Small Wall® paint sample boards are a saviour for homeowners! Just, paint, peel, and stick! I can’t explain to you how many times I wanted to try out a new color on my walls by just couldn’t bring myself to imagining how it would look. Those paint chips at the store are completely useless and not to mention frustrating! I’ve covered a few square feet in paint chips before in order to get an “idea” of what the color would work, but that grid-like effect of colors just didn’t seem to cut it.

An ingenious way to get around this is by using Small Wall® Paint Sample Boards. These adhesive backed boards are the easiest and most accurate way to sample wall color. If you’ve tried painting on poster boards or pieces of paper you’ll notice it curls up, soaks up the color, and doesnt’ ever look right. Small Wall® provides the most accurate color sample available – Its slightly textured surface mimics your primed  wall. It is not slick like poster board or styrene so there is no need to prime.

The board won’t absorb color and the low tack adhesive back won’t damage your wall. It can easily be taken off and repositioned multiple times letting you sample color under different lighting and locations. What I love most about Small Wall® is the fact that it can be RE-USED multiple times! This isn’t a one-time thing and throw it away, it’s totally reusable! You can repaint the boards many times and get a lot of use out of them.

If you are thinking of re-painting a room in your home, I would definitely recommend using Small Wall® boards. They will save you a ton of headache in the end, especially if you choose a color that is just wrong! You can purchase Small Wall® here on Amazon or get it at Sherwin Williams. We are also offering a FREE GIVEAWAY, so all you need to do is like our post on Facebook for your chance to win 2 Small Wall® Sample boards! It’s that easy! For more, check out the Small Wall® website!

The opportunities for making over your Ikea furniture are absolutely endless! Ikea makes great furniture that is sleek and simple which makes it the perfect culprit for customizing to suit your style. We’ve teamed up with an ingenious company called Overlay’s that makes DIY panels that perfectly fit any size, style, or model of IKEA furniture.

The panels are made of lightweight, slightly flexible PVC substrate, which makes them easy to paint and stick on. You can also choose from a lot of different styles and patterns like Greek key or even Moroccan style Overlays that provide a nice contrasting finishing touch to your piece.

The panels are pre-cut and can even be attached to mirrors, walls, and even glass! You most likely have one of the popular pieces from Ikea like the MALM, BESTA, or RAST dresser that is in need of some desperate TLC.

Glamming it up and making it look expensive is super easy – pop over to Overlay’s and just choose your piece of furniture and the design of panel you like. Once your panels are delivered, sticking them on is pretty straightforward – use your own choice of adhesive like wood glue or even a glue gun. You can also use heavy-duty double-sided tape for a temporary solution!

I love the look of the Greek key overlays or even the Dorothy draper style wardrobe below – black and gold is one of my favorite combinations! This dresser was made by blogger Krista Salmon using Ikea’s RAST dresser which costs about $34.99 – you really can’t get any cheaper than this. A little bit of spray paint and overlays and you’ve got your own Dorothy Draper style dresser which can originally cost thousands of dollars (I’ve seen ones on 1st Dibs for over $8,000!!)

To get your creative juices flowing and glam up your furniture, you can visit Overlay’s to order their decorative panels or even visit their addictive blog for endless inspiration.

Cleaning your windows is probably one of the easiest ways you can make your home look fresh and revived. Cloudy, dusty, and dirty windows are not only ugly to look at, but they also ruin the rest of your home’s appeal inside and out. Set aside one cloudy day for cleaning your windows since direct sunlight will dry up your solution before your can polish the glass properly.

1. Mix up Your Solution:

We’ve scoured the web and came across a lot of homemade cleaning solutions. Most of them aren’t effective and not even tried and tested! We found this popular cleaning solution that pinners swear by:

• ½ Gallon warm water
• 1 Tbsp liquid Jet Dry
• 2-3 Tbsp liquid laundry detergent or dish washing soap

2. Combine the Ingredients

Mix up all these ingredients in a bucket. Hose down your windows and wipe or brush on the solution. Immediately hose it off and your done!

 Tips:

Use Horizontal and Vertical Strokes

– Wash one side of the window with your solution using horizontal strokes and the other side with vertical strokes. This way you can diminish any streaks.

Diminish Streaks with a Squeegee

– Using the solution above, the water seems to just run off and doesn’t make any marks. If you like, you can wipe them down with a squeegee if you are worried about streaks.

Fix Scratches With Toothpaste

– Scratched glass? No worries polish it up with toothpaste and watch the scratches disappear!  Toothpaste is also an ingenious way of polishing up your car headlights, scratched sunglasses, your table’s glass top and even glassware! It’s also a good way to save bucks on those expensive scratch erasing solutions.

Polish Windows with Newspaper

– Anyone has newspaper lying around so why not? Take some old newspaper, crumple it up and polish your windows for extra shine. Polishing with newspaper leaves a film that makes your windows resistant to dirt and repels it.

Wipe up Drips From Your Cleaning Solutions

– Cleaning solutions will make your windows sparkle but can damage your woodwork. Don’t let the cleaners drip on your windowsill or on your window frame since they can strip paint or varnish. If you have sash windows especially like the ones from Bygone Windows, you really want to ensure to keep this in mind to prolong their lifetime.