Easy, Affordable DIY Projects for the Home
We're taking part in the One Room Challenge and we have 6 weeks to whip our dining room into shape! Our dining room design plan is slowly coming together, and with only two weeks left in the challenge, we're starting to question if we'll cross the finish line! Um, hi, are you kidding me? Week four? How did that happen? I only have TWO WEEKS LEFT to whip this dining room into shape? I'm in trouble, y'all. Welcome to week 4 of the One Room Challenge. Don't know what I'm talking View Post
Looking for some tips on how to document a pregnancy with a really cute (but easy to make) maternity photo book? This post has you covered! Plus, some great tips and tricks for getting yourself in front of the camera during your pregnancy to help capture those memories. I'm a big photo album person. Back when Corey and I were dating, I created a scrapbook for him each year on his birthday. Over the years, that evolved to creating yearly family photo albums, along with other smaller albums View Post
Happy Friday, friends! I've been counting down the days to this weekend, mostly because I'm dying to spend some time working on our built-in seating in the dining room! We've just had a skeleton of a bench in our dining room all week long, and it makes family dinners very challenging. Hopefully, by the end of the weekend we'll have a fully-completed bench ready for trim and paint. Cross your fingers for us! This week was an exhausting one for me. I spent a ton of time tiling in the View Post
It's One Room Challenge Week 3! This week we built the framing for our DIY kitchen banquette seating, worked on some tilling projects, and tried not to lose our minds in the insanity of renovations! This post contains affiliate links. Click here to read my full disclosure policy. Are you ready for another hodge-podge update of all of the random things we accomplished in our dining room renovation this week? I'm excited to say that, unlike last week, we've actually made some big progress View Post
We've made a few changes to our yard so far this spring, including a DIY raised garden bed, and we have an update on the gorgeous rose bushes in the yard! Here's a quick list of updates about our backyard. I always get a little nervous to talk about outdoor stuff this time of year - we've had pretty gorgeous weather in Texas for the last few weeks (not including the random cold snap last week that had me pulling my sweaters back out), but I know many of you are still dealing with snow and View Post
Last week, I posted on Instagram that we were heading to the doctor for our anatomy ultrasound. I offered up a quick opportunity for any last-minute guesses about the baby's sex, and hilariously enough almost all of you made the exact same guess that everyone else in our lives has made. Everyone thinks this child will be a girl. Jackson and I both went into the ultrasound having claimed from the beginning that it was definitely a girl. I haven't gotten a single "boy" guess from anyone View Post
Welcome to Week 2 of the One Room Challenge! We're tackling a complete makeover of our tiny dining nook over 6 weeks - this week, we solved a few problems and added a hidden trash can to our room! Can I just go ahead and admit something to you? It's only week two of the ORC and I'm already feeling, um, behind. I think it's partially because we have a major building project happening in this room (the built-in seating) along with a fair amount of tiling (and a wallpaper project to boot), View Post
This post is full of backyard patio decorating ideas to help you decorate your back patio, along with some tips on hosting a backyard gathering this spring! This post is sponsored by Tuesday Morning, but all opinions are 100% mine. Thanks for supporting the brands that support Love & Renovations! We've lived in this house for just over four months now, and I'll admit - there are a lot of things we miss about our old house. We miss the extra space, we miss our gorgeous fireplace, and we View Post
Spring has sprung - that means it's time to start thinking about your spring cleaning list! Not to worry - I've got you covered with these easy spring cleaning tips to get you started! Do you officially spring clean your house every year? I'll admit, I don't necessarily set aside a specific time to deep clean my home - maybe I should? I tend to be the type that just takes care of those annoying deep cleaning tasks on a somewhat random schedule throughout the year, but I always love the idea View Post
We might have a small dining room, but it doesn't mean it has to be short on style! We're renovating our small dining room for the One Room Challenge - and it's week one! Guess what day it is?! It's ONE ROOM CHALLENGE WEEK ONE! Are you excited? I'm excited. If you aren't familiar with the One Room Challenge, it's a blogging challenge where each participating blogger chooses a room in their house to completely overhaul in just 6 weeks. There are always a ton of people who participate, View Post