My DIY Success: A New Marble Tile Bathroom Floor
Day 1: My wrist has a hematoma the size of a golf ball! Note to self: This is why professional tile installers use electric chisels….
Color Trends & Selection
Home Workout Diva Needs a Place to Sit Down
I’m not one for bragging, but my home workout room rocks! It was the latest room in the house to enter the twenty-first century. After…
Relaxing New Themes for Your Bedroom: Part 3 of Color Series
There’s no room in the home more personal than your bedroom. The bedroom is where you start your day, where you wind down at the…
I Modernized an Ordinary Bathroom Without Spending a Fortune
This post is dedicated to the DIY kings and queens of the world! It started with me being bored one weekend… Isn’t that how so…
Paint Colors that Help Your Home Sell Quickly
Should you paint your walls before listing your home? If you are planning to list your home for sale, you already know that you have…
How to Reinvent an Ugly Powder Room on a Shoestring Budget
Howdy, all of you fellow DIY-ers (and semi-DIY-ers)! Today I am going to share with you the evolution of my super-ugly powder room! The best…
7 Best Insider Tips for Choosing Exterior House Paint
My stucco house had not been painted in a lo-o-o-o-o-o-ng time! I think that, at one time, my house may have been yellow? Or yellowish-beige?…
How a Professional Color Expert Coped with Exterior Paint Selection
Choosing paint color for other people’s houses is easy! I didn’t even know that people will actually pay you to help them to choose colors…
My Disastrous Search for the Perfect Shade of Black Paint
“I want black cabinets.” No problem, thought the color expert! (that’s me!) How hard can it be to find the perfect shade of black paint?…
How to Select Living Room Color that Won’t Drive You Crazy!
Part 3 in my series on choosing paint color (Author note: Originally published July 2020; Revised & Improved from original!) I started this blog article…
Avoid Buyers Remorse when You Select Wall Paint!
Part 1 of a Series on Choosing Colors for Your Own Home (Originally published June 2020; revised & improved from original!) Is it just me,…
Demystifying Paint: Which White is Right for You?
Part 2 of a Series on Paint Selection (Originally published June 2020; revised and improved from original) If you find paint color selection to be…
Choosing Paint Color is Complicated for Nearly Everyone!
(Originally published February 2020; Revised & improved July 2021!) Paint color is complicated! A painter told me that choosing a paint color is an overwhelming…
Gender-Neutral Paint Color Ideas That Kids Will Love!
(Originally published February 2020) Does anyone else find it challenging to choose colors for kids’ rooms? Kids have some incredibly bizarre ideas about what looks…
5 Best Color Combinations to Pair with Teal or Turquoise
(Author note: Originally published February 2020, improved from original!) Teal is, hands-down, my daughter’s favorite color. Well, at least it was her favorite color at…