The first time I ever painted something other than a piece of paper was our kitchen cabinets in our old rental home over 10 years ago. I know! One of your very first projects should be a wall, but I was so tired of seeing those old and dingy white cabinets that I had to do something about it, even if this was my first-ever paint job. When you don't know how to do something, what do you do? You go to YouTube and learn. It's funny to think that something that comes so naturally to me nowadays was so intimidating back then. So, if you feel this way now about grabbing a roller and painting a wall on your own, I get it.

It’s versatile, timeless and quickly became one of my favorite materials to transform spaces and add character in our home. V-groove planks are having a moment lately unlike the most popular wood paneling, tongue and grove. But this type of interlocking wood plank has been used for years and years and you can find it in most homes dated from the 1800 and later.

This is a small-ish bathroom with mostly builder-grade features, including the typical outdated glass door and glued mirror, not-so-great tile floors that, according to Brissette, were so hard to keep clean, and an outdated vanity and light fixtures. Honestly, it wasn't too bad because it was in good shape, but it was mostly outdated, and we knew that with simple and affordable changes, we could make it so much better.

We started working on our home right after we got the keys, but there were and still are spaces that where we can’t make permanent and big changes right away. The kitchen was one of those, we couldn't renovate right away so I decided to do some affordable cosmetic changes to improve the look of our kitchen in the meantime

This project was one of the easiest and made the biggest difference in our upstairs hallway. From cheap looking hollow core doors to beautiful and expensive looking custom doors, all it took was some PVC molding and black paint.