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Living Room Makeover - The Moodboard

The time has come to give our living room a makeover!

It’s been a long time coming and I’m SO happy that the day is finally here. As you know, for the past couple of years I’ve been working on making over our kitchen and this year we finally were able to tackle our dining room. The living room was starting to feel out of place and I was itching to give this space a makeover so that it would flow well with our other two spaces.

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Game Room/Playroom Updates

One of the biggest updates that we’ve made to our home since moving in is adding 250 square feet of indoor living space by enclosing our lanai area. See how we’ve created a gameroom/playroom on a budget!

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Kids Bathroom - The Moodboard

I’m super excited because this month I’m finally tackling our kids bathroom. Today I’m showing you all the details, including how I plan and budget for a room makeover. Come follow along!

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Budget Kitchen Makeover - The Reveal

You guys, the day is finally here. The kitchen makeover is DONE! I started making over our kitchen back in February, working in between my little ones nap times and bed times. Four months later and I can finally say that this project is finished! Best of all, you won’t BELIEVE how much I spent in this transformation!

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New Year, New Goals

Hello there! I hope that your year is off to a great start. For me, it’s looking to be quite a busy year already!

It’s already the middle of the month in January and I’m just now getting to writing this. You see, being a stay at home mom to my two little ones is my first job. It’s a job that I adore and wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world.

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How I transformed my Entryway…WITHOUT Spending a lot Money!

I love showing you ways to decorate and update your home on a budget. That means that I reuse and re-purpose decor pieces regularly. It's my way of creating a whole new look and feel in a space without hardly spending any money! That's exactly what I did when giving our entryway a little refresh for fall.

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A Summer Home Office Refresh

We recently purchased a new area rug for the living room that has set of a refresh in several areas of our home. Not only has the living room gotten a refresh, but also the home office and play room. I didn't intend for it to happen this way, but once I got started, I just couldn't stop. One purchase and bam! I've rearranged my entire house. Does that ever happen to you?! 

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A Master Bathroom Refresh for under $1000

You guys, the day is finally here! We have finally decided to start giving our master bathroom a refresh.

Ever since moving into this house, the master bathroom has irked me. It's a roughly 5'x15' space that has six doors. SIX!

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A Simple Master Bedroom Winter Refresh on a Budget

As we were anticipating the completion of our four season room enclosure, my husband and I quickly began dreaming up ways to decorate the new space. The more we thought about it, the more we convinced ourselves that updating the furniture in our master bedroom would be a better result for us. So I quickly came up with a plan to reuse our current furniture in our master bedroom in the new four season room and get almost all new furniture for our master bedroom.

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A Coral & Navy Baby Girl Nursery: The Reveal

I'm so super excited about today's post because this is a project that we've been working on for months. Alongside converting the screened-in back porch into a four season room, we've have also been busy converting our old playroom/guest room/office into a nursery that is fit for our princess who is due to arrive any day now!

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