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You don’t have to buy anything new or be amazingly skilled at decorating to make your home feel calm and safe. Here are some simple ways to create a sense of calm in your home, and how I’ve styled our home for Spring using items I already had on hand!Continue reading
Do you have an awkward or narrow entry like we do? Come see how I gave our small entry a makeover with DIY trim, organization ideas, an Ikea Stall shoe cabinet hack, and tons of hidden hallway storage.Continue reading
Come see how I created a DIY recycling organization station with inexpensive kitchen cabinets and how I made a family command station in a mud room / laundry room.Continue reading
Learn how to build a board & batten hook wall entry on a budget with simple tools. This is a great way to organize a family home entry or a mud room!Continue reading
Come take a tour of my Mom’s Lake House front entry with DIY board and batten, a vintage bench, DIY art, a gorgeous door from Masonite and a beautiful chandelier from Build.com.Continue reading
Want to make a personalized Welcome or “Hello” Mat? I’m sharing how to do it using a DIY stencil and latex or chalk style paint. You could use a Cricut to cut out your stencil, or I’ll share a way to do it without a machine! Let’s get started.Continue reading
If you live in a smaller home, you’ll know that having a lot of storage options in your house is really important. This is especially true in entryways where things tend to get dropped off and piled up – having a good entry storage system in place is always helpful! But what do you do if you don’t have a closet or a wall near your entry? Let me share with you one great solution, and how we tackled this problem in our guest cottage.Continue reading
What does your “happily ever after” look like? Ours is full of joy and quintessentially blissful family moments some days, and then on other days we have most certainly had our struggles. But in those moments of stepping and falling and relying on the grace of God to pull us through, I realize that even they – those hard days – are essential pieces of our own Happily Ever After.
I made some artwork for our little entry nook to remind me to savour all of our family’s moments, and I’d like to share it with you for free today. They’re two 8 x 10″ high resolution JPGs that say “Welcome To Our Happily Ever After” on an antique map print. I hope you enjoy them and can find a spot for them in your own home! Click on the little thumbnails below the image to download the two files for yourself.
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 configure our entry. We had to use it for a while to see what was best to put in – or not to put in -it. Over the past few months, I’ve come up with some great solutions!Continue reading
We moved into Our DIY House on July 1st – about 6 weeks ago. We took a relative break for a month (because we were exhausted and I had morning sickness all day). This month, we’ve finally got the ball rolling again on finishing everything up. We have some painting, trimming, our master bath, and some random finishing to do yet. My goal is to get the majority of it done before Christmas!
One of the things I wanted to get done before school starts for the year was a DIY board & batten hook wall for our back entry. I thought it would be wonderful to have a place where my little girls could hang up their things by themselves and a spot for us to quickly hang up hoodies and jackets. I didn’t want just a plain row of hooks, I wanted something with a little more character and that matched the craftsman feel of our home. Continue reading
I'm Christina - a DIYer and decorator living on the Alberta prairies in a home we built ourselves. My goal is to inspire you to create a cozy home and life you love!
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