In June of 2011, I painted my kitchen cabinets. I had been itching to since I first walked through the house that became our home. Several things stopped me. Number one was my husband. He just...
Grain Sack Chair
I'm still plowing through my list of freelance articles (all 30 of them), so today I worked on a tutorial showing how to reupholster a small armchair. See that yellow French chair under the window?...
how things change
When I have trouble with decorating a room, I don't ignore it. I don't shut the door and focus on rooms I do like. Instead, I decorate and redecorate and redecorate to the point of...
Fabric Wall Treatment
Today was a jam-packed DIY filled day and I have pretty pictures to show for it... I got my fabric yesterday and I couldn't wait to play with it...well, work with it. It is my job...
chandeliers, boxwood, fluff & stuff
This post is a little blog buffet of a bit of this and that of my day. Enjoy the randomness... As I've mentioned the past few days, I have a lot of big projects coming up for freelance...
family room reveal
I was going to show how we installed the engineered floating hardwood floors today, but I did a little photo shoot with my family room and I decided I would share the pictures and some of my...
family room organization
Now that our new floors are installed in the family room, I am very motivated to clean up the joint. Things were so busy for me in 2012 that I really slacked on my usual "stuff control" duties. I...
A New Look & The Empty Nest
Notice something new? I've been working with Reni on a new look for my blog over the past few months and it finally went live last night. I still have a lot of work to do on the pages, but it's...
milk paint over oil
A common question I've been getting lately is, "Can you paint milk paint over other painted finishes?" Yes, you can! This little dresser has been hanging around in my basement for a while...
Painted Empire
I got a call a few days ago from Lucketts It's a great call, but an "oh crap" kind of call, too. Both of my large furniture pieces had sold, so I needed to get some furniture into my space ASAP....