The main goal of this blog is to inspire others to make their home simply beautiful on a budget.
Not everyone can afford the average cost of remodeling a bathroom. Considering we were starting off with a room that had no plumbing, ours would've been at least $12,000 in our area if we ...
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Simple Decorating Ideas for Summer- Seasonal Simplicity Summer Home Tour
Welcome friends and welcome June! It's so good to see you both back so soon. This month marks the start movie nights in the backyard, barbecues with close friends and family and more days of sleeping in. If only I could dismiss that darn alarm clock on work days, I'd have nothing to complain ...
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The Modern Farmhouse Master Bathroom Reveal: Turning a Bedroom into a Bathroom
Imagine this. You're house searching and you fall in love with a home as soon as the realtor opens the front door. She begins by telling you it has everything you were hoping for...a fixer upper with great bones, 100-year-old heart pine floors, high ceilings, wainscoting. Then she whispers in my ear ...
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How to Make Your Own Built-in Trundle Bed and Cabinets
When we were planning the layout for our 110 square foot cottage guest shed, we wanted the end result to feel like our own tiny house.
In order to do this, we knew we needed to incorporate a built-in trundle bed with cabinets on either side, much like the built-in bed and cabinets we made for my ...
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Farmhouse-Style DIY Flower Vase Holder Using Dollar Tree Milk Bottles
This post has been compensated by Dollar Tree, Inc. All opinions are mine alone. The only products I choose to endorse are ones that I'd normally buy on my own and would refer to a friend.
Can you believe the first day of summer is less than a month away?
This is the last week of school for my ...
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DIY Soapstone Countertops Using Paint
I'm a firm believer in working with what you have. I also believe that paint can work wonders. Some of my favorite projects have been paint transformations such as the Restoration Hardware inspired faux aged steel Ikea cabinet for my boys' bedroom. We recently put a kitchenette in one of the ...
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DIY Live Edge Wood Bar & An Easy Way to Join Wood Planks Using Basic Tools (Video Tutorial)
One of the things the cottage shed guest house needed was an eating area that didn't take up much space. Instead of placing a table in the room, we decided to build a DIY live edge bar countertop that will fit the entire width of the window.
The really cool part of this project is how the ...
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One Room Challenge: The Modern Farmhouse Cottage Guest Shed Reveal
The time has come and the modern farmhouse guest shed is finally ready for it's reveal!!!
It feels SO good to shout it and officially announce it. It would have been kinda awkward shouting, “Sorry guys!!! We gave up the middle of last week!". I wouldn’t dream of giving up this late in the game. ...
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Progress with the Modern Farmhouse Cottage Guest Shed: One Room Challenge Week 5
Welcome! I'm so glad you're stopping by to check on the progress on how we're converting a shed into a living space for my stepdaughter and guests!
I can't believe we're officially in the home stretch!
When we left off last week, the guest shed looked like this.
It was beginning to look like an ...
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What a Difference a Weekend Makes: Exterior Improvements to The Cottage Shed Guest House
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The weekend before last, we took advantage of a ...
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DIY Reclaimed Wood Sliding TV Cover: Now You See It. Now You Don’t
Out of all the projects we've had on our to-do list for the modern farmhouse cottage guest shed, the reclaimed wood sliding television cover is the one I've been most excited about. I've never been good at keeping secrets so I did a pretty good job at not spilling the beans.
Today's project is ...
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ORC Week 4: The Cottage Guest Shed Flooring, Live Edge Bar, Roof, and the Beginnings of Built-Ins
Four weeks down and two to go! We're in the fourth week of the One Room Challenge hosted by Calling It Home and it's really beginning to feel like crunch time. If it's your first time here, click here to see week one, week two, and week three of the cottage guest shed transformation.
We have an ...
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