Whatever the size of your soon-to-be dorm room, you can be sure it will be small. What would be considered a large dorm room is typically no more than a 15 x 15 room shared by two students. Most dorm rooms are smaller. Space is truly a premium. So, how do you live in what amounts ...
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Maximize Your Dorm Room Space With Style
Whatever the size of your soon-to-be dorm room, you can be sure it will be small. What would be considered a large dorm room is typically no more than a 15 x 15 room shared by two students. Most dorm rooms are smaller. Space is truly a premium. So, how do you live in what amounts ...
Ten Home Projects To Make Using Fabric
Very often we think about fabric being just used in the home for curtains and blinds. However fabric can be used to great effect to inspire unusual interior decor in your home. There are many ways to use fabric for clever home-making and interior design ideas. Here are ten ideas that will inspire you. 1. ...
Essential Guidelines When Renovating Your Bathroom
Bathrooms, for a multitude of reasons, are one of the most important rooms in the house. They provide a sense of personal cleansing and relaxation, so the aesthetics, layout, and functionality are of paramount importance. How is a cramped and cluttered space supposed to provide a person with rejuvenation? Unfortunately, rectifying an unsatisfactorily designed bathroom ...
Choosing the Right Curtains
Tip of the Day Window treatments for the home should always be chosen with a great deal of care. Curtains can enhance the ambiance of a room when they are selected carefully and in coordination with all the other furniture pieces and accessories in the room. They should not clash with the other colors, nor ...
Tuesday’s Tip from Pinterest
(((This Tuesday Tip was found on Pinterest! And was created by Karen from Strictly Simple Style ))) buy tablecloths to use as draperies…. much less expensive, already hemmed, meant to launder often, and many patterns and colors available out there! 60×84 {or buy 60×104 so you can hem them AND still have matching fabric left ...
Burlap Barn Star
Do you remember my “passion for burlap?” post? Well, on that post, I featured tonz of things that had been created or re-created using burlap. One of the super fabulous items was a barn star, that I had found on Pinterest. So, I decided that I could make that too, and it just so happened ...
Update Your Room with Fancy Switchplates
You guys are going to love what I just found. Fancy switchplates by Renu. Leviton’s newest product: Renu was actually featured on the DIY Network and it's such a brilliant way to update the look of a room in a snap! It's so stinkin' easy too!! {double high five} If decorating is your passion, you're gonna love Renu®!...
Create Your Own Stone
Have you been wanting to do a little home improvement project, or maybe spruce up the look of your home? On the exterior of your home, landscaping is always a surefire way to improve the overall appearance of things.Kevin Brandon Project AND, on the inside of your home, new tile can make a world of ...
Crafty Easter Wreath Ideas
Today’s topic, here at Good Ideas and Tips, is Easter Wreaths, and there are so many cute ideas on the web that I had to share, and secretly… …(I want one of everything!)so, oh my gosh, this one is so darn adorable…I love it. There are tonz and tonz more…. It was found at “zlinf.com”This ...
Cheap Bathroom Redo
Well, If you remember from a few post ago, I had found a great bathroom sign that I wanted to re-create in our bathroom, and I also mentioned in a few older posts, that we live in a VERY old home that we don’t want to sink a ton of money into, since we are ...
Burlap Passion
I’m In L.O.V.E. with Burlap and all of it’s many uses. This post is completely dedicated to Burlap! First up…Burlap PlacematsThese are found at MomSchooling.Com Second, this super cute Burlap Cuff This came from Pinterest. Third, these are gift tags made of burlap and chalkboard.These are handmade from Simply Classic Gifts. Fourth, Burlap Rosette BraceletFrom ...
Re-Purposing an Old Media Cabinet
One of our fabulous readers...has sent us a great idea for re-purposing an old media cabinet. Maria over at IDS (Interior Design Solutions) is an Interior Designer in NC and she writes a blog about various design ideas and projects. Here's her very easy fix to a media cabinet that is too short....
Rustic Bath Sign
A Rustic Bath Sign! I had a blank wall in our shower room, and wanted a great sign for it. And, as mentioned in previous post, I love older, antiqued signs. Lucky me...I had an extra piece of thin plywood that was about 10" wide. I painted the wood black with basic craft paint....
Ultimate Link Party GUIDE
Are you a CRAFTER??? If you are, I have compiled a list of Link Parties, in no particular order, where you can SHOW OFF your mad skills! **upload your project pictures and tutorials, and just link back to these sites and thousands of people will see what you’ve created!** This is the ULTIMATE LINK PARTY ...
Old Signs
You know the cool thing about being me…is… that’s all I have to be! And it I love it because it makes me happy! I also love old things, and especially old vintage signs. So, this week I’m making two signs. One for my kitchen, and one for my laundry room....
Cheap Kitchen Redo
Oh, sometimes I really do wish I planned better! This is an after-the-project-is-finished photo. To begin, imagine it looking completely different, and then…I turned it into this!! (haha, I know there is no imagining what you couldn’t see before, but this is completely different!!) *Keep in mind, this is an old house, and everything I ...
Vinyl for the Bathroom
I have an awesome possum friend…A.B.B.Y., who is SO done, I repeat, SO done with the vinyl phase. And I seriously consider her opinion every time I think about vinyl, but truthfully, I’m just not finished with it yet. I found this “BATH” vinyl at Janey*Mac.com and I love it.In our house, we have a ...
Potholder Makeover
I recently fell in love with a chain store fabric. (if it’s killing you to know which major store, let me save you the mental anguish….it’s wally-world) Generally, SAS, JoAnns, or Hobby Lobby are my all time favorites, but I no longer live close to any of those stores. I am also a “see in ...
How To Paint Faux Wood Paneling or Fake Wood
In the 70′s, there was this trend of using Faux Wood Paneling to cover walls. I grew up calling it “trailer paneling” but regardless of it’s correct name, it’s a thin panel of compressed waste, made to look like real wood. It resembles this picture. Anyways, I have been redoing some things in our current ...
Re-Do Stocking Holders
I found this super cute idea on Cinnaberry Suite. She re-purposed her old “Santa Stocking Holders,” Into something very Pottery Barn Chic!!Please visit Cinnaberry Suite for the entire Tutorial....
Cutest Growth Chart Board
As you may remember, a while back I did a post on Growth Charts. My goal was to find the cutest one, and make it for my own family. The one I found, looked like this…Believe it or not, I actually found this one on Craigslist over a year and a half ago, but when ...
Turkey Chair Cover
While I was out and about on the web, I found the cutest Turkey Chair Covers for our Thanksgiving Dinner!They were actually featured on “Family Fun” and they are made out of felt. So, imagine taking a simple pillow case, some felt, and some fabric glue. The kids would have so much fun designing their ...
Don’t Forget Your Thanksgiving Table Settings
If you are hosting Thanksgiving this year at your place, or are in charge of setting the tables and making them look “every so lovely”… then don’t forget to check out our Thanksgiving table setting idea pages. Thanksgiving Place Card Ideas and Thanksgiving Tables!...
Our Newest Sponsors–TheMoldStore.com
I am so excited and thrilled to introduce to you our newest Sponsors from “The Mold Store.” They offer DIY solutions that you and I can use to beautify our new and existing homes, offices, yards, and spaces—and save a lot of money doing so! The Main man and Owner, John Panagos is here to ...
Halloween Fireplace Mantel
I love a good Halloween Fireplace Mantel, and so I created my own.It’s kinda fuzzy, but it’s the best my camera is doing today!! Here is a closer picture of the mantel…Pretty simple, but cute! The I used a dab of hot glue on the pumpkins with the polka dot ribbon around the center.I used ...
