Decor Daily Dose

Did this Billy bookcase for my sister in law two years ago and it’s still one of my favorite projects.

Took my over the stairs closet and turned it into a bourbon closet

We did a bedroom makeover for my son. The brief was that he wanted lost of storage and for it to feel like he was in a cabin in a spaceship. We used 8 Brimnes bookcases, he is quite chuffed with the outcome 😃

Just wanted to show a few photos from my home. We built the house just over a year ago and I have been slowly getting it to the way I want it. I have a passion for plants and have a lot of them! 😆 Sometimes it can be hard to incorporate them into my decor without it looking too much.

I couldn't help myself. Had to cut-improve today's $2 Goodwill score 😹
*Now* it can go in my house.

My husband FINALLY finished my dream laundry room. We used the sektion cabinets. I'm addicted....now onto planning the hallway closet.

IKEA Bissa shoe cabinet hack for our hallway, glued 4 of them together, filled the seams with wood filler and painted them and then stained and glued on a furniture board for the top

Welcome to my home in Bristol. I love using a pink, green and blue palette, floral wallpapers and painted ceilings 💗💗

Our IKEA hack using kitchen upper cabinets for the bottom half, all else is custom made. Finished with chalk paint in Turkish blue and wax. Stained birch veneers.

Sharing our home office transformation using IKEA Billy bookcases 📚. We thought we’d give the Billy bookcase hack a shot instead of ordering custom cabinetry and we couldn’t be happier with our decision and the outcome ☺️

Before & after 🤩
What do you guys think ?? I LOVE IT!

My mother-in-law took one look at my wedding dress and said, "Oh honey, you couldn't afford a real designer?"
Standing there in the bridal shop changing room, wearing the most beautiful gown my mother had spent six months creating by hand, I felt my heart crack. The floral embroidery that had taken her countless nights to perfect suddenly felt amateur. The flowing train she'd measured and hemmed with such precision looked homemade under those harsh fluorescent lights.
"It's actually handmade," I whispered, watching her face change to that polite smile people use when they're trying not to hurt your feelings.
"Well, that's... sweet," she said, the word dripping with the kind of condescension that makes you want to disappear.
My mom had found the pattern on the Tedooo app from a designer who specialized in vintage-inspired gowns. She'd spent weeks researching techniques, watching tutorials, even connecting with other seamstresses in the community there who walked her through the more complex details. Every single flower was hand-embroidered during her lunch breaks at work.
But sitting in that fancy bridal salon, surrounded by $3,000 dresses with designer labels, all I could see was what it wasn't. It wasn't bought from a prestigious boutique. It didn't have a famous name sewn into the lining. It was just my mom, staying up until midnight because she wanted her daughter to feel beautiful on the most important day of her life.
I almost asked her to take it back. Almost told her we should just buy something "proper" instead.
Then my fiancé walked in to see the final fitting. He stopped dead in his tracks, and I watched his eyes fill with tears. "You look like you stepped out of a fairytale," he breathed. "Your mom is incredibly talented."
That's when I realized something: the dress wasn't homemade. It was love-made. Every stitch carried my mother's prayers for my happiness. Every flower was embroidered with hopes for my future.
On my wedding day, three different guests asked where I'd gotten my gown. When I proudly told them my mother had created it, they looked genuinely amazed. One woman even asked for my mom's contact information because she wanted something similar for her own daughter.
Now my mom has her own thriving shop on the Tedooo app, creating custom gowns for brides who understand that the most precious things can't be bought off a rack - they have to be made with hands that love you.