At Charlotte's House

10 Design Hacks for a Rental Home

In January of 2019, we became renters. And just like that I had to figure out how to decorate a house with color and pattern and fun… without losing our security deposit. We were given permission to paint before we moved in but everything else I’ve done is totally temporary OR… super easy to fix up before we leave (think patching a small screw hole, for example).

About Our Son’s ADHD

From time to time I share things about our family here. Particularly things that I feel could be helpful or educational. Today I wanted to talk a little bit about our 9 year-old. I asked his permission before writing this and ran it by my ultimate radar: how will he feel about it when he’s 17. And every way I looked at it, I wanted to share our story.

How to Make a Colorful Tassel Blanket

I’ve never showed our entire master bedroom because… well, because it’s not great. I added a new headboard and framed some amazing flea market art for above the bed so one angle looked cute, but the whole room… no bueno. But then I got the itch to make a blanket with giant colorful tassels and I figured it might be the perfect way to bring the rest of the space together.

Creating a Kids Reading Nook

When we moved into the rental house, the kids were thrilled to discover this cute little room off of Martha’s bedroom. We called it the secret nook and it quickly got “moved into” which is code speak for piles and piles of toys were brought into the space. It didn’t help matters that the walls were an inexplicably harsh shade of red.

Paper Bag Succulent Centerpiece

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May 8, 2020

Cute colorful crafts that you can make with things lying around the house are kind of my gold standards nowadays and these paper bag succulents are the bomb. Quick and easy to make, I love that this succulent centerpiece could be replicated and personalized with ease. See how I reused some paper shopping bags to DIY this free paper succulent centerpiece.

Colorful Basket Makeover

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April 29, 2020

This basket is next on the list and I LOVE how it turned out. I loved the shape of this basket when I saw it at Goodwill and immediately thought the vertical lines of the basket would lend themselves well to weaving.

Painted Globe Makeover

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April 27, 2020

Our April DIY Challenge is an upcycle challenge and I couldn’t be more excited about it!! I’ve had this globe in the garage for… a while. It was $6 and this has been my plan for it all along but I never had an excuse to actually do it. Until now!

Making Over a Closet With Wallpaper

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April 25, 2020

One area that needed some attention in the kids shared room was their closets. I needed to address the storage needs but also wanted these closets to be something fun and colorful in the room.

Pickle Jar Fairy House

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April 23, 2020

Boy oh boy do I love little fairy gardens and fairy houses so today… I’m sharing a quick and simple way to make both. At once. A fairy garden house. Made from pickle jars because… quarantine. You can make your fairy jar with anything you find around the house, but I’m using some plastic Safari, Ltd. flowers and fairies, faux flowers and then these moss covered rocks.