My perfectionist side gets the best of me from time to time and it made me hesitant to share, but in keeping with the theme, I am forcing myself to share the progress. There are some BIG projects in this room's future! This is were we spend most of our time as a family. It has SUPER high ceilings which made us fall in love with the house, but sometimes large rooms can be a challenge to decorate. The living room has seen it’s fair share of updates, but this is how it looks today: One tip for decorating large spaces is to use the appropriate size rug. This one is a 9 x 12 and to be honest, we could use a new one, but this one works for now. Carter and I are campaigning hard for a new dog and you know what that means for rugs... Carter also eats in here quite a bit, so this is the ... [Read More]
Modern Traditional Dining Room Before and After
Have you ever started a project with the perfect vision in your head and the reality turns out completely different? That room for me was my dining room. thought I could do a quick update and add some charcoal paint to the walls, change the chairs, art and curtains and be done. Nope. Does that ever actually happen? As usual, one thing lead to the next and I was knee deep in a million projects and a complete overhaul. At the end of the day it was SO worth it. Every time I look at this room, I'm happy I took the plunge. This was my dining room before: Not the worst thing ever, just not the look I wanted anymore. Was it the “perfect” time to start? No, but I really wanted to update the feel of the room and since it’s one of the first spaces you see when you enter our home, “now” turned ... [Read More]
Getting to Know Not Suzy Homemaker
Hey y'all! Thanks for stopping by. I am a lover of all things home, but I am definitely NOT the perfect Suzy Homemaker. I recently left the corporate world after being in IT Sales for more than 10 years. Join me for DIY tips, tricks and fails while updating my 90s cookie-cutter colonial. I am the wife to Adam, AKA, The Lumberjack. We met in college and lucky for me, he shares my love of DIY projects. We have one four year old son, Carter, the coolest kid ever (most of the time). I love Jesus, but I cuss a little, okay, a lot. I could survive on Diet Coke, Doritos and Oreo ice cream. Procrastinating is my super power and I can never resist a dance party with some good 90s hip hop. DIY'ing has always been a passion and a way of life for us and I and I want to inspire others to get ... [Read More]