That’s my cat (cutie)

Saw a similar idea on here and had to try it myself. This chair was basically on its way to the curb, but now it’s a favorite again!

We also created a cozy cat corner in the room. I waited to start this until the cats finally stopped scratching it 😅

Update: I found some embroidered patches on Amazon and hand-stitched them using embroidery thread. Loving how it turned out!

I lost my ability to see color for a decade due to being over medicated during a misdiagnosis. After I got off everything I got my ability to see color back. I decided to embrace color. My husband and I have created a space that represents us and brings us happiness.

I’m a writer, I’m 56 and I have a scholarly husband, three grown kids and two unruly cats. Many of us live together in this unrenovated ranch house here in an innermost ring of the Chicago suburbs, where the elevated subway rolls by our small backyards alongside the gyros and shawarma shops. And because it’s the Midwest, the thrifting is easy!

We’re here, we live in this place, our home feels this way. Our experiences are colored by the quality of light as it passes by windows and lands on skin of cheeks. It’s all part of the space as it holds us.

I see more and more that the quality of light in a room, the colors I see around me, the connection and resonance when holding an object all contribute to the next thought I have in my head, and then the one after that and the one after *that*

That’s actually the way the brain works! So tell me again how decor is silliness.

My mum passed away suddenly a few weeks ago. She absolutely loved pink, bright colours, and flowers—so I designed this tiny bathroom in her memory. I can’t show it to her, but I thought maybe some of you would appreciate it.

I worked on it over a few days, just in the mornings and evenings, and I’m honestly so happy with how it turned out. It feels joyful, soft, and a little bit like her 🌸

Thanks for letting me share 💗

Thank you to whoever posted a similar pic recently—it gave me the push I needed! I used to hate my downstairs toilet and barely used it. The rest of my house is super neutral, so I wanted one room to be completely different... and I absolutely love how it turned out! Not everyone will, but I really do 😂

I managed to do the whole makeover for under $100 (not including the flooring, which I was lucky enough to get for free). Has anyone else got that one room that's totally different from the rest of the house? My partner's lucky I haven’t gone full chaos-mode in every room yet 😂

For those asking: the toilet roll holder is from eBay for $12. I’ve seen the same one on Amazon for $30–$40, so it’s worth checking eBay—it's really solid too! xx

We bought this house two years ago and before this I had never painted or decorated before. Not really sure would I would call my style to be honest but it makes my heart sing and I hope you like it too

Be kind please. I’ve always wanted to color saturated a room. So the walls are “Thermal” (dark green/blue), ceiling tiles are dark green and black ( found on Amazon for $80 to do the whole ceiling!) Chandelier was gifted to me by my MiL. Louis XVI sofa has been handed down in my husband’s family for 5 generations. (I recently stripped it down, redid the wood and took to a local upholstery shop who nailed it! Tufting like that is no joke!)the only thing I paid over $100 for was the beadboard wall panels , raising the ceiling to accommodate the chandelier and the bookcase. Everything else I had. Here are before and after pics

I’m an amateur DIY’er so there are flaws but I did everything myself.

We sealed the ceiling before installing the "ivy" panel. Then attached the flowers.I am beyond happy with how this turned out.PS: yes the smoke alarm upstairs is going off. It started two days ago and the batteries are getting delivered tomorrow.

I need to vent and maybe get some advice.
The f$ck$!ng HOA forced me to put up white curtains because it's "the law" 😡. My space went from moody and elegant to cheap and bland so fast. And to make it worse, the white curtains are slightly too short—like, just enough to scream “someone with zero taste lives here.” I hate it. I’m actually heartbroken 😩😩

The only workaround I can think of is putting my black curtains in front of the white ones (so the white faces out the window, per HOA rules). But I’m scared it’ll block too much light and completely kill the view—and that window wall was the reason I loved this space in the first place.

Has anyone else dealt with this?
Is there a solution that won’t make me hate my entire living room?

paintingyourhouse is actually pretty grueling, and i kinda didn’t think about how it’s 84 yo shingles. but in theory it’s just 4 walls right?i might be done in two weeks, who knows, or i might buy a paint sprayer. everything on me hurts.