Reusing Old Furniture: dresser edition

By Katelyn
As posted before, I have been on the hunt for old furniture at garage sales, estate sales, consignment shops, and flea markets to furnish my new apartment.  I feel like this will not only save me a lot of money because I no longer have to purchase brand new furniture but it will also [...]

Revamp Your Lamp

By Annie
I’ve been working on some simple art projects to bring some interest to my boring, white-walled, gray-carpeted bedroom.  My project for today was really fun.  I painted this paper lamp that I bought from IKEA.
The lamp was very inexpensive and easy to paint, since it’s just made of paper.  I debated about what sort [...]

Reusing Old Furniture

By Katelyn

In the past week I have picked up two pieces:  a small desk/vanity and a coffee table.  Both pieces have so much character but I thought I could do a better job at spicing them up and matching them to my personality. The desk/vanity was the first one up for a makeover.
This desk [...]

My (Almost) Finished Room

By Annie
Spring break has sadly come to an end, which means that It’s time to see the progress I made on my spring break project. I got a fair amount done. I changed out the carpet, bought a few new pieces, and most importantly I CLEANED.
Here are some pictures:

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I’m Making Progress!

By Annie
Last week I wrote about my spring break project.  I decided that my bedroom was long overdue for a makeover, so I’ve done a little bit of work this week with it, and I think it’s going pretty well.  I picked out some new carpet, which will be installed on Saturday.  And I took [...]