Welcome to My Life Under Renovation! I’m Shanna and I’m so glad you are here! I’m a busy mom to 3 kids and one dog, I’m a wife, and I work full time. I’m also a dreamer, an artsy creator, a lover of decor, a passionate budgeter, and I’m so inspired by the world around me.
When you think about it, our lives are always “under renovation” in some form or another. Maybe you are “renovating” your home decor, your health, your routines, your career, your finances, your family is growing and changing, or maybe you are wanting to get started in one or more of these areas.
You are in the right place! Come along and renovate life with me! On my channel, I look forward to sharing weekly videos about decluttering, simplifying, DIY projects on a budget, decor, thrifting, yard sales, and my journey toward better health, all with some motherhood tossed in there!
Thanks for watching! I love watching other RU-vidrs for inspiration too! I always feel motivated after watching a good decluttering video and before/afters!
Wonderful job - please come over and help me with my craft/office! Love to see someone else with a wooden stick in their windowsill. I have them in every window. I tried to get locks, but none worked out. So sticks it is. Sorry about your AC. My car AC needs a recharge. So I'm not driving much until it cools down.
Thank you so much! Haha, yep, I sure do have a stick in there. I was raised that way and it came with the house so there it has remained! 😉 Oh no; sorry to hear about your car’s AC too. Hope it’s an inexpensive fix when you take it in. 🤞
Thank you so much! I was kicking myself because I realized the day after I did the final video tour that I hadn’t placed it in there yet. We went with a modern looking matte black free standing tp stand. I’m excited to have it…we’ve never had a free standing one, so time will tell if we love it or want to go back to a wall mounted one.
Thank you so much! I sure love that shower curtain too, especially the fun little trim detail at the bottom! I knew I wanted it to be the inspiration for the bathroom back when I bought it. 💗
Loved it!! The black accents with the minty blue color looks so nice and sophisticated. You’re really inspiring me to do my bathroom, it desperately needs a remodel but we rent so there’s not much we can do to make it nicer.. but I could certainly paint! It makes such a big difference.
Thank you so much! It can be challenging trying to find options for updates when you rent but I love all the newer options out there nowadays…tile decals, removable wall paper, etc. We even used washi tape (the really thick kind) on my kids’ bathroom tiles and it’s held up so well! Thank you again for your kind words and for watching today!
This makeover was amazing and so incredibly satisfying!! You were able to do SO much on a tiny budget and I love the tip on selling the fixtures or pieces in a room that your switching out to offset the cost of the new items you’re adding. It’s all so cute and bright and airy. Love it🥰
One thing I’ll mention, is, if you’re saving your children’s stuff or family stuff for them, don’t! Once I realized our only daughter didn’t want ANYTHING I got rid of it.
I don’t save everything, but I do save some things. I treasure the things I hung onto and always wish my parents would have saved some of their favorite childhood things and such. I for sure will gift things along as my children get older if they have no interest in keeping special family items and such…I know it’s a big pressure to “hang onto those items” whether we have a special connection to them or not and I would never want to put that stress on them as adults someday. I have 3 sets of dishes that I feel that way about…huge guilt in getting rid of them but no one is enjoying them being stored on a shelf in our garage.
Thank you so much for watching and for all the kindness! I feel like a weight has been lifted with this decluttering project being done and it’s given me renewed ambition and motivation in the rest of my home! 🙌
Another interesting video, Shanna. It’s great to see how you’re doing on your decluttering. I’m excited to see Part 3. Once you declutter each space in your home, to prevent clutter from building again, have the rule of thumb… one item in, one item out. Doing this means that you keep that space decluttered and prevents you from being overwhelmed, especially after all the hard work your doing xx
Thank you so much for being here following along and for your kind words! I am trying really hard to follow that exact advice and not overwhelm my spaces or myself with more items.
Haha! I’m kind of weird and love to paint! Taping off, not so much! But I love to paint and watch a space transform. The color isn’t bad but is so dark in a basement with just the one window. It’s not bad in this room with the natural light coming in but the other spaces feel pretty dark. I hope to eventually lighten up the walls in the other rooms too.
I sell all of my clothes (if it has a rip or stain,it goes in the free box and everything gets taken,people have said they use them for work clothes or rags.)🙌🏻at my yard sale for two dollars each (Friday and Saturday) The next weekend,everything is half price and what I lost from my original prices,I more than make up for in volume sales,tough times we’re living in! The next day,everything goes to the Humane Society Thrift Shop!👍(They’re open on Sundays!👏
I love the system you have set! I may have to snag these ideas for my upcoming yard sales and share with my neighbors who are joining me. Yard sales are a lot of work but can be so fun too and it’s fun to visit with shoppers!
That’s a really good point! I have many more areas in my home to declutter and I’ll definitely keep that in mind. And how cool that you make candles…that is one thing I haven’t ever tried but it looks like a cool process!
Thank you so much! And I appreciate the kind words about the AC…I’m grateful for a wonderful local company that was quick to come check it out and then install the new one. Our home is nice and cool today; such a blessing during this heat wave!
Haha! My house and garage have a full season of content too, unfortunately! But if I run out of rooms to declutter and start doing guest appearances on my channel, I know who to reach out to!
Shanna Congrats on your first paycheque 🎉🎉. I love that your so down to earth, in how your letting your followers know. It’s actually one thing I love about your channel. Looking forward to your next video x
