It is Week #4 of the One Room Challenge, sponsored by the amazing Calling It Home blog. Twenty designers are going through a six week process of renovating a room, and YOU can follow along with their progress the whole time! She also invited anyone at home to join in for this six weeks of fun, [ Read More… ] …
Archives for April 2016
The secret is out! I can finally share my Delta MessMaker Pro Contest Win with you!
I think this is better than Christmas. The only thing better to an interior designer than planning their next project, is getting FREE stuff for their next design project! Okay, let me start from the beginning… Awhile back I was reading an amazing blog Home Stories A to Z, (visit Beth if you want tons of [ Read More… ] …
Featured on Remodelaholic: Cottage Kitchen Entirely from Home Depot!
A couple of months ago I was shocked and honored when Remodelaholic asked me to be a monthly contributor for them. If you haven’t been to their website yet, go ahead and take a look RIGHT NOW. I’ll wait for ya….amazing, right? It is almost mind blowing how many creative ideas they have over there. So I [ Read More… ] …
Designer Math Monday: $182 Pretty Pastel Kid’s Homework Area
Desk Chair Pillow Cork Boards Free Printable Pencil Cup I am so excited to be back for Designer Math Mondays! If this is your first time here, I’m a former biochemistry nerd turned interior designer, so I thought it would be fun to combine two of my loves: pretty things + math = designer math [ Read More… ] …
One Room Challenge: Budget Friendly Kid’s Homework Area, Week 3
Welcome back to Week #3 of the One Room Challenge with Calling It Home! I’ve been following along with the six week renovation Challenge from home, and we have been re-doing the boring white hallway that was filled with glass shelving, white carpet, and track lighting. We gutted it and we’re transforming it into a more useable space. In [ Read More… ] …
How to Save Thousands of Dollars With Just One Tip…
My best friend had a motto when she was dating: “There are a million fish in the sea, you only need to hook one”. Likewise, there are a million (fabulous) design ideas flying at you every time you log onto Pinterest or open a magazine. It can be overwhelming. But you only need to hook [ Read More… ] …
One Room Challenge: Budget Friendly Kid’s Homework Area, Week 2
It is Week 2 and I’m following along from home with the projects going on at the fabulous Calling It Home. Linda hosts a bi-annual challenge called the One Room Challenge. In six weeks, I’m revamping my outdated, oversized hallway area into a homework area for my three kiddos. I know if I had an unlimited budget, [ Read More… ] …
Real Postbox Project: Front Porch: 2 Ways!
Spring is finally here! Now that the snow has melted, it has left behind some no-s0-fun surprises…like unkempt porches. It is easy to ignore them all winter long as no one really expects too much more than a Christmas wreath to grace your door. But now that the warm weather is here, does your front [ Read More… ] …
My Mudroom Floors $80 Makeover: How to Paint Your Ugly Concrete Floors!
How to Decoratively Paint Your Ugly Concrete Floors This is the story of my mudroom’s $80 DIY painted concrete floors. Hi Guys! In case we haven’t met before, I’m Kristin: wife, mama to three, and owner of Postbox Designs where I solely focus on Online Interior Design. I custom design rooms for my clients over the country. [ Read More… ] …
One Room Challenge: Budget Friendly Kid’s Homework Area, Week 1
Welcome to Postbox Designs! For any of you that might be new here, I’m Kristin, mama to three, wife to remodeler Ben (that’s right, we have some sweeeet tools at our disposal!), and labradoodle pup owner of Jasper. We bought this crazy multi-level three years ago, that we have been slowly turning into our dream [ Read More… ] …