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Guys! We did it! We made it to week 8 of the One Room Challenge™! This room includes the biggest DIY Joe and I have ever tackled, a smaller DIY I love, tons of work, aha moments (Wait! The built-ins NEED to be beige!), unique finds from friends (this console!), and so many more fun/hard/crazy moments that brought us to a completely finished family room. It started as neglected, lacking storage and style, and now? It's our favorite room in the house. As the room we spend the most time in as a family, it sure deserved the attention we lavished on it over these past 8 weeks. There were times I didn't think we'd make it- I feel like I painted for like 1000 hours, Joe was running up to the loft during work breaks, the kids were feeding themselves... you get the idea. But here we are and I couldn't be happier with the result. I'm not going to chat much because I know you're here for the photos of our completely renovated family room! So let's get into it!
It's Prime Day! It's only within the past year I've been ready and prepared to snag the deals so I thought I'd bring you along and share some of my picks. Some of these items I own, some are in my cart, and some I wish I owned. Keep reading to snag amazing deals on furnishings, home decor, rugs (lots of Loloi including those from Chris Loves Julia!), and more!
Guys. ONE WEEK until the reveal. I can hardly believe it. Somehow we turned a corner last week and are feeling ready to wrap this thing up! This week we thought we'd walk you through how we built the shelves. I'm using "we" loosely although I did put in hours of sweat equity toward the end- but more on that later. This won't be a tutorial per se, but we'll share the tutorials we referenced, our steps, and things we wish we'd done differently. Hopefully if you're in the research phase of built-in options (hire it out? Buy ready made? DIY it?), this post will help! Also there's a tiny sneak peek of the styled shelves at the end! So here goes...
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It's week 6 of the One Room Challenge™ and today I'm bringing you a fun tutorial for how to make a fluted side table. This is one of those trending DIYs that I just had to get out of my system. And bonus, I'm also sharing how I stain wood with craft paint. Once you do it this way, you'll never want to go back! Ever since I stained our DIY framed mirror with craft paint, I've been obsessed with the method and have fielded lots of questions in my DMs so now I'll have it in one place for you. This DIY takes a little time but is actually fun and easy to do (unlike caulking. IYKYK), so let's get to it- here's how to make a DIY fluted table in a beautiful oak-like finish and I'm using my favorite Handy Paint painting products which always help a project go more smoothly.
3 weeks left for the One Room Challenge™. I'm not panicking, you're panicking. ;) My plan was to share a tutorial of our DIY shelves this week but let's be honest- we are not experts and it was Joe's first build! I think we'll share some things we learned eventually but for now, I'm sharing the post I've been teasing for a while- how to hide your TV cords because there's nothing like the clean look of a TV with nothing dangling from it. You can get the same vibe as having a Samsung Frame TV if you ditch the cords and add some art to your smart TV- for like way less cash. If you are staring at unsightly cords dangling from your TV, don't wait 6 years like we did. And you don't have to hire it out and pay a few hundred dollars to remedy it! Keep reading to see how we hid our TV cords- it took Joe all of an hour and about $50!
