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CEMENT FLOORS

I will pick concrete floors any day, over any material 🤓✌🏼. It has so much movement, imperfections and will always be timeless❤️‍🔥.

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Juxtaposition

It’s all about playing with the new and old. Shiny and matte. Modern and traditional. The lists goes on. Mix is all up to keep things interesting 🤓🤌🏼🪑🪆🖼️🛋️🏮.

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THE LAST PIECE OF THE PUZZLE

Finally, the kitchen feels complete☑️ 🎉🤓. Renovations took way longer than expected but definitely was worth the wait. I decided against installing any recessed or track lights. I wanted an old world feel. A kitchen lit up by random light fixtures, at different heights and lots of candles to illuminate a beautiful glow in the evenings. This vintage IKEA Löv lamp design by Hagberg is the prefect missing piece to my new old kitchen 🤌🏼💡🔌.

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How to paint your floors white ⬜️

I would choose painting floors over walls any given day. The hardest part of painting floors is clearing out the space 🪑🛋🪆🐪. Here are 3 simple steps on how to paint your floors white ⬜️ , maybe 4, if you have wood floors.

🪅Remove scuff marks or stains. Mr. Clean Magic eraser does a really good job with that.

🪅Mop and clean the floors. You don’t want any sort of dirt, hair… when painting floors. This will allow a smooth application of the paint.

🪅We painted two coats of BEHR PREMIUM® Porch & Patio Anti-Slip Floor Paint and let the paint dry for about 48hours before moving furniture back into the space.

🪅Step 4, which is really step 1, if you have wood floors 😅. You will need to sand them down first with a medium grit sandpaper. And later, a fine grit sandpaper for finishing.

Finally, enjoy ❌⭕️❌⭕️

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Building a Gallery Wall 🖼🔨

Gallery walls are like puzzles . They take time to build - 3 nights of shuffling. Figuring where to begin and to end . What pieces of artworks goes with what . Most importantly, finding the right balance and knowing when the wall is “done”. Or will it ever be done

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Creating a gallery wall, Part 2 🖼🪜✌🏼.

I always keep in mind 💭 , especially working on a big wall.

🔨Start with your biggest piece of artwork. That will allow you to have a better idea or view of how much wall space it will be taking up.

🔨 Create balance with contrast. Have a mix of horizontal and vertical artworks. That will help create visual interest.

🔨 Play with shapes. Don’t restrict the wall with only artworks. Different objects help create texture and dimensions.

Remember, have FUN and PLAY 🎉. There isn’t any right or wrong, experimenting is part of the creative process. ❌⭕️❌⭕️

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Hang your frameless artwork in less than five minutes ⏱🖼🔨

All you need are 👇🏼

✔️1 Picture hanging kit from the hardware store 🏬

✔️A bottle of Gorilla Super Glue 🦍 or any preferred brand of super glue.

✔️ A pen and ruler 📏🖊

📌Measure the center of the artwork with a ruler and market it with a pen.

📌Dab a little superglue on both sides of a sawtooth hanger.

📌Place the sawtooth hanger in the middle of the artwork and wait for about 45 seconds for the superglue to dry.

📌Now the artwork is ready to be hung and enjoy 🔨🤩.

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How To Style A Coffee Table 🔒💡🍓

Styling a coffee table is like creating a landscape of different kinds of touchable artwork💡💎💊. Here are 4 things I always keep in mind📝:

✔️Play with height to keep the eyes moving👀. Use objects with a variety of height, nothing is ever too tall or too short 🟥▪️◽️.

✔️Play with colors to create interest. No rules, all colors are welcome❤️🧡🤎💛💚💙💜.

✔️Play with texture to create contrast. Again, no rules. All materials are welcome 🤗, like wood, rattan, ceramics etc…🔒🧸⚱️📚.

✔️ And most importantly, PLAY and have FUN doing it🎈🎉!

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How To Create a Gallery Wall

It’s no secret that I love art 🎨 and I LOVE creating gallery walls 💓.

Here are 3 things that I always keep in mind 🤓.

✔️Play with scale. Have a variety of sizes, large, big, small, tiny▪️◻️🟨🟦.

✔️Play with contrast. Include different kinds of frames or no frames 🖼.

✔️Play with different styles of artwork. Portraits, fruits, animals, posters.

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Ask Me Anything, Q&A 📝🗯

Hey @athomewithpriscilla ! Thank you so much for asking “I want to know more about how you find your unique style in fashion and does your fashion comes first and inspire your home decor or the other way around and how I can branch out and start making fashion more a part of me and my home story! I appreciate you so much !

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Master BATHROOM RENOVATION

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HANGING ARTWORK

Hello @klklemz 🙋🏻‍♀️!

Thank you so much for asking📮👉🏼 “Love this. I have a question. What is your trick for hanging artwork. You do such a nice job of putting together different pieces. I have a hard time hanging two pieces together. How do you do so many and have them look so perfect?”

I appreciate you so much 😘💖🖼📐🔨🪜!

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Not playing by any hard-and-fast rules of hanging art. I do like starting a wall with the biggest piece of art that I will be using in the room. I love creating an element of surprise by playing with pops of colors. Creating impact by playing with different sizes of artwork. Creating contrast with different styles of artwork. Keeping in mind the colors in the existing space. Letting the pieces of furnitures, objects and artworks in the room play off each other. For me, hanging artwork is more of an intuitive process. I let the artwork speak to me. There is no right there is no wrong. Just play, play, play. I promise, the more holes you put in the wall the better you get at it. Thank you so much for watching and I’ll talk to you guys really soon. Bye.

XOXO

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