Our house will be on the market next week (I’m exhuasted!) so I can start to show you some of the changes we made and I’ll begin with my small foyer. Below is a before photo of my entryway. I tried to make the best of a small space to give it some personality. Among the many things I sold is my red hall tree (which originally came from Goodwill). We packed away all the vintage dog prints and the dog plates except one. We took everything off the walls (opposite the halltree I had a set of three Katie… [Read More]
My Chalkboard Kitchen Wall & Some Kitchen Organization
I wanted to show you guys my new chalkboard kitchen wall and a few little changes in the kitchen! My kitchen has been in a crazy state lately because I’m clearing my counters off, re-organizing cabinets and purging lots of stuff. So this chalkboard project started because I had lots of stuff sitting on this part of my kitchen counter (next to my cook top) that I moved to other places and then, since this area looked so nice, I just wanted a new look. 🙂 So I painted that wall with some chalkboard paint that I already had and… [Read More]
DIY Outdoor Projects: Back Door Seating Area Makeover
Well I’m finally starting to see the light with some of our DIY outdoor projects! Just in time too. It’s already hot early in the morning so soon working outside at any time is not going to be happening. Let me show you what we did with the area outside our back door. I finished painting the gingerbread screen door we installed and the door behind it. I’m excited that I can cross that off my many painting projects list! This is just an in stock wood screen door from Home Depot. It already has all the gingerbread trim on… [Read More]
Working On My Office – Bookcase Makeover
Hi everyone! I’ve been battling some horrible sinus something for the past week or so but finally feel better and was able to get a little project finished in my guest bedroom into office/craft room makeover. I’m so excited! Sometimes you have to make a big mess so you can organize things. Which is the case here! I took everything off my bookcase so I could 1) move it over and 2) go through things and see what I had and what I wanted to do with it. This is one of two Ikea bookcases that used to be in living… [Read More]
A Little Painted Chair Makeover
Last December I mentioned that I was going to be turning our guest bedroom into an office/craft room for myself. I’m so excited to finally be working on this project! We already took the bed out and moved my craft table in. I have a lot to do in there but the first thing I did was at the request of my husband. He needs a chair to sit in to put on his shoes etc because that room has always multi-tasked as his dressing area. I’m sure you have rooms like that too! His closet is in this room… [Read More]
My Kitchen Makeover – Progress & Lighting Updates
I know most people think it’s crazy to undertake a kitchen makeover over during the holidays, but what can I say, I’m crazy I guess! Actually I have a method to my madness that cuts down on the mess. You can go to this post about My Plans For My Budget Kitchen Makeover if you want to see my ideas for this space. So I’ve painted two walls! I paint one wall at a time. That’s my method for handling painting chaos. Instead of trying to do the whole room at one time, I take everything down from one wall,… [Read More]
My Plans For My Budget Kitchen Makeover
I’ve finally figured out what is bothering me about my kitchen and I have plans of how I think I’m going to fix it without a total overhaul {which I couldn’t afford anyway}. But first let me preface sharing those plans with you by saying that the last time I updated my kitchen was 2006. That was the last time I painted my cabinets and I think it was 2007 when I painted my kitchen walls (Vee 🙂 ). My blog was on Typepad at the time so I lost that year when I moved to Blogger so I don’t… [Read More]
Red Wicker
One of my favorite inexpensive ways to get a new look besides re-purposing, is just to move my smaller furniture pieces or accessories from one room to another. My other favorite inexpensive decorating trick is to use spray paint! Here’s a project that uses both! Sometimes you get tired of the way a room looks or you get bored with a piece and think about getting rid of it. What once worked no longer works for you for many different reasons. Try moving the “whatever” into another room. You’d be amazed at how moving things around brings new life to… [Read More]
