DISCLOSURE: Some of the links in this post contain affiliate links, which come at no cost to you. Know that I only promote products I personally use and stand behind. To learn more about my affiliates, please review my disclosure policy here. If you’ve always loved open houses, HGTV Dream Home reveals or when Chris Loves Julia does room video tours then you’re in for a treat today! Before we make any cosmetic or structural changes to the home I wanted to document the space for before photos. Because really, who doesn’t like to swipe to see some beautiful before and afters?! I've already shared the 10 things we're looking forward to most in the new house as a tease but now you can enjoy this photo overload post with all the rooms! Take a scroll with me through our new home, before we make any changes to it (as we already have)! If anyone has any tips or ideas on things I mention below, please leave me a comment! House Front It’s a two story colonial style home with 2 bay windows in the front. It has cute curb appear but we do plan to change the front doors for one that includes a sidelites so you can see who’s at the door. Love the little porch covering but may be looking to change up that deck to nowhere over ... Continue Reading...
DIY Coordinating Family Gallery Wall
DISCLOSURE: I am part of the DecoArt Blogger Program and was provided product samples for this project. However, this is a brand and product type I know and love! Know that I only promote and share products I personally use and recommend! To learn more, please review my disclosure policy here. My 2016 goals included updating the family gallery wall in the living room. I’m happy to say that MONTHS later, it’s now complete and fully on display! Here’s how I did it on budget and with my handmade touch! When doing some rearranging of our living room, I found the original wall we had the gallery wall on wasn’t the best place and instead moved it over our sideboard (used for table cloths, liquor and miscellaneous kitchen overflow). In an effort to not spend a lot of money, I went through all the random frames I owned, plus shopped the clearance section of AC Moore and came up with this collection of frames for my gallery. Tip: flip the frames over to make sure they are wall hanging frames! So many I had in the original layout were only tabletop so I'm glad I looked sooner than later so I could swap them out! At first glance you’re probably thinking I’m crazy to make this mismatch collection a gallery wall, but I had ... Continue Reading...
Creating A Family Wall Gallery with Shutterfly
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. I was also compensated with free product for this post, but know that I will only promote items I personally use and stand behind! For more information on my disclosure policy, please visit this page. Friends know how long I patiently waited for Derek to pop the question. After nine years of dating, we FINALLY got engaged and ten months later we were married. I was so excited to finally be a Nehil and loved to add that family element in our home. Months after we came back from our honeymoon I converted this blank wall in our living room into our Nehil Family wall, which included a "Nehil" frame gifted by my bridesmaids, a collage frame of our wedding photos and a big decorative "N". Fast forward a few months and now we were a family and not just a married couple. Brielle needed to be included on our family wall! Luckily, Shutterfly gave me the chance to make this happen. In just a short amount of time I was able to put together some fun items that worked perfectly with my family wall display. And since there wasn't any room on the wall itself, I made great use of the console tabletop right in front. (You know the table that houses our bin of toys, as seen in the ... Continue Reading...
