Hello, friends.
My name is Danielle.
Welcome to my sweet digs.
I'm taking my a great home and
making it custom.
Come on in.
I live in Corona, California.
Our place is right around eighteen
hundred square feet, excluding
the backyard.
Our current mortgage is
at three thousand dollars.
I think it's fairly reasonable for
the area that we're in.
I'm a part time executive assistant
at a tech company and part time DIY
influencer.
I've lived in this home for almost
two years now.
The way I laid out the space was I
just really wanted to be welcoming
and cozy when people feeling
welcome to my entry way
over here is a piece of art
that I made in memory of my sister.
It's covered in butterflies because
that's what her name meant.
It took me two days to make this
and I'm honestly so in love with
it. And if you follow me this
way, I'm going to show you the
longest project I've ever done,
which was my archway
to be fifty three days, but it
was so worth it.
The Home Depot has really helped
with my renovations because they
offer a lot of options.
My favorite tool in the Home
Depot app has to be the product
locator because any time
I need something and I'm not sure
where to find it, all I have to do
is search it in the app and it'll
tell me exactly what I'll do and
what may I need to go to.
So that way I always look like I
know what I'm doing.
So this is actually my favorite
room in the house, which is the
living room, and it also has
the most.
I was out of all the rooms in
our home. I saw this coffee table
online that was five thousand
dollars. And I thought, no way
am I paying five thousand dollars
for a coffee table. So I actually
made this one four seventy five.
If you follow me this way, it's
the DIY that gave me the confidence
to do all the projects in my home,
our DIY fireplace.
And I think it just adds so much to
the space.
And this is my
kitchen. We were able to customize
it when we had a building, but the
one thing I had to fight for were
these countertops.
They originally wanted to give me
granite, but I said, no, I really
would love some cords.
And that's what I got.
And if you follow me through this
door, this is where all the magic
happens. It's my DIY workshop.
And this is the garage
over here is where all of the
power tools are and
honestly, what my favorite spaces
and I always thought it was a living
room, but this space
definitely makes me feel the most
confident.
When we moved in, our garage
just had standard concrete flooring.
So one day we just ran
to Home Depot, got the supplies
and started working
on the floors.
And now it is one of my favorite
things about our garage.
I love to be in here.
And on those days when I'm feeling
like I don't think I can do a
project, I have my little reminder
with weather. So that way I can tell
myself, yes, I can because
I totally can.
Now let's head upstairs.
This is the gallery wall, which
is one of my favorite walls and also
where a cat eats, she
loves to look at our family photos.
And now we are in the
bedroom.
We did add this multi detail
to the back wall and I
updated these nightstands with a
little bit of fluting, some paint
and new hardware. And I designed
this frame for our TV and it
looks like the infamous frame TV,
but it was just a regular old TV.
So pop this up
at it back
on and
that TV.
Oh, my gosh.
Moving from an apartment to a house
was the best thing
that ever happened to me.
I love not having,
like upstairs neighbors.
I love having, like, a garage
right next to my house and not
having to go up like flights of
stairs or an elevator to, like,
haul up all my groceries.
And this is the
office I've been working on, trying
to make a nice face for Chris to
work, and so I made
this video with Bolton, I did
the Roman shades.
This is my gallery while we're
working on getting some photos in
here.
Still not sure what we're going to
build frames with, but I also
designed all of the trim
on these walls.
We painted it and
now this is what it looks like.
So that concludes the rest of my
home tour.
For now,
if I could change anything about our
space, it would definitely be the
backyard. It's just not a space
we like to hang out in and it's just
very simple.
Let's change that and let me take
you through me renovating the
backyard
I went through the Home Depot at
and started seeing what kind of
outdoor furniture they had.
And they had so many options for
rugs and firepit and
even outdoor sectionals,
which I'm so happy because the
one that I got is beautiful.
Delivery from the Home Depot app is
actually pretty amazing.
It came literally next
day and I was so
shocked.
So in order to make the stirringly,
what we need are some one way to use
some planters and
some concrete.
The first thing we're going to work
on is taking our one by Ts
and making sure they're ready to be
outdoors.
And we're going to use some outdoor
decking and that is going to ensure
that I would stay safe, rain or
shine.
So once see that the next on,
you can take your planters and it's
time to really make this project
come to life and
you're going to mix your cement
and pour it into your planters,
but make sure the one baskets are
already in there.
So that way they're nice and
centered.
And then once you start pouring
concrete in, you're going to pour it
about a quarter of the way.
And once that's done, you're going
to let it sit overnight.
And then the next day you're going
to add in your soil
and your flowers if
you want them and
add on our street lights.
So in order to add on the street
lights, you're going to drill a tiny
hole at the top of your one by two
and put in a little cup put
in. Once those hooks are in, you can
string up your lights and you're
ready to go.
Now that the backyard renovations
are complete, it's time to show you
guys what it looks like.
Let's go.
Welcome to the new backyard space.
So over here is the sofa
was actually a sectional, but I
split it in two to make the
most use of the space.
And if you look behind me, these
are the DIY string lights, and I
think they make the space look so
magical.
And I absolutely
love what they're doing here.
And this is the
firepit. So we can say nice and
cozy, just like the indoor
fireplace.
We like to keep it cozy here.
And my favorite part in the whole
backyard has to be this
awesome engineered.
The Home Depot has really helped
with my backyard renovations because
I was not only able to get my DIY
supplies from there, I was able
to furnish the whole backyard with
all of their outdoor furniture.
So it really was a one stop shop.
To anyone afraid of starting
DIY, just go for it,
because honestly, it's like riding a
bike, you don't just wake up one day
and know how to ride a bike.
You need to practice.
And eventually it's second nature
to you. And I feel like it's just
like that when it comes to dying.
At first you're afraid, but once you
start getting comfortable with those
power tools, it's second
nature to you.
So if I can build it, so can you.
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