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DIY Side Table made from a Stool!

Hi, everyone! It’s Lauren from Mom Home Guide. I am happy to be here sharing my latest decorating project — my DIY side table made from a stool! I have been wanting an extra side table for my home’s living room for a while now. I only furnished my home’s living room about a year ago, and ever since, I’ve been happily decorating it to make it a bright and sunny space! But I haven’t been able to find the perfect table. That is, until I converted a stool that I haven’t been using, into a quick and easy side… Read More

Laundry Room Hooks and a Tip for How to Dry Paint Faster!

The laundry room makeover is coming along, we worked on installing the new faucet this weekend and did you see how awesome the new laundry room shelves turned out? Our laundry room is where we enter the house from the garage and it’s not super big so something we desperately needed was some sort of storage for backpacks, purses, Malea’s ballet bag, etc. Right next to the door that leads into the rest of the house there’s a blank wall, which I thought would be the perfect place to add a little extra storage. I had a left over board… Read More

Spring Break Planner – FREE Printable

Ah, Spring is in the air. At least it is here in the desert… most days. I love spring. Warmer weather, beautiful flowers, and spring break. We are sitting here at day two of our two-week spring break and my kids are… honestly, driving me crazy. They have been incessantly fighting for the past three days and I hyperventilate a little when I think there’s another 11 days of this. It will be a lot of sneaking chocolate chips in the closet. So, to help save the chocolate chips, I made up a little organizer to help us out. And… Read More

Office Makeover Bling

It’s been awhile since I’ve updated you on my office makeover. I’m not done yet but since my post on the built-ins we’ve installed baseboards, sheer drapes and a little bling. I’m assuming y’all know what “bling” is but just in case you don’t, it’s defined as “expensive and flashy jewelry, clothing, or other possessions“. Well my office bling wasn’t expensive but it adds beauty, it’s the sparkle of the office and what girl doesn’t love a little sparkle? 🙂 After I finished the built-ins I felt like they were missing something, I felt like they needed a little bling…. Read More

DIY Industrial Shelves Tutorial

My laundry room was the first room I ever made over in our new house. It was cute and the charm lasted for awhile but after a few month I decided I didn’t really like what I’d done because I decorated it before getting a good feel for the house and what it’s style was. So for about a year my laundry room has kind of driven me crazy… When Price Pfister emailed me a couple weeks ago and asked if I’d like to review some of their upcoming products I knew exactly what I wanted to do – a… Read More

Tutorial – How to Reupholster a Chair Cushion

Reupholstering cushions has got to be one of my favorite projects. It’s always amazing to me how much a little time and fabric can update or give a chair a whole new look! I can’t count how many I’ve reupholstered, but I’ve enjoyed the process each time. Here are some easy step-by-step instructions on how to reupholster a chair cushion. I got this chair at a yard sale last summer for $15. The seat was broken in two and the fabric had seen better days, to be sure. 😉 The first thing I did was take off the seat (usually… Read More

How to Make your House Smell Good (like a Spa!)

Last October my mother-in-law took my sister-in-law and I to Villa La Estancia, a resort in Mexico, to celebrate her 60th birthday. It was an incredible place and from the moment you walked in the front doors you felt like royalty. People were there greeting you, saying “welcome home”, everyone was so friendly and best of all the place smelled AMAZING! My MIL (mother-in-law) was obsessed with how incredible it smelled in the lobby and every time we walked through there she would say, “It smells so amazing in here!” I was determined to figure out how they made it… Read More

How to get Makeup Stains out of Clothes

Today I’m super excited to introduce you to a new contributor for Ask Anna! Meet my blog friend Angelina from the blog JoJo and Eloise. She is amazing and I have followed her blog for a long time, always in awe of her incredible talents, photography skills and adorable children! I am SO excited to have her here on Ask Anna where each month she will share her creativity with us. But today she has an awesome cleaning solution to a problem that I know we’ve ALL run into – how to get makeup stains out of clothes! I hope… Read More