Jaimie Johnston MBE (he/him)

And while we’re talking about that, tools make all the difference.

We like to have special breakfasts in here together on holidays, do homework, play games, or do crafts.You know that a room is really working for you when a) It’s easy to keep clean, b) It’s easy to decorate and everything seems to look good in it, and c) When your family actually.

We’re 3 for 3 in here!.So to recap, here we have the before:.You can really see from that before and after what a big difference the rug makes, and even adding in those pillows on the chairs at the table too.

Both of them really break up all the brown that was in the room before and really give the whole room a very “I designed this room to look this way on purpose” feel, even though the only major thing we did renovation-wise was paint.And even that doesn’t really count as renovation..

I love that even though the rug and the pillows are really great quality, they aren’t things that are way out of the price range of the average person living in an average house with an average dining room just like mine.. Birch Lane.

is great for having lots of really stylish options at prices you can actually afford.I let it dry for a few hours, then I came back to it.

Before you can start drawing on your chalkboard, you need to “season” it.This basically means that you rub chalk all over it and then you smear it around with a rag  really quickly.

At the bottom you can see where I had rubbed the chalk on, and that the top you can see how it looks after it’s been smeared.Even with a giant chalkboard like this, it’s only a 5 minute job..