If you’re doing any type of painting you know it’s not the most glamorous of tasks, but boy does it make a difference in how a room looks and feels.  Did you know painting a ceiling can take that painted room to the next level? Yep. And I recommend you paint every room in your […]

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There is hope for your fluorescent light fixture and light box—I’m living proof you can rid yourself of it and it’s not as painful as you think. After waiting what seems like an eternity, I finally gave my kitchen’s ugly 1980’s fluorescent light a makeover. Why fluorescent light boxes were ever a thing I’ll never […]

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You remember the kitchen I was making over way back when? I still have some projects I haven’t shared, one being this simple painted vent hood—a makeshift temporary fix until I decide to tackle making a real wood one. This budget friendly project cost me less than $50—including the actual hood. Why I painted my […]

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The vanilla kitchen got new shoes. I (well, a friend) installed wood-look luxury vinyl tile planks right over the 1980s beige ceramic floors and umm. LOOOOK!!! I can’t even wait until the end to show you the pictures. You’ve just got to see it to believe what a CA-RAY-ZEE difference it made in updating this […]

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Welcome to the March Pinterest Challenge Blog Hop, hosted by My Pinterventures. The purpose of this Pinterest Challenge is to motivate all the participants of this hop (and you) to not just pin, but to make it happen! So this month, I chose to make a simple DIY window valance for my kitchen! Pinterest is […]

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All the beautiful kitchens on Pinterest sport high-end brand name appliances. It’s a fact of life. But those said appliances cost high-end dollars that I simply don’t have. I’m making over my 1980’s vanilla kitchen on a strict budget and said kitchen has some appliances that are well, let’s say they came with the house. […]

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If you’ve scoured the internet for the best paint for your laminate kitchen cabinets…I’ve got a lot of answers for you. I will not call this a tutorial on painting your kitchen cabinets because well, I have zero photo proof of painting the cabinet doors. I will say giving this 80s kitchen a good coat […]

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I’m still making over my vanilla kitchen and the big elephant(s) in the room are my kitchen cabinets.  ‘What in the world are you going to do with those cabinets?’ you’ve been saying. Now I’m about to tell you just how to DIY shaker style cabinets from listless flat doors, even if they’re 80s plastic/laminate […]

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Today we’re installing a glass peel and stick backsplash tile without a wet saw. Like real glass tile. Not the vinyl peel and stick or aluminum adhesive tile stuff. I’m not showing you how to do it. I’m just giving you all the details you need to know before you attempt it. I gave you […]

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We’re talking kitchen again today. Specifically, countertops. While I’d love to say I’ll be telling you how I scored marble, quartz, granite or even a good look-alike laminate countertop for cheap. I won’t. But I do have a good option for those of you want to repair and update damaged or dated laminate countertops. This […]

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