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In this video, I'll transform a neglected space into a cozy, functional office using mostly thrifted and upcycled items. Highlights include discovering hidden vintage wallpaper, budget-friendly decorating tips and tricks, cute corgi appearances, all of which result in creating a unique workspace flooded with natural light. Watch as I turn this small, sun-filled room into a charming and inviting office space without breaking the bank. Perfect for anyone looking for affordable and creative home improvement ideas!
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[@CherriesJubilee]

FAIL = First Attempt in Learning. You demonstrate how to play with decor. I remember when you found that antique lamp and was delighted to see how you chose to use it. Of course, Cannelle is adorable as usual.

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

So true! 🥰🥰🥰

[@melinda-elisatatar4253]

Sail= second attempt in learning Tail= third attempt in learning 😂

[@damogranheart5521]

This is great! I have a problem forgiving myself for mistakes. I've made a note of this on my white board and handed this on to others with the same problem! Thank you!

[@Winter_user-qb6jx1rg1n]

@@melinda-elisatatar4253 Pail = plentiful attempts in learning Mail = many attempts in learning Rail = rollicking abandon in learning And the ever important Wail = Why are interiors lackluster!?!??! 😁😂

[@JillDunham-f2x]

The fussing about with bits and bobs is the best bit and you can spin it out forever! Also, handily, if your chair gets uncomfortable, you can raid your 'cosy moment' to soothe your aching posterior!🤣

[@diannemh2250]

Love the end result - plus the “think out loud” process working through it! My dog spotted Canelle ( I would have sworn he was asleep, but he has a sixth sense for knowing when a dog or other animal appears on screen!🤣) & then kept watching until she appeared again!

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

omg, that is adorable! Give him a good pet for me!

[@NearlyBlindKnitterandStitcher]

I could see a gorgeous winter skirt or coat with that fabric or heck, a cloak or caplet or maybe a matching caplet and skirt or pants maybe a pair of secret pants.

[@patriciakelly2714]

I love that flowered cushion. It’s a lovely pop of colours. You don’t have to have things that match. Often an eclectic look adds more interest. I like the idea you have for the top. Adding that lovely pop of colour. I love your ideas. Xx

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

Thank you!

[@katjathefranknfurter2374]

Agreed.

[@denverdubois5835]

Yes, agreed. I think it's a lovely autumnal mix.

[@pattytramonto3103]

You know, Shannon, overall I think it's really helpful to see you work through design issues and different choices. It's something we all work through in our minds, but hearing you voice this aloud was pretty cool. xo

[@armedvsokord]

Such good advice on trying things and not matching. Some design "rules" just mean you have to buy all beige decor. 😅 Edit: I recently watched Hazriel make her office VERY pink. It was definitely not what I would want but it clearly made her happy. I hope as you continue to decorate your home you lean into the aesthetic that makes you happy.

[@eonarts]

Oh! Wax candles that are battery operated! So cool. I’ve learned over the years that candles aren’t safe in an old wooden Victorian apt. 😢 I have a huge heart shaped one I put on my toilet when I’m having a spa day bath…. So it gets lit made 2-3 times a year cause I forget….

[@thizizliz]

I'm old and have a LOT of 'knickknacks" as we used to call them, so I change them out fairly often. It's fun to match that orange vase with the orangish candle and put it in front of the wall hanging it matches, or to make a display of the frogs my granddaughter sewed out of felt with a rock she gave us. So yeah, those things are NEVER permanent, every time I dust, something will change. Your room now looks as though it's evolved over time - not like you're trying to sell cheap furniture. What I mean is that it looks real - as though you have lived in the house that maybe was a family home and those could be Grandpa's books or his mother's vases. It's fun to mix things that weren't made in a factory in this century.

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

Totally agree that it gives it a real, lived in look, not a showroom type effect!

[@denverdubois5835]

I couldn't agree more! I really don't like mass produced items, generally speaking. They feel cold.

[@eonarts]

That green fabric would make lovely curtains in another room!

[@marilynbunzo3648]

That fabric was a good buy. You couldn’t get even a yard for that price. Nice! Love the corgi content. I think Canelle might like the pillow.

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

Cannelle loves the pillow!!!

[@Sewcial-Anxietea]

You have a doggo, of course you need pillows.

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

So true!!

