DIY home security plays a vital role in letting you handle your security issues on your own with mobile alerts, live feeds, and smart home automation. However, the market is flooded with a sheer number of alternatives that can be overwhelming. For this reason, there are some things you need to look at when finding the best security and home alarm system. This includes affordability, comprehensive mobile notification, and professional, flexible monitoring. While the systems tend to be less costly than a professional installation, they still offer you the required devices to protect your home. Read more
Hello friends and welcome back for my week four update of my powder room makeover for the official One Room Challenge! The One Room Challenge (ORC) is an event hosted by Better Homes and Gardens where bloggers and Instagrammers have just six weeks to complete a room makeover.
Participants are required to document the step-by-step process in a weekly blog post over the course of six weeks. I participated in the spring ORC by completing a Teen Bonus Room Makeover in our basement and for this challenge I have decided (with my husband’s help) to tackle the little powder room that is just to the right of our side door entry area.
As I explained in my week one post, the main goal of this makeover has been to update the floor. When we moved in six years ago my husband installed groutable vinyl tile. It was just two weeks until Christmas and we needed a quick fix after removing old indoor/outdoor carpet. He was just about to finish the tile when he had to move the toilet and discovered a tiny glimpse of the original 1920’s hex tile under the layer of carpet that the previous owners had put down.
We weren’t sure if the rest of the floor had salvageable tile or any tile left at all, so we just decided to continue with the vinyl and wait until some time in the future to try to restore the original tile if it was possible. The fall 2019 ORC was the prefect time to give it a shot! Instead of “updating” the floor we are actually taking it back 99 years!
Hello friends and welcome back for my week three update of my powder room makeover for the official One Room Challenge! If you are unfamiliar with the One Room Challenge (ORC), it is an event hosted by Better Homes and Gardens where bloggers and Instagrammers have just six weeks to complete a room makeover. Read more
It’s laundry day! Doesn’t that sound exciting? Well, maybe not if you have a dreary dungeon basement laundry room like I have, but what about all those beautiful, rustic farmhouse laundry rooms in magazines and all over Pinterest? Actually our laundry area isn’t so bad, but it certainly doesn’t have the charm of the rustic laundry rooms I am sharing here today for inspiration! If you are wanting to create the country rustic home look in your home too, then the laundry room could be a good place to start. *This post contains affiliate links.
