So you’re considering taking on a remodeling project or a design project of some kind for your home. Maybe its an entire kitchen remodel, or maybe it’s more modest like re configuring some of your landscape beds, or buying furniture and home decor. That’s great! Next question though - how to make a budget for it, and if its a larger project like that dream kitchen or bath, how to fund your remodel?
Read MoreIf you’re looking for easy and natural holiday decorating for your home’s front door and exterior, this post will give you helpful ideas. Decorating with fresh greenery garlands and evergreen swags turned out to be a surprise keeper for future years! I've retired my faded faux garlands that decked out my Christmas porch for years, and I'm not going back. See my fresh, green Christmas porch.
Read MoreLooking to create your own backyard oasis complete with an outdoor living room? Great goal! But then you go shopping for outdoor sofas and furniture and you have serious sticker shock. Here’s a solution - with a little resourcefulness and elbow grease, you can DIY it! Source a sofa or daybed for cheap that can work outdoors and create a stylish statement-making piece for way less.
Read MoreIt’s time to reveal the Mediterranean inspired garden so long in the making! It’s my outdoor oasis here in Napa California & I love it, especially after living with the sad state of garden affairs for so long. To get ideas for my landscape design process, I referenced lots of historic gardens from Spain, France, and Italy. It's now finished with patio, bocce court, stonework, & lots of lavender.
Read MoreIt’s Amazon Prime days and there are deals galore! Take a look and see what suits your fancy. I’m going for a mesh WIFI system since we have serious coverage issues in my house, a Kindle Paperwhite - it's $50 bucks off and my sis insists it’s a must have, some shelter mags like Elle Decor, and who knows what all else - the day(s) are still young! :) Prime Day runs now through tomorrow, so don't dilly-dally!
Read MoreI undertook a major landscape redesign project last spring of the side garden of my home. Now that it’s grown in some, I want to show you how it turned out, which I’ll do soon. Today, I want to show you my garden “mood board.” It’s not a mood board in the traditional sense, but a collection of imagery from Pinterest that helped me pull together design ideas before starting actual design work.
Read MoreMemorial Day Weekend Sales! Memorial Day weekend is upon us - can you believe? Along with it are lots of big sales! I’ve put together a lengthy list of plants, décor, and fashion for your perusal. I know I plan to score a few deals over the long weekend - I especially want to see what’s available for outdoor cushions, fun home accessories, and of course, the Nordy 1/2 yearly sale! Happy shopping!
Read MoreHave you ever lifted one of your house plant pots or saucers to find a water ring on your furniture? It’s happened way too many times, so I came up with a simple DIY to moisture-proof the bottoms of my pots. This 5 minute DIY will keep your furniture safe plus it will repurpose a material that otherwise usually ends up in a land fill (styrofoam) so it’s a win-win! Check it out + a video demo.
Read MoreI find if my home is cluttered and disorganized, it makes it that much harder for me to focus. I get distracted. Which means it’s tougher to stay on top of what's most important. Can you relate? The struggle is real, but I’ve learned over time that the old adage of how to eat an elephant is true. We can conquer clutter in our homes by breaking all that clutter into easily digestible pieces. Keep reading for tips on how to accomplish a quickly doable, clutter-busting project so you can better focus on what’s really important to you.
Read MoreTo say 2020 was an unprecedented year is an understatement. 2020 was also year one for Greenhouse Studio, having just celebrated it’s one year anniversary.
A lot has happened over the course of one year, and it was fun to look back to see what was most popular. I had no idea what would resonate with readers and what wouldn’t. I had never blogged before, and I was seriously winging it for at least a couple quarters. Mostly just writing what I felt I needed to get off my chest both plant and design-wise.
It was gratifying to see that many of my posts did connect with people, and it made me glad that I gave myself space to organically write what I wanted instead of trying to be more strategic and methodical, which would be an easy default for me, but I think would have been stifling too. So without further ado, here’s the Greenhouse Studio top 10 posts!
Read MoreThis evergreen Christmas DIY swag is way too simple and easy, and well worth the small effort to bring some natural, fresh, and festive Yuletide cheer to your front door. So let’s get our swag on - I'll show you how step by step! It’s just a bunch of evergreen boughs bound and hung together, but there's something about a swag's rustic simplicity that's appealing, especially during the holidays.
