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How to Budget a Landscape Design Renovation

Garden with pool and clipped boxwood hedges, with olive trees

My Landscape Mood Board & Planning Process

Verbena grows in a natural-looking meadow garden.

Garden Design Ideas for a Beautiful, Low-Maintenance Landscape

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Tina Flint Huffman 12/13/20 Tina Flint Huffman 12/13/20

How To Make A Christmas Evergreen Swag [Easy Holiday DIY]

This evergreen Christmas DIY swag is way too simple and easy, and well worth the small effort to bring some natural, fresh, and festive Yuletide cheer to your front door. So let’s get our swag on - I'll show you how step by step! It’s just a bunch of evergreen boughs bound and hung together, but there's something about a swag's rustic simplicity that's appealing, especially during the holidays.

Tina Flint Huffman 10/27/20 Tina Flint Huffman 10/27/20

Dark & Moody Living Room Décor [+ Easy Fall Style Ideas]

Have a dark and dramatic space - a bookcase, shelf or wall? Want one? I get excited about dark wood cabinetry and paneling year round, but it really pops when you get your fall decor on! I'll give tips and inspiration for how to style bookcases, styling dark bookshelves for a dramatic year-round look that's never boring, and then how to create a beautiful fall seasonal look with a few simple, quick, & easy decor changes.

Tina Flint Huffman 10/22/20 Tina Flint Huffman 10/22/20

Fall Decor & Design Ideas - Fireplace Mantel

Ready for some more fall decorating ideas? An easy spot to get your fall on is the fireplace mantel. Fall mantel decor is the perfect place to indulge your fall seasonal decorating desires!

We recently took a look at fall decorating using natural materials and what you already have. I’m still in a “use what you have” mode and mostly continued with that budget decor theme for my fall mantle, so hopefully you’ll get some inspiring seasonal ideas for your own home.

Tina Flint Huffman 9/25/20 Tina Flint Huffman 9/25/20

Nature-Inspired Home Office Remodel - Plans, Mood Boards, & Progress Shots

Looking for home office inspo? How about light, plants and neutrals meet vintage charm? The Greenhouse Studio home office renovation has been underway for some time. The construction part of it has been done for a while now, but the design details? Well… that usually seems to take me a bit longer to actually finish. Longer than it should take as I’m the first to admit. I’m still arranging and adjusting a few things, specifically the shelving, so I want to share how it got to this point; the before and in-progress shots, my inspo and mood boards, and plans.

I’ve actually been using it as my office for a couple months now and I love sitting in this light-filled space tapping away on the keyboard. Believe me though, when you see the “before” shots, you may share a bit of the surprise I feel at how much I enjoy the room now.

Tina Flint Huffman 8/1/20 Tina Flint Huffman 8/1/20

Best Free Room Layout Apps [+ video demos]

What’s the secret to making your space look like it was designed by an interiors pro? Well one of the most important is laying out your furniture and your other design elements in a floor plan to see how they will really fit in your room. I reviewed 4 room layout/floor planning apps with video demos to to see which were the most user friendly to help you design your interior or garden space.