Budget Friendly Renovation Ideas- Before and After Pictures Over the summer, my husband and I purchased a second house for our two sons that are going to college. We decided that instead of spending thousands of dollars on rent, we could put that money into another house. We found a house that was in our…
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Budget Friendly Renovation Ideas- Replacing Flooring with Home Decorators Collection Waterproof Laminate Flooring
Budget Friendly Renovation Ideas- Replacing Flooring with Home Decorators Collection Waterproof Laminate Flooring One of the best renovations we have done in our current house was replace all of flooring and install a nice waterproof laminate flooring. We removed all of the carpet 3 years ago and the only regret I have is that we…
Budget Friendly Renovation Ideas-Changing Out Outdated Fixtures
Budget Friendly Renovation Ideas-Changing Out Outdated Fixtures When we bought our new house, one of the biggest complaints I had about it was how dark it was. I really like light and brightness, it just makes me happy. Darkness depresses me, so when we starting thinking about budget friendly renovations ideas, changing out the outdated…
Easy Neighbor Gift Idea- Personalized Wooden Christmas Ornaments Made with xTool
Easy Neighbor Gift Idea- Personalized Wooden Christmas Ornaments Made with xTool **DEAL ALERT!!** The Christmas sale is going on right now! Machines are up to $1728 off and Free Santa Gift (worth up to $100) Accessories are up to 12% off: Buy 2 get 10% off. Code: CHRISTMAS10 Buy ≥3 get 12% off. Code:…
Interchangeable Welcome to Our Home Sign made With xTool M1
Interchangeable Welcome to Our Home Sign made With xTool M1 I love making signs and décor for my house. I love being able to make something that you can’t find in the store and being able to add a personal touch to my home décor. I especially love home décor that can be use all…
Father’s Day Gift Idea- Best Papa Ever Sign with SVG Cut File
Father’s Day Gift Idea- Best Papa Ever Sign with SVG Cut File Some of my favorite Father’s Day gifts ideas involve hands or hand prints. I especially love the saying with “hands down” in it. I have actually made several shirts with that saying for my husband. This is the first time I have done…
Gradation Party Idea- Graduation Picture Frames with K-12 Grades Photos
Gradation Party Idea- Graduation Picture Frames with K-12 Grades Photos I know it may seem crazy for me to be posting graduation party ideas at the end of May, but our school doesn’t get out until mid June and graduation doesn’t happen until the second weekend of June. So actually, I am ahead :). It’s…
Father’s Day Gift Idea- Light Up Star Wars Sign with Personalized Light Sabers
Father’s Day Gift Idea- Light Up Star Wars Sign with Personalized Light Sabers made with xTool M1 I love making things for Father’s Day. I especially love making things for my husband with our children’s names on it. He loves his kid and is one proud Dad, so having things with their names is really…
Teacher Appreciation Gift Idea- Interchangeable Classroom Sign
Teacher Appreciation Gift Idea- Interchangeable Classroom Sign It’s teacher appreciation this week! Teachers are amazing! Whenever I go into the school to volunteer, whether it be to help with a field trip or help in the classroom, I leave the school feeling exhausted! I couldn’t imagine doing that day in and day out. Teachers deserve…
Graduation Gift Idea- Personalized 2023 Light Up Sign
Graduation Gift Idea- Personalized 2023 Light Up Sign I don’t know how it happened but I have a kid that is graduating this year!! I could have sworn that it was just a couple years ago I was graduating from high school. That clearly is not the case but it sure feels like it sometimes!…
Layered Wood Farm Sign- How to Engrave and Cut Wood at the Same Time
Layered Wood Farm Sign- How to Engrave and Cut Wood at the Same Time If you are new to xTool and laser cutters, check out my beginners guide to the xTool M1. A couple months ago my husband asked me to make him something to display at his work. I had had my xTool M1 for about a…
Engraved Wooden Picture Frame with Boise Temple
Engraved Wooden Picture Frame with Boise Temple Today is my parent’s anniversary. They were married on St. Patrick’s Day 61 years ago today! It is the first anniversary since my dad’s passing, so I wanted to make something special for my mom. I know that it is going to be a hard day for her,…
How to Install a Dimmable Light with Dimmer Light Switch
How to Install a Dimmable Light with Dimmer Light Switch One of my favorite ways to update my house is changing out the lighting. It’s such an easy way to update a room without having to do a lot and spending a lot of money. You can really brighten up a room (literally) with a…
Dining Room Cabinets- How to Add Extra Kitchen Cabinets
Dining Room Cabinets- How to Add Extra Kitchen Cabinets We have a storage problem in our house. We have a nice big house, with lots of open space but we do not have very big closets. Our pantry is small and we don’t even have a coat closet. So we have to come up with…
No More Carpet in the House- Reasons Why We Removed All of Our Carpet
No More Carpet in the House- Reasons Why We Removed All of Our Carpet Three days before Christmas last year I had a crazy idea, I decided that I wanted to rip out the carpet in my son’s bedroom and replace it with laminate flooring. I’m not sure why I decided to do this 3…
Blush and Gold Nightstand Makeover
Blush and Gold Nightstand Makeover For the past couple weeks, I have been redoing my daughter’s room. She is now 10, so she is gradually moving out of the little girl stage, into the tween stage. So we painted over the rainbows and unicorns in her room and are adding more “grown-up” pieces. She choose…
How to Put Laminate Floors on Top of an Existing Floor
How to Put Laminate Floors on Top of an Existing Floor Did you know that you can put a floating floor on top of an existing floor? Yup, it is true! You can put a floating floor on top of an existing floor, as long as it is a level and solid surface. You can…
Master Suite Renovation with Gray and White Color Scheme
Master Suite Renovation with Gray and White Color Scheme The master suite, it’s my favorite please in my house. It’s my sanctuary, my place to escape the world and relax. So when it comes to renovating, it’s the first place I want to change. It’s the place that starts it all, I redo it and…
DIY Growth Chart Board
DIY Growth Chart Board I have been wanting to make a growth chart board for my family for awhile now and finally got to it. We have been using just a plain piece of wood for the past several years and my oldest got too tall for it, so it was time to get another…
DIY Face Mask Holder and Organizer
DIY Face Mask Holder and Organizer We live in the state of Washington and they just made it mandatory to wear masks in public, so I needed some way to keep our face masks organized and displayed so we won’t forget them as we leave to go out. I had them in the little green…