Emelia Simoneau

Tag: diy

  • Details on Our Manufactured Home

    It’s been a while since I shared all the details on our new construction manufactured home so here goes..

    Our home is manufactured by Live Oak Homes in Georgia, and this model specifically is The Fancy! We love it because not only was it affordable at $179,000, it also came fully furnished with all the furniture, home decor, rugs, and appliances!

    A little more details, it’s 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, and 2254 sqft, plenty of room for our family of five! We love the fact that it has 2 living rooms, a dining area, and an island big enough to fit the whole family (it’s 11.5’ long!)

    We have made some changes over the past year with things like the kitchen backsplash, board and batten siding, and refinishing the walls to name a few.

    The home came with a home warranty and they were able to change some things out for us at no additional cost, like a chip in the counter top being that it was the model home. We had a couple of foggy windows that were replaced, and a crack in the ceiling from the delivery process that they were able to patch up.

    If you’re thinking about a manufactured home, I would definitely recommend one if you are looking for that affordable lifestyle and a home that is easy to customize and upgrade!

  • Miles Supercar Bedroom

    Miles Supercar Bedroom

    We just finished giving Miles’ room a fresh new look! He requested a Supercar theme bedroom with ferrari red sheets. Checkout the before and all the demo here:

    Before
    Ferrari, Pagani, Lamborghini, Mclaren

    And here’s a video on how it all came together

    Paint colors:

    •Voyage

    •Almost Charcoal

    I have links for everything I used to put the room together from my amazon store ⤵️

    https://amzn.to/4oQbKVA   Red sheets

    https://amzn.to/3Hv2wNB Gray Duvet Cover

    https://amzn.to/45pFjUM Frames

    https://amzn.to/46WLimx Curtains

    https://amzn.to/4lrgzSg Check engine sign

    https://amzn.to/3JhGH4A Checkered rug

    https://amzn.to/4oBck9t Velvet Bedframe 

    https://amzn.to/3V2C3de Gaming chair

    https://amzn.to/3Jem1dO Desk

    https://amzn.to/4llLOxT Car wall art

    https://amzn.to/45AY3B0 Lego Lamborghini

    https://amzn.to/3JiBdqa Lego pagani

    https://amzn.to/4fFbbtB Lego ferrari

    https://amzn.to/3V1voA4 Rope light

    Leave a comment and let Miles know what your favorite supercar is! 🏎️🏁🚘

  • Removing the Wall Strips Bedroom Makeover

    Removing the Wall Strips Bedroom Makeover

    We’re still removing those ugly wall strips and smoothing out the walls. Right now we’re working on Liam’s room, its getting an upgrade with a wood accent wall and some fresh paint. Scroll to the bottom for links on what we used, and don’t forget to watch and like our video!

    Heres what we used to smooth the walls

    (This post contains affiliate links where I could make a commission )

    Fibafuse tape

    Proform Lite Blue

    Paint colors:

    Wharf wind

    Quaking Bog

    Bedding: Grey plaid Duvet

    Curtains: Room Darkening Greyish White

    Fish pillow

    Knit throw

    Check it out in my Amazon storefront

    Have you tried to take the wall strips down yet?

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  • Florida Double Wide Home Tour

    Come take a tour of our 2024 double wide! We moved in last August so it’s almost been a year. A lot has changed but a lot of it still looks the same, so come check it out!

    Check out the tour here

  • New Kitchen Backsplash

    James just installed our new backsplash and I love it!

    Before

    The old backsplash wasn’t much to look at as it was just a single row of tiles, some of which fell off during transport!

    We decided to play it safe and went with a subway tile with an irregular edge and different shades of white.

    Here’s the exact tile we used, and we found it at aww Lowes, paired with the light gray grout.

    What do you think? Have you installed a tile backsplash before?

  • Easy DIY concrete planter

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  • Step by Step Concrete Planter

    What you will need:

    A 5 gallon bucket to mix, quickcrete, water, 2 boxes, wax paper, gloves, & something to mix with.

    The wax paper is so the concrete doesn’t bond to the cardboard. Cardboard will absorb all the moisture and not hold shape.

    Line both boxes with wax paper

    Follow instructions on the bag to mix the Concrete to your desired consistency.

    Add a small base layer before adding the second box
    Let sit over night and then remove cardboard

    You’ll want to remove the cardboard and paper right away after it sits over night so it can finish drying out. At this point you can sand or smooth any rough areas, as the concrete is still workable. I used regular sand paper 300 grit.

    Last but not east you’ll need to drill a hole for drainage, the concrete isn’t 100% hard at this point so it’s an easy drill.

    The smaller planter isn’t dry but I wanted to show you with the plant, I’ll update tomorrow when it’s the correct color!

    Once it’s fully dry you can put concrete sealer or paint on to protect it. I’m going to use clear, I like the natural look.

  • Playhouse Makeover to Beach hut

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  • Beach Hut Playhouse Makeover

    Beach Hut Playhouse Makeover

    After 2 years the play house was in need of a makeover. The kids don’t really use it anymore, and it mostly stores our pool floats along with frogs and lizards.

    We decided on a beach hut theme. Runners up were farmhouse, rainbow house, or repainting it the current theme which matches our house colors.

    Oars

    Wooden fish

    Whale Hook

    Mermaid sign

    Buoy

    Jute Drawer Pull

    The Blue color is Dynamic Blue

    The White Color is Extra White

  • Pool Noodle Rainbow

    Pool Noodle Rainbow

    Here is everything you need to get started!

    I used the regular sized pool noodles, some hot glue, and yarn colors of your choice! The Drill saves so much time! I found a foam ball from the kids toys and it fit right in the hole, then wedge the largest drill bit I could find in between. I felt like McGyver, but it’s a hack you can appreciate!! The previous rainbow we made, I hand wound and it took days!! I still can’t believe I did that.

    To give it some stiffness I added the copper pipe because that’s what we had leftover in the garage, but any bendable pipe would work. I also wove wooden skewers behind the noodles to hold it together!!

    For the cord at the bottom I unwound the rope, cut into 6 inch sections and then folded those in half and frayed the ends
    To finish I glued the rope into the holes and then covered the bottom 2 inches of the rainbow with the undone rope to coverup the ends

    Let me know what colors you would put together!

  • Daisy Wall in Harper’s room

    Decided to give Harper’s wall an update! I drew this sloppy Daisy and printed out with my vinyl cutter. I use the silhouette cameo and ordered these two vinyls. White vinyl and Yellow vinyl It’s important to note, make sure you get removable sticky vinyl, you don’t want to take the paint off the walls!!

    We love it so much and I have so much left over vinyl that I may add a 3 or 4 more, what do you think?

    I wanted to share it with all of you so here is the file

    Download the JPG file and trace it or click this link and download the SVG file.

    daisy.jpgDownload

    If you end up making something I would love to see in the comments!!

  • Harper’s shaved ice recipe