Grab your tickets for The Mom Break Experience!

Ld design co’s giveaway!! $50 Gift Card to Lowe’s!

How to enter:

Follow @LDdesignCo and @HelpingOfHappiness on Instagram.

Do a simple home project such as cleaning out a drawer, repairing a broken item, painting a piece of furniture or a room, making a throw pillow.

Post a before and after picture in your feed or story and tag @LDdesignCo and @HelpingOfHappiness and use hashtag #LoveTheHomeYouLiveIn.

You can enter as many times as you want! Keep the projects coming! Our whole purpose in doing this is to encourage and inspire each other to better our homes. Let’s cheer each other on!!

Where to start outdoors when you are staging to sell or designing to dwell:

clean out flower beds, plant fresh flowers

put down new mulch

tidy up the front porch, get a fresh mat, wreath on the door

front doors that are painted black often sell for more than houses with doors that are other colors

get rid of old lumber, broken items or garbage in the hard

grease up squeaky hinges and lock on the front door

Where to start indoors when you are staging to sell or designing to dwell:

declutter

declutter

go eat dinner and declutter again

Get things off the floor. When the floor of your pantry, closets or around your home is empty of clutter, it makes the space feel better.

Paint

Take everything off the counters and start fresh. Only put back the things that are the most necessary.

Declutter/decorate kids’ rooms

Repair things- pick just 1 or 2 things to start

Change out burned out light bulbs. Change the covers over bulbs that are discolored or dingy looking.

Four C’s of Making Your Home a Reflection of You

Clutter Free

Clear Focal Point

Creativity and Color

Communication

Ideas for Decorating on a Budget

Swap throw pillows and/or furniture from room to room.

Use a functional element to decorate. For example:

In the laundry room, use a tray to hold your detergent in a pretty bottle, vase to hold loose change or other items found in pants pockets, etc.

In the kitchen decorate with a nice looking cutting board that can be used as a decorative piece as well

Use your kids’ art as artwork- make a gallery wall with frames to hold their paintings/drawings, or use a line with clips on it. Rainie’s Family has a fun tradition of holding art shows to honor their children’s work. The family gets dressed up, the art is displayed in a special place. The kids have to answer questions from their parents about their art, and they even serve refreshments.

Make a gallery wall of family photos. Keep a file of photos so you can change them out every so often.

Listen to the podcast for many more tips and tricks!

Where to find more from LD Design Co:

Website: https://www.lddesignco.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lddesignco/