I missed our little get together last week, girls, but I was busy hanging out with Paul Baloche.  I really enjoyed looking through the links, though, and there were a lot of beautiful pieces as always.  There was one that knocked my socks off and she’s been featured here before… Ann Marie from Twice Lovely and her hand painted bench made out of end tables and a head board.  Can you believe how gorgeous this bench turned out?  I love the simple branch detail on the back, the color, and the way all of these off cast pieces of furniture work together.  I was truly wowed.  Wonderful job, Ann Marie. So, here’s my question.  There are blog parties ALL OVER THE PLACE now.  Is this one worth having?  It’s a lot of work to host and I want to make sure that it’s being enjoyed by those attending.  I’m making one small change

In case some of you have not realized it, yet…I am crazy.  I will hack through a row of bushes and vines with a pair of cheap pruning shears and my bare hands.  I will dig through bug infested boxes in order to find some cool things to decorate my house with.  I will go into the seediest looking thrift shop in the hopes of scoring my next favorite piece.  Something small like a power outage will not stop me from painting a room.  Most normal people might read by candlelight or play a card game.  Me?  The kids are in bed, the internet is down, and my hubby’s reading a book…this is prime DIY time.  So, with bunches of candles and a roller loaded with paint, I covered the peacock blue in my living room, which I’ve been threatening to do for a while, with Aria Ivory (a retired SW

All of the links were so great, yada – yada and all that.  I know I say it every week, but I seriously could’ve picked at least ten favorites this week.  There were so many lovely pieces, amazing makeovers, stunning rooms…it was really hard to narrow it down.  I want to let you all know that I enjoy visiting all of your links and seeing all of the projects.  When I leave a comment, it is truly sincere.  Not every piece is my taste or how I would finish it, but that’s what makes this party fun.  You can find everything from mid-century modern to French country to curbside chic.  I have always found something positive to say and I really mean it.  Keep it up and know that I’m not just leaving a copy and paste generic comment.  So, here are the pieces that stuck with me this week… This

I’m ba-ack!  I actually got back on Monday, but it’s taken me a while to get back into the swing of things.  Those who participate weekly may notice I just visited your links and left comments today.  I have really been running behind on things and am struggling to catch up.  As always, there were some very impressive projects and furniture pieces shared a couple of weeks ago.  Here are three of my favorites. Cassity from Remodelaholic and her $15 headboard made out of kitchen cabinet doors.  I’m just going to speak the truth, here.  There are a lot of DIY projects out on blog land, HGTV, in magazines, etc…that clearly look like a DIY project.  Do you know what I mean?  Someone would look at it and say, “oh, you made that yourself out of some old cabinet doors.”  I saw this headboard and it looks like she ordered

I’m sorry I was late tonight!  I was working on my next SYTYCD post and lost track of the time.  I usually post at 10 pm EST. Just so your girls know, I absolutely love visiting every link each week, so keep the great pieces coming!  There were a lot of posts that I really liked… a French chair, another French chair, painting cherry wood (gasp) and a piano (double gasp), a great reupholstery tutorial,  and a bed turned bench.  Even with all of these awesome posts, one just stuck with me and I chose it as my favorite this week.  Ok..an incubator becomes a coffee table.  Need I say more?   Jennifer from Studio JRU had been eyeing this incubator in her dad’s barn for a while.  She finally pulled it out, cleaned it (thoroughly), and applied a protective coat to bring out the natural beauty of the old wood.  Her hubby was not only