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Powder Bathroom Makeover

The Transformation of Our Powder Bathroom Makeover

I am so excited to finally reveal our Powder Bathroom Makeover. This was one of our first home renovation projects we started when we first moved into our house. The whole process took much longer than we thought, but it was totally worth all the headaches and wait time. I love the results and the final makeover! I had no idea a little bathroom could make my heart sing every time I go in it, but this one does. The powder bathroom makeover has truly transformed in a really good way!

The Before–

The bathroom before was dark and lacking any sort of creativity. I think a powder bathroom should be inviting and should leave a positive impression on your guests! The one thing that drove me crazy was the floor was a pebble rock, which was impossible to clean but also so painful to walk on when barefoot. The bathroom also had no storage and the pedestal sink was way to large for the space.

The After–

I previously posted my powder bathroom’s inspirational board and in that post I included the bathroom’s “before” pictures. Check it out so you can see how the bathroom looked before we did the renovations. The bathroom was painted a dark sky blue and had a rock pebble floor that was painful to walk on barefoot. The floor was impossible to clean. The grout was wide so it felt permanently dirty because it is hard to get the dirt out of grout. If anything the flooring definitely needed to be changed. I decided to go with a Thassos mosaic marble hexagon tile and I am so happy with the results. It was our main splurge in the bathroom, but the flooring didn’t cover that much square footage so as far as cost, it wasn’t too bad. The design is not too busy but adds a dimensional element to the small powder bathroom.

One thing I knew I wanted to do was wallpaper the bathroom. I loved the wallpaper in our last powder bathroom. Powder bathrooms are a fun place to put a pop of unexpected design! I wanted the bathroom to have that pop of design with a feminine, modern and clean style. Our powder bathroom is close to the dining room, which is wallpapered with navy blue grasscloth. Since you can get a glimpse of the powder bathroom from the dining room, I wanted the powder bathroom wallpaper to complement the dining room wallpaper. I searched and searched for the right wallpaper. It took quite a bit of searching and samples–either the wallpaper was too busy, too feminine, or too modern or abstract or completely out of our budget. Wallpaper can get so expensive! I was excited to finally find Caitlin Wilson Design’s Vienna Floral Wallpaper . I knew it was the one the first time I saw it. The subtle pink background with the hand-painted flower strokes was just what I was looking for. And it had a touch of navy blue to complement the dining room wallpaper.

The next thing we decided to do was get rid of the pedestal sink because we needed storage in the bathroom to hold toilet paper, hand towels and guest bathroom miscellaneous items. The pedestal sink’s top basin was also quite large, which made the small bathroom even smaller. We saved about 10 inches of space switching out the pedestal for a vanity. So worth it! Originally I was planning on an open concept shelving vanity which we almost installed, but I just wasn’t loving how it looked in the bathroom and changed it out at the last minute. We then ended up going with a 24″ single furniture style vanity. I am so happy with this purchase and the company we purchased through. They were awesome with the exchange and shipping. The vanity came with a pre-drilled marble top, and the price was right in our budget. I ended up saving the faucet from our pedestal sink and reinstalling it with our new vanity.

Some other items that helped us save money was keeping the Pottery Barn mirror, Pottery Barn light fixture and bathroom fixtures. They were all in good condition, and they go with the house’s New England colonial style.

I did want to have a focal point in the bathroom so I picked up this cute little abstract artwork at Minted. I love it!

Let me know what you think about our powder bathroom makeover!

Powder Bathroom Inspiration Board

Renovation Ideas for Our Powder Bathroom Inspiration Makeover

When you move into a house that needs refreshening up and renovation work, you learn to exercise a lot of patience. Our house is about 15 years old, so it doesn’t need major renovations, but it does need cosmetic work. Our list is long, and we’ve done quite a bit, but I still feel like we have barely checked items off our list. We’ve been trying to complete our powder bathroom, and we are just about there. So, as we finish it up I thought I’d show you my powder bathroom inspiration board so you get the idea of the look we are going for. The before pictures are below.

