“My happy place is in between recreating, updating, styling and DIY’ing”. – Tami Kraus
I decided to attempt the over range vent hood DIY install myself after I received a few quotes to hire it done for me. All the quotes came in around $500. So I had 500 reasons to try to install it on my own even though I had never done it before. I’m fairly handy …
I enjoy dressing up our dining room table for the holidays . We don’t use the table often (like never) and it’s in the main part of our house so it’s the perfect stage for a holiday tablescape that is seen but never used. I’m budget conscious when I do a tablescape and I enjoy …
I know, I know…it’s 80 degrees and sunny outside but now is the time to start thinking about fall and holiday decor. Especially if you want some great deals. The deals don’t get much better than being able to grab some wonderful fall home decor pieces at the dollar store. Sorry to burst your summer …
Tonight we had the “moms” over for a small dinner party for Rick’s birthday. The plan was to eat outside but with a storm brewing, I realized we may need to move the dinner inside. I had just taken down my summer tablescape to make way for fall decor. With the chance of our dinner …
The kitchen update is done! This weekend I DIY’d the last project and installed an over range vent hood (with Ricks help because it was a DIY plus one project)! It was ambitious to say the least but I did it AND saved $500 (the cost to have someone install it for us). BAM! We …
For me, choosing a paint color is crazy hard. I’m picky, indecisive and second guess myself constantly. Over the past 6 months I’ve completed several paint projects all of which have caused anxiety to choose the perfect hue for the job. I’ve painted walls and cabinets in my master bath update HERE. Painted the …
If you’ve been following my Instagram stories you know that I’ve decided to keep all the honey oak trim throughout my home. Say it ain‘t so! My original plan was to paint all the wood trim throughout my entire house to a clean and crisp white. Unfortunately, that’s not going to happen. Why? I have …
I don’t have a green thumb. Year after year, season after season I purchase flowers, plants and trees and undoubtedly, they all die a slow death. Just can’t seem to get it together enough to keep live plants alive. I either water them too much, not enough or simply forget about them all together (I …
One of my home DIY secrets is out! It’s lemon oil treatment for wood. Sometimes an easy (and cheap) DIY project is all about knowing what product to use. This is one of them! I recently completed a DIY Master Bath Update (on a dime). See the blog and results of the under $500 transformation …
I did this DIY last Saturday. A day that I needed a good project to keep my mind off what was originally planned to happen that day. Last Saturday was (supposed to be) Ella’s commencement graduation ceremony at the University of Tennessee. The weekend was planned for celebrating Ella with family and friends. Instead, because …