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IKEA Hacks For Every Room In Your House

March 21, 2019 No Comments

IKEA Hacks

Being in my mid-twenties, I’m right smack in the middle of still having a bunch of the furniture I moved out with (aka hand me downs and good old IKEA).

Now having my own place for quite a while now, I’ve been on the hunt to slowly start updating my furniture more towards my style and away from the typical college student set-up (I’m lookin’ at you black-brown).

When I mentioned slowly updating, I meant slow. It’s been well over a year of getting new furniture and I’ve gotten maaaaybe 4 pieces. With many more to go.

Furniture is expensive man!

It’s not easy to justify dropping hundreds on a new kitchen table when you’re still trying to establish your career and you’ve got bills to pay (and other fun things to do).

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How To Make Your Home Look Nicer Than It Actually Is | Budget Hacks

February 10, 2019 No Comments

Home Look Nicer on Budget

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We all scroll through the beautiful Insta feeds filled with these gorgeous homes, perfect decorating and immaculate style – how do people actually live in places like that!? (and afford it!?)

A lot of the time those photos are perfectly curated specifically for a photoshoot – sometimes they really are just sets and not lived in homes. And sometimes people are just loaded enough to have that nice of a home (kudos to them!)

But the rest of us over here (ahem us twenty-somethings) can’t quite afford those lavish homes, uber expensive furniture and the ability to actually paint the walls (hello renter probs). After all, many of us are just now getting out on our own for the first time!

Being young and still working on rising up to a solid income, I totally get not being able to afford all the gorgeous home decor items your heart desires. And not being able to afford a 4 bedroom brand new house – it’s just not realistic coming right out of college or high school.

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Spring Home Decor Hacks

March 12, 2018 No Comments

Spring Home Decor

With living in three different places in the past two years, I’ve had a chance to decorate in a lot of different spaces. We haven’t bought much new furniture over the years, and I’ve gotten a little tired of trying to style the same stuff over and over again.

The room that’s always been the most “blah” in all of our places has been the living room. It’s always consisted of a hand me down (very uncomfortable) couch, the TV and TV stand and just a coffee table. Very plain.

I’ve always wanted to revamp the look of our living room area, but haven’t had the budget or really any idea on what the heck to even do!

One of the easiest ways I’ve found to decorate is to go with the seasons. And Spring is just upon us!

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Home Decor Hacks For Twenty-Somethings

November 5, 2017 No Comments

I don’t know about you, but I don’t really know how to do this whole adult thing.

I mean, we’re not reeeeally taught how to do anything, and every day is kind of just another day to wing it. One thing that can really show our age is the way we present our home.

Young adults and/or college kids tend to have a bit of a stereotype when it comes to the way their house or apartment is going to be.

Dishes everywhere
Pantry stalked with instant meals and ramen noodles
Laundry piled high
What’s a vacuum?

You get the picture. And you don’t want that persona, do ya!?