• DIY PAINTING

    2 Tips for a Model Home Entrance

    Has your entrance seen better days? Do you wish your front door had a better Wow Factor? After all it is the 1st Impression, guests see when they come to your home. Here are my 2 Tips for a Model Home Entrance. Paint Your Door Install Vinyl Laminate Flooring This post shows Before and After pictures of our Entrance Reveal.  We also installed vinyl laminate (looks like wood) over tile flooring. Supplies: 1. Painter’s Tape 2. Sponge 3. Fine-grit sandpaper 4. High-density foam mini rollers and brushes 5. 1 quart adhesion primer 6. 1 quart satin or semigloss exterior paint Tip #1: Paint a Metal Door You can either remove the…

  • BUDGET ROOM REVEAL,  DIY PROJECTS,  Uncategorized

    5 Trendy DIY Decor for a Girl Bedroom

    Do you need decor ideas for your daughter’s room? Are you struggling with finding personalized decor, that matches your daughter’s comforter or wall color? Do you wish you could make your daughter’s room have more personality than the package sets at the store? Here are 5 Trendy DIY Decor for a Girl Bedroom. Letter Frame Pink shelf with flower ribbon DIY Name Decor DIY Owl Cushion Gutter Bookshelves Making your own decor is easy.  You just need a few supplies and instructions. Making your child’s bedroom, should be a fun, inviting haven for your child.  Adding decor that fits their personality is also important and will mean more to you…

  • BUDGET ROOM REVEAL,  DIY PROJECTS,  Uncategorized

    4 Steps to Convert a Bedroom for One into a Bedroom for Two

    Are you running out of bedrooms in your home? Do you have more than one kid per room? Trying to figure out how to incorporate each child’s personality into ONE Room? Here are 4 Steps to Convert a Bedroom for ONE into a Bedroom for TWO. 4 Steps to Convert a Bedroom for One into a Bedroom for Two Re-Paint Re-Purpose Re-Arrange Refine Find a paint color that will work for each child-repaint Make your own decor or reuse what you already have that compliments each child’s interest and has a common color scheme-re-purpose Find furniture that will save space-re-arrange Make sure they have complimentary comforters-refine Trust me! It is hard…

  • DIY PROJECTS,  Our Fourth Home,  SAVE $$,  Uncategorized

    DIY Wall Owl Decor

    As you know by now, I just LOVE Owls!  They are so cute!  So when I had my first boy, I just had to make him an Owl Nursery.  After searching Etsy, and other places for some owl decor, I decided to make my own Owl Canvas Decor.  I found this cute card stock at a scrapbook supply store, on one our various vacations.  I love the Red, White, and Blue color scheme.  It’s perfect for a BOY.  The Owl Canvas Decor, only took me about 20 minutes to make each.  And the cost was under $20!  Plus, it left me with a lot of card stock and glue to…

  • BEST USE OF SPACE,  HOME IMPROVEMENT,  Our Fourth Home,  VINYL DECOR

    Top 10 Improvements for a Bathroom Makeover

    Do you have a bathroom that is in desperate need of a makeover? Clueless about the steps on how to do it, or what to do? Do you have an outdated bathroom with green, pink, or blue tile from the 70’s? Tired of having only one sink? This post will show you the Top 10 Improvements for a Bathroom Makeover, and how we transformed our bathroom under $1000 dollars. Today, I invite you into my hallway bathroom in our fourth home (2nd foreclosure).  When we saw this bathroom, we knew it had to be fixed up.  It had Olive Green Tile EVERYWHERE, the walls, counters, flooring, and shower.  We knew…

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