Neutral Powder Bathroom Inspiration board with a feminine touch. || Darling Darleen

I wanted to keep our powder board inspiration board neutral, with a little bit a touch of feminine. Our house is a New England style colonial so there is a lot of moulding through the house with traditional styles of finishes. Since we aren’t completely redoing the entire house, I didn’t want to completely change the traditional style of the house. More like just update the house keeping it traditional with a touch of modern.

Here are a few of our “before” pictures of the bathroom. The bathroom floor was covered in a rough rock tile that would hurt your feet to walk. So happy with the marble hexagon tile we replaced it with! The blue paint is horrible. Can’t wait when it is gone and covered in the floral wallpaper, which ties in the other wallpaper in the house.

On my Instagram stories, I asked everyone if I should replace the pedestal sink and everyone said yes! I am so happy we did!

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Guest Bathroom

Guest Bathroom: Before + After. We bought our southern house about two years ago from a builder. It was a spec home, which means it was a new build but not custom (we couldn’t pick any of the finishes out) and everything inside was builder grade. We have been slowly making changing throughout the house, especially with the light fixtures. The house was all brown when we bought it–outside, inside and all the details. As my Dad would say…’cum on builders! Get with the program! And I would finish that off with…that’s SO 1998. Well, first thing we did was paint the entire house a soft gray, switching out the brown paint color. It did take quite a long time, that it would probably have been done a lot faster if we got help from professional painters in Portland, Oregon (for example) to help us out. But we got through it eventually. We added wallpaper to many rooms. One was the guest bathroom. And we just finally switched out the light fixture and mirror in the guest bathroom.

Here are the before “progressing” pictures. I didn’t get a picture of the bathroom right after we moved in without the wallpaper, but you get the idea. We never painted this room but instead just added wallpaper.

Here is the “after”. Just a few minor changes can make a big impact. I wanted to keep the southern feel of the house, so I didn’t want to go too modern. But the light fixture has a traditional contemporary look. The light fixture is suppose to face down but because of the mirror size, I had to flip it facing up. It works because of the height of the ceiling and still adds a ton of light. I will say that to update the house I’ve been going with a chrome finish on fixtures regardless that the faucets and door handles are brown antique bronze. I think it is OKAY to mix metals in a room. All the links and resources are below.

guest bathroom, powder room, venetian mirror

guest bathroom, powder room, wallpaper, venetian mirror, bathroom with window

guest bathroom, powder room, wallpaper, window

Venetian Mirror (similar)|| Light Fixture (similar)|| Wallpaper || Abstract Art || X-tray bar cart || Rug (old) || Basket

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A Year in Home Renovations

Home Renovations Marked our 2019 Year

Happy New Year!! As I look back at 2019, it was a year in home renovations and maintenance. The year of 2018 was the year we moved from Georgia back to Connecticut, and 2019 was the year we REALLY got to know our new (but old) home very well–the good, the bad and the ugly. We began the year of embarking on painting our entire house inside and out. We renovated our kitchen and two bathrooms. Wallpapered five rooms. Landscaped our backyard. We updated our family room with built-in cabinets. Decorated the whole inside of the house (many rooms to share this upcoming year). And let’s also mention the many, many things that needed to be fixed in the house–leaky roof, broken A/C, broken heater, broken water heater, broken garage door, interior doors that wouldn’t shut, clogged gutters, broken sprinkler system, broken oven & refrigerator, clogged exterior drainage, broken sump pump for our basement, changing out all of the houses light bulbs, maintaining and cleaning out three fire places–the list really goes on and on. This are things that keep the house running but also are the less-pretty things that cost a lot of money and never get mentioned.

By the time we were done with dumping a ton of money into our house this year, we probably could of built a new one! But thankfully I have a handy husband you knows a lot about fixing and repairing equipment. So, we did save a lot of money that way. Many people know when you embark on numerous home renovation projects and is the designated person in charge, you need to plan vacations cordially with the renovations schedule and be present when needed. So this year we had to say “no” to some family vacations and then plan family vacations when we needed to be out of the house. I would say if you plan to renovate a home, make sure you have a renovation calendar to know when everything needs to be scheduled, and how that lines up to with your family schedule.

In January, I shared how I wallpapered my daughter’s room with removable wallpaper.

In March we completed our powder bathroom makeover, which we completed gutted and refinished with new tile, vanity, paint and wallpaper.

