Hi, my name is Stephanie Bloom,
and I am from Phoenix, Arizona.
I am the Lazy DIY Mom.
My passion for home decor and DIYs
actually goes back many years,
when our family owned the home
that started my journey of sharing DIYs.
Shortly before the pandemic,
my family made that decision to sell that home.
So renting really felt like it could provide us
with flexibility and time, really,
to discover, you know, where our next forever home was.
We had actually hoped to build something,
but the rising costs of land and material really stopped us,
and the housing market was absolutely crazy.
So I really began to feel stuck in this rental.
I decided to redesign our house one room at a time.
I do DIYs that require no power tools,
are temporary and safe for renters, and are affordable,
so anyone can feel like they can do them.
This has gotta be one of my favorite projects
that we've done so far,
and that is because in this kitchen,
it was all black and white.
And if you can't tell, I really love patterns.
So I wanted to bring patterns into this kitchen,
and this kitchen had tile backsplash already in place.
And I found the tile decals.
This is non-permanent adhesive.
So you are able to put this
directly onto the tile of your backsplash,
and you keep the grout lines.
In our primary bedroom,
I loved the trend of the arches
that has been popular for quite some time,
but I knew personally that I was not gonna be able
to get the arches perfect.
So I was able to find these peel-and-stick arch wall decals.
So they're always perfect, and they're removable.
So if you decide to change your mind,
you can just take them off your wall
without causing any damage.
In my office-slash-dog room,
I wanted this to be a fun and creative space,
and I did not use peel-and-stick wallpaper in here.
I actually used decals.
So this is just little polka dot decals
that I put all over the wall,
and had fun with creating my own pattern,
which was a super simple way
to transform a fairly large wall really quickly.
In the dining room,
I love the idea of creating a somewhat formal
but kind of funky accent wall.
You have a solid painted wall,
and you have a pattern on the bottom,
and traditionally you would break it up with a chair rail.
But in here,
I of course wanted to bring natural elements
into this design.
So I used peel-and-stick wallpaper,
which is a 100% renter-friendly.
And I got these 36-inch basswood panels
at a local craft store
and put them on the wall with double sided mounting tape.
In our guest bathroom,
it's quite tiny, if you can't tell,
but I wanted to change the floors in here
in a way that was renter-friendly,
and also didn't cost a ton of money,
and did not use permanent adhesive.
So I decided to do contact paper that is waterproof
on the floor here.
Similar to laying down wallpaper,
you put the contact paper on the floor.
And the amazing part about this
is it brings detail into this room
that I never thought I was gonna be able to do.
It has been so fun at showing you around.
I will see you soon, Rachael.
(chimes tinkling)