[@cassiebanks]

Cannelle is always too cute for words. I have determined that I have absolutely no decorating acumen whatsoever. 😂 When I look at a blank shelf, the first thing that comes to mind is "if I put anything on this shelf, I'll just have to dust it."

[@CherriesJubilee]

HAHAHA...yup.

[@dawnmoriarty9347]

My question is "how many books can I squeeze on?" Having cats, my pretties go into glass cabinets for safety and less dusting

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

Lol I just don’t worry about dusting 😂😂😂

[@angelabury1349]

Living with two large shed-tastic dogs (and no mud room) make me feel this so very hard!

[@lovealwaysmom]

I absolutely love the dark green fabric. A floodgate of ideas are flowing. My DIY folder is getting thick.

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

most excellent!

[@mim73]

I love how the setting with the antique books turned out

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

💙💜💙

[@liddybird3608]

I understand completely everything you said about the compulsion to give advice, because I'm feeling it right now! But I won't. It's really hard though. Also I do love what you came up with. Love this kind of video, too. The process is fascinating.

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

I definitely appreciate it, since it'd have been a waste of both our times! Its a natural human impulse but one that is --in this case-- neither desired nor useful

[@robinlandtroop2774]

The slightly green glass you found in your attic might be uranium glass. It glows bright green under a black light. The pieces can be valuable so if you don't care for it much yourselves you could sell it to take the funds for your house.

[@tricia2701]

The floral pillow is lovely!

[@willaborge4824]

I have officially had a craft room for 3 years now. I am still moving things around to find the "best" place for them. The struggle IS REAL!

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

hehehe yes!

[@CYNWORLD]

I love your home decor process. I decorate the same way. I moved around, add and take away, walk away, and take pieces from other rooms. I also love that you upcycle. I do the same. I love looking at what I decide.

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

So true! I can stare at this all day!

[@daxxydog5777]

Adorable result! I too have to decorate with old stuff I’ve inherited from relatives after they passed. I called my old living room “the room of the dead” since it was filled with furniture, photos, and dead relatives’ knick knacks. I love the old stuff that reminds me of them!

[@artysciencegal2521]

This was great fun; coming along with you as you pondered 🙂 Yes, you are not alone on the whole fiddling with it until it feels right thing. I rearranged my living room 3 times. The cable guy was laughing but now it works.

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

LOL nice! Well done!

[@denverdubois5835]

That's why I love streaming TV so much--I can now put the TV anywhere! Ha! Even more rearranging possibilities!

[@franr7807]

I am inslined to sugesi that the small hat shoe and bowi may glow under a black light. vaseline glass.

[@lindahutchings5394]

My talking to myself when decorating... It's not written in stone. I really like the colors that you have used.

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

Thank you!

[@lesleyharris525]

Took 3 attempts to watch this as dite the kitten has learned how to play with my tablet and swipes the screen the second i try to watch anything 😂. Styling is so personal and what some think are restrictions are what gives you a challenge,. Oh no she's back! Thanks for another interesting video, stay safe.❤

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

This comment genuinely made me laugh, thank you!

[@suzy7301]

The book you have "what a woman of 45 ought to know" is a great book, especially for it's time. It talks about changes women go through during menopause. You have the first edition that was printed in 1902.

[@maryerlich6819]

The plain glass is a vase for growing a hyacinth! Half fill the vase with water and place the bulb on top, ensuring water doesn't touch the bulb. Place in a dark place, maintaining water levels, until roots and and shoot appear. Take into the light - not bright sunlight - and enjoy watching the flower bloom and the scent that will fill your room!. Google for more explicit instructions,

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

Interesting, someone else mentioned that, and now I know! Fun!

[@Winter_user-qb6jx1rg1n]

@@shannonmakessomethingelse they also work for avocado seeds; change the water every few days and keep in a sunny spot.

[@wtogspedersen860]

Oooh, the fabric is amazing. Id make a tunic from it. Looks like it has a nice drape.

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

IT does!

[@sonjanordahl3158]

I think the plying around with different arrangements is a large part of the fun. Then changing things around every so often to keep thing from being boring.

[@cassieoz1702]

Great to watch and listen through your process. Thanks for including us 🥰

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

My pleasure 😊

[@surestar74]

Thank you for showing how you decide to display things. I struggle with it a lot and most people are like "Ta Da" done in 5 seconds.... I'm like "How did they decide to do that?"

