It doesn't always take expensive and dramatic changes to refresh a room. Follow me after the jump to see how Andi used small details to pack a new punch in her attic guest room.

Making the leap from IKEA flat-pack to grown-up, solid wood furniture seems daunting when you're on the earlier side of the transition. But if you've ever put together a MALM dresser with a cordless screwdriver, you can probably handle one of these wood projects for your living room. 

Lately, anchors are coming ashore all over décor. For a nautical twist on your summer style, here are 5 seaworthy anchor finds under $50. 

I recently moved back home for the summer, and my childhood room needed an upgrade in the wall art department. I found some pretty (and free!) botanical prints from Poppytalk that I plan to use, but I also found two other sources for downloadable prints that I shared in the links below. I am going to print them out and use washi tape to temporary hang them, but you can frame them and create a beautiful gallery wall as well. 

Happy weekend! If you're the sort who relaxes by doing projects around the house, one of these low-cost kitchen upgrades might be just the thing for you. Ranged in order from least to most ambitious, here are 5 kitchen pick-me-ups that you can have done before Monday. 

I’ve been on the market for a new bed lately, and while I’ve decided on a simple wood bedframe, part of me still longs for a cushy upholstered headboard for reading in bed. 

No one would call a mass-produced torchiere floor lamp a masterpiece, but one Redditor was inspired to get artsy. Using paint pens and a basic lamp that cost less than $10, s/he recreated Vincent Van Gough's Starry Night on the plastic shade. Way to think outside the big box!

This reclaimed picnic table comes courtesy of the Instructables Green Design contest. Katie Jackson and Lilah Crews-Pless submitted a tutorial for a table and bench set made entirely of scrap wood (minus the table legs, which were purchased new). Besides the simple and sustainable design, the best feature of this table is what's inside it...

I was recently repotting some plants with my mom, and she passed along a useful tip: save your old broken or chipped terracotta pots. You can break them into smaller pieces and use them for drainage at the bottom of a new pot. You'll be diverting broken pots from a landfill, and terracotta is relatively light, so it will not add much weight.

Dining chairs are an inexpensive staple from thrift stores and yard sales. If you find a pair with seats in disrepair, here's a great way to reuse them as a chic garden bench.