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Side view of an ornate corbel in a doorway to a dining nook, painted olive green

Corbels: The Most Charming Way To Divide Two Rooms

No doorway? No problem. This Faux-Doorway Corbel DIY is your solution for dividing one space into two! Perfect for awkwardly long rooms, open pantries, and little nooks that jut out from main rooms. (This DIY went *overwhelmingly* viral on Instagram last week so I thought I’d share the process and all the materials in a…

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Mid Century Modern Dresser, black body, warm wood drawers, black cup pull hardware, styled with a large ornate frame

How To Flip Furniture: Mid-Century Modern Dresser

A step-by-step guide on how I transformed this white, chipped, FREE dresser into a sleek mid-century modern dream. Keep reading to learn how you can achieve the exact same look! *Upfront clarification moment: This is a furniture flipping blog post — not a restoration. You won’t find restoration instructions in this particular post! Getting a…

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Tall linen cabinet with intricate molding details

How To DIY The Iconic Brooklyn Brownstone Molding

I have a deep obsession with all the cool-girl-brooklyn-brownstone apartments. And one of the key details I see in every one of my favourite homes is THIS style of molding: the thick trim perimeter, paired with a thinner trim set inside it with each corner notched out in a perfect square. I see it on…

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Checkered Coffee Mug and a green bookcase

02: DIY Diary – Penitential Projects and Delayed Gratification

It’s the end of February. Lent started 10 days ago. 30 days to go. (Stay with me.) One of my commitments for this winter was to take advantage of being cooped up indoors to work away on indoor projects. Winters are far too brutal to do any work outdoors in Canada, so indoor projects seemed…

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Full view of the sink wall with my butcher block countertops. Warm, cozy, dimly lit rental kitchen.

The Best Way To Seal Your Butcher Block Countertops

I chose butcher block countertops for my kitchen, despite everyone telling me not to. Keep reading to find out why it was a “dumb” decision, why I chose to do it anyway, and what miracle product I discovered that made my butcher block countertops 100% waterproof. Quick Context Before Diving In I am renting. When…

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Before And After Cast Iron Pan Resoration

How To Restore A Cast Iron Pan At Home

For my birthday gift last year, my dad antiqued the cutest 1950’s 6.5-inch cast iron pan for me. I’m obsessed with it. It’s adorable, it’s super non-stick, and obviously I love it because it makes me think of my dad. So this year, for his birthday, I wanted to gift him the same thing because…

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Small colourful bathroom with open shelving and a peaches shower curtain.

This One Organization Hack Tripled The Space In My Bathroom

I went from furiously doing my daily skin care (if I even did it at all…) to having a consistent evening skin care routine all because of this one organization hack that tripled the space in my tiny bathroom. It may not be the fanciest thing I own, but this 3-tiered, customizable, lazy susan is…

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Cozy living room with a gallery wall and green couch, painted the perfect warm white paint colour.

How To Pick The Perfect White Paint For Your Space

Who knew the colour “white” was actually 1,000,000 different colours? Sounds simple, but is arguably the hardest colour to pick for your house because it looks SO different depending on so many different factors. If you’re about to repaint, here are the 5 steps you need to take to pick the perfect white paint for…

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Livinf room with a couch, a shelf above the couch, a rug, and a wood coffee table

This Is Why A Rug Is The First Thing To Buy For A New Room

Designing a room from scratch can be super overwhelming. What wall colour should I go with? Couch colour? Coffee table? Throw pillows? Artwork? Options are endless and the decision fatigue is real. This is why the very first item you should select and buy for a new room is: the rug. 1. Your rug sets…

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A bed dressed in wrinkly linen bedding

Every Reason You Should (Exclusively) Love Linen Bedding

Who knew a piece of cloth could be so divisive? Some people love linen, others have every reason in the book about why it’s overrated. Everyone has their opinions, and now I have mine too. I made the decision to invest in linen bedding for the first time 4 years ago, and I’ve never bought…

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Sierra, here. ✌

An introverted, detail-oriented, and meticulous creative: documenting the slow, intentional, and realistic process of DIY-ing an apartment into a home — within the limitations of a rental.

If you dig home styling, thrift flips, DIYs, vintage finds, handmade goods, coffee, vegetarian food, knit grandpa sweaters, dark academia aesthetic, shopping local, Boy Meets World, Dr. Martens, 90s grunge and mid-2000s emo punk music — or the fact that writing this biographical blurb is clearly making me uncomfortable so my solution is to endlessly list increasingly obscure things: then I’m positive you’ll find something here that resonates with you. Stay a while and make yourself at home!

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