After I did the blog post on how to create a Design Board I received a lot of questions if there is a way to create a Design Board via your phone? I tested out two different Apps and I really liked both of them (one a little more than the other). I gave a tutorial with the steps on creating a Design Board. Also shared my new Spring Bedding Design Board. Head to the post HERE. It was really fun to play with! Answering one of your design questions today (soon I will be taking more) Design Question- "This is our family room, which is a work in progress. There's still so much we'd love to do when the budget allows. My question is - what would you do with this fireplace?! I've held off on painting it because I wanted to be sure it was the right decision. I love for rooms to feel light and airy but I also like some traditional elements like the dark beams so in some ways the brick doesn't bother me. However, it feels like a dark corner in the living room right now. This fireplace is our main source of heat so we have to be somewhat careful with what we do to it since it burns 24 hours a day for so many months."Thank you, Kerri My Suggestions- I personally would paint the fireplace. It would brighten up that corner and the nice mantle would be a great contrast. If you really love the red brick you could add some large wood boxes on each side of the fireplace opening and paint them white to balance out the white shiplap board you have above. Right now it feels really top heavy. NESTERS- (yes you!) Would you paint it?? (Comment on todays blog post!!) I did email Kerri back and suggest she move her sofa to face the fireplace. She did it!! She loves the change and so do I! Behind where her sofa is now is a dining table, so placing the sofa facing the fireplace also helps to separate the two spaces and break up all chairs.... BEFORE- AFTER- Great change right??
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We had a FB live last night for the "Nesters" anyone on this email list can join! One question that came up was how to create a mood board or I call them a Design Board. I shared the EASIEST way and I think they way that looks the best:) on todays blog post HERE. I also shared WHERE to start when designing a room! First a design question (still working thru my emails, I will let you know when I am accepting more!) DESIGN QUESTION- This is a sitting area in our master bedroom.Right now I only have curtains in here (the are made of shiny material which I did not realize when I bought them online, so returning them). The color of the room won’t be changing. Any suggestions for this space that will also help livin the room up?? I don’t have a budget number in my head but I can’t spend an arm and a leg. MY SUGGESTION- This is hard to answer without knowing more about your home and how you want to use the room. BUT one thing I can suggest is to do a grouping of 4 chairs around an ottoman. This set-up wouldn't feel like a family room the way a sofa and chairs would. Easy to get to the closets if the chairs are in the center of the room. Just a thought! I would also make sure to always read what curtains and rugs are made of when you purchase online- look for natural fibers. You could make a Design Board for this room too! Head to my post today to find out how HERE
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I’ve always wanted a digital wall calendar. Something that could hang in the kitchen and keep track of family obligations, reminders, and to-dos. Wear red on Friday. Sign up for soccer. Early dismissal. Snack day at preschool. Work travel. You get the picture. In theory, I could purchase a tablet, mount it to a wall, and display the family calendar there. But I wanted (actually, needed) something totally custom. And I was in the mood for a good hard challenge. So, in keeping with my year of making and DIY, I decided to build my own. How it works The basic idea is this: I purchase a $35 Raspberry Pi, which is a computer the size of a credit card. I download free software from the RaspberryPi.org website onto my laptop, install it onto a memory card, and then transfer the card onto the Pi. I plug a mouse, keyboard and power supply into the green device and then hook it up to a monitor. Once it turns on, I follow the install instructions that I find online and on YouTube (like this tutorial). Meanwhile, I create a free account on DAKboard.com (a software that’s a “customizable display for photos, calendar, news, weather and more!”) and start configuring my display. I enter my DAKboard account’s personal URL into the Raspberry Pi general settings, along with some other code, which basically tells the computer to display by DAKboard on the fulls screen mode at all times without needing a mouse. Once again, I find all of these commands from online tutorials. After that, voila, my display appears on the big screen! Hardware A Raspberry Pi 3B ($35… It took me an hour just to figure out what kind of Raspberry Pi I needed – there are a bunch of models) A 24-inch monitor ($119 on sale at Best Buy) A keyboard and mouse (existing) An HDMI cable to hook the Pi up to the monitor (existing) A power cord to hook up the Pi to an outlet ($7) Micro SD memory card ($24) Software A DAKboard account: I start with a free version but upgrade to an $8/month version to allow for more customization Google calendar (free): I create a new calendar called “DAKboard” and assign all events to this calendar Todoist (free): I tag all of my family to-dos as “DAKboard” iPhoto to display family pictures. The frustrating process of learning new things I know next to nothing about coding, computers, and cables, so it takes a long time to work through the setup process, and very little time to feel completely incompetent. Even purchasing the hardware requires more than an hour of reading reviews on Amazon and studying blog posts followed by three Amazon orders, two trips to Office Depot, and one to Best Buy. YouTube quickly becomes my best friend because I manage to screw up every part of the process. I have to watch videos on the right way to insert a micro SD card or how to install the operating system. I …
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Looking to spruce up your home? Flipping Out star Jeff Lewis has faith that you have the ability to create something beautiful. "The consumer is very, very educated. My clients always come to me with a lot of knowledge," he said when speaking at a fundraising luncheon for the Nebraska Medicine Guild yesterday.That being said, the founder of Jeff Lewis Design does have three expert tips to share to help you make your space as stunning as his results.
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