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Megan’s office makeover | Craig’s List Wardrobe Reveal

After lots and lots of painting, the Craig’s List wardrobe we found for Megan’s office makeover is finished! And, here she is. The beast herself… Megan came to the studio yesterday to help us with the final coat of green on the outside (a custom mix of MMS Milk Paint in Boxwood, Lucketts Green and Mustard Seed Yellow) and the interior in Linen. Kriste and Megan also worked on cutting and hemming the curtains. We’re just going to hang them on clips, so they just needed a double hem on three sides. We’re going to hem the bottom in the room, once the curtains are hanging, so they hit the floor at the perfect height. This morning, my dad came over and installed some shelves in it, so it can be functional for storage. He screwed 1 x 2 supports along the back and some scrap pieces of wood on

September 2, 2015 35 Comments

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Megan’s office makeover | part 6 | the craig’s list wardrobe

When I met with Megan initially about her space, she was really leaning towards built-ins for storage. Something similar to the ones in our home office, with a desk, lower cabinets and upper cabinets. As I thought through the space and how she uses it, I felt like a large cabinet would be more functional for her. We talked about it and agreed. It was not only more economical, but it would ultimately address her storage needs better. I immediately started scouring Craig’s List and checked out a few local antique stores. I found a perfect wardrobe with a bead board back and everything, just like the one I sketched out in the plan. My dad sent the owners an e-mail to see if it was still available. A couple of weeks passed and we hadn’t heard anything, so I moved on. Bummer! I kept looking and didn’t find anything close.

August 28, 2015 19 Comments

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Megan’s office makeover | desk chair slipcover

Remember the “Franken-chair” I made out of two broken desk chairs for Megan’s office makeover? Well, it has a new dress. Here’s what it looked like before… The base is from the chair on the left and the seat is from the chair on right. And the slipcover is made out of Megan’s old cream cotton curtains! We’re replacing them with a pretty green buffalo check that works with the farmhouse style Megan is moving towards, but relates to the traditional style (and other greens) in the rest of the house. I am planning to make a small pillow for the chair, but threw one in there for the pictures. Ha, a little not-so-subtle branding. Actually, a very sweet reader made that pillow for me and it was the only one in the studio that was the right size. The ties in the back are decorative, a little

August 28, 2015 34 Comments

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10 minute ideas | cherry chocolate ice cream

It’s time for another 10 minute idea! My previous 10 minute ideas were teacup topiaries and making an “antique” bread board. This month, the challenge was to share a 10 minute no-bake dessert. I immediately knew what I was going to share, because it’s my very favorite summer treat… …homemade cherry chocolate ice cream. I love cherries and look forward to them with great anticipation each May. And I mourn their departure in September. So, I squeeze cherries in every meal, snack and treat I can when they are in season. For this dessert, I cut the cherries off of the pit and then chop them into bite-sized pieces. (My fingernail beds are pretty much permanently stained from cutting cherries during the summer, but some things are worth it!) I use Breyer’s Natural Vanilla ice cream as the “base.” It’s the only vanilla I’ve been able to find in my grocery

August 26, 2015 17 Comments

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decorating dilemma | a wood stove

Once I wrote about working on Megan’s office, I started getting e-mails from readers who weren’t local, but really wanted some help with their spaces. Sadly, I’ve had to tell them that’s not really my forte. I once tried to do a virtual consultation and ended up throwing in the towel before I really got going. I feel like I need to stand in the space, see the homeowner’s style and what they have to work with in order to really be able to help them. Of course, I can look at a picture and throw out some ideas, but what if it’s not functional for their family or it doesn’t work at all with their style? Is that really valuable to them, then? And, if it’s not valuable to them, is it even worth doing? But then, I was looking through the latest issue of Country Living magazine as I was hanging

August 25, 2015 61 Comments

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painting tips that could save you $1000

Catchy title for a post, isn’t it? You’ll see why once you get to the bottom… I have done a lot of painting over the years…every wall, ceiling, piece of trim and cabinetry in my current house AND previous house. Some rooms have been painted multiple times. And I’ve helped a lot of friends and family paint their rooms. Not to mention all of the furniture… I know how to give a brush a workout. I’ve shared all kinds of painting tips on this blog, but I figured I’d share a few more. Megan and I were painting her office last week and, although she’s a proficient painter, she asked me to do the cutting in where the chalkboard wall met the Gray Owl (Benjamin Moore) wall. It’s definitely more pressure when there is a high contrast between two paint colors meeting at a corner, like in Megan’s office and

August 25, 2015 24 Comments

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Megan’s office makeover | part 4 | wall colors & design elements

I spent a good part of the day at Megan’s house, helping her paint her office. If you’re just hopping in on this series, we’re in the middle of giving her small office a farmhouse-style makeover on a budget of $1000. Here are the previous three posts, so you can get caught up! part 1 | the before part 2 | the “franken-chair” part 3| the plan In a nutshell, here’s the plan for the space… …but you can get the full details HERE. Today, Megan and I were able to put two coats of paint on the walls in a few hours as our four boys (two mine, two hers) played together and her husband acted as referee. We were both giddy as the paint was drying and the look of the room was taking shape. And we took a few minutes to talk about the wall colors as well

August 22, 2015 19 Comments

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vintage-style deck makeover

I’ve always been what you call an “indoor girl” when it comes to home decor. When we put our house on the market (and ended up not selling it) last spring, our realtor put an “I’m Beautiful Inside” sign above the “For Sale” sign. That’s realtor code for “It looks better once you walk through the front door.” It’s not that I didn’t care about the outside, but with two little boys, a business to run and a limited budget, we focused our attention on the inside and didn’t have much time, money or motivation to work on the outside. Now that the boys are getting older and we’re almost finished with the inside of the house, we’ve been working on the outside in bits and pieces. We replaced the front door (you could actually see outside through some cracks in the old door), installed a new driveway (the old one was

August 20, 2015 23 Comments

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Megan’s office makeover | Craig’s List Wardrobe Reveal

Megan’s office makeover | part 6 | the craig’s list wardrobe

Megan’s office makeover | desk chair slipcover

10 minute ideas | cherry chocolate ice cream

decorating dilemma | a wood stove

painting tips that could save you $1000

Megan’s office makeover | part 4 | wall colors & design elements

vintage-style deck makeover

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