In May, we added two huge book shelves to our family room. I will post before and afters in the next few weeks!

In July, we did painted the entire exterior of our house and added landscape to our backyard.

In August, I shared my entire home buying process with Apartment Therapy.

By October, I finally shared my boy’s bold bedroom and also shared a beginner’s guide to wallpapering.

And by November, I finally revealed my kitchen renovations that we had been working on all summer long! So nice to finally have a working kitchen before the holidays.

And the many things that I didn’t publish were wallpapering another daughters bedroom, painting and decorating my office, tiling our jack and Jill bathroom, renovating our attic. I hope to reveal these rooms in 2020!

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Beginner Guide: How to Hang Wallpaper

A Beginner’s Guide to Hanging Wallpaper with Easy Step-by-Step Tutorial

After years of hiring professional wallpaper installers and watching them hang wallpaper, I decided to give it a try. Do you remember the wallpaper I hung in my renovated powder bathroom? I did a lot of observed during the installation. How come no one told me hanging wallpaper is really quite easy?! I’m not sure why I’ve been so intimidated with the wallpaper installation process. But after tackling my boy’s room and then hanging removable wallpaper in my daughter’s room, I’m up for another wallpaper challenge! So, I decided to do a Beginner’s guide: How to Hang Wallpaper for all the newbies out there and to also say to be bold and give this DIY a try!

First off, the wallpaper I bought was not really expensive so that was one of the reasons I decided to install it myself. I felt like if I messed up, I wasn’t deeply invested in the paper. Regardless of the price, I really do love this pre-pasted wallpaper that I found at Target! Also the other thing about the beginner guide how to hang wallpaper is that you really don’t need a ton of supplies, just some essential ones.

Beginner’s Guide: How to Hang Wallpaper

Supplies:

wallpaper (measure your walls to determine how many rolls of paper you will need)

wallpaper paste (if your wallpaper is not pre-pasted)

wallpaper primer and size

carpenter’s level and tape measure

roller and water bucket

wallpaper smoother or wallpaper brush

large sponge

pencil and scissors

working table and ladder

sharp utility knife and metal edger

Before wallpapering, you need to prep the walls. This part is very important and should not be overlooked. Clean and then lightly sand down the walls so they are smooth and have no abrasions. Repair any holes in the wall. Then prime the wall with wallpaper primer and wallpaper size. Size can help the wallpaper grip the wall better and make is easier to peel off later if you decide to remove it.

After you prep the walls, measure the wall lengthwise to determine the center point of the wall. Then take a carpenter’s level and from straight up and down, draw a “plumb” line where the center point is located in the wall. The center is a good point to start off to hang your first wallpaper. Then continue to make additional vertical lines acorss the wall that are the width of your wallpaper. These will act as markers when you hang your panels.

Then measure the wall from ceiling to floor or moulding to moulding and add four inches of overhang. Use this measurement to cut your wallpaper into strips. Use a ruler or L square tool to mark the line on the wallpaper with a pencil. When you apply the wallpaper to the wall, you should have about 2 inches of overhang on the top and bottom of the panel.

If you are using a prepasted wallpaper, you can just roll up your paper with the back facing out and submerge it in a water-filled trough. Or you can use a paint roller and roll water along the back making sure that every part of the wallpaper has been submerged with water. If your wallpaper doesn’t come pre-pasted, lay it back side up on table and use a roller to apply the paste.

To activate the paste, loosely fold both side of the paper to the center. Don’t crease. This is known as “booking”. Let the paper sit for 2-3 minutes while the paste activates. Booking the paper also makes it easy to apply the wallpaper to the wall since the wallpaper is folded in.

Grab a helper and a ladder and unfold your booked wallpaper. Hold it up from the top of the wall where you marked your plumb line. Line up the edge of the paper to your plumb line and smooth into place. Then using a wallpaper brush and plastic smoother, press out any air bubbles and excess paste. Use a wet sponge as needed. This will take a few minutes to completely smooth your wallpaper panel.

Then using a metal edger, press the paper into the wall’s edge at the top and bottom of the wallpaper panel and cut away any excess paper with a sharp utility knife blade.

