One of my favorite things in our recent half-bath remodel are the walls – the glorious black and wood stained paneled walls. Grunt Labor and I came up with this idea when we first started brainstorming ideas for the bathroom and they turned out even better than we thought. If you have never done any…
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Eight Ways to Extend the Life of Your HVAC Unit + Free Air Filters
Disclosure: This post was in partnership with FilterEasy, however all opinions and references to potentially having to run around in your undies because your A/C unit went out are 100% mine. Affiliate links included in this post. **Don’t miss out on the free air filters! Be sure to see #2! If you read my post about…
Three Things That Could Cut Your Electric Bill In Half
Affiliate links included in this post. Ahhh, the joy of renovating a house. Picking out new paint colors, flooring, new bathroom vanities and maybe even some kitchen cabinets. You put your heart, soul and waaaayyy too much thought into finding that perfect shade of gray, deciding what kind of pattern to lay the tile in…
Door Upgrade in a Day
*This post is sponsored by Schlage®, however all opinions and over-thinking of design ideas are 100% mine. I’ve been decorating and DIYing for a little over a decade now and the one thing that still surprises me sometimes is how much impact a simple paint job and a hardware switch can have on a space. Two…
How to Build Wall to Wall Shelves
There’s never enough storage in our homes, right? Use this guide to learn how to build wall to wall shelving that will increase that storage space and maybe even create a little eye candy while doing so. Sweet Lord, it is unbelievable to me how much a person who has been on this earth for…
How to Create an Object and Text Feature Wall
Man, this wall has been nearly a year in the making. When I found out we were moving and started plotting out the Circus’ room, I knew this wall was a must. I really wanted a way to convey the Circus’ unique personality and I think this object and text feature wall was the perfect…
7 Wall Treatments That Aren’t Shiplap
Honesty is the best policy. And in all honesty, I don’t think I could ever lie to you guys anyway even if I wanted to. I’m not a shiplap fan. That’s not a secret around here. It’s not so much that I dislike shiplap itself, I think I dislike more that it’s freakin’ everywhere. Everywhere,…
How to Paint Trim and Doors | Painting 101
Have a lot of trim and interior door painting to do? This guide will walk you step-by-step through the entire process for how to paint trim and doors. We’ll cover what kind of paint to use on trim and doors, the tools you’ll need and what to tackle first. Some painting questions I’ve been asked more…
A Simple Blue Accent Wall for the Circus
As you know, my in-laws moved into our Beloved Foreclosure after we moved into the 70’s Landing Pad. The Circus of course got a new room here, but she also got to keep her old room at our old house. So now, the child has two rooms of her own literally within walking distance. As…
How to Paint Metal Handrails
Affiliate links may be contained in this post. While I have come to love split-level homes, I have not come to love the metal handrails that tend to always accompany split-level entries. You know what I’m talking about. Those handrails that belong outside. Not inside. Alas, it seems every builder in the 70’s just had to…
The Easiest Way to Hang Heavy Pictures and Other Heavy Wall Decor
Affiliate links may be contained in this post. If you haven’t noticed, one thing the 70’s Landing Pad has a lot of that the Beloved Foreclosure didn’t is art – big art. Wall Color / Art / Chandelier / Full Entryway Makeover I like big art and I cannot lie. Hanging large and heavy art though…
DIY Lucite Handrail
Hello Lover. Not even gonna lie, that’s what I say to this handrail each time it greets me. I dare you not to say the same thing. And you know what, Grunt and I DIY’ed this lucite handrail ourselves. You know what else? It was so damn easy. Needless to say, it’s much prettier than…
How to Make a Huge Frame for Cheap
I tried to come up with some eloquent title for this project, but really all that just fit it perfectly was what you see above. So I went with it because that’s what it is – a huge a** frame that was way cheaper to make than buying one. When I did our master bedroom…
DIY Green Carpet Covered Wall
This wall has been in the making for over a year now. I had the idea to cover a wall with AstroTurf quite a while back, but just couldn’t find the perfect wall to do it to. When I started dreaming up the design plan for the master bedroom makeover at the 70’s Landing Pad, I…
Our DIY Hollywood Regency Headboard and New Mattress
Disclosure: Tuft & Needle provided me with a new mattress, however all opinions are 100% mine. Affiliate links may be contained in this post. I have never been so stressed about a project before. Never, y’all. I swore I was not making a new headboard for the master bedroom at the 70’s Landing Pad myself. I…
How to Find the Best Contractor for Your Renovation + Our Contractor Nightmare
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by HomeAdvisor. However, all opinions and contractor nightmares are 100% mine. If you have ever done a renovation, I think you will agree it is one of the most stressful things you will ever take on in your life. They are stressful, time consuming, messy and dirty. If you can…
Why We Opted for NuCore Flooring and How It’s Holding Up
Let me just say that when I first wrote about the new flooring we would be installing in the main living area and kitchen at the 70’s Landing Pad, I was not ready for you. I thought I had done enough research on the flooring we chose, but you guys brought the questions and had…
Renovate for You.
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Regions Bank, however all opinions and proclaiming my belief of renovating for you are 100% mine. When Grunt Labor and I realized that the new construction home wasn’t for us, we put it on the market and started house hunting. We were pretty open when it came to houses – we…
DIY Black & White Diamond Feature Wall
This post is sponsored by FrogTape, however all opinions are 100% mine. Affiliate links may be contained in this post. Last week I left you with a design board that included visions of palms, pink, black and green dancing in your my head. The master bedroom makeover’s theme is Well Traveled – one of FrogTape’s 2016…
How To Keep Rugs From Sliding
Nearly broken your neck or a limb before because a rug slid right out from under you? My hand is raised over here! When a heavy piece of furniture is on your rugs, then you’re in good shape. Runners through your hallway though, kitchen rugs, rugs in your entryway – those are the ones that…
Wall Painting Ideas and Painting Designs using Painter’s Tape
Get a huge bang for your buck with these wall painting ideas and painting designs. These tutorials use paint and painter’s tape to create gorgeous patterns on your walls and furniture that you can do yourself! My mind works in mysterious ways. It thinks in shapes and patterns and then says, “Can I paint that…
How to Make Lamp Tassels in Five Minutes. BOOM.
These are GORGEOUS! And I had no clue they were SO simple to make! How to Make Lamp Tassels in Five Minutes | Easy Crafts | Easy Home Decor Projects | DIY Home Accessories | DIY Tassels
DIY Painted and Patterned Doors
After you complete a project and you look at it and say, “Hello, lover,” you know it’s good.
For example, “Hello, lover” doesn’t exactly fit with removing popcorn ceilings or ripping out tile. But it does fit perfectly for closet doors…when they look like these…
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How to Install Nucore Flooring
YOU GUYS.
The 70’s Landing Pad is actually starting to not look like a construction zone.
Well, it’s starting to not look like a construction zone in the living room, dining room and hallway anyway.
After getting paint on the walls week before last, we’ve been putting down the new flooring in the hallway, living and dining rooms. This flooring will also go in the kitchen, stair landing and in the downstairs foyer as well, we just haven’t gotten that far yet. I’m finally moving past the point of “Oh my word, what have we gotten ourselves into?” to “Oh my word, it actually looks like a house and it’s pretty!” We still have quite a ways to go in the overall renovation, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel, y’all.
The flooring we are using for the kitchen, dining room, living room, hallway and all those other places where there’s going to be a lot of foot traffic is NuCore from Floor & Decor.
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