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DIY Carpet Stair Runner Tutorial
Afraid your pets or kids might break a limb on your slippery stairs? Then this DIY carpet stair runner tutorial is you solution!
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One Room Challenge Week 2 | Spring 2019 | Making Faux Bricks
Happy ORC Week 2! If you are new here, the ORC is a 6 week challenge where 20 featured designers and hundreds of guest participants support each other in renovating/remodeling ONE entire room! There are so many inspiring spaces, and you can go see ALL the other rooms over at the ORC Blog Page! What’s even more exciting is that Better Homes and Gardens is the media sponsor for this ORC! So amazing! If you missed Week 1, you can hop over and read that post HERE. **Please note, this post may contain affiliate links – please read my full Disclosure policy.** So this week, my main goal was to…
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How to Transform a Builder Grade Door with Fusion Mineral Paint & Molding
Good news and bad news, friends! Bad news – I’m home sick. I think I finally caught what’s been going around, and it is 0% fun. The good news, though, is that after sleeping until 12:45pm today, I’m getting a little work done here on the blog. I’ve got about 2 hours though, and then it’s back to bed for me! Today let’s chat about builder grade finishes. They are usually sufficient to do the job, but they are also sufficiently BORING. Take every door in our house for example. They are white, flat, and hollow doors. Very blah. We transformed the doors in our kitchen and master bathroom previously,…
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One Room Challenge Fall 2018 | Week 5: Giani, Inc. Painted Cabinets & Sprinting to the Finish
It’s Week 5 of the One Room Challenge (or ORC for short)! We’ve got one more week until the big reveal and while we are on track, this week is going to be a BIG one! But that’s in the future – let’s talk about Week 5, because we accomplished a LOT! (Quick review – if you have never heard of the ORC before, it is a 6 week challenge hosted by One Room Challenge and Better Homes & Gardens. The challenge encourages all participants, both Featured (there are 20 featured designers) and Guest (anyone with a blog or IG can participate!) to rally behind one another to tackle a…
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One Room Challenge Fall 2018 | Week 4: Painted Countertops & Barn Door How To
Here we are at Week 4 of One Room Challenge, or ORC – we are beyond the halfway point! (Quick review – if you have never heard of the ORC before, it is a 6 week challenge hosted by One Room Challenge and Better Homes & Gardens. The challenge encourages all participants, both Featured (there are 20 featured designers) and Guest (anyone with a blog or IG can participate!) to rally behind one another to tackle a one room makeover in just 6 weeks! This is our second time participating in the challenge, and we are tackling our master bath (We remodeled our kitchen in the Spring). You can also…
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One Room Challenge Fall 2018 | Week 2: Adding Tile and Wallpaper to the Master Bath
It’s Week 2 of ORC! Welcome! To recap, if you have never heard of the ORC before, it is a 6 week challenge sponsored by One Room Challenge and Better Homes & Gardens. It encourages all participants to rally behind one another to tackle a one room makeover in just 6 weeks! There are 20 Featured Designers, who reveal their rooms every Wednesday, and then loads of amazing Guest Participants, who link up their rooms each Thursday! So excited to be a Guest Participant for the second time (We remodeled our kitchen in the Spring). As far as this challenge goes, we are renovating our Master Bath. If you missed…
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DIY Olive Tree
Hey friends, it’s been awhile – but I’ve got loads coming up for you over the next couple months! (aka – the ORC is coming up!) But for now, I’m here with a quick and easy DIY for you – this adorable faux Olive Tree/Topiary! What You’ll Need: Faux Olive Bush (I used THIS one from Hobby Lobby) Bucket of your Choice (I used the larger one of THIS set, also from Hobby Lobby) Branch (I prefer larger ones – snagged mine from a lake near our house, but you can use any size you prefer and adjust for wherever you plan to put the finished tree) Hand-held drill, with…
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DIY Outdoor Bar
Summer is in full swing here in Southern California! We knew heading into Summer this year that we wanted to make the most of our outdoor space, and that all started with a hot tub. Then of course, me being me, I had to DECORATE the hot tub area. 😛 (I mean, duh. Right?!) So, add on a pergola, rugs, pillows, plants, and the best part – an outdoor bar area with bar stool seating. Not only can we now eat a nice dinner out here (because yes, every pergola also needs a vintage chandelier hanging from the middle), but the bar is the same height as the hot tub…
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DIY Kitchen Backsplash [PART 2] – How To Install
Hello everyone!! I am back and FINALLY here with Part 2 of this Backsplash tutorial! So sorry for it taking so long, but it’s here now, and that’s what counts right?! 😉 So did you pick your tile? And your grout? Are you ready to rock and roll and get that new backsplash up? [If not, don’t forget to check out Part 1 HERE!] I hope so! And I also hope this tutorial helps you out – and saves you from repeating the same mistakes we made along the way! This post may contain affiliate links – you can read our full Disclosure here! What You’ll Need: Tile of your choice…
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DIY Kitchen Backsplash [PART 1] – Choosing Your Tile
Hey y’all! I know it’s been another hot minute since I posted here, but things have been non-stop go go go over here at Casa del Ochoa! But I’ve been promising y’all a backsplash post for some time now, so here it is! Well, here is Part 1. Let me explain. As I was putting this post together, I realized that it’s not just the actual How To of the backsplash install that is the real MEAT of this DIY. In fact, I think choosing our tile was the MOST difficult part (yes, even harder than being up at 2am using a tile saw – thanks neighbors for not calling…