Repeat the process as before but make sure you are cutting the paper so that the pattern will match up. You will have leftover paper because of this very reason, so it’s best to buy an extra roll so you don’t run out of paper. Hang the next panel right next to the first meeting the edges without overlapping. You might need to slide the paper around to make sure the patterns match up.

Watch the DIY tutorial video of Beginner’s Guide: How to Hang Wallpaper . Make sure to give it a thumbs up and subscribe!

Let me know what you think about the video! I’m still a newbie on the videos and I hope to perfect it over time!

Easter Table with Blue and White

Easy Easter Table Décor with Blues and Whites

This year we won’t be celebrating Easter at home, but I still had to put together an Easter table for my viewers! You guys seem to love them, and one of my top posts is my tulip cabbage centerpieces that I did quite a few years ago and is still loved by so many of you! So, here is an easy Easter table décor with blues and white

Easter table with blue and white ginger jars, spring flowers in vases and easter eggs || Darling Darleen #easteregg #eastertable

Easter table in dining room with blue grasscloth wallpaper and easter wallpaper as table runner || DarlingDarleen #eastertable #grassclothwallpaper #diningroom

With many of my tables settings, I usually start off with a color scheme, theme or decoration idea. This year, I wanted to use some of the left-over wallpaper from our powder bathroom makeover as the table runner. The wallpaper set the tone of the table and was the inspiration for the Easter table décor. The different colors of blues made it easy to style the table with my scalloped baby blue plates that I probably have over used for Easter, but aren’t they just perfect?

Easter table with blue and white ginger jars and spring flowers. Wallpaper used as table runner. Easter egg name place setting|| Darling Darleen #eastertable #gingerjars

To bring in the Easter element, I used the tiny bunny name place card setting and made watercolor script place cards. Then used some decorative Easter eggs to add another décor element.

Easter table with blue and white ginger jars and spring flowers. Easter eggs in fancy bowls || Darling Darleen #eastertable #gingerjars

Easter table with floral Caitlin Wilson wallpaper table runner and ginger jars with spring flower || Darling Darleen #caitlinwilson #wallpaper

Blue and White ginger jars filled with spring flowers was a sophisticated touch to the easy Easter table. Ginger jars are the perfect flower vase and flower centerpiece. For Easter tables, I always like to decorate the table with decorative eggs that my children have decorate. Place the eggs in a fancy tulip bowl. They are a fun touch to the Easter table with Blue and White.

Best Online Tile Resources

The Best Online Tile Resources

With our recent move from Georgia to Connecticut, we recently bought a home that is about fifteen years old. It isn’t old enough that it needs a major gut and renovation, but it does need some refreshing up and cosmetic changes to modernize it. The last major tile project we did was our first home in Connecticut, where we gutted and redesigned our upstairs family bathroom. Many of the best online tile resources websites come from that bathroom project. Our new house has good bones and has enough space for our growing children. I love the location of the home–less than a mile away from the train station to NYC and about a mile and half to the beach. And the neighborhood is great and family friendly. But there are definitely some things in the home that need major remodeling. We have already repainted the 50 shades of blue walls in the house to Benjamin Moore White Dove. And boy! Paint does make a huge difference!

Painting the entire house (inside and out) is not the only thing we are doing. We are also changing out most of the bathroom tiles, and there are about four bathrooms that need a good change. So, tile has been my focus the last few weeks as our first remodeling project will be our downstairs powder bathroom, since it’s the bathroom that gets the most use during the day. I will definitely be posting a before and after on the process. In the meantime, make sure you are following along with me on Instagram as I will be posting on my page and IG Stories. I’ve already shown some of the tile-picking process.

So I wanted to share what I have found to be the best online tile resources. Picking tile can be overwhelming, and I know how it’s best to see a tile sample in the room before making the big final purchase. What I have found to work best and to save money, is to head to your local tile showroom and pick out tile patterns and styles you like. Showrooms usually allow you to check out one of their samples. Or you can ask them for the name of tile, and then head to one of these online tile resources and most likely the online site will have the tile but for a fraction of the price. Most of the tiles I have found in a showroom are available online and about 20% cheaper. It is nice to see the tile in person. So if you don’t feel comfortable checking out the sample (because usually they request personal information), you can snap a picture of the tile and again head to these best online tile resources for reference.