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

Yes, exactly!! That's precisely why I wanted to make this video!

[@kimmiller615]

Love the room! Great job. Just wanted to tell you the ‘hat’ actually sits flat side down and holds toothpicks. Even though it’s a toothpick holder, you can use it however you want though!

[@HomeFromFarAway]

I had wondered about that

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

Yea, that's what a few people have said... so now I wanna know: who made that rule? I'm genuinely curious how we know that. Was it sold and advertised like that? I'm just intrigued!

[@kimmiller615]

@@shannonmakessomethingelse Mine is by Fenton. Milk glass top fading into clear bottom. I do believe they were made for toothpicks from the start. That’s all I have ever used mine for but you have me thinking a succulent would be cute in it, even if the top hat is upside down.

[@melissaroth4467]

Double dose Shannon today! Woot! Thank you!

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

You're so welcome!

[@robintheparttimesewer6798]

It really looks good. I’m not good at any of this. I tend to just keep adding things I like until most would just call it a cluttered mess. There’s no thought of colour just things. But I do appreciate the look you have achieved

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

Hey, to each their own! Just cuz this look/method works for me, doesn't mean it'll work for anyone else, right!?

[@robintheparttimesewer6798]

@@shannonmakessomethingelse I need to write this on my forehead! Yes I’m old and a grandma in my own right but my mother still says things that live rent free in my brain! It’s killing her that I have 3 different cutlery sets! Not too mention the colour patterns and my sometimes dead furniture that still sorta works! Oh and the collections! I should work on kicking that stuff out of my brain!

[@reneemarais431]

My mom moves things around in her house all the time all of my life and every time its interessting and lovely. Do your thing. 🎉🎉🎉

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

Love that!

[@elizharber3564]

We had a milk glass version of the top hat. It held matches on our fireplace mantle. Neat to see yours. 🏡✨

[@mariettedemarest5173]

Ours held toothpicks, lol.

[@beverlygrimmett8749]

Yes, I enjoyed watching your decisions in your decoraing.....I love your ideas....

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@zoetasia6795]

Thanks for sharing the process. Interesting to see how you came to the choices you made and the experimental ideas. FYI - LOVE the way the green material looks with the wood!

[@charlie-jay]

Interior Designer of 30 years here...my home is still being tweaked/adjusted/refined as life goes on and changes. I love your process; thank you for demonstrating something that some designers cannot seem to grasp.

[@emilysmith2784]

Thanks for sharing your process. I figured this was how it went but it’s nice seeing both sides. I am really enjoying this new channel of yours ❤. I remember taking a rug to the tip (what we call a household recycling centre in the U.K.) and we all know the stuff the staff want is put at the end of the gangway and as soon as I pulled out the rug a helpful staff member offered to carry that in for me, which I let him so I could grab other stuff and when I seen him putting it in the gangway I informed him my cat had had horrific diarrhea all over the rug and we couldn’t get it clean. His poor face, I could tell he was sad he had offered his services for nothing but to be fair they are there to help everyone, not just the people with cool stuff they want to stash for themselves 😂

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

hahahah omg, that's pretty hilarious!

[@cherylhuot4436]

When I saw the short cut glass jar, I instantly pictured it as a pincushion! With different kinds of glass head pins or hat pins. I can’t do the kind of fiddly decoration you were working on. I sure wish I could. I’m great with wall color, wallpaper, rugs, drapes and furniture. Big picture stuff. It’s the details that baffle me. I so admire people that can do it. You’re right. Decorating your home is totally personal and someone telling you it’s wrong…is way out of line! Loved the video! As Usual!

[@otherlaine]

"The famous one" isn't by Lautrec, must come from another book as it's The Boating Party by Renoir. What a great find of a book.

[@otherlaine]

Also love seeing the process!

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

Oh interesting, I wonder how it snuck in there!

[@dawnmoriarty9347]

The fabric over the record cabinet looks great. Personally I loathe fixing water damage like that (more time consuming than French polishing in my experience) so covering it up is great especially with such a good colour match I love watching you arranging and rearranging the decor. My husband doesn't understand this AT ALL. The number of times he's considerately unwrapped an ornament and stowed it somewhere random! He thinks he's being helpful and efficient but it's not because I then have to FIND my treasures and contemplate them before finding the right place for at least awhile

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 I get that!

