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Monday, March 23, 2015

Small room? Small budget? An adorable baby room can still be done without spending a small fortune. Check out this video for tips and ideas to make it happen. I also show you the newborn shadow box I made myself that will go on the wall in his nursery! So easy and an inexpensive treasured keepsake. Thanks for watching!




How to decorate a baby's nursery on a limited budget!

Ayoub Oubarka   at  11:12 AM  No comments

Small room? Small budget? An adorable baby room can still be done without spending a small fortune. Check out this video for tips and ideas to make it happen. I also show you the newborn shadow box I made myself that will go on the wall in his nursery! So easy and an inexpensive treasured keepsake. Thanks for watching!




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Monday, March 16, 2015

The kitchen is the heart of the home. Trouble is, not every kitchen makes the best use of space nor offers practical solutions for everyday use.

Meet the Kalamaras family, their once-too-small kitchen has now become the place where the whole family congregates—a meeting place for family breakfasts and cooking together in the evenings


Making a Family Kitchen—solutions for smaller spaces

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The kitchen is the heart of the home. Trouble is, not every kitchen makes the best use of space nor offers practical solutions for everyday use.

Meet the Kalamaras family, their once-too-small kitchen has now become the place where the whole family congregates—a meeting place for family breakfasts and cooking together in the evenings


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Sunday, March 15, 2015


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Your bedroom is your very private part of your entire house. It is not normally visited by your many guests except your close ones. Your bedroom should be heaven on earth for you. The color of the bedroom is an important ingredient in adding desired beauty to your room. The color choice of the bedroom varies from person to person and if you choose the color purple for your bedroom, you are adding a new whole dimension to your bedroom.

The color purple is relaxing, soothing and comfortable. The color purple can provide peace of mind. Purple is a strong color and it will not lose its character if combined with other colors. Purple is a color for people who love challenges in decorating their home. Purple can have the tendency to absorb light and look too heavy, but if used the right way, it can look wonderfully rich. Moreover, purple has real power to make a statement.

Use light, neutral colors, such as white or cream to balance the intensity of purple. For example, you can create an accent wall by painting one wall in deep purple and choose a lighter, neutral color on the surrounding walls.

For the furniture, use furniture in contrast with the wall colors. You can mix purple furnishings with light neutral walls and floors. Also black and white can create contrast to purple. Use black and white tiles for the floor and mix them with purple furnishings. Moreover, a classic color combination is purple and silver. You can decorate your purple room with silver accessories such as light fittings, door handles, mirror and picture frames.
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Curtains are also a complementary part in your purple-themed bedroom. For example, if you have purple paint on your walls, choose white curtains or any other soft color to make a striking contrast with the walls.
For the floor, get purple rugs and place them in centre, and get purple-colored lamps and place them on your side tables.
You can visualize your desired decoration by grasping muse from the following photographs.

Purple Bedroom Decorating Idea

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Your bedroom is your very private part of your entire house. It is not normally visited by your many guests except your close ones. Your bedroom should be heaven on earth for you. The color of the bedroom is an important ingredient in adding desired beauty to your room. The color choice of the bedroom varies from person to person and if you choose the color purple for your bedroom, you are adding a new whole dimension to your bedroom.

The color purple is relaxing, soothing and comfortable. The color purple can provide peace of mind. Purple is a strong color and it will not lose its character if combined with other colors. Purple is a color for people who love challenges in decorating their home. Purple can have the tendency to absorb light and look too heavy, but if used the right way, it can look wonderfully rich. Moreover, purple has real power to make a statement.

Use light, neutral colors, such as white or cream to balance the intensity of purple. For example, you can create an accent wall by painting one wall in deep purple and choose a lighter, neutral color on the surrounding walls.

For the furniture, use furniture in contrast with the wall colors. You can mix purple furnishings with light neutral walls and floors. Also black and white can create contrast to purple. Use black and white tiles for the floor and mix them with purple furnishings. Moreover, a classic color combination is purple and silver. You can decorate your purple room with silver accessories such as light fittings, door handles, mirror and picture frames.
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Curtains are also a complementary part in your purple-themed bedroom. For example, if you have purple paint on your walls, choose white curtains or any other soft color to make a striking contrast with the walls.
For the floor, get purple rugs and place them in centre, and get purple-colored lamps and place them on your side tables.
You can visualize your desired decoration by grasping muse from the following photographs.

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Saturday, March 14, 2015


Hi guys!! Today I bring you another DIY room decor video, this time using recycled items that you can find at home like shoeboxes or old jars. A lot of you ask me to do a tutorial about my footrest so I will show you how to make it in this video. So let’s start!

To make a vase out of a jar you will need: a jar, some burlap, lace trim, and ribbon.

Start off by measuring how much burlap you need and cut the excess. Then just place the lace trim over the burlap and then the ribbon and cut out the excess too. Glue down the burlap, lace and ribbon together as I’m doing in the video and finally glue the whole thing to the jar.

I know I’ve done some other jar vases before but I just wanted to show you another design and show you how easy it is. You can of course use your imagination and make your own design because the possibilities are endless.
For the requested footrest you will need: a shoe box, some foam, and any furry fabric you want.

Start of by gluing the foam to the shoebox lid. They should have the same size. Then place the fabric over and cut out any excess. Then glue the fabric to the top part of the lid and the to the sides, starting on the corners, then the center of the sides and finally working your way out to the corners. Using a furry fabric makes this super easy because it hides really well any wrinkles but make sure the fabric is tight. Then cut out the excess fabric and try to separate the hair part, so you cut as less hair as possible. You can watch here what I mean.

