“My happy place is in between recreating, updating, styling and DIY’ing”. – Tami Kraus
I was thumbing through the Serena & Lily catalogue and a cute rope mirror caught my eye HERE. What also caught my eye was the price tag. It was $500! Ouch. I started searching the internet for some less expensive dupes and came across similar options at Wayfair HERE, HERE & HERE. However, the dupes …
The May 2021 Serena & Lily magazine was just delivered. In it, the Harbour Cane bed of my dreams. A traditional bed frame with a modern twist of cane inlay. Along with the awesome bed comes an awesome price tag. A whopping 3K for the king size bed head and foot board. It’s not the …
Since last October I’ve been helping my brother and sister in law with updating their home. So far I’ve helped update and refresh their hallway bathroom HERE, their master bathroom HERE, the family room HERE and master bedroom (not 100% complete so no post yet). Most recently, we finished updating two hallways on the main …
Just got home from revealing to dad the antler wreath that I made for his retirement community apartment door. I made the wreath out of the antlers that he collected over his lifetime as an avid hunter and outdoorsman. When I originally went to Michigan to move him from his 60 acre country hunting property …
Jenna is a junior at the University of Louisville. She lives at home and commutes to school so she spends a lot of time in her bedroom. After she saw how amazing Libby’s room refresh turned out (check out the blog on Libby’s room refresh HERE). Jenna gave me the green light to update her …
This may be one of the easier DIY projects I’ve put together and shared. In terms of getting the biggest bang for your buck, this IKEA desk hack is a DIY for a beginner! The desk for two (or three) is at the top (it’s both easy to assemble and inexpensive). Only three parts are …
The log cabin styled apartment started with a very big move. Rick, Jenna and I drove to rural central Michigan (7 hours away) to pack up and move my dad from his house on 60 acres of hunting property to an apartment in Louisville. He was living alone (far away from family) and finally agreed …
One day and one hundred dollars. That’s all it took for this boho inspired room refresh in Libby’s room. To update or refresh a room on a budget you must be able to reuse, recycle and repurpose decor and furniture that you already have. Fortunately, our attic looks like a Home Goods outlet store due …
I do not consider room refresh, updates and makeovers work. I find it therapeutic, relaxing and rewarding to renovate a space and give it a fresh look. That is why my home is in constant flux of me rearranging, changing and updating. I move from room to room and always find a new project to …
I’ve been doing room makeovers, updating and refreshing spaces for years. When I created my own website and blog last year I started documenting and sharing the details of my home updates, decor, design and DIY projects. In November, my sister in law Suzy asked me to help refresh her home. In 30 minutes we …