As you may have noticed pattern tile in natural stone, ceramic and porcelian are huge right now! I am loving every patterned and its been quite hard narrowing it down. Mixing tile pattern and colors are also a favorite. The water jet mosaic tiles are just so beautiful. You can really have so much fun creating your space with just tile.

(bathroom and laundry images from Three Bird Renovations)

Here are the Best Online Tile Resources for shopping for your next tile project:

TileBar.com–so many beautiful patterned tiles. I get giddy looking through their tile options.
Floor & Decor–they offer stone, decorative and tile. They have a very competitive pricing.
AllModern–if you are looking for the modern style of tile, head to All Modern. Here are a few of my favorite styles:

4. Clé Tile –clean and simple. They have an amazing terra cotta tile collection and team up with other designers. Most of the tiles are handmade and on the higher end.

5. Overstock.com–I have found some really great tile option on Overstock. You’d be amaze and the savings are worth it. Here are a few of my favorite styles:

6. Amazon–I’m sure you aren’t surprised that they also sell floor tile. Well of course! The only concern is if the seller is reputable so do you research if you find a tile you love. Here are a few of my favorites:

7. Home Depot–don’t disregard Home Depot’s tile selection. They have really picked it up a notch and now sells some really beautiful tiles that are more design focused.

8. Lowe’s–another home improvement store that is now offering exceptional tile pattern styles. Most of their best tile styles are found online instead of their stores.

9. Wayfair–if you are looking for the mosaic cement tile, Wayfair is a great resource and has it at great prices. They also have an easy return policy, which helps if the tile doesn’t work out.

10. Houzz–did you know that Houzz now has a shop department? So convenient because they have many house images linked to the product. If you need to see how it looks in a space this is a great resource. Here are a few of my favorite tiles from Houzz.

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My Georgia Home Tour

My Georgia Home Tour

This summer has been a whirlwind of moving, traveling then moving again. I can’t believe how quickly summer has flown but also how much it has dragged on and on. Moving took a lot out of me if I am going to be honest. I never thought it was going to be easy, but this was something else. I’m glad this is all sorted now. A friend of mine is currently in the moving process to a house near little lake, so I thought I would give her some advice, to help make the move a lot easier. Moving is exciting but there are so many different things that need to be considered. As she basically lives on the other side of the world, I was doing some research and recommended she looked into something like ConveyOnline service these suburbs, just so she knows that when it comes to the legal documentation of moving, she doesn’t have to do this alone. It is always great to know that there is someone out there willing to give you a helping hand, especially from people who know what they are doing. This was a really good tip that someone gave me, so now I feel I should offer it to anyone who needs help when it comes to moving. Anyway, we have been unpacking our new house in Connecticut. I finally have my computer up, wifi and a little spot in my new office to work. But everything is still a complete mess, and we are still mostly in boxes, which makes me nostalgia for my home life in Georgia. Moving is the worst on so many levels! One tip I would give if you are moving house, is to make a list of your new local emergency contacts just in case, for example, if you’re moving to Perth you might need a locksmith in Bentley quickly. So since I’m in this sentimental stage I thought I need to give you my Georgia home tour since I haven’t really given the grand tour, just bits and pieces of rooms. I will say when we bought the house six years ago it was not a house I really liked. The whole house was painted yellow inside and there was a lot of brown. Very southern especially with it’s sweeping staircase. But slowly I made it my own. Just before we put it on the market I really loved the home, and we created so many wonderful memories there. We lived right outside Atlanta and had the convenience of a big city but our neighborhood backed up to a little river and a private nature preserve with walking trails. We felt like we had our own little forest in our backyard. I’m excited to give you my Georgia home tour:

Entry Way

The entry way was the selling feature of the home with its grand curved stair case and two story ceilings. I always felt a little embarrassed by its grandiose entrance especially when friends came over but I tried to keep it minimal and welcoming with seating and a basic cow hide rug (which is the best rug for a lot of foot traffic!). I made the DIY entry metal bench, which had storage for shoes and a place where guests could place their bag. Having the piano in the entry way was such a great idea because every time my kids walked past it, which was multiple times a day, they would sit down to play it.