[@Nessi-dances]

Absolutely agree on those fir candles! I have so many, I love them so much! (They sell candle refills for the little votives and a room oil diffuser option) 💜

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

Ooh, the diffuser sounds lovely!

[@pambrewer9082]

Hope you find a filing cabinet in the house or thrift store. There are so handy..paperwork ,of course but also craft patterns,etc. Great place to store and protect things until you can frame them.

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

True!

[@kimvanek2322]

Looks good sweetie!! You have a good eye for design! Take care and stay warm. Hope you get your new car soon!! Love your positive outlook on things that happen!! Give the pup a pat from me!!!❤🎉😊

[@susanbudd4892]

Trying how different arrangements look is part of the fun of decorating.

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

totally!!

[@PattyJungk]

I’m in the process of painting all the rooms in my house. That teal blue is calling to me, maybe for my bedroom. Thanks for sharing your process!

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

You are so welcome!

[@aquaaurora2747]

A few years ago I got an antique(?) rug for my sewing room and maybe 6 months after while at the thrift store I kept coming back to a small wall cabinet with a chicken feed bag front and painted wood. I didn’t know why I kept going and looking at it but just trusted my instincts and brought it home… it’s the exact color pallet of the rug with very desaturated red/pink blue and beige. Still need to make room on the wall for it but it’s just chilling on the floor for now. Eventually going to repaint the walls to just embrace the colors of the rugs/cabinet even though I’m not a fan of pink (as I look at the antique pink couch also in that room that I got from the thrift stores dumpster for free).

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

That's very cool! Good eye!

[@nonamecrafter586]

rearranging my craft room has become my hobby more than actually crafting. This is because I cannot stop hoarding craft materials and continually need to increase my storage.

[@katecapek3116]

We may be cousins. I have a ridiculous amount of fabric...

[@joecoloff4247]

Love what is happening here, the glass top hat is so cool. I think we had something in our house growing up. I think it is a vase.

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

A surprising number of people in the comment had a similar hat growing up, often used for toothpicks or match sticks, it seems!

[@joecoloff4247]

I’m not surprised, the 70s ya gotta love that crazy era. Mom was an artist I seem to remember seeing dried flowers in it. Now I want to find one 😁

[@therewillbecatswithgwenhwyfar]

I love what you did and I love what you said about "helpful" advice.

[@therewillbecatswithgwenhwyfar]

I am a little jealous of your ability to shop the antique store that you have in your house! Lol of course I'm not jealous of the work involved with everything you're doing but that one piece is really cool!

[@therewillbecatswithgwenhwyfar]

Yeah laying down next to the dog was the best idea!

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

Most definitely!!

[@kathibarnard5223]

I am so glad you put the mirror back in the room. Your fur baby seems so happy laying in front of it.

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

Yes, she loves it!

[@TommieJean-l4c]

One of my fav painting on the stereo cabinet, I love the shoe vase.

[@barborasvandova7899]

I wish I had the space to redecorate. I love redecorating and finding the odd pieces I love and making them work in the space I have. Unfortunately, I'm renting one bedroom flat right now and I don't think I can justify to brick one more pillow or piece of decorative glass. I guess your videos will have to be my fix for the foreseeable future until I find the job I'm looking for and move into something bigger.

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

There are *always* creative ways to be creative in a space, even a tiny one, but yea, I'd say maybe to do it in ways that it can be brought with you to other places. Requires some creativity, but isn't that the whole point?!

[@sunnycurtis3236]

I really appreciate that you share all of your renovation and decorating processes. It's interesting because you keep providing opportunities for viewers to stand alongside while you are assessing, weighing alternatives, explaining the logic you use to deal with budgetary or engineering constraints. Thanks.

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

You are so welcome!

[@brendatucker35]

Thanks for all the ideas, you are so creative!❤❤❤❤❤

[@jeanetteswalberg6166]

Shannon! I love, love, love!!!! the finished room! Thank you so much for sharing your creative process with us. I'm sure there's someone trained in home design that could tell us WHY everything you chose works, but honestly, I don't care. Maybe I love this so much because this is the way I go about "dressing" a room as well: assembling what I already have and thrifting what I need. You could call it more of an intuitive decorating process. Using various wood tones implies a collection made over time, which is perfect for a century old home and blending old and newer pieces is emotionally grounding to me. When you laid down the carpet in that room and added the record cabinet, I actually FELT the room come into focus! Thank you for sharing your quandaries and final decisions. I know folks will be encouraged to try new things with your videos. Keep up the great work!

