Hello and welcome to the finale of the $100 Room Challenge! We have been making over our hallway in only 1 month for only $100 and I am so excited to reveal the results to you today. Week 1: the design plan Week 2: how to save $$$ on house paint Bonus: our beadboard ceilings...
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What We Think About Our Gel Foam Bed: One Year Later
We have now had our Gel Foam Bed - a mattress in a box - for a full year and I wanted to update our review on it. We have gotten lots of questions about the memory foam mattress and how we are liking it so I thought that it would make sense to do...
Trash To Treasure: What to do with a Damaged Vintage Peacock Chair
Warning: this post might be tough to get through if you are a vintage furniture lover! Why? You might remember that I found this vintage peacock chair on the side of the road. I was so excited to rehab it, but as I really looked at it, I realized how damaged it was. The whole...
How to Replace Wooden Balusters with Iron the Easy and Cheap Way!
Here's how to replace wood balusters with iron and update stair railing without replacing it completely! Want to update your staircase? Here is our tutorial on how to replace wooden balusters with iron the easy and cheap way! Talk about a transformation from '90s to modern! Updating our railing and balusters has been one of...
What's the Easiest way to Paint a Door: Roller or Sprayer?
Want to paint a door in your home? Let's compare whether it's easier to paint a door with a roller or a sprayer! Painted doors are really on trend right now, which I love because it is such a simple and inexpensive DIY update! We have painted 2 exterior doors to our home using 2...
How to Cover Popcorn Ceilings with Beadboard
Want to cover your popcorn ceilings? You'll love this simple tutorial on how to cover popcorn ceiling with beadboard! Do you have popcorn ceilings in your home? This texture was super popular decades ago for covering imperfections in the drywall and making finishing work go more quickly. But, it is a look that feels very...
Gorgeous Dining Room Furniture that you wouldn't believe came from COSTCO
Looking for good deals on high quality furniture? Here's the best dining room furniture for sale at Costco right now! Today is the final installment of my three part blog series on Costco furniture! If you missed it: here are the posts on Costco Living Room Furniture and Costco Bedroom Furniture and Costco Patio Furniture. Today I...
$100 Challenge: The Best Way To Save Money on Paint for your House
Paint is one of the cheapest and easiest ways to update and customize any room or home. But just because it is the cheapest doesn't mean that it is cheap. Even if a gallon of paint is only $25, multiplying that by multiple gallons and multiple rooms can really add up. We know just as...
The Front Room: 1 Year Later
The first time that we ever participated in the One Room Challenge was to makeover our front room last October. When we started, the room was totally empty - literally not a stick of furniture. We painted and furnished it and redid the fireplace in 6 weeks and I love the results. But, it is...
DIY Plywood Concrete Desk
This post was sponsored by Kreg Jig and their DIY project website BuildSomething.com. All of the work done was by us and was our own plan. Thank you for supporting the brands that make Charleston Crafted possible. We love building things, decorating and doing as much as we possibly can ourselves. While we have certainly built...
Get the Fixer Upper Beach House Look from Amazon
Everyone is obsessed with Fixer Upper, right? Joanna's style doesn't necessarily line up with my own (travesty!) but I was really obsessed with one house that she did - the Fixer Upper beach house of course! I thought that it would be fun to grab some snapshots from that home tour and try to find...
$100 Challenge: Hallway Makeover Design Plan
Hey y'all! I am so excited to announce today that we will be once again participating in the $100 Room Challenge! What is this challenge? We are teaming up with a ton of fantastic home and DIY bloggers to completely make over a room in only 4 weeks. The only catch? Your shopping budget is...
Tips to Update a Gallery Wall
Gallery walls are all the rage. Believe me, I know, we have had a ton of them over the years. However, I can see how you might get sick of staring at the same elaborate gallery wall every day. So, here are some tips for how to update or refresh a boring gallery wall. How...