Family Room/Great Room

This was the room where the family hang out most of the time. We watched TV here, played board games, held parties. I really loved how the great room opened up to the kitchen area. These two rooms were our favorites and are missed the most. I pulled all the wooden blinds down and added curtains and made the roman shades (which I still need to do a how-to post). We had the two sofas reupholstered to the current fabrics. They used to be brown and yellow! We added the orb chandelier. Check out how I styled our built-in bookshelf. And check out how to make your own DIY copper planters and DIY copper blanket ladder.

Kitchen

I’ve posted my kitchen frequently through my social media outlets. My kitchen is your typical white builder-grade kitchen. When we first moved in all the handles were dark brass and there was no pendant lights over the island or chandelier over the kitchen table area. We made those changes pretty fast and it brought beautiful visual interest and was a fairly easy update.

Office

My office is right off the entry way so I wanted it to be another inviting room but also functional for my every day needs. I recently posted all about my office studio and the inspiration behind it along with many more photos! Find out more along with resource guide.

Dining Room

This is the room that gets the best morning light! We added wallpaper to the room to add visual interest. We bought the ikat wall paper at a local wallpaper store and I can’t remember what the style or brand! The dining room table is my favorite from Restoration Hardware along with the white pleather chair that have held up so well with children after so many years.

Guest Bedroom

You can read more about my Guest Bedroom, which I posted many of the resources. The gold framed art pictures were an easy watercolor DIY. Our guest bedroom was located on the main level.

Powder Bathroom

You can see the before and after pictures of our powder bathroom. We wallpapered the entire bathroom and I still love that trellis wallpaper! It’s amazing how a few easy updates can drastically change the look of a room even in a bathroom.

Boy’s Bedroom

I just recently posted all about the boy’s bedroom. This was a room I ignored for a while! But slowly the room came together. The boys loved this room. The final decorating piece we added was the pendant light, which I was so sad to part with. Such a fun light! Check out all the resources on the original boy’s bedroom post.

Girl’s Tween Bedroom

Another favorite room that we are sad to part with or at least the wallpaper! We still are so obsessed with that wallpaper and it’s been over 5 years! This was a room I quickly put together shortly after moving into the house. You can find all the resources and additional photos on the original girl’s tween bedroom post!

Master Bedroom

Okay our master bedroom was the VERY last room…or two that we furnished, partially because it was so large and needed a lot of furniture. I did a few DIYs in the room like our dresser (which isn’t pictured) but you can see the before and after of the dresser. Also I lacquered the two tall bamboo mirrors that are beside the bed. The little tub chair was a garage sale find that I reupholstered. I should of done a little more posting on that cute chair because I love it and love how it came out with the complementing solid and print fabrics! You can, however, see the before pictures of the chair. The two tall lamps was a flea market found that my friend found for me. I lacquered the middle section white and then spray painted the bottom and top gold and replaced the shades for new ones. I really wanted to do a few more things to this bedroom so I wouldn’t say it was completed but close to it!

Thanks for coming along my Georgia Home tour! We have loved this home but are excited to change up the new home we are have moved in! Let me know if you have any questions about resources. I will try and answer!

DIY Ikea Hack White Fur Stool

DIY Ikea Hack White Fur Stool : You might have seen similar DIY Ikea hack white fur stool projects on Pinterest, but I changed some of the steps to make it a 10-minute Ikea hack project with less supplies. This diy ikea hack white fur stool project is much easier and you might have most the supplies on hand. How cute would it be to make a whole bunch of these white fur stools for a girlfriend luncheon or birthday party? These stools are inexpensive (about $10) and the project is a quickie! Also, it looks really cute under my acrylic console table. Or put it in a bathroom corner. It’s small enough to squeeze even in a powder bathroom. Add just the perfect touch of glam to a room.

Supplies

Ikea Marius Stool

Mongolian Fur

Foam (optional)

Exacto Knife

Adhesive Spray

First thing first! If you want to spray paint the legs of the stool, make that the first step. Or if you like it white, keep it. I spray painted mine gold metallic. Spray painting will add some minutes to this DIY Ikea hack white fur stool project, but if you do it the first step then while it is drying do the other steps.

