Spring Tablescape on a Budget
A Spring or Easter tablescape doesn’t have to be expensive! Get a pretty table setting idea for the season using items from Target Dollar Spot, the dollar store and Walmart!
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A Spring or Easter tablescape doesn’t have to be expensive! Get a pretty table setting idea for the season using items from Target Dollar Spot, the dollar store and Walmart!
Learn how to sew an easy throw pillow cover featuring tassels on each corner. This is such a fun DIY for your living room or bedroom decor!
Learn how to build simple shelves and industrial style iron pipe rods in this DIY closet makeover on a budget. I transformed a basic walk-in closet into a stylish modern industrial storage space with some inexpensive building supplies, paint & stain, plumbing pipes and some fun accents.
Use the links below to shop the most frequently asked about furniture and accessories in our modern farmhouse styled home. You can also shop my favourite Amazon picks in my Amazon shop right here.
Get your kitchen organized with these simple and affordable dollar store kitchen organization ideas! Pick up these 6 items on your next dollar store shopping trip to easily organize your counter, drawers, fridge and cabinets.
Looking for pink Christmas decoration ideas? Come take a tour of our living room decorated for Christmas in a glamorous, romantic style, plus visit 24 other homes all dressed for the Holidays as part of the Canadian Bloggers Home Tour! This Christmas, I told myself that I was going to “take it easy” on our…
Learn how to make 3 gorgeous, glam DIY Christmas wreaths using Dollar Tree and Michaels supplies.
It’s here! It’s the final reveal day for Little A’s rich and magical boho inspired girls bedroom makeover for the one room challenge. Come take a photo and video tour of the completed space and see how we transformed my daughter’s room on a budget… just in time for her 7th birthday!
We’re on the home stretch on Little A’s rich and magical bedroom makeover for the One Room Challenge, and this week I made a boho headboard from a vintage screen and painted her chandelier a soft gold. Come see how I did these DIYs and how they turned out!
Learn how to sew a simple DIY duvet cover with cozy fabrics and a button closure with this video tutorial.
Come see how I made a simple window seat for Little A’s room with some Ikea shelving units, plus how I’m doing on week 3 of the One Room Challenge!
It’s One Room Challenge time! I’ve decided to join again this season, and I’m so excited to work on the room I chose this time!
Last month, I reached 100,000 subscribers on my YouTube channel. I never thought I’d reach this milestone, but I’m so thrilled and grateful that I did! In honour of 100k subscribers, I’m sharing a full 100 of my favourite DIY decor ideas that I’ve featured here on my blog and my YouTube channel over the…
We’ve had Our DIY Camper for over a year now. Come see how the renovations we’ve made have held up so far and how I’ve styled it for 2018.
Take a tour of Our DIY House and learn what paint colours we’ve used to create our eclectic modern farmhouse look!
This summer mantel decorating idea features fun summer adventure and coastal themed items in blues & greens. It also includes a simple DIY “adventure awaits” vintage map sign and easy scrap wood & fabric sailboat craft.
Here’s a simple tutorial on how to make a cute alternative to the “Welcome” mat – a “Hello” mat! Using a handmade stencil, inexpensive rug and some leftover latex paint, you can whip up this DIY entry mat in no time.
You don’t need to spend a lot of time & money to make a beautiful looking table setting this Thanksgiving. Let me share with you my cozy & natural Thanksgiving table, and make sure to visit all of my fellow Canadian blogging friends’ Thanksgiving table ideas at the bottom of this post!
It’s the last long weekend of summer, and it’s so bittersweet! I’m happy the kids are going back to school next week, but I’m sad too. We’ve had such a fun summer, and what’s made it the most memorable summer ever has definitely been Our DIY Camper. I’m SO glad that we bought what looked…
Have you ever been little hesitant about making something, but then after you decided to give it a shot and see what happens, you were happily surprised with the results? That’s how I felt about this DIY outdoor sofa! I haven’t ever built outdoor furniture, but when I stumbled across these easy outdoor couch building…
I’m SO glad this little kitchen makeover is finally done. It may be tiny, but renovating our camper kitchen was a bigger job than I ever imagined! Let me share with you how I took our early 90s kitchen in Our DIY Camper into this decade with some paint and simple supplies.
