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The quote above from Peanuts creator Charles Schulz made me laugh out loud! Today's #MakeoverMonday is about our spaces. The spaces we eat and sleep in, the spaces we binge watch and read in, the spaces we clean up in, you know - our spaces.

Generally when the word "makeover" is mentioned people see dollar signs but that doesn't have to be the case. Here are some no-money makeover ideas from - of all *people* - Martha Stewart's Real Simple!


If you can spare a few dollars here are some budget friendly makeover ideas. It's amazing what a colorful can of paint can do for a space. 


And if you are a resourceful and creative person you can look at before/after pictures of makeovers and figure out how to make it happen in your space according to your specific budget. Here are just a few in the millions of examples out there. 

How's your spaces looking these days? Mine could use a facelift - a touch up - something! So today, for #MakeoverMonday , I'm going to eye my spaces a little more closely and make some decisions about possible face lifts.  

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