It’s easy to remember how long we’ve been here because I was about 8 months pregnant with our third baby. My husband just took a new job, so we were working through a new home, new town, new baby, and I was staying at home full-time for the first time ever! Needless to say, it was a nuts time in our lives. Here we are two years later…with a 2 year old….and things have slowed down a bit. Our house had been on the market for quite…
