Turn a basic dining room into a beautiful traditional dining room with classic details and pattern play with fabric and wallpaper choices. Get the scoop on lighting, wallpaper, decor and more in this lovely dining room makeover photo tour. This dining room has taken a very different style turn than the dining room in my…
A screened-in porch is a blessing, and a wonderful place to hang out, but it often presents a decorating challenge. Here are 12 screened-in porch decorating ideas to create an inviting outdoor oasis that promotes relaxation all day long. If you’re lucky enough to have a screened-in porch, you are fortunate indeed! But do you…
Home Goals are a great way for me to keep my home projects on track in my home! I hope it inspires you to set goals and make plans for your home, too! I can’t believe it’s already time for another home goals post, but I’m so glad I do them every 4 months. It…
Accessible Beige is a beige-gray neutral paint color that will never go out of style. The versatility easily adds classic beauty to any home! Sherwin Williams Accessible Beige (SW 7036) might give off those retired vibes of the 1990’s and 2000s beige era, but this is NOT your mom’s beige! This beautiful, earthy beige is…
Follow this easy step-by-step DIY tutorial to reupholster dining chair covers with basic tools and only 7 simple steps! Reupholstering dining chair seat covers is one of the easiest DIY upholstery projects. I’ve never done an upholstery project before and it was so simple! It will give your chair a whole new vibe in minutes….
Adding curtain trim tape gives a custom look that is unique to your home! Learn how to add trim tape to curtains in 6 simple steps – with NO sewing! It’s my firm belief that a room is not done until you have window treatments. And many times that means adding window treatments in the…
When you are renting your home, it can be hard to make the impersonal space feel like it’s yours. Here are 7 temporary and affordable tenant improvements you can do to upgrade your rental! Rental properties are often bland, impersonal, and usually outdated. Since it’s not a space you own, it can be so hard…
Setting home goals is an exercise I practice every 3-4 months to keep my home projects moving and on track! I’ve been meaning to get this goal post done for a month now, but between virtual school, kids being sick and just life known as January, it’s taken me a month! This is why I…
Pink decor is making a comeback, and it’s such a fun way to add color to your home! Treat yourself with one (or more) of these pretty items! I love to look out at the stores each year and see what is trending in the decorating world. This year, I’m seeing a lot of medium…
Adding primary bedroom Christmas decor might seem a bit over the top, but it’s nice to wake up to the glow of the Christmas tree. It makes everything cozy and festive! It’s a little late in the season to be sharing much more inspiration for decor, but I wanted to share this room with you…
I gave myself one big home goal for the last few months of this year, and that was to come up with a design plan for my dining room makeover. And I think I’ve finally figured it out – with some help! Let’s take a look at how this room has evolved since we moved…
Traditional Christmas colors and even a little pop of pink give this home a classic holiday vibe! See my 2021 Christmas decorating plans in the living room, bedroom, dining room and the rest of the house. Last year was our first real Christmas in our home, and I was overwhelmed with where to start. So,…
Looking to find the best window treatment options for your home? Here are a ton of ideas for every room to get you started in your search. Whenever I see a bare window in a home, I see so much opportunity to dress up the window. Windows can sometimes an area neglected by home decorators…
Discover 7 easy ways to refresh a kitchen without paint or wallpaper! The details make the biggest impact on a kitchen refresh! Here’s the thing. Kitchens can be a hard space to decorate, or add some personality to. Unless you have a large budget for new appliances or want to a complete gut job, it…
Home furnishings are essential elements for making a house feel like a home. Here are 7 must-have home decor items to make your home feel comfortable and put together! Decorating your home is a very individual and intimate task. Your goal is to create a home that is not only beautiful but also one that…
Our eat-in kitchen makeover is done! Our kitchen nook got a little glow up this week, so I decided to share the small space before the big reveal. I love how it turned out! You may remember our kitchen makeover vision board from almost a year ago… 😳 Soooo long ago! Little did I know…
Our Current Home Tour In December of 2019, our family of four moved into a beautiful brick Cape Cod-style home in the same neighborhood as our second home. I had been on the lookout for something larger to accommodate my business and our family for a while. And when this home popped into my feed,…
Struggling to decorate a table behind a sofa? Get 4 different ways to style your sofa table right here! When we moved into our new house last year, the living room was the room I was most concerned about decorating. We had purchased a sectional sofa for our old house, but it took so long…
Download a free ginger jar & lemon tree printable for your summer home decor! Get a little traditional summer decor vibe for free! With the weather warming up, I decided it was time to finally put away every last touch of Christmas and decorate my living room shelves for summer. I guess we skipped right…
I can’t believe it’s already time for another home goals post! But can I tell you that these are some of my very favorite posts to write? I know that by simply writing down my top 3-4 goals for my home for a the next few months, I’ll stay on task when I get frustrated…
Learn how to paint a plaid wall with only a couple of measurements and no math! This beautiful feature wall takes some time to create, but the outcome is so beautiful and so worth it! When I was finishing up my office makeover, I knew the wall behind my desk needed some character! I looked…
Take a look at the before and after photos in this traditional, cape cod style home. We made mostly cosmetic changes that pack a punch! Well our anniversary of moving into our home came and went back in December. But Christmas is a wash when it comes to paying attention to any home improvements in…
With less than a week from Christmas, I thought I’d better get this office photographed and shared before the big day! I actually put this tree up before Thanksgiving because I wanted to have at least one tree in a window in the front of our house. Our old house had a prominent window in…
Ivory curtains, brass curtain rods and beautiful bamboo shades are the perfect window treatments for this master bedroom retreat! I’m so excited to share the progress we’ve made in the master bedroom makeover. I hadn’t really planned to share anything from this room until later, but it’s already coming together and I couldn’t wait to…
A calm and restful master bedroom design is the perfect place to relax after a long day. Lots of great ideas for creating a master bedroom retreat and adjoining sitting area. I am so very excited to be bringing this design vision to you because it’s been something that’s been rolling around in my head…
Blue and green plaids with pops of red in the living room give a classic Christmas vibe! See my 2020 Christmas decorating plans in the living room and the rest of the house. I’ve never planned out my Christmas decorating plans other than sketching them on a piece of paper in my Holiday Planner, but…
Rug shopping can be overwhelming when you’re buying online. These are some of my favorite vendors for the best place to buy rugs. The day I revealed my living room makeover (back in 2013) was a big day here at The Turquoise Home. At the time, it was the 4th all-time highest viewed post on…
This year I tried something a little different in regards to my home goals. In the past, I would list 10 or so goals for the whole year and then kind of use it as a guide for the year. But I would honestly forget about it halfway through the year and I would fail…
Enjoy some inspiration for simple fall friendsgiving table decor and a low maintenance self-serve food station! Using simple fall decor and an easy crowd feeding charcuterie board, be inspired to invite your friends over for a casual friendsgiving party. It’s been a minute since you’ve seen my dining room. And while I haven’t spent much…
I thought it would be fun to go through and see what my top favorite purchases are over the past year or so. There were so many good ones that I couldn’t stop at 25 and had to keep going! These aren’t necessarily in order of favorite to least favorite. I just went through my…