I know from my line of work budgets for a kitchen renovation can start around $30k. My goal is to use my industry knowledge, and maybe a few discounts to pull off a renovation for $15,000. Read to find out all my plans to save and where I will spend.

Built in bunk beds was an exciting and challenging project I had my sights on for awhile. I looked at a lot of tutorials online and patched together the plan that I thought would work best for my family - twin over queen - and my aesthetic. This isn’t really a step-by-step tutorial, but more of an overview of what I used and how I assembled the pieces. I also shared lots of details on an instagram highlight.

A few weeks ago we celebrated our second anniversary in our home! We have put our mark on nearly every inch of this house and just a few big ticket updates remain, like flooring and major bathroom renos. I did a post last year at this time sharing all the changes we made in our first year in the home. Now it’s time to update you on all the changes and upgrade we made in the past year.

The completion of this office feels like the lynch pin to living my best Marie Kondo-inspired life. Check out how I took my home studio from a cluttered mess to an organized, functional and zen workspace.

I shared the major changes I made to this room with paint and the overhaul I did on the hoarder level closets. Now I’m going to share a few of the micro updates I made to make this space feel exactly the way I want it to.

One Room Challenge Week 2 - Talking all about paint and how I am completely transforming this space from a dingy basement bedroom to a bright loft-inspired studio using less than $200 of paint.

After shopping around for a new, chunky, expensive-looking waterfall table, but everything I liked was way more than I wanted to spend. I took to my garage to see what materials I had on hand, I spent less than $15 and I came up with a fabulous new entry table! Check out the DIY tutorial!

After all the projects I’ve tackled and furniture I’ve built, floating shelves intimidated me. Because I didn’t want to compromise on the design or layout of these shelves, they had to be custom. And, since it was a budget project I had to tackle them myself. I documented my process to share it with you here. Turns out, building floating shelves isn’t as bad as I’d thought it’d be.

You have to check out this before and after! I brought my 80's wallpapered laundry room into this century with a major upgrade. I replaced the tan wallpaper with white paint and a wood slatted ceiling using almost all materials I had on hand.