Then put the lid on and it’s time to cover the rest of the shoebox. Try to glue the fabric as close to the lid as possible so you can’t see any cardboard while the box is close. Just continue gluing until you cover the whole box. Then just cut out the excess fabric from the bottom.

The last step is optional but I just happened to have some wheels from an old furniture so I decided to attach them to my footrest. I just poke some holes with a pen, then insert the wheels and secure them with some glue on both sides. Instead of the wheels you can also attach some wooden legs if you want. And that’s it! As you see it was really simple and it doubles up as an storage box so it’s perfect for room organization.

The last idea I saw it everywhere on Pinterest and I thought it was very clever. You will need: a cassette case and washi tape.

This idea is really simple because when you open a cassette case it already becomes the perfect phone holder so you just need to decorate it with some washi tape. So just stick the tape and cut out the excess from the sides. I also decorate the bottom part with more tape. And as I didn’t like the colors of my first design I just changed it and place another tape. And that’s it!
I also decorated the back and as you see my phone fits perfectly.

So that was all for today I hope you liked all these little ideas and don’t forget to tweet me a picture if you try any of these because a really enjoy watching all your beautiful creations. Have wonderful week and I talk to you in my next video.

Thanks for watching!


DIY ROOM DECOR! Recycling projects | Cheap & cute ideas! Organization

Ayoub Oubarka   at  5:37 PM  No comments


Hi guys!! Today I bring you another DIY room decor video, this time using recycled items that you can find at home like shoeboxes or old jars. A lot of you ask me to do a tutorial about my footrest so I will show you how to make it in this video. So let’s start!

To make a vase out of a jar you will need: a jar, some burlap, lace trim, and ribbon.

Start off by measuring how much burlap you need and cut the excess. Then just place the lace trim over the burlap and then the ribbon and cut out the excess too. Glue down the burlap, lace and ribbon together as I’m doing in the video and finally glue the whole thing to the jar.

I know I’ve done some other jar vases before but I just wanted to show you another design and show you how easy it is. You can of course use your imagination and make your own design because the possibilities are endless.
For the requested footrest you will need: a shoe box, some foam, and any furry fabric you want.

Start of by gluing the foam to the shoebox lid. They should have the same size. Then place the fabric over and cut out any excess. Then glue the fabric to the top part of the lid and the to the sides, starting on the corners, then the center of the sides and finally working your way out to the corners. Using a furry fabric makes this super easy because it hides really well any wrinkles but make sure the fabric is tight. Then cut out the excess fabric and try to separate the hair part, so you cut as less hair as possible. You can watch here what I mean.

Then put the lid on and it’s time to cover the rest of the shoebox. Try to glue the fabric as close to the lid as possible so you can’t see any cardboard while the box is close. Just continue gluing until you cover the whole box. Then just cut out the excess fabric from the bottom.

The last step is optional but I just happened to have some wheels from an old furniture so I decided to attach them to my footrest. I just poke some holes with a pen, then insert the wheels and secure them with some glue on both sides. Instead of the wheels you can also attach some wooden legs if you want. And that’s it! As you see it was really simple and it doubles up as an storage box so it’s perfect for room organization.

The last idea I saw it everywhere on Pinterest and I thought it was very clever. You will need: a cassette case and washi tape.

This idea is really simple because when you open a cassette case it already becomes the perfect phone holder so you just need to decorate it with some washi tape. So just stick the tape and cut out the excess from the sides. I also decorate the bottom part with more tape. And as I didn’t like the colors of my first design I just changed it and place another tape. And that’s it!
I also decorated the back and as you see my phone fits perfectly.

So that was all for today I hope you liked all these little ideas and don’t forget to tweet me a picture if you try any of these because a really enjoy watching all your beautiful creations. Have wonderful week and I talk to you in my next video.

Thanks for watching!


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Learn more about how to transform your space with color and shop the looks!

Looking to spice up your space? Wayfair has quick and easy tips on how you can update your home décor. Check out these ideas on how to redesign the look and feel of your living room.

For an inviting, lively room, use warm tones to brighten up your space. Shades of yellow, red, and orange create an energetic and cozy atmosphere. Use soothing cool colors like blues, aquas, and greens to create a relaxing room. Use grays, browns, and beiges to create a neutral color scheme. Incorporate textures and patterns into a neutral room to add dimension and sophistication.

Whether warm, cool, or neutral, Wayfair has the perfect items to give your space a new personality. Check out Wayfair.com to view exclusive deals and make your home the home you want it to be. For more information about Wayfair and to browse items for your home, visit the links above.



Decorating Ideas: 3 Living Room Color Palettes

Ayoub Oubarka   at  4:25 PM  No comments

Learn more about how to transform your space with color and shop the looks!

Looking to spice up your space? Wayfair has quick and easy tips on how you can update your home décor. Check out these ideas on how to redesign the look and feel of your living room.

For an inviting, lively room, use warm tones to brighten up your space. Shades of yellow, red, and orange create an energetic and cozy atmosphere. Use soothing cool colors like blues, aquas, and greens to create a relaxing room. Use grays, browns, and beiges to create a neutral color scheme. Incorporate textures and patterns into a neutral room to add dimension and sophistication.

Whether warm, cool, or neutral, Wayfair has the perfect items to give your space a new personality. Check out Wayfair.com to view exclusive deals and make your home the home you want it to be. For more information about Wayfair and to browse items for your home, visit the links above.



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