It's officially before & after reveal day in the final chapter of my Extreme Pantry Makeover series! She's beauty and she's grace, if I do say so myself.
It's been a wild ride trying to wrangle this sad little closet into a functional and beautiful mini butler's pantry, but I'm delighted to say that all the work has majorly paid off.
Spring is officially here, and with it, episode 2 of my Extreme Pantry Makeover!
Extreme room makeovers are and always will be among the many things I believe in celebrating year-round, but there's something about an extreme room refresh to ring in the spring season that just feels so....fresh.
If you're new here or haven't had a chance to catch the first installment of this pantry makeover series, I'm currently in the midst of ambitiously transforming a terribly dysfunctional tiny closet into a mini butler's pantry.
I'm starting an EXTREME Pantry Makeover project and taking you along in real time as I redesign and completely make over this closet into a small butler's pantry!
Pantry organization was one of my top priorities this year, and this tiny closet has been completely dysfunctional since we moved into this house.
Read MoreLike cute photos of your dog, kitchen storage is pretty much one of those things you can never have enough of in my book. Kate here, and today I’m super excited to share these DIY floating shelves we just installed!
Floating kitchen shelves are a design element that have been on my pinterest boards ever since I can remember, and this new house had the perfect spot for a pair of them. I know open shelving in the kitchen is always a hotly debated item, but personally I think any opportunity to display another plant or some decanted dry goods is one we should all jump at.
Read MoreEveryone loves a good IKEA hack, and I’ve truly been so excited to share this DIY IKEA Billy bookcase hack since the day I started the project. Kate here, and today I’m finally sharing the full step-by-step process I followed to create my studio office built-in bookshelves!
When we moved in, this room off the garage was pretty much a plain box and a blank canvas. This separate space was a huge selling point for us in this house, because my ultimate goal has always been to have a standalone music studio and office. I knew there was a ton of potential here, and after pinning a ton of photos of built-in bookshelves I knew that would be the perfect focal point for my office.
Read MoreFor as long as I’ve been obsessed with interiors, I’ve always swooned over all things cane - cane doors, caned furniture, the list goes on.
Between the color and the texture it lends to a space and its subtle boho, natural vibe, I’ve always wanted to DIY a project with cane mesh. This summer, our pantry door turned out to be the perfect candidate for a bi-fold louvered door makeover!
Read MoreAfter working on this project for the past year and a half, I’m so excited to finally share my DIY stenciled faux tile concrete patio with you all today!
This back patio makeover took a lot longer than most of my recent projects, but the faux tile stencil process, thought time consuming, was surprisingly easy. Read on to learn how to stencil a faux tile concrete patio!
Read Moreof all the seasons to decorate for, I have to say that fall is by far my favorite. there’s something magical about the crisp air, the autumn colors, and though it sometimes pains me to admit it, even the #PSLs.
as someone who has always pinned pic after pic of fall front porch decorations and painted pumpkins, (see our roundup of favorite pumpkin decor ideas here) I knew I had to DIY my own take on minimalist halloween decor this year.
I’m not one to go too crazy in the fake leaves and scarecrow department, so I wanted to find something that still felt like it fit with our sunny and 75 LA weather this October. The perfect solution? Pumpkins painted to look like a desert oasis!
Read MoreThere’s nothing I love more than an easy DIY project that packs a big punch, and this wallpaper art in my music studio is a perfect example!
I installed this wallpaper art as a feature wall behind my music desk to ground it in the space, but you could also use this exact technique to make a really easy DIY wallpaper headboard (which I kind of want to do in another room now!) This wallpaper feature wall was one of the quickest and easiest DIY projects I’ve done in this house, but it makes a huge impact and I really love how it turned out.
Read MoreEver since I can remember I’ve loved testing out every new kind of pen, marker, or paintbrush I could get my hands on, and today I’m taking you guys through the basic fundamentals of one of my favorite art forms at the moment - brush lettering!
If you follow me on my personal/musician IG account you’ve probably seen me post about how much I love brush lettering, especially in watercolor paint and India Ink. I’ve been brush-lettering my song lyrics for a few years now, and after many requests for a how-to series I thought it would be fun to show you guys the basics!
In this post, I’m going to take you through the basic technique of brush lettering, because once you have that down you’re pretty much good to go. I’ll take you through the steps and best practices for creating consistent letters every time.
Read MoreThroughout 2020, I picked up more hobbies than the last ten years combined. I guess that’s what happens when we’re homebound for nine months straight, right?
Hey guys — Courtney here, and today I’m talking about my recent fascination with sewing and everything I did to get started.