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!

[@suerussell497]

I feel like you were filming me when decorating. It is a matter of what feels right. The room looks so nice. Enjoy!

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

Yes! Thank you!

[@celinedesmarais426]

No advice is given here. It was very interesting to look at the suggestions you made to find the decor you wish and fell good in. I do exactly the same, a decor must be thought out, so well done ! Kisses to Cannelle !

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

Oh thank you! Kisses delivered!

[@Asvoria]

I agree that decorating is something that changes from person to person as well as time of the year. Granted I get to lazy to change my decor to fit the season myself except for Christmas but I do enjoy seeing what other people come up with. I think that you have done a good job. And I would love to find the same fabric that you found to make an 1890s day dress.

[@jennifercadarette4898]

Do you know what was so wonderful about this video for me? As someone who wants to create her own esthetic spaces in my 1st house, I have struggled with the feeling that "some people are just really talented decorators" and they can instantly create beautiful spaces. Seeing you do what I need to do: fuss with everything and move it all a bunch of times to find the right "feel" made me feel so relieved with what I saw as my struggles to decorate well. This was so uplifting! ❤

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

omg, most excellent, that was EXACTLY the phenomenon I wanted to tackle/combat/break down in this video! I have PLENTY of examples of things I've tried that I ultimately didn't love, but they were fun to try, and I learned from it - both in terms of talent/what things generally look good together, but also what I PERSONALLY tend to prefer in terms of asesthetics. It is NEVER a one-and-done thing, it's always a process, but that entire process virtually never makes it onto social media for a whole host of reasons.... SO GO FORTH AND DECORATE! Don't be afraid to make mistakes - you will learn from them, and as long as you haven't dropped a ton of money on it, you can always tweak, learn, improve, discover your own aesthetic... it's just a process, and one that should hopefully be fun and ongoing!

[@carlahead2851]

He he he 😂 I must have skipped that book & I’m 55. Woodstock summer of 69. Funny book find though Shannon.

[@shannonyeatman53]

Fraiser Fir by Thyme?!! Gorgeous scent. My ultimate favorite is eucalyptus by Thyme. The eucalyptus body products by Thyme,… make my soul happy. Worth every cent, so that was an awesome find. 👏

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

Oooh, that sounds intriguing!

[@annienewman8312]

with the darker greens and browns it gives dirt and grass (in a good way) with the flower wall paper. garden room

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

The Secret Garden was one of my favourite books as a child too!

[@susiecollette9950]

the small lamp looks like the one my grandmother had for a tv light she called it i love lamps like that

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

Its an antique lamp came from Germany in the 30s!

[@lifeofjoy9404]

Oooh! Ahhh! Lots of hard work and brow wrinkling with lovely results, Shannon.👍🙌💪🤩 And sweet little Cannelle looks marvelous in "her" mirror!❤

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

Oh thank you!

[@l.annahlstromdickson7497]

Lots of inspiration to take from. I too have lots of "knicknacks" inherited from family and thrift store browsing is a favorite pass time. Nothing in decor corners stay the same, so it's fun to see how someone else does it.

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

Yup, exactly!! The knickknack shuffle.

[@camille_la_chenille]

Like seeing your thought process and trinkets hunting

[@lorettavalmorbida7793]

Doing good decorating, you go girl.Cannelle is such a cute dog, just love.

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

Thank you! 🤗

[@carolbulmer8253]

Shannon, I watched the main channel video first… I love both of them! I particularly liked your deliberation of where to put the finishing touches.

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

Yay! Thank you!

[@suek7086]

I like what you said. We’re gonna live with it for now. I took a room to create a sewing room and use leftover paint, a set of curtains I got for$1, used furniture I painted, and some plastic folding tables. Do I like them? Nope, but they will work f or now.I also brought up a milk glass cake stand and several other things, including an antique book given to my grandfather in the year 1878. It had to be mended due to a 10 month old rescue dog who ate the cover off. Evil beast. Over all I like the room and am pleased I bought very little.

