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Furniture Makeovers

furniture feature friday | favorites & link party

Before we get to the furniture party tonight, I have something super exciting to share. My blog BFF, Shaunna from Perfectly Imperfect, is going to be on HGTV! Dude! Since we’re blog BFFs and friends in real life, I’ve known about this for a long time and I know it’s been killing her that she had to keep it a secret, but now the cat’s out of the bag and the pilot is going to air this Sunday, May 3, 2015, at 2:00 pm EST. You can watch a preview of the show and get more details on her blog post HERE. The show is called Sweet House Alabama (#SweetHomeAL) and, in the pilot, Matt and Shaunna are helping a family make an old southern home functional for a modern family. I can’t wait to see how the makeover turns out and I know I’ll be cracking up along the way. I

May 1, 2015 9 Comments

furniture feature friday | favorites & link party

April 30, 2015 8 Comments

Before and Afters

Lucketts Green Highboy

I told Kriste today that we’re in “final push mode.” This is the time when preparing for Lucketts that it gets hard for me. I’m getting tired. I feel like I’ve done enough, but there’s still more on my to-do list to see my plan through. So, I just need to work through the list and scratch things off one at a time until it’s done. The push today was to get the painted furniture finished and were we able to get all but one piece finished, which was quite an accomplishment and a boost. I have five pieces I still need to style and photograph, but tonight I’m sharing a highboy dresser I finished late last week. This is another piece of furniture that was delivered right to my doorstep. Here’s how it started… It was a pretty piece with sturdy bones and a finish that was just a little

April 30, 2015 29 Comments

All Things Home

bHome, a desk & the most awesome typewriter ever

Before I get to the desk and the typewriter, I wanted to share a home & garden community app that my blog is a part of. It’s called bHome and is a great way to connect with some amazing bloggers. It not only grabs our blog feeds, but it also shares our most recent social media posts, so you can get the full picture of everything we share. It’s really pretty cool how it gathers posts and pictures from across different platforms. The bHome app is free and you can get it for your smart phone or tablet HERE. Today, Kriste and I started working around the studio, pricing pieces and adding them to the unorganized pile of things to take to Lucketts. We both have a hard time creating when things get too messy and out of control and things were definitely getting out of control. We had an

April 29, 2015 17 Comments

All Things Home

cottage dresser & checked chairs

Before I get into today’s post, I wanted to announce the winner of the Sailrite sewing machine giveaway. A big congrats to Missy Bun! (I sent you an e-mail with the details on claiming your prize. Enjoy!) Now, onto the furniture makeovers! I will start off by saying that I am totally in love with this little cottage-style dresser and those chairs. Trust me, I tried to mentally find a spot for these in my house! Hard. I couldn’t, so they are getting sold. Here is how this dresser started… It really was lovely just as it was and I even considered not painting it, but I decided to in the end. It had a glossy poly that was applied at some point, after the piece was stripped of its old layers of paint. It wasn’t the original finish, so I didn’t feel too bad about painting it. I did

April 27, 2015 20 Comments

All Things Home

making a new table look old…

Before we get into the process of making a new table look old… I hope everyone had a lovely weekend! We spent a much needed Saturday at home. Between sickness and traveling over the past few weeks, we were all behind on our chores, laundry, cleaning, mowing, etc., so we took a day to take care of those things. Picking up toys turned into organizing the basement and picking out toys to give to younger boys. That turned into hours of great playtime with toys that had been buried and forgotten. So, it was a balance of work and fun and a great lesson on the joys of being able to actually find your stuff! Sunday was a bit more restful and involved church, some light yard work (the day was gorgeous), errands and dinner out with my parents. It was a nice break from the frenzy-that-is-my-life in the weeks

April 27, 2015 32 Comments

Before and Afters

the chicken incubator table

Jeff just looked over my shoulder and said, “I bet no one has ever had a post titled the chicken incubator table before.” Well, Kriste and I filmed a Design Ramblings yesterday and I started editing it this evening only to find that we had two short clips of the video we filmed and that was it. The gaps in the content were so much, that you totally missed what we suggested for the space we were rambling about. So, we don’t have a Design Ramblings episode for today. We’ll get some filmed next week, though, and will be back! Since I don’t have a video to share, I thought I would show the chicken incubator I turned into a table. I was at an antique store a few weeks ago, looking for furniture to revive and I happened upon an antique chicken incubator. It took me a few minutes

April 25, 2015 21 Comments

furniture feature friday | favorites & link party

Good evening, everyone! My mom, Kriste, and I worked super hard today to try to get the rest of my pieces painted for Lucketts. We got a ton done and, at three weeks out, I’m further along than I’ve ever been. I still have a lot of upholstery, slipcovers, sewing, etc. to do and I would like to find more smalls/accessories, but I feel like we’re nearing the finish line. Tomorrow, the three of us are going to do a bit of shopping to hopefully find a good haul of well-priced smalls. Wish us luck! Tonight, though, it’s all about your furniture finds and makeovers. Here are my favorites from last week… I love this primitive cupboard shared by Larissa of Prodigal Pieces. Really, the entire room is amazing, down to the crystal chandelier, plank and beam ceiling and all of the finishing touches. As I’m about to make some slipcovers of my

April 24, 2015 15 Comments

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