My Creative Days

DIY blog sharing our home, budget decorating tips with repurposed farmhouse decor.

How To Work With Contractors To Get The Best Experience

How To Work With Contractors

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Matt and I have DIY’ed our way through so many projects in our own home and all of our flip houses, but there are still projects we aren’t comfortable doing and have to hire a contractor to do. Hiring a contractor used to scare me. I didn’t want to be taken advantage of. I didn’t know if I could trust them. I wasn’t sure if they were “over-selling” me. I wasn’t confident about the quality of work they would do. To be honest, it was stressful for me to hire a contractor. Not anymore. We have had to hire many… Read More

A master bedroom makeover to turn our bedroom into a space we can retreat to after a long day. Sources, projects and links included.

Master Bedroom Makeover For Mom & Dad

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The master bedroom makeover is not done, but I wanted to share how far we have come since the COVID-19 crisis hit and because I am getting a lot of questions about it when I post photos from our bedroom on social media. I will be updating this post when I am able to get out and find the things we still need for the makeover. This master bedroom makeover was a long process, even before the pandemic. We hit many road bumps along the way, but we are happy with the outcome so far. It looks a little bare… Read More

Ways To Distress Furniture

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Oh, let me count the ways to distress furniture. I have been distressing furniture for years. I started doing it because we couldn’t afford real antiques from stores and vintage markets. I loved the look and really wanted to decorate our home with pieces I saw. Distressing pieces that I rescued from yard sales and thrift stores was a cost effective way to get the same look without having to break the bank buying from dealers, shops and markets. There are many different ways to distress furniture and today, I am going to share seven of my favorite techniques that… Read More

How To Prep Cabinets For Paint

How To Prep Cabinets For Paint

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How to prep cabinets for paint. I get a lot of questions about painting cabinets. It is one of those projects that makes a huge difference without having to spend a lot of money. BUT, if you don’t do it right and don’t take the time to prep the cabinets properly, the outcome will not be worth all the work. Along with the questions I get about painting cabinets, I get a lot of people dreading the process. I GET IT! To be completely honest, it is the one job that I don’t like to do at all. I have… Read More

Progress Report: Month 1 Into Our 5th Flip House

Progress Report: Month 1 Into Our 5th Flip House

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We are at the one month mark of our 5th flip house! Phew! We made it! Having to do the duplex makeover and the flip house at the same time, slowed the progress down at the flip house, but I think we have recovered very well. The COVID-19 pandemic has also slowed us down for different reasons, but we have been able to keep busy when we can’t head to the stores to get what we need or when the stores are sold out of what we need. I thought it would be fun to go over what we have… Read More

Subscription boxes are so much fun and a subscription box for decorators are even better! See what is inside the spring Decrocrated box. how I styled it all in our home and a coupon code!

Decocrated: The Subscription Box For Decorators

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I want to thank Decocrated for partnering with me with their amazing subscription box for decorators. All opinions are my own.  If you are anything like me, a new season means a change in decor in your home. I feel like a new season isn’t officially here until I have changed a few things in our home to welcome it. Shopping for seasonal decor is fun, but it can also be frustrating and exhausting. Many of us don’t have the time to stop at a million stores to try to find seasonal decor that we love. Usually, when I stop… Read More

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