I started a $200 room challenge. See the progress posts here and here. I finished the project, but I failed to keep the $100 budget part. I don’t think I am alone in that aspect of home renovating. Like most of the projects that I do in my home, it took longer and required more […]

Defining Influence and Inspiration in·flu·ence/ˈinflo͝oəns/noun in·spi·ra·tion/ˌinspəˈrāSH(ə)n/noun LOVE IT FOR YOU I read an interview of Nate Berkus done by Domino. He shared that he did not follow trends and he gave an example of his grandmother who used blue and white in her first house all the way to her last house. She was not […]

A master bathroom makeover is LONG overdue at our house. I love a challenge and this one #100roomchallenge is going to stretch my DIY skills. My master bathroom has been a major pain ever since we bought the house. The major problems of the bathroom is that it is super small, has very little functional […]

Yesterday, while I styled the room, my daughter walked in and said, “Mommy, I love this room.” In the hustle and bustle of working and stressing during the One Room Challenge #bhgorc, I had forgotten why I had started this project in the first place–to create a beautiful and functional space for my girls. Her […]

This week’s One Room Challenge #BHGORC progress felt slow, but we were able to finish up some details that go a long way in the end. I am eager to do the decorating, but I have learned that patiently working on the details cannot be ignored now because if the small things are not addressed, […]

The good folks at One Room Challenge #BHGORC warned us that Week 4 tends to be the hardest of all the weeks. They were not kidding! We all barely survived the flu at our house this last week. It has been years since I had the barfs and this round was brutal. I’ll spare you […]