Kate, Author at DigsDigs

Kate Sitchikhina

Kate is a seasoned writer and home decor enthusiast with over 15 years of experience in the home improvement and interior design industry. She brings a wealth of knowledge from her diverse background, which spans home styling, wedding fashion, and lifestyle content. Her unique insights into Scandinavian minimalism, vintage aesthetics, and functional home solutions make her a go-to expert in the field.

Kate has been crafting engaging, research-driven content for DigsDigs since 2011, combining her deep understanding of home decor trends with practical, actionable advice. Not only does she write about stylish interiors—she lives it. From decorating her own cozy apartment using the very tips she shares, to testing DIY projects, Kate ensures that her readers receive tried-and-true solutions.

Her contributions are regularly cited by industry-leading platforms, establishing her as an authoritative voice in home decor and style. Kate’s articles consistently prioritize blending beauty with practicality, ensuring readers can turn inspiration into reality.

Whether you’re redecorating a single room or planning a complete home makeover, Kate’s writing is your perfect companion—filled with creativity, wisdom, and a touch of humor.

Notable Achievements

Over 15 years of experience in the home improvement industry.
Thrive on transforming ideas into engaging content that resonates with readers.
Published in international home and lifestyle magazines, including pieces on Scandinavian design and eco-friendly living.
Ocassional contributor to top wedding and fashion magazines, showcasing her ability to merge aesthetics with storytelling.
Decorates and renovates her own spaces using the same techniques she recommends, ensuring all advice is tested and effective.
Holds a Master’s Degree in Translation and is fluent in six languages, adding cultural depth to her design approach. (learning the 7th one).

Kate's Personal Touch

Beyond her impressive resume, Kate’s passion for home decor shines through her work. Her fascination with design began in childhood when she helped her parents renovate a family cabin into a cozy retreat—a project that sparked her lifelong love of mixing beauty with functionality. She’s also a self-proclaimed "DIY addict," known for her step-by-step tutorials on everything from upcycling furniture to creating personalized decor pieces.

Decorating

10 Tips And 29 Ways To Hide TV Wires

Cables and wires of various kinds are traditional eye sores that are everywhere, and we keep inventing various ways to hide them and to make the space look sleek and decluttered. TV cords and wires are among them, especially if you have a wall-mounted TV, that amount of cables may spoil the whole look of...

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Terrace and garden designs

40 Outdoor Trash Can Covers And Boxes

Besides having beautiful outdoor spaces: backyards, patios and gardens, we all have some functional things there: sheds, AC units, trash cans and many other. A trash can outdoors is a huge eye sore, besides if it’s no protected, it may fall, open, start leeking or get damaged. Let’s hide the trash can and at the...

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Decorating

34 Creative Modern Ways To Hide A TV

Hiding all the eye-sores is a good idea. A TV is considered a must for a living room and can be often seen in other rooms – a bedroom, a kitchen, a dining room and so on. Sometimes it breaks the harmony of the space where it is, and hiding it is the only option....

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Decorating Terrace and garden designs

42 Stylish Outdoor AC Unit Covers

Most of us have AC units, and we don’t always hide them inside because they look quite laconic and sleek but it’s good to hide the ugly unit outside not to spoil the view of the facade. How to do that right? Here are some ideas suitable for gardens, backyards and even balconies, take a...

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Other

40 Rain Barrel Ideas For Your Garden

Rain water is a precious resource: you can use it for watering your garden and make it more sustainable. Barrels are great to collect that rain water to decide what to do with it later, and we’ve prepared a whole bunch of cool rain water barrels that really won’t spoil your outdoor space but will...

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Decorating Terrace and garden designs

41 Raised Decks For Your Outdoor Space

A raised deck is number one choice when it comes to quick and budget-savvy solution for a garden or backyard. Whether it’s built along the house or somewhere free-standing, it has a whole ton of advantages in both cases. Let me share them and some ideas of such deck, and you’ll feel you need one!...

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Decorating Terrace and garden designs

41 Pallet Pergolas, Arbors And Playhouse Ideas

If you need a budget-friendly material to change the look of your backyard or garden, pallets are number one idea. Pallets are great for literally everything: building fences and privacy screens, making furniture and decorations, creating walkways and even greenhouses! Today’s roundup will tell you how to build a pallet pergola or arbor or a...

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Decorating Terrace and garden designs

40 Stylish Slatted Planters And Garden Beds

Slatted and ribbed walls, furniture, decor are extremely popular for indoors and I think, it’s high time to transfer this trend outdoors, too. The easiest way to incorporate slats into your outdoor decor is to clad some planters and make garden bed edges. Here are some ideas of such pieces for any kind of modern...

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Decorating Terrace and garden designs

45 Pallet Gardens You’ll Want To DIY

Pallets are great for all kinds of crafts, both indoor and outdoor ones. Pallets can be turned into thousand of things and even stripped for wood, of which you’ll built something peculiar. Today’s roundup is dedicated to pallet gardens and all kinds of pallet planters you can easily make yourself. Pallet Garden Beds Build garden...

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Decorating Terrace and garden designs

46 Trendy Outdoor Curved Decor Ideas

Curves are very trendy in both outdoor and indoor decor because soft and rounded lines make us feel at ease, and this is exactly what we need in this stressful world. Adding curves indoors is easy: get some curved furniture and accessories and voila. But what about outdoors? Let’s find out how to elevate the...

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