Okay so I wanted to add foam to my stool to add some height and dimension especially with the fur. You can skip this step if you don’t mind a hard furry stool! I just thought a soft furry stool is a little better! Also, if you can find a white foam instead of blue that would be best. I had to add white fabric under the white fur because you could kind of see of the blue. I bought my foam at a fabric store with a 50% coupon so it was about $2.

Take your foam and place the round stool top on the foam. Outline with a sharpie. Cut with an exacto knife. Then using spray adhesive, spray the top of the foam. Then flip over and press it down on the top of the plastic stool top.

Cut your white fur so it will cover the sides of the foam/plastic top. Spray the adhesive spray all around on the foam then place it down on the wrong side of the white fur fabric. The plastic stool top should be exposed. Wait a minute. Then gently pull the white fur fabric covering the sides and using the adhesive spray to secure to the plastic bottom. Trust me. It will stick!

Cut the fabric around the screw holes. You don’t want to cover them up! Also, cut away any excess fabric. Continue to use the adhesive spray to secure the fur.

Once the white fur is all glued onto the plastic, follow the Ikea directions with screwing on the stool legs. Make sure the legs are dried before you screw them on to the top. Also the legs will help to secure the white fur, so over time the fur doesn’t start drooping.

Voila! You are done!! Easy peasy! And now you’ve got a cute stool with minimal effort.

Want to see more white fur stools you can buy?

2016 Desk Calendars + New Goals

2016 Desk Calendars + New Goals: Hello 2016! I have been in hibernation the last week of December. Well, not quite hibernation. Actually after Christmas, I attended a family wedding, enjoyed our annual NYE party and a quick family ski trip. It was a nice break and my children are now back in school, and I am getting back on my schedule. When a new year hits, I love a good desk calendar which then makes me want to start planning for the year, setting goals and agendas. Do you feel that way too? A new rebirth, and quite refreshing to take a step back to see what accomplishments have been made in the past year and what aspirations to achieve in the new year. Some of my goals last year that I completed were relaunching my blog and jewelry website. Both were a huge undertaking, but so worth it and very rewarding! The renovation of our backyard was a goal my husband and I made, and we have enjoy it so much! Finally completely our powder bathroom was a huge plus!

So this year some of the goals I have are finish furnishing my house while doing it on a friendly budget. Can you believe I have rooms still unfinished, and we have lived here a good two years? So I plan to finish all rooms and share with you what I did to each one! I’d love to also share more DIY’s for the home. Our house has a lot of areas that need just an update but not a huge overhaul remodel, just a fresh update. So I plan to tackle that this year. Also, I’d love to do more wellness posts, kind of like my post here. I love healthy living and see the benefits in my life and of course want to share it with all of you!

Have you made your goals for the year? If not or don’t quite have the motivations, pick up a new 2016 desk calendar. Somehow it just makes it more a priority! I received a Karen Adams 2016 glitter calendar for Christmas from a favorite business collaborator and just love the illustrations. It makes me excited to tackle each month. Silly, huh?! Desk calendars are also great gifts to give. I’ve listed my favorite 2016 desk calendars below.

Or take the freebie route. There are some many beautiful free printable 2016 desk calendars. Like this watercolor floral 2016 desk calendar from My Fabuless Life. Calendars are not just for the office. I love to display calendars on pretty easels and place on a book shelf or dresser or next to cookbooks on a kitchen counter. Now bring on 2016! Let’s hope for a productive year!

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Powder Bathroom Makeover

The Transformation of Our Powder Bathroom Makeover

The Before–

The After–

Powder Bathroom Inspiration Board

Renovation Ideas for Our Powder Bathroom Inspiration Makeover

Guest Bathroom

A Year in Home Renovations

Home Renovations Marked our 2019 Year

Beginner Guide: How to Hang Wallpaper

A Beginner’s Guide to Hanging Wallpaper with Easy Step-by-Step Tutorial

Easter Table with Blue and White

Easy Easter Table Décor with Blues and Whites

Best Online Tile Resources

(bathroom and laundry images from Three Bird Renovations)

My Georgia Home Tour

DIY Ikea Hack White Fur Stool

2016 Desk Calendars + New Goals

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