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Jennifer Laura
- Mar 31
- 4 min
My Favorite Facebook Marketplace Finds
Several months ago I shared some tips of how I score amazing finds on Facebook Marketplace and today I'm back to share my top ten favorite finds of all time. I thought it would be fun to count them down from ten with number one being my favorite find of all time. So let's go! Number 10 I scored eight of these Chippendale dining chairs in perfect condition for $200. I haven't tackled our dining room yet, I plan to do that with the one room challenge coming up this summer, but
Jennifer Laura
- Mar 29
- 10 min
Painting Our Countertops to Look Like Marble With a Giani DIY Paint Kit
psst. I've answered a ton of frequently asked questions at the bottom of this post for you! A few weeks ago I started the intimidating process of painting our countertops. I knew this was something that I wanted to do when I first started my budget friendly kitchen makeover. I also knew it was the thing that would make the biggest impact in this space, I was excited, but nervous. The kitchen countertop is one of the biggest workhorses in our home and not being able to use the
Jennifer Laura
- Mar 26
- 3 min
The Kitchen Reveal (with our painted marble countertops)
Several months ago I started working on a budget friendly makeover of our kitchen, the space was certainly already in pretty good shape, but I desperately wanted to take it from builder basic to special. You can see the before photos right here. And now after three months of hard work, here's where we are! countertops | clear vase | utensil holder | art | cabinet knobs I can't even believe how far we have come, this space is SO bright and happy now! The biggest project in her
Jennifer Laura
- Mar 5
- 2 min
Fun Friday- a new rug in the breakfast nook
We're headed out of town this weekend for a mini camping trip! My kids are so excited and with spring break around the corner we are all ready for the weather to warm up and leave the cold behind! Other things this week... I added a Ruggable in the breakfast nook and it was just what that room needed, I can't wait to add the new custom roman shades too! I ordered this rug in the 6' round size and I know you may be thinking I'm insane for putting a rug in such a high traffic (
Jennifer Laura
- Mar 3
- 4 min
How to Measure for Roman Shades (and a round-up of my where to shop for roman shades)
A few weeks ago I attempted making some DIY faux roman shades for the breakfast nook makeover. They turned out...ok. Ultimately, there wasn't enough fabric to create the folds I was envisioning, the fabric wasn't laying right, and I just wasn't happy with the end result. We also left the large wooden blinds under these so on days we wanted light control they end up looking like this... I was also second guessing the fabric- the pattern was pretty, but not exactly what I wante
Jennifer Laura
- Mar 1
- 4 min
Living Room- Mood Boards and The Plan
Several months ago I shared the before photos of the living room here. Since then a few things have happened in this room such as... - styling the built-in shelf - adding a coffee table (you can also see the new recliners we added in this post) - styling out the fireplace - and then you can see how the room looked at Christmas here. We've definitely made a lot of progress from where we started, but this room still has a LONG way to go. I thought it was time to formulate a pla
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