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In Love with a Laundry Room!

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I have a disorganized walk-thru laundry room with mismatched appliances, plywood floors and no doors.  It’s on our lengthy DIY to-do list.  So, when I see a laundry room makeover, especially a beautiful modern country inspired beauty like the one from Hydrangea Home, I daydream about one day (soon) having one of these…


I love every detail:

  • custom cabinets in a pretty grey
  • drop cloth counter-skirts hiding laundry baskets
  • a window beautifully framed with a simple yet pretty window treatment (no sew!)
  • a matching washer/dryer!
  • pretty decorative touches
  • a sink!
  • a calm/peaceful atmosphere
Everything in it’s place.  Even the ironing board looks decorative – and handy!
Patio door painted a light robin’s egg blue. Love the dog food pail and mail center/calendar.  Plenty of storage, shelving and a beautiful counter. 
Want to see more and get the details?  I’m inspired and see a few details I’d love to include in our laundry room makeover (bring it on!)  For all of the specifics (and MORE home decorating eye-candy), be sure to visit Dawn at 
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Thanks for sharing, Dawn – beautiful, stunning laundry room transformation!  What an inspiration!  
Now excuse me while I go browse her awesome etsy shop.  🙂
Coming soon – in order to fix the feed, the DIY Show Off will soon have a new look. Unsuccessful attempts have pushed me to switch to my own domain. Thanks for your patience and sticking with it while I work out the bugs. 🙂

Before and After at Harbor Breeze

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Meet:  Ritajoy from

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Ritajoy grew up on a farm in Montana and now views the west coast ocean out her kitchen window.  Lucky!  They live in a wonderful, old history-filled home.  We share the same hobbies:  Rearranging furniture, repainting rooms and decorating creatively on a tight budget! 

While visiting Ritajoy’s blog, I came across some MUST SHOW OFF DIY!

$159 Kitchen Makeover
Yep, you read that correctly. I didn’t leave off a zero.
way before…
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to this…
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now…
upper cupboards by stove
upper cupboards after
are you rubbing your eyes to double check it’s the same space?  Me too!
The first picture was when they purchased their lovely home.  There was an in between stage that looked like this:
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Very pretty before but I love the new wall color (look familiar?!) and vintage/beachy accents and open shelving. Notice the difference in the cabinets too!
whole kitchen after
See how Ritajoy stretched her budget to completely transform and update her kitchen at her original post:  $159 Kitchen Makeover Reveal.
Decorating on a tight budget doesn’t mean we don’t LOOK and fold back pages of catalogs for things we’d love to buy.  We look, right?  And better than spending $$$, we’re inspired to utilize DIY + creativity accomplish the same look. Ritajoy does an amazing job!

This ReStore find…
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became this Restoration Hardware inspired light fixture…
finished light
Total Cost:  a little over $16!

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And this powder room before…
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Is now a BEAUTIFUL inspiration…
(love that sign -see more at Harbour Breeze!)
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Ritajoy, your makeovers are awesome!  You have a way of taking a tight budget and making the most magical transformations!  Thank you so much for sharing your DIY creativity and ideas!

Coming soon – in order to fix the feed, the DIY Show Off will soon have a new look. Unsuccessful attempts have pushed me to switch to my own domain. Thanks for your patience and sticking with it while I work out the bugs. 🙂

{AKA} Design – Reclaimed Headboard (and more)

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Sometimes you just see an inspiring DIY project and make plans to add on a bedroom to your home, right?  Okay, so that’s a little extreme but it is a dream of mine after seeing this gorgeous reclaimed wood-look headboard. Too bad that the 3 beds in our house are a poster bed, a sleigh bed and my daughter’s French provincial.  Otherwise, you’d see me making my version of this DIY rustic beauty from Shannon at {AKA} Design. 
I even love the super cute burlap banner…
Looks like real barn wood, doesn’t it?  Sometimes that’s not always available so Shannon and her husband made their own.  They did a pretty realistic job, don’t you think?
It’s a perfect accent to her inspiration board…dreamy bedroom!
You can find the “how to” at
as well as some other amazing DIY ideas to inspire your next project…
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There is so much more to see. And what I love about Shannon’s DIY is that they’re not only beautiful and affordable, she makes DIY look easy!  Check out her super adorable digital prints too!  So sweet!
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Thanks so much for sharing your creativity and inspiration, Shannon & Dean.  🙂
Coming soon – in order to fix the feed, the DIY Show Off will soon have a new look. Unsuccessful attempts have pushed me to switch to my own domain. Thanks for your patience and sticking with it while I work out the bugs. 🙂