Making the Home Archives - Space Improvement

Updated on April 15, 2026April 3, 2026Making the Home

Decorating on a Budget with Beautifully Simple and Affordable Décor

Decorating on a budget with light cool hues: an AI-generated image of a living room with various soft decor items such as throw pillows, ottoman poufs, throw blankets, and wicker rug and chair, in colours like light blue, muted coral, mustard yellow and white. A vase of flowers, some house plants, a candle, and some modest and tactful wall decor and books and other items on bookshelves comprise decor

We all want to live in a beautiful space. Nobody wants to wake up and roll out of bed in a depressing, unfurnished apartment. But …

A room with gold decor including a cream sofa behind gold-framed glass coffee table, gold sunburst mirror on wall above it, gold throw pillows, gold floor lamp and gold-framed glass end table

Updated on March 8, 2026March 8, 2026Making the Home

How to Gild Your Space with Gold Decor

If you adore all things gilded, revamp your space in gold décor! Colours are an amazingly potent source of inspiration, and gold is an especially …

Cosy bedroom with soft lighting (lamp and wall sconce), many leafy plants, natural fibers/materials and textures, and earthy colours with a woman resting on the bed and looking out the window all lend to a hygge home

Updated on December 31, 2025December 31, 2025Making the Home

How to Create a Hygge Home

Hygge is the epitome of tangible comfort. We all need comfort to some degree or another at various times throughout each day/week/month/year, and throughout our …

Top-down view of an off-white faux leather rectangular tray with silver-coloured metal handles on either end resting atop a wood table and filled with a number of small jars of various materials, sizes and colours

Updated on March 26, 2026November 24, 2025Making the Home

Useful and Pretty Items: A Comprehensive List of Quality Household Products

This post showcases products I have purchased from Amazon and which have proven beneficial for me and/or my household. While I prefer supporting smaller businesses …

Close-up photo of the top of a lit beeswax candle in the traditional honeycomb-indented 'rolled' pillar shape. Beeswax candles like these are some of the best clean burning candles

Updated on November 7, 2025April 24, 2025Making the Home

Clean Burning Candles for a Great-Smelling and Toxin-Free Home

Candles, candles, candles. This post is for everyone who loves candles! Candles can be decorative, they can be amazingly aromatic, and sometimes they’re both. They …

Children's wooden blocks with coloured numbers on them

Updated on November 7, 2025September 14, 2023Making the Home

Simplify Toy Storage and Cleanup with a Toy Display Shelf and Other Solutions

Kids need the learning, stimulation, and fun that toys provide. Play is important! Play is literally work for kids. And also, parents need a peaceful …

Updated on November 6, 2025June 13, 2022Making the Home

Overwhelmed by Clutter? Learn How to Effectively Clear Your Home

When you’re overwhelmed by clutter, the best thing to do is to make a plan. We as a culture have come to anticipate and expect …

Updated on November 6, 2025May 30, 2022Making the Home

Functional Decor Makes Your Home Both Efficient and Attractive

Decorating a space can be a lot of fun. It’s something you do any time you move someplace new, or when you want to revamp …

Updated on February 7, 2026March 7, 2022Making the Home

Emerald Green Aesthetic for a Rich and Vibrant Look: 15 One-of-a-Kind Pieces

Who doesn’t love a vivid, dazzling emerald? This gorgeous gemstone is renowned for its rich and beautiful colour: emerald green. If this colour captivates you, …

Updated on November 6, 2025February 21, 2022Making the Home

Shiplap Peel and Stick Wallpaper, Just Like That!

Who doesn’t love the look of shiplap? If you aren’t familiar with it, it’s a construction style in which wooden boards are fitted consecutively (usually …