Home Decor and DIY projects have always been a passion of mine. I bought my first home about a year and a half ago and I have been working on it one project at a time. Although we are very far from done (I don’t think there’s ever an end point) we love taking our weekends to work on projects. From painting, to changing light fixtures, adding a backsplash, constantly changing the decor with the seasons and always thinking of something new to do, I wanted to share some progress (before and after) pictures with you guys. We have so many more ideas that we want to see come to life and hopefully will start on them soon!

Kitchen

I’ll start with my kitchen upgrades. I’ve done simple inexpensive upgrades to my kitchen. The most drastic and my fav so far has been the backsplash. My kitchen is on the smaller side to me so I wanted to make the most out of it. I knew I wanted to keep it as light and open as possible, but I didn’t want to wash out the entire kitchen with everything being white so I added some black touches. I went for black grout and a black design on my backsplash, black handles on the cabinets. I also added some open shelving, black chalkboard wall and changed the pantry door color and handles.

Half Bath

My half bath project was easy and simple. It took us one day to paint, change the hardware and mirror and add some shelves.

Laundry Room

We all dread laundry day don’t we? I wanted to make my laundry room a place that if I HAD to be there at least I wanted it to be a pretty sight. Added some peel and stick backsplash (linked here) . Changed the shelving and did faux shiplap on the side walls. [What a difference a ruler and pencil can do].

Part II of this post will be dedicated to Home Decor and ways to decorate during the different seasons. You can always catch more home decor pics and DIY projects on my Instagram !