[@jellybean073]

Love the final product! How much fun to hunt through your place to find decor items 🙂🙂 I know you don't want to hang anything from the plaster yet, but a little tip for the future; pins and needles. If you put them in at a 40-30 degree angle you can use them to hang pictures. My mom had a 2.5' x 3.5' antique mirror with a heavy ornate frame hanging from a needle for 20 years. Its great because the hole is so small it never needs patching

[@Teerae11]

Love love the Lamp !! And You did amazing job with everything !! Like you said,,, you can always add or take away pieces, which I am sure you will when you find more stuff in the attic or other rooms !! Nice room

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

Thank you! 🤗

[@CarJul666]

It's very interesting to follow your thought process. This is how I've decorated my home since early childhood. Trial and errors and moving around things. My esthetic is eclectic with dark academia and the secret lair of a mad scientist. My childhood fascination with old laboratory equipment is still going strong.

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

Sounds like that makes for a lovely and interesting house!

[@mariayanakas8559]

To hide the grommets on the curtain use a flower or greenery swag from one side to the other. You can even use a brass curtain rod end and put it on standing out from the grommet openings and then put the swag. Love that room for an office. Also love this adventure!

[@sarahclarke7372]

You're so right about remembering that things can be rearranged anytime, I forget that sometimes and get hung up on getting things right first go, when really it's better if I try arrangements out and see what they are like to live and interact with. Also you've just reminded me that I have bulb vases collecting dust, I'm going to see if I can get the prepped bulbs this weekend so I can have flowers in January I think I've probably missed Christmas flowering -nevermind flowers is flowers. Thank you for showing what making decor decisions is really like, it's handy to be reminded sometimes.

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

You're very welcome 🥰🌸

[@dotjohnson4247]

I love that Fabric!

[@cgoodson2010]

Frasier fir -- soooooo nice!!

[@beckywebb1916]

Is there nice molding at the ceiling for hanging art with a bit of wire hanging down from the molding? That’s how they hung Art in really old houses. Loved watching your thought processes and your bloopers with Canelle!

[@quaintlyso]

thank you for sharing this; it was very inspiring! i’m working on my perfectionism, and my frustrating tendency to freeze up when I don’t have a fully-formed plan. seeing you play with options using your thrifted finds is freeing!

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

You can freeze in the search for perfection, but in the same amount of time you're frozen in contemplation, you could have tried 15 different arrangements! (not meaning to target YOU you, but the more general "you" as in, anyone struggling with perfection). YOU got this!

[@shelleymonson8750]

Love the boot vase. I think your arrangements look great!

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

Thank you! 😊

[@melindalovell3199]

I always enjoy your videos. Thanks for sharing your “fun” struggles and for being so real. We need more people like you.

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

You're so welcome!

[@sharonvik2068]

This was a wonderful video about creative process. Thanks! And the bloopers were such fun!

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@carlahead2851]

U inspired me to get up & hang curtains in my bedroom. Thank you! All the colors compliment each other and yours does too.😊

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

oh, fantastic! I love that!

[@TommieJean-l4c]

Wow beautiful fabric

[@ladyflimflam]

I sometimes wonder how upset our cats and dogs are at us that we don’t have the simple curtesy to lick them back.

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

Hahaha… who’s to say that I DON’T lick her back?!

[@diannemh2250]

@@ladyflimflam hehehe! When my dog was watching that part I just looked at him & said “ don’t get any ideas mate!“ 🤣

[@dianakranning9843]

I really love how your cabinet turned out, that lamp is so cool, and I really like that boot. How fun! I am always wanting to change things around in my spare bedrooms trying to make them just right but thinking I will never get there. Tend to always end up using pictures of my kids/grandkids because they make me happy. Love that bright pillow, so pretty and I like them on the floor, that was a great decorating idea along with the mirror. Love the carpet you ended up using and I do believe Channelle really likes it too. Thanks for sharing your process, always enjoy watching your videos. Have a good one!

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

If it makes you happy, then you should absolutely use it!!

[@rdavism1]

This is fun! Love this type of content on this second channel.

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

fantastic!! 🥳

[@edendeckard1783]

I love the pallet of colors and how you frame it with the camera, you really are becoming an asthetic monster moviest xD

[@catherinejustcatherine1778]

What a lovely overview of DIY decor. What a delightfully cheerful compilation to help inspire me as I power through the last tedious bits of sewing seasonal clothes. Thanks again for the second channel content🧡🎃👍🌟

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

You're so welcome! You got this!

