This post has been sponsored by KILZ®. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Come tour our new beautiful and moody dark teal bedroom! I love our new bedroom, and I think those dark walls make all the difference! If you have been considering a dark bedroom, I hope this post will give you some ideas and inspiration. I am so excited to share a little bit of my new favorite room in our home with you all! Today, I am talking about bringing in some major color and major mood to our home decor. Most of our home is painted white, and I still love white walls, but lately I have been craving more color. For our bedroom I have really been wanting to create a space that's a little bit dark and moody. This is what the room looked like before: Mostly, it was big white box. I had ... [Read More]
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Kitchen Remodel Update: The Power of Paint
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of FrogTape®. All opinions are 100% mine. What a difference a can of paint can make! Come get a little peek at our kitchen remodel plus a few tips for getting perfect paint lines every time. If you have been following my recent sporadic instagram stories, then you may have seen some updates and questions and general mulling over things in our little kitchen remodel. We have been in our home for about a year and a half now. We have been sloooooowly remodeling the kitchen over that past year or so, and it is finally starting to come together. Today, I wanted to share a quick update on the space and show off what we have been working on in there. If you want to go back and look at the "Before" Home Tour I posted last year, you can check ... [Read More]
DIY Brushstroke Monograms
Add a punch of color and texture to your home decor with this fun and simple DIY art project! This photo tutorial will teach you how to easily transform canvas letters into vibrant brushstroke monograms. I originally shared this project at Crafts Unleashed, and it may contain affiliate links, which help to support this site at no extra cost to you. Guys. I love me some paper. And I love me some yarn. But... there is just something about paint. Especially when it comes in big, thick brushstrokes and globs. Oh, baby. It just makes my heart happy. Know what I mean? This little DIY art project embraces that love of paint and is all about showing off those strokes. I really tried to capture that thick, impasto painting feeling on some canvas letters to create some colorful home ... [Read More]
How to Make Reusable Stencils: DIY Buffalo Plaid Planter
Learn how to make reusable stencils using your Silhouette or Cricut. Plus make your own trendy DIY Buffalo Plaid planter and stencil all the things with your new reusable stencil! This post contains affiliate links, which help to support this site at no extra cost to you. Today, I'm happy to share a great technique with you guys. We are going to be talking all about how to make your own stencils that you can use over and over again. I often will use adhesive vinyl to make stencils (like I did here), and I'm a big fan of vinyl stencils; however, they can only be used once. Sometimes you want stencils that can be used over and over again, and that's where stencil material comes in. I love using stencil material to stencil a larger area or for multiple projects. It just makes it so ... [Read More]
Sweet and Modern Girls Room Makeover with DIY Scalloped Wall
This modern girl's bedroom makeover combines a sweet pink DIY scalloped wall treatment with graphic black and white accents for a look that is fresh, girly, and fun. This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Devine Color. All opinions are 100% mine. We have been going full speed ahead on the house renovations and makeovers here, and the latest space to be tackled is my daughter's room. I am so happy with the way it turned out, and I can't wait to share her new room with you guys today! Since we haven't been in the house for too long, her room was pretty untouched although the previous owners had left us with some very bright paint to contend with. Here's a pic from before we moved in: My daughter was perfectly fine with the fuchsia wall color, but I saw an opportunity to try ... [Read More]
How to Get Perfect Paint Lines even on Orange Peel Walls
If you have orange peel or textured walls, you know how difficult it can be to get perfect paint lines. Today, I'm sharing my favorite products and best tips for getting perfectly crisp paint lines the first time around. This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of FrogTape®. All opinions are 100% mine. We moved into a new home a couple of months ago, and since then there has been A LOT of painting going on. Paint is definitely the easiest and most inexpensive way to quickly transform a space, and we have absolutely been putting it to work in our new home. Most of the house has been getting a fresh start with a coat of bright white paint, but there are a few spaces in the house I wanted to use paint to bring in some color. One of those spaces is the powder room, which has been ... [Read More]
How to Paint Two Paintings at Once – DIY Art Technique
This simple DIY acrylic painting technique allows you to paint two pieces at once while developing your painting skills. It's a fun way to loosen up and produce some great pieces as well. A big thanks to Decoart for sponsoring this post! Hey guys! I am really excited about today's post, and I hope it gets you excited to bust out some paint and brushes do some creating! If you follow me over on instagram, you might have seen that I've been doing a lot of painting lately. Part of it is that this new house just seems to have so many big empty walls staring at me all the time begging for some art work, and part of it is that I just really enjoy it! As I have been painting and experimenting, I stumbled onto a simple acrylic painting technique that I really like and I wanted to share it with ... [Read More]
Multi-Media Textured Floral Art at Crafts Unleashed
Hey friends! It's been a little while since my latest post, but I wanted to pop in to let you know I have been working on a lot of fun projects behind the scenes that I am dying to share with you. And in the meantime, I wanted to share this fun little DIY art project I did recently for the Crafts Unleashed blog. Guys. Our new house has so many blank walls. So. Many. I need art! I love supporting artists and have bought a few prints and original pieces that I love (I need to do a post soon on all the artists I have been stalking lately), but I just don't have the budget to completely fill my walls that way. So that means DIY art projects! Which are kind of one of my favorite things to do anyway. It works out. :) For this project I got to use some awesome new Marabu products ... [Read More]
Simple Patio Chair Upgrade – Painted Rattan Chairs
Give some simple rattan patio chairs a colorful upgrade this summer! This patio chair upgrade is super easy with DecoArt Curb Appeal. A big thanks to DecoArt for sponsoring this post. Is it feeling warm in your neck of the woods yet? The weather here has been absolutely beautiful, and we are trying to soak up as much outside time as possible before the heat of summer hits us full blast. Since the kids have been playing out front quite a bit, I have been needing a comfy spot to sit on the patio and keep an eye on them. I found a pair of rattan chairs I liked quite a bit, but wanted to give them a bit more personality and color. For this month's DecoArt project, I was asked to work with Americana Decor Curb Appeal, which is a great paint specifically designed for painting doors and ... [Read More]
DIY Lacquer Box at Crafts Unleashed
Hey babes! I know things have been a little quiet around here lately, but I have lots of fun projects in the works behind the scenes that I can't wait to share with you all. For now, I wanted to show off my latest crafty project - these super cheerful and colorful DIY lacquer boxes. Aren't they fun? I kind of love 'em, and they were really a lot of fun to make. They also happen to be perfect for filling with bits and bobbles, odds and ends, knicks and knacks. They are great, right? Want to make your own? Head on over to the Crafts Unleashed blog for all the deets on how to make your own! That's it for today, friends. Happy Making! ... [Read More]