DIY Decor Journal
Real room makeovers, weekend craft tutorials, thrift flips, and budget decorating advice you can actually do with your own hands.
Home improvement
8 min readThe first snow hits Downers Grove, and within about a day the back door is a mess. Boots dripping on the mat, one mitten drying on the radiator and the other one missing, a sledge somebody leaned against the dryer and forgot about. I see some version of that in a lot of homes around […]
Home Decor
6 min readMy aunt gave me this handmade decor painted ceramic bowl the week I moved into my first place. I stared at it for weeks. No idea where it belonged. It just sat on a shelf next to some paperbacks, looking completely out of place. One random Tuesday I threw three lemons in it and plonked […]
DIY Projects & Crafts
5 min readA home organization professional won’t decide what you keep. That surprises many people who hire one expecting a quiet crew to clear the clutter while they’re out. You’re paying for someone who builds the system and then stays beside you while you decide what goes and what stays. A home organization professional, or professional organizer, […]
Home Decor
6 min readMost rooms that look expensive didn’t cost as much as you’d think. They put the money into two or three places and let everything else stay plain, and that’s honestly what most luxury home decor comes down to. It took me longer than I’d like to admit to accept this. More money should mean a […]
Home Decor
7 min readSo here’s the thing. I bought this “vintage” brass lamp from Facebook Marketplace for twelve quid. Twelve. Felt like a steal at the time. Later? Found out it was made in bloody 2019. Someone had deliberately aged it. And honestly? I don’t even think the seller knew. Probably bought it thinking it was legit too. […]
Home Decor
6 min readThe first piece of Islamic home decor I ever bought was a big gold Bismillah sign from Amazon. It had a thick fake wood frame and a glittery background, the kind of thing you’d see in a hotel lobby. I hung it over our couch and felt pretty proud. People came over, looked up at […]
Home Decor
12 min readThe US home decor market is worth between $141 billion and $238 billion a year, depending on the research firm. Furniture is the biggest slice. If you typed “US decor markets” into Google, you’re probably here for the breakdown below. There’s a second kind of decor market, though, the kind you walk around on a […]
Home Decor
6 min readI went looking for DIY bedroom decor ideas for adults this week, and wow, the internet still thinks we’re all sixteen. It’s mostly string lights, mason jars, and photo walls held up with clothespins. Suppose that’s your thing, great. But most of us past college want a bedroom that feels like a nice hotel, not […]
Home Decor
6 min readAlmost everyone who asks me about the best colors for a small bedroom has already picked white, and I get it, because magazines and landlords have told us that for years. But white isn’t the only thing that works in a small room. Soft green works. Warm gray works too, and so does a pale […]
Home Decor
6 min readA US queen mattress is 60 inches wide and 79.5 inches long, and if you centre one in a 10×10 room, you get 30 inches of floor on each side and about 40 at the foot, and that’s before the frame and the nightstand, and before the door swings in and takes a bite out […]