Welcome to my official 2016 home tour! I realized that I haven’t given you a tour of my entire house – including those sometimes forgotten rooms like the laundry room and bathrooms – since last year, so I thought today was a great time to post an update. If you’ve been reading my blog for…
You know those home renovation projects that take about a BILLION time longer than you planned? And the ones that are a TON harder than you thought they’d be? This powder room makoever in Our DIY House was one of those. It seemed to take me forever, and we experienced a lot of hiccups along…
Building a giant wooden clock has been on my DIY wish list for a long time. When I knew “wood” month for our #12MonthsofDIY challenge was coming up, I had the motivation to finally tackle this project! Today I want to share with you how to make a large reclaimed wooden clock from an electrical…
Welcome to Our DIY House in the Spring! To me, springtime is all about new beginnings and the addition of exciting new bursts of colour and life, so I really wanted to portray that in our home’s decor this year. Today I’m giving you a virtual tour of a few rooms in our house that…
Oh boy, do I ever have Spring fever! I’m definitely finished with the weird warm-cold-warm-cold winter that we’re having up here in Alberta. I just want the weather to make up its mind and switch right over to Spring. I’ve been really inspired lately to switch over to lighter, brighter colours in our home’s decor….
Welcome to Our DIY House on this fine Fall day. Why don’t you come in and I’ll make you a vanilla latte? Or… wait! You simply must take a walk with us outside first. It’s just too gorgeous out here in the autumn. We fell in love with our country acreage exactly 9 years ago…
Ever since we built our home, I’ve fallen more and more in love with home decor and styling. I find it to be such a great way to practice creativity and to make our house feel unique and comfortable to live in. Like most people however, our family is on a tight budget and we don’t have…
I was telling a friend the other day that I really needed to make our living room a little more “manly”. Our home has become a place with a lot of sparkle and flowers and fluff which I think makes sense considering there are four girls living here. However, my original vision for our home decor…
It’s that time again – time for to give you a glimpse into Our DIY House for a yearly home tour! Please come in, grab yourself a cup of coffee and let me show you around. What kind of coffee would you like? A vanilla latte? My specialty! I’ve teamed up with some blogging friends who…
When you have one or two or more children running through your home on a daily basis, it’s important to think of them when you’re decorating your home. I believe that you can create a beautiful space that’s both pretty and practical. Here are some ideas and tips on how to decorate your home with kids…
I thought it would be fun to share my super simple Spring or Summer tablescape with all of you. This table setting idea is really easy and inexpensive to put together, but it’s also pretty and classic looking and will make your guests feel special. I’m using teal, green and gold tones to tie into…
Patience is a virtue for life in general… and for decorating. I completely believe in slowly and carefully piecing your home’s decor together by choosing every element with intention and only purchasing things that you absolutely adore. When we designed and built the kitchen in Our DIY House, we left the backsplash bare because I…
I never thought I’d be this excited about a laundry room before, but I am seriously FREAKING OUT. I am so, so incredibly happy with how our laundry makeover turned out that I couldn’t wait to share it with you. It might sound silly, but I truly think that making this room a little prettier…
Which colours make you happy? Like, blissfully happy? I don’t know what it is about them, but whenever I see aqua (or turquoise, or teal) and blush pink, my mood is instantly lifted and I can’t help but smile. These colours also make me immediately think of Spring and Easter. Today, I’m excited to share…
Christmas is a month away. Can you believe it?! This will be our second Christmas in Our DIY House, and we’re all very excited about it. This year, I had the pleasure of decorating our home early for the season as a part of the Canadian Bloggers Home Tour – Christmas Edition! Shannon of AKA…
I received a really lovely message a while ago from one of my readers asking if I could help her come up with some ideas to redesign her living room. This message prompted an idea – why not ask my readers if they need any room design help and give them some tips and design…
I had a whirlwind couple of days this past weekend attending BlogPodium in Toronto (which was AWESOME!), and now that I’m back home I’m ready to snuggle down and cozy our home up for Fall. I’ve decorated our Autumn mantel very simply this year, but I really think it’s pretty so I thought I’d share it…
We have a slightly awkward shaped, narrow entry hall in Our DIY House. When you walk into our home, you’ll see a hallway leading straight to the kitchen directly in front of you, and to the right of that are our stairs. It took me almost a year to sort out the best way to…