Read MoreHave a dark and dramatic space - a bookcase, shelf or wall? Want one? I get excited about dark wood cabinetry and paneling year round, but it really pops when you get your fall decor on! I'll give tips and inspiration for how to style bookcases, styling dark bookshelves for a dramatic year-round look that's never boring, and then how to create a beautiful fall seasonal look with a few simple, quick, & easy decor changes.
Read MoreReady for some more fall decorating ideas? An easy spot to get your fall on is the fireplace mantel. Fall mantel decor is the perfect place to indulge your fall seasonal decorating desires!
We recently took a look at fall decorating using natural materials and what you already have. I’m still in a “use what you have” mode and mostly continued with that budget decor theme for my fall mantle, so hopefully you’ll get some inspiring seasonal ideas for your own home.
Read MoreLooking for home office inspo? How about light, plants and neutrals meet vintage charm? The Greenhouse Studio home office renovation has been underway for some time. The construction part of it has been done for a while now, but the design details? Well… that usually seems to take me a bit longer to actually finish. Longer than it should take as I’m the first to admit. I’m still arranging and adjusting a few things, specifically the shelving, so I want to share how it got to this point; the before and in-progress shots, my inspo and mood boards, and plans.
I’ve actually been using it as my office for a couple months now and I love sitting in this light-filled space tapping away on the keyboard. Believe me though, when you see the “before” shots, you may share a bit of the surprise I feel at how much I enjoy the room now.
Read MoreWhat’s the secret to making your space look like it was designed by an interiors pro? Well one of the most important is laying out your furniture and your other design elements in a floor plan to see how they will really fit in your room. I reviewed 4 room layout/floor planning apps with video demos to to see which were the most user friendly to help you design your interior or garden space.
Read MoreStock tank pools are an outdoor trend I came across just recently and I have to say, I’m feeling like I’ve been living under a rock. Just in case you’ve been under one too, a stock tank pool is a galvanized tank normally used to water livestock that’s repurposed into a small, backyard pool - typically around 8’ diameter and 2’ to 3’ deep. It’s a budget-friendly backyard trend with legs, and they’re many creative, industrious people out there who’ve made them into total Insta-worthy assets for their own outdoor oases.
Where’s this trend coming from? They say necessity is the mother of invention, and I think families are getting pretty desperate for some outdoor fun (and to maintain their sanity) for their requisite stay-cations right now. Now that they’re on my radar, I feel like stock tank pools are cropping up everywhere like mushrooms, from Instagram to articles in major media outlets like the Wall Street Journal.
This is such a great idea for outdoor fun that looks good with out spending a fortune. Let’s take a look at traditional pool options and then explore this summer-style trend that just might be the perfect addition for your patio or backyard!
Read MoreContainer gardening is fun and satisfying, giving you fresh picked herbs any time to add to your favorite dishes and drinks. We'll go through some planter ideas as well as a step by step process for putting together a winning herb pot combo that’s both delicious and ornamental. If you're new to container gardening, rest assured with a little effort (not much!) you'll grow great results.
Read MoreAre you almost as picky about your indoor plant accessories and pots as you are your plants? Looking to bring the outdoors in with a garden room and a bunch of ugly plastic accessories and pots don’t fit the bill? Me too!
While I definitely have quirky plant preferences that may or may not be rooted in aesthetics, (like some weird trait they have) I want them looking good in their container and on display.
They are the living part of my home decor and in many ways my favorite design elements, but regardless, they need to contribute to the home aesthetic and not just look like a bunch of plastic-y pots crowded together by a window. (OK so that’s kinda what’s going on in my kitchen, but we’ll pretend otherwise for now.)
Read MoreThis is my exact design process written down for designing and decorating a space. The whole point though is to make it adaptable so it serves YOU, your home, and your loved ones. If you follow these guidelines, you will create a room that is comfortable, cohesive, functional for you and yours, and reflects your own personal style.
It also doesn’t need to cost a fortune. I firmly believe that design constraints, whether budgetary or otherwise, often result in a more interesting project and not the other way around.
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