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Dining room reveal day!

June 7, 2022 By Tanya 7 Comments

When we bought our home 4 years ago it had new flooring but everything else needed work. A LOT of work! 🙂 Some areas we worked on right away and others we moved the furniture in and they worked for a while. But left me feeling less than inspired. I have been craving color after…

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Filed Under: Decorating, DIY, How To Decorate, Modern Decor, my style, Summer, Table, Table decor Tagged With: budget decor, diydecor, howtodecorate, maximalism, maximalist, moderndiningroom, paintedwalls, twelveOeight

#plant #decor #diy #summercrafts

Fun DIY painted summer pots!

May 16, 2022 By Tanya 2 Comments

Hey there! You won’t believe it but it’s SUNNY in the Pacific NW today (ok partly sunny but I will take it!) I am making the most of it 🙂 I am super excited to share a quick and fun DIY I did this weekend with a few small terra cotta pots and some acrylic…

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Filed Under: craft, Decorating, DIY, Garden, home decor, House Plants, How To Decorate, Summer Tagged With: boho decor, budget decor, DIY, home decor, interior design, painted clay pots, summer crafts, twelveOeight

#wallsconce #moderndecor #domino #instagramhomes #budgetdecor #thelookforless

DIY wood dowel wall sconces

May 9, 2022 By Tanya Leave a Comment

Hey guys! Is it beautiful where you are or are you dealing with a ton of rain like we are here in the Pacific NW? This weather has been CRAY. Warm and sunny one day, hailing the next! So it’s not really pressure-wash-the-patio kind of weather so I am staying in and looking for ways…

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Filed Under: craft, Decorating, DIY, home decor, How To Decorate, Modern Decor, Summer Tagged With: boho decor, Boho Style, budget decor, DIY, twelveOeight

#plant #houseplant #decor #DIY

4 easy steps for happy house plants

May 2, 2022 By Tanya 4 Comments

My oldest recently bought me two amazing “plant lady” patio pillows for my birthday, so Mandy thank you for the awesome pillows and inspiring this post! So, I like plants, but I was not always a good plant owner. In fact, it has only been the last 10 or so years that I have not…

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Filed Under: Boho Style, Decorating, DIY, home decor, House Plants, my style Tagged With: DIY, houseplants, plants, tips for the home

DIY raffia wall hangings

April 23, 2022 By Tanya 8 Comments

Ok so we all love a good deal, like REALLY love a good deal, we all love to save money. And if you love to update your vibe and try new things around your home, buying home accessories can get pretty spendy! So I like to scour the web for looks I love that I…

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Filed Under: Boho Style, Craft Ideas, Decorating, DIY, home decor, How To Decorate, my style, Thrifty Living Tagged With: boho decor, Boho Style, budget decor, DIY, twelveOeight

Big changes in the dining room

April 18, 2022 By Tanya 2 Comments

This refresh in our dining room has been a long time coming, I am SO excited! It seems like a living room or kitchen gets more attention (is it just me?) and the dining room just does not seem to be something we think about updating very often. As our style and ideas for our…

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Filed Under: Decorating, DIY, Entertaining, fabric, home decor, How To Decorate, How to paint furniture, Modern Decor, my style, Painted furniture, Spring decor, Table, Table decor Tagged With: boho decor, Boho Style, budget decor, DIY, twelveOeight

How to modernize your fireplace

April 12, 2022 By Tanya 9 Comments

When we bought our 1970’s mid century modern home almost 4 years ago the 70’s were still alive and going strong in many areas of our home. At the time I wanted a super clean space and was not ready to bring a lot of color or changes in quite yet. I have always felt…

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Filed Under: Decorating, DIY, home decor, How To Decorate, Modern Decor, my style, Spray Paint 101, Spring decor Tagged With: before and after, boho decor, Boho Style, budget decor, Domino style, how to decorate, how to modernize your home, twelveOeight

DIY Spring Centerpiece

Bright + happy spring centerpiece

April 4, 2022 By Tanya 2 Comments

This post has been a while in the making! We got busy around the house working on a million things as usual and I had this fun bowl all styled and ready to go. Then SPRING hit! And I thought how perfect to show how you can turn an on trend DIY textured bowl (inspo…

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Filed Under: Boho Style, centerpiece, craft, Decorating, Easter, Entertaining, home decor, How To Decorate, Spring decor, Table decor, Thrifty Finds Tagged With: before and after, budget decor, DIY Decor, how to decorate on a budget, pottery barn knock off, Spring Decor, style for less, thrifting

DIY floral art modern + thrifty (cut and paste skill required)

February 17, 2022 By Tanya Leave a Comment

I have been seeing so many amazing collages online lately, and I love them! I must admit I was really not sure where to start. Do I use a picture of myself, or something online, or already a picture to add to? Should I leave it simple or put it in a pretty frame. Who…

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Filed Under: Boho Style, Craft Ideas, Decorating, DIY, Free Stuff, home decor, Spring decor

Two toned painted china hutch makeover

January 26, 2022 By Tanya Leave a Comment

Ok so this is a post that has been a bit long in the making because we picked this (extremely heavy) hutch up before the holidays. And there it sat in the garage with Christmas wrap and bows all over the place waiting for the tree to come down, and her makeover to commence! I…

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Filed Under: Decorating, DIY, Farmhouse Style, home decor, How To Decorate, How to paint furniture, Painted furniture, Thrifty Finds Tagged With: chalk paint, china hutch, fusion paint, mineral paint, painted furniture, painted hutch, two toned furniture

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