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before and after

My super easy bathroom/bedroom contemporary update: like putting a v-neck sweater over a gnarly sweat-stained tee

When I moved into my condo, I loved everything but the horrible almond-y bathroom. SO ’70s!

I moped around feeling helpless for a while, and then I got an idea to reno my space myself — no big commitment, just my own two hands and a little bit of smarts.

Mama’s garden shed/girlie clubhouse in the backyard

After organizing the shed in my backyard, I took all of my girly fabric scraps, a can of spray paint, and half a can of latex interior white and made this plain old shed my girly getaway.

All I did was rearrange tools and paint the place, but you’ll be surprised at the difference that made!

We used stripes to turn our garage into a beachy Mexican backdrop to the patio

We chose one of the hottest days of the year to paint our garage. And not just to paint our garage, but to paint it with four different colors of stripes.

Lemme tell you, I’ve got stripe-painting skillz.

A colorful bathroom makeover with a chemistry theme

When we moved in, the bathroom walls were pure white. Now, they’re pink, yellow, blue, and green — and they tell the world we’re science nerds.

Un-blahing a blah spice rack to organize beads

These spice racks seem so useful, but I’ve never figured out what to do with them. Cynthia to the rescue with a pink rehab into a craft caddy.

A soothing laundry room makeover — guys, it’s like a SPA in here!

When one thinks about the easiest room in her or his house to makeover which is it? The bathroom? Guest room? Mudroom?

In our house it was most definitely the laundry room. So off to Lowe’s we went with a soothing vision dancing in our head. And we killed it.

Hexotica’s Queen Anne table renovation: from broke-down white thrift find to goth fab

Hexotica runs a lovely gothic fashion blog, and shares with us today this mini transformation of a creamy, curvy table into a glossy piece which fits more comfortably into her gothiness.