Gorgeous Costco Bedroom Furniture
Did you know that they actually sell gorgeous bedroom furniture at Costco? Here's my favorite pieces that they are selling now! Looking for the best Costco bedroom furniture? Here are my favorites! Well y'all know that I am on an Costco furniture kick lately. I was so inspired by their stuff that I had to...
5 DIY Wood Finishes Using a Heat Gun
A heat gun can make an awesome finish on wood, but you can do it in lots of different ways. Here's five different wood finishes with a heat gun! Heat guns are a really unique and really inexpensive tool to add to your DIY arsenal. We got this Wagner Heat Gun last month and have...
Three Variations of a Custom Closet
There's nothing better than a custom closet. OK, that's not 100% true, but a custom closet is definitely an upgrade. When you move into a new place and all it has in the closet is one builder's grade wire shelf that you're supposed to hang all of your clothes on and stack the rest of...
How to Create an Ombre Look with Spray Paint
Want to use paint to give something a gradient or interesting paint job? Here's How to Create an Ombre Look with Spray Paint! You may or may not remember that we previously had a snake plan next to our TV stand. Well, it wasn't doing too hot, so I moved it over to be near...
Move over Hygge: How to Lagom your Home
Last fall was all about hygge, which means making your home cozy and comfortable. This year is all about Lagom (rhymes with pom). What is lagom? Lagom is a Swedish word with a definition or translation meaning not too much, not too little - just the right amount. Lagom is about creating a balanced life....
How To Paint an Exterior Door With a Paint Sprayer
Want to paint your exterior door? It's easiest to do if you remove the door from the hinges, but here's how to do it without! I am all about a colored door! Especially since our walls are all gray, painting a door was a great way to bring a pop of color into a room....
Tile Back Splash vs. Painted Back Splash
Ahh, the age old question. Tile back splash vs. painted back splash. Since the first cave person put a bucket in the corner of their hut and called it a kitchen, people have asked how to protect their walls from splashing. OK, maybe this is an exaggeration, but in today's day of people going the...
Have Eclipse FOMO?
Today is the eclipse, y'all! We took the day off of work (work-work and blog-work) to enjoy the fact that we are in the path of totality here in Charleston and will get to see a full eclipse this afternoon. Heck, even schools are off today around here! But, we know that not all of...
Blogger Profile: Saws on Skates
We've mentioned our trip to the Haven Conference a lot since we went in July, but we met a ton of amazing people there, both bloggers and sponsors. We met a lot of bloggers who are doing some amazing stuff and we wanted to take time to profile a couple of our new friends. Our...
How to add a barn door lock
Barn doors are super trendy right now. We built one from scratch last year between our master bedroom and bathroom. It works perfectly, but one of the biggest questions we get is "how does it lock?" Well, it didn't... until now. If you're looking to add a barn door lock to your sliding barn door,...
Unique Gallery Wall Layout Ideas
Gallery walls are a great way to fill up a big blank wall, but there are so many different gallery wall layout ideas! Whether you are working with an empty space, above a couch, around a TV, or over a bed, gallery wall layouts can be adjusted to fit any space. We have hung a...
DIY Wood Burned Stool
Check out this simple DIY stool build that is made unique by using a heat gun to burn the wood! Today we have a DIY wood burned stool for you that we're really excited to share. This project turned out better than I expected and love how we got to try out two new tools...
Gorgeous Living Room Furniture that you wouldn't believe came from COSTCO
Looking for beautiful living room furniture at a great price? Here's the best living room furniture for sale at Costco right now! So, we go to Costco about once a month. I this month, I noticed (how could you miss it!) that they had brought out the furniture. When I think of Costco living room...
What I've learned about growing grass
Wondering how to grow grass? Here is what we learned from a ton of trial and error! We've been in our house for a year now and when we moved in, there was very little grass anywhere. I'm talking like 40% grass in the backyard and 30% grass in the front yard. Our backyard is...
Can you spray paint a toilet flush handle?
