We have a lot of projects in the works right now! I thought it would be fun to share all the design plans we have going. Because honestly they take up a lot of my tome to create! Also wanted to (again) show important it is for any room transformation to do a design board or mood board or design plan. Whatever you call it. It is all the same. A plan to get you going towards your vision. You might think “what if you don’t have a vision?” Well you have to start somewhere! Find an inspiration piece then go from there. It could be a room you found on Pinterest or Instagram. It could be wallpaper that you fell in love with. I have designed a room off of an Anthropolgie floral mug before! Find something and plan your room around it!

I will share the three projects we are working on. A dining room, laundry room, kids bedroom and master bedroom. The bedrooms will be done in June when I go to Utah to finish them! For each of these projects I started with one thing and I will share what that one thing is below.

Let’s answer some frequently asked questions that come up whenever I share that we are doing a room makeover.

Design Board-

I have done a blog post all about how to create your own design board. It is so easy ANYONE can create their own Design Plan. And I think everyone SHOULD create a plan before buying one single thing. This will save you so much time and money!! I use Pic Monkey. But honestly you could just do it in a blank word document. I pay for Pic Monkey because I use it daily for my blog and so much more. (Find my blog post on creating a design plan HERE).

Design Fee and working with a Designer-

I used to offer E-Design and create these design boards for clients. I do not anymore. Creating a design board for someone else TAKES A LOT OF TIME. I have to charge a lot of money for it to be worth my time. Most designers charge per room to create a design plan, a flat $700 for example. Then the client is required to use the designers links or buy through the designer and they earn some sort of commission on items the client buys. Also set-up and installing accessories is an hourly fee in most cases. The hourly rate depends on a lot of factors, but an average design fee is $100 an hour.

You could spend hours and hours searching for the right thing for someone. Then have them come back to say they don’t like it. I will say that I set it up from the start that I would do one revision for clients. Basically when you hire a designer it is because you like what THEY do! That doesn’t mean I think everyone should have a house that looks like mine. But they should value my opinion and my “why” for selecting what I did. If you are the client or the designer, the budget should always be talked about. If I had a hard time finding the right thing in their price point I would show them an option, then they could be on the hunt for something similar! 

How I work now-

I choose not to go into homes just as a designer. I wear by blogger hat now. Often I am approached by brands and they want me to use their product and pay me to use it. I only work with brands that I would buy or I think my readers would be interested in seeing. My home is done, sometimes I will switch something out if I find a better option with the sponsor, then I will give my piece to a friend or family. But majority of the time, I try to avoid doing things in my home, unless it is something I was wanting to change anyways. When I am looking to feature a sponsored product in a friend or family members home I will pray and ask for help and guidance on who needs this. Every single time I get an answer and honestly it comes that day. I end up having a conversation with a friend, they ask me what wallpaper I would pick for their entry and sometimes I can say, let me makeover that space for you! I gift them the item and some other pieces that I buy myself that are “musts” to make the room come together. And I then work with their budget to complete the rest of the space. This creates content for me to share with all of you and also blesses someones life with freshened up space in their home!

*I am trying to figure out a way to makeover more readers homes too! So stay tuned!

Current Design Boards and Projects-

Dining Room Design Board-

This dining room belongs to my friend Brenda. We recently made over her entry HERE. Our plan is to add board and baton to the wall the mirror is on. Remove mirror and hang a smaller piece of art instead that is better balanced with the sideboard underneath it. Brenda is going to sell her dining set on Craigs List or our local FB Market Place Tag Sale Site. She is getting a new dining table and chairs along with a sideboard. Yes, she could paint the set she has, but doesn’t want to keep it and paint. Adding a rug for color and to pull the space together! New chandelier and sconces on either side of the new art (the art was mine, I am giving her). The rug was the starting off point in this space! (See tips on painting furniture HERE).

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Chandelier

Sconces

Dining Table 

Navy Chairs

Swing Art

Rug

Sideboard

Laundry Room Design Board-

I have been wanting to do a laundry room makeover! Seeing that our’s is in our unfinished basement, not exciting at all. This laundry room belongs to my friend Brandy. We are going to paint her tile floor in a gray patio and porch paint! The wallpaper was the starting off point in this space, planning on wallpapering the entire room! Also add some Ikea cabinets above the washer and dryer and add some open shelves over the sink. And switch up the lighting!

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Scallop Wallpaper

Gold Light Fixture

Drying Rack

Grandkids Bunk-Room Design Board-

This grandkid bunk room belongs to my mother-in-law! She is one who does not work off of a design board. She likes to shop and just get it done. She was out shopping and kept texting me pictures asking “should I get this?” I told her I don’t work like that! haha! We need a design board and a plan, then she can go out shopping for things in the plan! We kept the white bunkbeds. And got all new Beddy’s Bedding for all the beds, the black and white Beddy’s were our starting off point! Painted the entire room and added some wallpaper. This room is almost done! I just need to get to Utah to take some “after” pictures!!!

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Llama Art

Horse Art

Beddys Zip-up Bedding (nesting20 for 20% off!!)

Rug

Wallpaper

Floor Lamp

Sleeper Chair 

Poof

Bunkbeds were old- Similar HERE

Master Bedroom Design Board-

My friend from High School, Molly had me come and help her do her nursery when I was in Utah last summer. So I need to take pictures of the nursery to share. Then we started her master bedroom. Finally getting it finished up to share this summer! The bed was my starting off point. I actually gave her two options a super neutral bedroom with a cream rug and white bedding or this plan with a little more color. She went with this! Molly also wanted to add wallpaper behind the bed, so I added that on too! 

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Bed

Ceiling Fan

Wallpaper

Lamps 

Kidney Pillow

Tufted Cushion and the bench base HERE

Bench

Rug (we ended up doing THIS rug)

Art

Duvet- Distressed Check Duvet Set (not shown but did that duvet)

Hope that gave you a little more of a background as to how these projects start and how you can easily duplicate them too!

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