My fall mantel is usually my favorite mantel of the entire year and this one is NO exception! I LOVE how it turned out and I had some much fun adding some DIY wood building projects to it this year to give it lots of character. I built the rustic wood pumpkins too (tutorial here) […]
DIY Rustic Wood Pumpkin Stand
This post is sponsored by The Home Depot. I am SO excited to share not only a FALL project with you but a wood building project as well with you today. Can we just talk about how ADORABLE these wood pumpkins are? And YOU can make them for you home too! I built two of […]
How to re-paint your yucky white cabinets
Oh I am so excited to finally share this post and more than that excited that my kitchen looks like THIS now! Just so you can get full appreciation for how far it has come… this is how my kitchen looked like before in June. And here’s how it looked after we installed our new […]
Decorating ideas for old windows
I LOVE old windows and use them all throughout my home. In fact I picked up this 9 pane big old woo window at the Habitat for Humanity Restore last week (it was $10) and it got me thinking where I was going to put it and what I was going to do with it. […]
How to install a DIY beadboard backsplash (Kitchen Makeover)
The kitchen makeover is coming right along and I just love it more and more with each change! If you want to go back to the beginning you can see the before pictures here, considering all the much updated options available in laminate countertops, and installing our own new laminate countertops. And now we have […]
Painted Dresser and Mirror makeover (Master Bedroom furniture)
I am so excited to be working with Behr paint again on their Behr DIY Experts team! Thanks to Behr Paint for providing the paint for this project, but I provided the sweat and elbow grease and design choices! 🙂 You can check out all the bloggers that will sharing lots of paint projects […]
Installing laminate counters (Kitchen makeover)
(No Frugal Finds post this week as I haven’t been yard sale shopping in almost 3 weeks and I won’t be going this weekend either. So be sure to find something fun and share it with me on my facebook page!) Hey everyone! I am currently at Haven Conference this weekend in Atlanta – a […]
DIY Painted Concrete Planters (How to make your own concrete planters)
Disclosure: I am a member of the core blogger program with DecoArt. I receive compensation and product for my partnership with this brand. All ideas and opinions are 100% my own. I was challenged this month by DecoArt to paint something concrete and I was so excited because this was finally the excuse I needed […]
Did I just say “Kitchen Makeover”–yes it is FINALLY happening!
So a couple weeks ago I got an estimate from a company that would refinish our laminate countertops. Which then led me to taking some initial measurements and standing at this display in Home Depot. And about 2 weeks later my kitchen looked like this… Funny how that happens!? So apparently my kitchen […]
Small Pew Bench Makeover with Chalky Finish Paint
Disclosure: This post sponsored by Americana Décor, but the dream of an old pew bench, the yard sale finds, and opinions expressed are all mine! Once upon a time there was this girl who lived in a very traditional house who dreamed of living in a very non-traditional, fixer-upper, craftsmen, farmhouse-style house graced with dark […]