Don't love the color of your toilet flush handle but don't want to go through the effort to swap it out? Spray painting it might not be the answer! You might remember that as a part of the $100 room challenge, in an effort to save money and do the makeover on a budget, I...
Upcycling an old bench
We're dumpster divers for sure. When I see a pile of stuff in front of someone's house, I can't help but go over and check for some goodies. It happened again last week when we were walking the dog and saw an old outdoor bench upside down. It was one of those benches that is...
Summer Reading List
Summertime is still chugging along (who am I kidding, it will be in the 90's here for another 3 months!) and summertime to me means a ton of reading. Sean & I have both been crushing books and wanted to pop in and share our favorites recently. Where We Belong by Emily Giffin This is...
Thrift Flip: Pineapple Clock Makeover
Hey y'all! Today I have a really fun thrift flip makeover project for you. I actually accidentally stumbled on Rustoleum's Creator Studio this month, which is a site that shares a lot of DIY challenges where you can link up projects and compete to win Rustoleum products and gift cards. I love a good DIY...
5 Reasons that you NEED bench seating in your dining room
One of the biggest questions that we get about the dining room table that Sean built is how do we like the bench seating (which he also built!) The answer is simple: we LOVE having bench seating in the dining room and think that you need it too! There are so many benefits compared to...
DIY Canoe Stand
Want to get your canoe off the ground? Here's how to build a cheap and easy DIY cane stand from old pallets! We have a huge canoe that was given to us by Morgan's family when we moved into our old house on a lake. Being on the water, it was the perfect place for...
Cocktail Hour - July 28th
Happy Friday, y'all. I hope that you are excited for a hot and sunny weekend. We are soaking up the end of July and celebrating both a friend's baby's baptism and another friend's birthday roast! One of my favorite parts of summer is rosé, and lately, I've been totally crushing on this Black Box Limited...
DIY Modern Metal & Wood Address Sign
Want to update your house numbers with a DIY wood address sign? Here's a step by step guide on how to make a DIY modern metal and wood address sign! This modern address plaque is a fast, easy way to add a quick pop of curb appeal to the front of your home. We wanted...
A Guest Room Refresh
Summertime is the number one time that we have guests come to visit, which totally makes sense since we live at the beach. As I used to say in college, my life is your vacation 😉 Our guest bedroom is one of the spots that we have not yet made over or decorated at all...
Our Experience at Haven Blog Conference 2017 Including a Male Perspective
If you follow us on social media (and you should!) then you probably know that we spent this past weekend in Atlanta attending Haven Conference. Haven is a conference for DIY and home bloggers. It is an opportunity to meet sponsors and other bloggers while learning new skills in very specific classes. This was our...
Our Tropical Oasis
Last week we told you about how we were prepping for our tropical oasis in our backyard and now we have the reveal! We've been working on this project in phases over the last three months or so and have finally finished. Now we can relax in style! We started this project by building a...
Prepping for our tropical yard corner
We mentioned to you the other day that we were starting work on creating a tropical corner in our yard where our hammock stand is. We wanted to create a lush, tropical feel so that when we are relaxing in the hammock we feel like we are on vacation. We had already built the DIY...
Should I work on one project at a time or multi-task?
Knowing how to prioritize tasks is essential in home projects and building. Let's discuss whether you should work on one project at a time or multi-task. I often have this internal debate: should I work on one project from start to finish or work on several projects in various phases at the same time? There's...
How to transplant grass: The Ultimate DIY guide!
Do you need to move grass from one spot to another? Here's our complete guide on how to transplant grass in your yard! We have been working so hard to grow grass in our yard and it's finally starting to work. Sadly, one of the spots where it is working REALLY well is an area...
DIY Elevated Plant Stand for Fiddle Leaf Figs and Other Indoor Plants
Here is a complete tutorial on how to build a raised plant stand for a single pot. Basic betches love them some fiddle leaf figs. All I have been hearing from Morgan is "I want a fiddle leaf fig" for about six months. I asked her why. She said, "because all the basic betches have...