[@catherinejustcatherine1778]

@@shannonmakessomethingelse thank you! I lost the round of "thread chicken" yesterday. Hopefully today I will win!🤞

[@katjathefranknfurter2374]

I enjoyed to watch your process and how you went around your house to find the right thing to place there. These are not the most functional things in this room. But they amde your own. And I really, really love the colour choices you've made. I could move into that room any time. 😊

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

Maybe not the most functional on the record cabinet, for sure, but since I mainly need it to edit, and I have that killer desk set-up which works really well, so all-in-all, it is very functional for what I need it to do 🥰 (and for Cannelle, lol )

[@sophieb.1287]

This is such a beautiful and cozy room! I would like to sit an this desk and do my work or just staring out of these beautiful windows... 🤩 And thanks for explaining the struggles of decorating and making decisions. I have some ideas in my mind for my flat but I'm not able to start because of a lot "What if...?" And yes, a lot of "In these make over videos it always looks so easy and perfect and I have no clue. So it's better to leave this idea because I am too afraid that it will turn out ugly...". Thanks for this support! ❤

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

You're very welcome... go forth and futz!

[@WaterNai]

Victorian day dress/suit with that beautiful teal fabric!

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

I'd never wear it, unfortunately!

[@WaterNai]

@@shannonmakessomethingelse Posted that before seeing your comment about avoiding suggestions. 😄😁😄 *whistles casually and walks away

[@ShannonMakes]

​@@WaterNai LOLOL I was more referring to the room and the decor, but I enjoyed this comment 🤣🤣

[@WaterNai]

@@ShannonMakes 😅 Phew!

[@michellem.4358]

I appreciate the perspective on wood colors.

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

You're very welcome! I don't love too matchy matchy... doesn't feel lived in!

[@subritton2079]

I like these playing with things video. You looked like you were having fun.

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

Oh yea, 100%

[@beccamarie7008]

This video gave me a lightbulb moment about a way I could incorporate my late mom’s memory into a very niche section of decor in my house. Two walls of my bedroom are jokingly named the “rich white people” walls. It started when my Nana gave me a beautifully framed print of Le Déjeuner des canotiers, and with my mom’s help I’ve thrifted or been given a bunch of other pieces of art of rich white people. When I saw that same painting in your book that you were looking through, it reminded me of a book of art my mom gave me shortly before she died. It was a book of art and poems all about a mother’s love for her daughter. What better way to add on to my favorite wall of art than with a piece or two from the book that was quite literally filled with love ❤

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

Oooh, fantastic! Sounds lovely!

[@LoriTianSailiata]

I believe that’s a bulb forcing vase you are contemplating. Water in the bottom bit and the bulb sits in the upper bit. ❤

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

Which one, the low greenish one, or the taller clear glass one?

[@LoriTianSailiata]

@@shannonmakessomethingelse taller, clear glass with the “cinched waist”

[@sjw.8314]

I remember being shown those as a child. Our teacher did it to show us how bulbs grow 😊

[@ChristinaMcIvorTina]

regarding hanging stuff on crumbling plaster walls, my giant gallery wall is hung with long skinny drywall screws to get into a stud or lighter weight items into the lathe or tiny nails for feather weight. Literally sometimes I hear the plaster keys falling into the wall cavity but after 25 years here, wall is still up!! 😅

[@dawnmoriarty9347]

I love the varying shapes of bulb forcing jars. I had quite the collection as a teenager

[@sylviajones4907]

Really enjoyed looking at the art book. Nice room. You did good!

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

Thank you!

[@donnabowen1636]

Cant wait for the attic.

[@TheHandDyedStitcher]

I love seeing all of the different iterations on your record cabinet. I have a guestroom that needs desperate styling.

[@shannonmakessomethingelse]

Go for it, you got this!

[@jaimier78]

Love your vids, and decorating with what you find and on a budget. You could flatten the tapestry pillowcase and use it in a frame as wall art. Also maybe take some cream cleanser or a magic eraser to the paint on the door. I’m noticing some dirty areas on it & I think brightening it up real quick would make a difference. You are doing a wonderful job! And yes I also love the artsy doggy mirror shots ❤