The Ask Anna Blog

What to do with Missing Game Pieces

Do you ever move furniture around, or look under a couch cushion and find missing game pieces, or random puzzle pieces? I know I have! Sometimes it’s hard to tell what game, or puzzle, it goes to if it’s just one piece. When I was at my friend Bethany’s house taking pictures of her game closet she showed me this awesome solution for what to do with all those random pieces that turn up. She calls it the “Missing Pieces Bag”. When she showed this to me, all I could say was, “why didn’t I think of that!?” It’s… Read More

DIY Dresser to TV Console

When we moved into our new house I realized our old TV console was much too small for our new space. So I went on the hunt for a large dresser that I could turn into a TV console. I found this beautiful, solid hardwood dresser from a friend of mine who sells furniture and I scooped it up for a deal! I hated the three doors in the middle but I new it had potential because of the beautiful molding on the drawers and the solid hardware. When I got it home I took the doors in the middle… Read More

Quick and Easy Way to Change a Crib Sheet

Didn’t you just love the process of picking out all the fun baby room items for your kid’s nursery? Didn’t you just love looking at all the pretty set ups in the stores exhibiting the cutest rooms ever? And didn’t you think your child’s nursery was going to be just as beautiful as those set-ups everyday? Your hopes and dreams were likely dashed after you got all that stuff home and had to put it together. And then they were likely dashed again the first time you had to change the crib sheet. The struggle to make everything just right… Read More

Perfection to Reality ~ Kitchen Organization Tips

My friend Melissa loves to cook and bake. She’s incredibly talented and spends a lot of time in her kitchen. Since I’m showing you how my friends organize their homes this month, I thought she would be a great person to give us some kitchen organization tips. I believe that when I walk into someone’s kitchen I should be able to know where to find things. In my mind kitchens have a certain way they should be laid out, even though they all come in different shapes and sizes. Melissa has done a great job with her kitchen because everything… Read More

Lumber Liquidators Review

The transformation of our house has been a long journey but the results are a beautiful one that made it all worth it! As I do with all big projects, I want to share my experience with the products we used so that you are well informed going into your next big home project. Today I’m going to share my thoughts, opinions and my Lumber Liquidators review. Our house went from this… {This is a true before picture, it’s before we had moved in and before any changes had been made.} To this… Installing the hardwood flooring ourselves was a… Read More

New Floors Reveal with Lumber Liquidators Bamboo Flooring

I am SOOOOO excited to share our new living room/kitchen space with you. It has been a LONG process and we have come a long way from our “before”, and our demo. Before I show you what our living room looks like now I want to show you one last before picture to remind you where we were just a couple months ago. Here’s what our living room looks like now with our new Lumber Liquidators bamboo flooring. I am in love with our new open concept and our new, beautiful Moso Bamboo hardwood floors from Lumber Liquidators. They completely… Read More