I finally hit my breaking point of having Lego sets scattered on the coffee table for weeks on end. So I decided to design and build a table for my son to construct and be creative on. This table is a perfect balance of form and function. The light-weight top lifts off to reveal lots of separated organization compartments and it’s bold legs are updated and on-trend. As a maker and a mama, it was so sweet to watch Oliver get excited about something I made for him.

Although I have a lot more to go, I’ve made a lot of progress. I installed drywall and shelving in the closet, I’ve painted and primed the storage shelves and I also added all the trim to the walls and painted. Come check out my progress!

Currently working on our basement bath renovation, the unique part about this bathroom is that there are two large storage closets and a storage shelf. I plan to keep one closet as storage, my family’s personal keepsake items. The storage shelf will be inventory for weddings and styling items and the third closet will be a gift wrapping closet. I am excited about the bathroom looking modern and my style, but I am SO excited about this closet!

I redid these shelves as the very first project when we moved into our house, but the terrible yellowish, ancient thermostat always bugged me and I had to crop it or photoshop it out of every photo. I finally decided that it needed an update, and this thermostat cover, disguised as modern art is the perfect solution!

Finally added some color to my blank white studio space with this DIY abstract art and frame. It’s a copycat of an awesome piece by Kacey Hughes with some of my own added flair! Click to see the step by step process!

I am participating in the spring One Room Challenge, giving my basement studio a major upgrade. This week I made an oversized plywood peg wall, perfect for organizing all my little desk trinkets.

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.