DIY Tutorials

Jennifer Laura

Sep 2
7 min

How to Retile Your Old Fireplace

How to Tile a Backsplash (for beginners)

Jennifer Laura

Aug 18
7 min

How to Tile a Backsplash (for beginners)

If you've never tiled anything before in your life and looking for some guidance then you're in the right place! I had never tiled...

How to Build a Washer and Dryer Surround/Shelf for Your Laundry Room

Jennifer Laura

Jul 1
3 min

How to Build a Washer and Dryer Surround/Shelf for Your Laundry Room

This may be one of my favorite projects that I completed for the One Room Challenge in the laundry room. It not only was a major...

Painted Marble Countertops: Nine Months In (and how to repair chips)

Jennifer Laura

Jan 11
3 min

Painted Marble Countertops: Nine Months In (and how to repair chips)

I never dreamed that painting over our granite countertops with a marble paint kit would be the most popular project I did all year. It...

DIY Christmas Tree Flocking (On the Cheap)

Jennifer Laura

Dec 1, 2021
3 min

DIY Christmas Tree Flocking (On the Cheap)

Have I mentioned that we added another Christmas tree to our growing collection over here? Last year our total was nine and this year we...

Jennifer Laura

Nov 15, 2021
2 min

DIY Book Page Christmas Trees

I have such a fun and easy Christmas DIY for you today!! I had these cones we've used in previous years on our fireplace and this year I...

How to Lay Luxury Vinyl Tile from DuraDecor

Jennifer Laura

Sep 24, 2021
4 min

How to Lay Luxury Vinyl Tile from DuraDecor

This post is sponsored by DuraDecor. Laying the flooring in my niece Harley's room turned out to be much easier than I expected... and I...

Jennifer Laura

Aug 27, 2021
2 min

DIY Antique Distressed Flag

As I was looking to finish up Phoenix's room, I realized there was one big empty wall that needed filling... If you remember, we have a...

A Cozy Pirate Inspired Closet Reading Nook

Jennifer Laura

Apr 30, 2021
2 min

A Cozy Pirate Inspired Closet Reading Nook

This week I started working on Phoenix's room and I decided to tackle his closet first, a space I had already started (I installed the...

Jennifer Laura

Apr 2, 2021
2 min

DIY Intaglio Art

I see intaglio art when I'm out thrifting and antiquing all of the time. It's always super pricey (like over $100 per piece) so I skip...

Painting Our Countertops to Look Like Marble With a Giani DIY Paint Kit

Jennifer Laura

Mar 29, 2021
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...

Using Wall Spackling To Create Textured DIY Thrift Store Art

Jennifer Laura

Feb 17, 2021
3 min

Using Wall Spackling To Create Textured DIY Thrift Store Art

What's a girl to do when she finds two matching canvases at Goodwill that are completely hideous? She buys them of course! I found these...

Jennifer Laura

Feb 3, 2021
6 min

How To Hang (Non-Woven) Wallpaper

Hanging wallpaper sounds super intimidating. Believe me, I've been reading DIY blogs for years and without fail almost all of them say...

DIY Brass Curtain Rod Made From Copper Pipes For A Large Bay Window

Jennifer Laura

Jan 29, 2021
9 min

DIY Brass Curtain Rod Made From Copper Pipes For A Large Bay Window

I shared my entire bedroom makeover with you on Monday, but today I want to get into the nitty gritty of how the curtain rod/curtains...

Quick Breakfast Nook Chair Refresh #StyleItNow

Jennifer Laura

Jan 27, 2021
4 min

Quick Breakfast Nook Chair Refresh #StyleItNow

Everyone loved the #StyleItNow challenge so much I decided to bring it back! If you're unfamiliar with the challenge, here's the premise!...

Jennifer Laura

Jan 11, 2021
3 min

DIY Letter Art (Pottery Barn Dupe)

This post starts out very similarly to a lot of my posts...I saw something I really liked... ie. this art from Pottery Barn Kids, but...

Jennifer Laura

Jan 8, 2021
3 min

DIY Faux Taxidermy

When I first started planning Lincoln's room, I thought a faux taxidermy would be cute when I was planning out the wall above the...

Jennifer Laura

Jan 1, 2021
4 min

Organizing our Board Games with Bags

The day after Christmas I looked around and got completely overwhelmed. This happens just about every year, but our actual Christmas day...

DIY Gold Wreaths (and Christmas in the Kitchen)

Jennifer Laura

Dec 16, 2020
3 min

DIY Gold Wreaths (and Christmas in the Kitchen)

I've been putting wreaths on everything this year. Our mirror in the front room, our windows in the living room, and the mirrors in the...

Ikea Hemnes Hack- an ombre blue woodland dresser

Jennifer Laura

Dec 14, 2020
5 min

Ikea Hemnes Hack- an ombre blue woodland dresser

I am so excited to share this Ikea Hemnes hack with you today! I originally wanted to purchase the Tarva dresser for Lincoln's bedroom,...

ABOUT ME

Hi, I'm Jennifer Laura- you can call me Jenn. My husband and I just bought a house in our dream neighborhood and we are so excited to be here! The house, while already beautiful, NEEDS A LOT OF LOVE and STYLE. Join me, a past interior designer and wedding planner, as I work to make over each room and share the process along the way.

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