I have absolutely loved learning how to sew over the last few months and am excited to share my go-to beginner sewing supplies and how I got started.
Read MoreIf you’re anything like me, the craziness of 2020 has motivated me to pick up a plethora of new hobbies. Once the pandemic started, I realized that when I got bored, I would just pick up my phone and doom scroll. I quickly learned that it was not good for my mental health, so I decided to switch up my routine and began exploring different crafts.
Courtney here — and today I’m showing you how to make macrame coasters! This DIY macrame tutorial video. Macrame coasters create the perfect, boho-inspired gift for birthdays, holidays, and even for yourself (we have like ten in our living room!). It’s so cool to me that you can start with just six pieces of string and see it turn into this amazing work of art that’s functional too. I have loved experimenting with different colors and patterns and I’m excited to show you all how to do it!.
Read MoreLike many of us, one of the major things that’s bringing me a lot of joy right now is working on home projects. Kate here, and today I’m really excited to share this DIY laundry room project we just completed!
I’ve always swooned over waterfall butcher block countertops on Pinterest, and when we moved into a place without a washer and dryer I knew I wanted to somehow find a way to create a cool butcher block counter to house the machines.
This was one of the first big projects we wanted to tackle in our new place, and I’m so thrilled with how it turned out!
Read Morewith crunchy leaves season upon us, I wanted to share some of my favorite easy, non-cheesy Halloween DIY ideas. i love a good DIY, but nothing makes me more bummed than when I attempt one and it comes out looking like something I made when I was 12 during the Halloween day at school where everyone came in costumes and got to DGAF around all day gluing stuff and eating candy corn. so i thought i’d round up some of the web’s best DIY Halloween projects that are fun, quick, easy, and sophisticated spooky.
Read Morewith spring in full swing, i'm diving deeper than ever into my houseplant obsession. i regularly stress dream about my fiddle leaf fig, and i'm not sure if i should be admitting that on the internet but it's true. plants have brightened up my house so much, and they're kind of like tattoos (strangely addicting) so once you start it's tough to stop. since the weather's getting warmer, i'm also getting ready to outfit my balcony with a few new plant adoptions, and i've been on the hunt for some fun, relatively easy ways to DIY some cool planters. luckily, the internet overfloweth with such ideas.
Read Morein the midst of my new year closet cleanout kick, i've recently found that- like probably every chick ever- i own WAY. TOO. MUCH. JEWELRY. jewelry used to be the thing i'd add to my pile of stuff on the way to the register, because when it's inexpensive it feels pretty harmless. but the thing is- now i have tons of those cardboard multipacks of stud earrings still lying around, and the couple pairs that i didn't like as much as the others are still attached to the cardboard and just sitting there. it's driving me nuts and i decided it's time to control it. not just the earrings- ALL of it.
Read MoreOMGGGG it's already that time of year. and with December only a few days away, i thought i'd round up some of my favorite advent calendar DIYs from around the web. whether you celebrate the advent season religiously or you just think it's fun to count down the days in december with chocolates and other fun little shit in bags and/or boxes, these are fun and look really cute. advent calendars were my favorite thing EVER when i was a kid- i always got one that had chocolates shaped like different woodland animals, and i had a weird reputation for remembering exactly what animals corresponded to what day at the end of the month. i was suuuuuper popular obviously.
Read Moreit's officially cozy sweater weather out there, and today we're inviting you to share the chunky cable knit vibes with your walls. it seems like woven wall hangings have been all over the place for the past year, and they're such a cool (and easier to hang) alternative to framed art. i love that they can be super neutral and calming or punchy and loud and colorful. while there are definitely pages and pages of gorgeous ready made options floating around on Etsy, I feel like this is a very doable, non-scary project that doesn't involve power tools and would be way more fun to DIY.
Read Morewell guys it's officially October, and that can only mean one thing: everyone's Pinterest feed overfloweth with ridiculously elaborate pumpkin decorating ideas. the last time i checked, decorating pumpkins involved laying down some newspaper, carving out a face that doesn't end up looking much like a face because wielding that knife thing is actually really hard, shoving a candle in it and calling it a day. turns out shit has gotten REAL since my pumpkin carving days- people are going all out.
Read Moreit seems like nowadays it's pretty much impossible to scroll through insta, pinterest, or your fave design blog without seeing some sort of article promising pro tips on how to style the perfect Don Draper-approved bar cart. don't get me wrong- i'm not mad about it- i think bar carts are the JAM. i'm just kind of overwhelmed with all of the tips and i'm trying to figure out what to do with mine.
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