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Easy How To Build a Mid Century Modern Accent Wall

by Nicole Nigg | May 10, 2023 | Building Project

I love a good accent wall! Did you know you can change the look of an entire room by just adding some boards and paint to the wall? So simple. Coming at you this week with another super easy wall treatment tutorial. This one has more of a Mid Century Modern feel to...

DIY Square Board and Batten Wall Treatment-Staircase

by Nicole Nigg | Apr 12, 2023 | Building Project

Ready to take a boring stairwell and give it some pizazz? This square board and batten wall treatment technique was exactly what our stairwell to the basement was in need of. Board and batten is such an easy way to change up any space; adding character and dimension....

7 Easy Accent Wall Ideas That Are Affordable

by Nicole Nigg | Aug 11, 2022 | Building Project

Accent walls aren’t going away anytime soon. They are here to stay and keep getting bigger and better! If you’ve followed my blog for some time, you know I love to create accent walls. I have several easy accent wall ideas to share with you today, most of...

The Easiest Board and Batten DIY Ever-A Must Try!

by Nicole Nigg | Jan 13, 2022 | Building Project

Guys! Seriously! The title to this post is no joke! This is truly the easiest board and batten you will ever do! I could even go so far as to say, the easiest project you will ever do! So, I had this wall that had long overstayed it’s welcome! There was a time...

How to Board and Batten Cheap and Easy

by Nicole Nigg | Jul 15, 2021 | Building Project

Board and batten is one of the cheapest and easiest ways to makeover a room. With just a few materials and tools even a novice DIY’er can transform a room over a weekend. While there are so many different wall treatments out there that I love, board and batten...

How to Achieve the Shiplap Look

by Nicole Nigg | Mar 20, 2018 | Finishing Technique

Is shiplap here to stay or is it just another decorating trend? Here today, gone tomorrow. Well, as most people know, shiplap didn’t make it’s first appearance on Fixer Upper. It has been around for many years. So what is shiplap? Great question! Often...

How to Create A Pallet Board Wall-Tutorial

by Nicole Nigg | Feb 15, 2018 | Building Project

Pallet Board Wall Tutorial Last summer a friend of mine posted that he had a bunch of old pallet boards he was wanting to get rid of. He had big plans to turn them into a wall treatment, but time had gotten away from him and they were just taking up space. Having...

Add Character to a Room–Wall Treatment Two

by Nicole Nigg | Feb 14, 2017 | Building Project, Uncategorized

So, you have a boring room that needs some livening up. What is a simple, unique way to add character to a room? This was the dilemma with Chad’s office space. Lots of white walls, a dated receptionist area, honey-colored trim throughout. It needed some...

Wall Treatment–Playing With (and spilling) Paint

by Nicole Nigg | Feb 9, 2017 | Building Project

How do you add pizazz to a boring room with all white walls and no creativity? A wall treatment is a super-easy way to add character to any room. Last week I completed a shiplap wall in the continued saga of my brother’s office remodel. But wall treatments are...

Wall Treatments: Modern-Industrial

by Nicole Nigg | Jan 31, 2017 | Building Project

Hey guys! Just wanted to pop in here real quick and give you an update on what I’m currently working on. My brother just moved into a new office space and it is in need of some updating. Natalie and I have some awesome wall treatments planned for this...

Farmhouse Bathroom Remodel

by Nicole Nigg | Jan 17, 2017 | Renovations

Hello Friend! So good to be back with you. It was nice to take the month of December off from blogging with all the hustle and bustle that comes with the holidays. But, I am ready to get back in the swing of things and what I love–projects and writing. I...

The Nursery!! So Fun!

by Nicole Nigg | Mar 29, 2016 | Building Project

What a fun project!! A little over a week ago, I had the honor of creating my brother and his wife’s nursery. Baby Lucas is due to make his appearance at the end of April. And we. can’t. wait!!! I love, love, love the theme they chose…Monsters! Not...

The Wall

by Nicole Nigg | Feb 16, 2016 | Building Project

Hello!! Hope you had a great weekend! And got to spend it with someone you love for Valentine’s Day. 🙂 I want to share with you “the wall” today. 🙂 In January, I put up new trim in the foyer. You can see that post here. For a while...

Finally…The boys’ room

by Nicole Nigg | Jan 4, 2016 | Renovations

I’m back!!! I kinda disappeared for a couple weeks. Had a great time with family, friends, food…too much food. Time to reset and get back to real life..schedules, kids’ school, eating right (most of the time:) ), and projects. It was relaxing...

A week full of projects

by Nicole Nigg | Dec 15, 2015 | Design

Okay, so I kinda lied…sorry. 🙂 I told all of you I would share the boys room on my next post, but I am not completely ready to show it. It is so close and I could go ahead and share it, but I really want to reveal it when it is completely ready. So no...

Board and Batten

by Nicole Nigg | Nov 18, 2015 | Building Project

Hello friends!! I’m a little late getting this post off. Unfortunately, we had a family health issue come up. My dad went in for a stress test on Monday and they immediately sent him to be prepped for a heart cath. He ended up needing to have 2 stints put in. It...

How to Shiplap a Ceiling

by Nicole Nigg | Oct 1, 2015 | Building Project

I have been working on my current project for what seems like an eternity. I started redoing the two younger boys’ room at the end of August and I am just now seeing the light at the end of the long tunnel. I searched and searched my files and could not find a...