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Furniture Makeovers

Before and Afters

Finishing Projects…

Over a year ago, we installed wood floors in our bedroom and family room. We ripped out broken closet doors and baseboards. Then, we got busy. I mean, painting a piece of furniture or installing wood counters is a lot more exciting than priming a baseboard or putting in a threshold. A few months later, I was hired to do some freelance projects that involved work in the master bedroom and bath. We finished everything that would be in the photos…and nothing more. So, one half of our bedroom looked like this… …while the other half looked something like this… I’m learning that things are always going to be busy and having these unfinished projects hanging over my head was a bummer and a drain. This weekend, we had beautiful weather, a clear schedule and great motivation, so we got some things done. I mean, a lot of things. Our

April 7, 2014 34 Comments

FURNITURE FEATURE FRIDAY

Good evening, all! I have been working on a lot of projects lately, so I needed to spend today catching up on my e-mail and running errands. It’s not glamorous, but it needed to be done. Jeff and I went around the house today and put together a to-finish list. We have lots of little things that have been sitting around undone, so we’re going to start tackling those tomorrow. My mom is working on stringing tags, so we can keep pricing and adding things to the Lucketts pile. And I got my freelance projects organized, so I don’t feel so overwhelmed. Lots going on. Anyway, none of this has anything to do with FFF. Just me chatting a little. So, let’s get to it… I love this sweet rocker by Hello Honeypot. This is such a clever treatment to make a more traditional piece of furniture work in a

April 3, 2014 15 Comments

FURNITURE FEATURE FRIDAY

Good evening friends! Here we are on time and ready to go this week for FFF. Hopefully all of the technical issues are a thing of the past. One of my furniture-loving blog friends picked favorites for me tonight, which worked out well, since I’m still feeling under the weather. And she picked some good ones. Here’s Jessica from Dear Emmeline… Hello all! Jessica here again, picking my favorites from last week’s link up! First up is this lovely piano to desk makeover from Angie at Knick of Time Interiors. I absolutely love being able to see the beautiful piano parts peeking out! What a great way to utilize and appreciate an old piano that isn’t worth fixing to play. How pretty is this blue on blue dresser painted by Reeves of The Weathered Door. The bright blue floral knobs look so striking against the pale blue paint. I always appreciate

March 27, 2014 12 Comments

Before and Afters

Family Room Wainscoting

I spent all day in bed yesterday…down and out with a virus or something. I was still dragging this morning, but was feeling well enough this afternoon to get my photo shoots done. Unfortunately, a photo shoot is much more involved than just snapping a few pictures. I had to finish some details in the room, clean and then style. I just chipped away at it slowly to get it done. Get ready for a lot of pictures! Here’s what the family room looks like now… And here’s a look at how far this room has come since 2009… I don’t have pictures of the other side of the room, because it had a the jump-a-roo and other baby/kids toys. We removed the fireplace a couple of years ago to make a space for a wall-mount flatscreen TV. The fireplace was massive and didn’t work, so I

March 26, 2014 90 Comments

FURNITURE FEATURE FRIDAY

Hey, everyone! I am so sorry for all of the technical trouble we’ve had with this link party. We’ve been trying different link party tools and, it’s quite an involved story, but last week the code kept disappearing. My “people” are working on it, so we can have this running smoothly each week. For this week, you will have to click on the inLinkz logo to get to the party. Just hang in there as we figure everything out! Anyway, here are some favorites from last week… This table top by The Coastal Colonial is amazing. My goodness. It took over 300 wooden paint stir sticks to make it, but it looks fantastic. I absolutely love this dresser by Rachel of Shades of Blue Interiors. A rich color was exactly what this stately bow front highboy needed. I also love the brass hardware. Oh, and the chair. This is

March 20, 2014 11 Comments

Before and Afters

updated kitchen pictures

Before we dive into the pictures, I had to share something funny. My mom read my post from yesterday and immediately got her painting clothes ready. You see, she helps me on Wednesday nights when the boys are at Awana and she knew after reading the post that we would be painting my guest room! She knows me so well and was, of course, right. We painted most of the guest room tonight. I still need to do the dormer, ceiling and trim, but we made some good progress. It’s coming together bit by bit. I also worked on some photo shoots today. I have a freelance magazine shoot & article I’m working on as well as images for the look book and updated pictures for “my home” page on the blog. I shot some of the kitchen today… The picture above was taken today and the one below was

March 19, 2014 46 Comments

FURNITURE FEATURE FRIDAY |

Tonight is my 15 year anniversary, so I’m taking the night off! I handed the “picking of the favorites” off to Abbe, our primary educator for Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint. She’s all-around awesome and a lover of furniture as well, so I knew the picks were in good hands. Here she is… Hi Friends! Abbe’ here, I have the honor of picking out our features from last weeks FFF! Being a do-it-yourselfer, and painter, this was like being a kid in a candy store! I had hard time deciding! First off, here’s a great post on a re-upholstery job from a self proclaimed novice. I have to be honest- I have not done anything more than a seat recover because it seems so intimidating, but Lost and Found did a fabulous job of taking us step by step on her beautiful French chair makeover. I say- if you can do it, so can I! I love

March 13, 2014 44 Comments

Guest Room

guest room in the works…

After finishing the hand painted “Bavarian” guest bed last week, I could hardly wait to get it up in the space. Swapping out the beds is a job I needed help with, though, so I had to be a little patient. Well, I did carry up the bed myself and started swapping them out, but I ended up balancing the footboard on my hip while holding a rail on my foot. Then I called for help. Anyway, we got the bed in place and I took a few minutes to make the bed, try some different bedding options, and play with some fabric I had in my stash. I love how it’s coming together. I found a vintage crystal chandelier on Etsy (the crystals were removed for shipping and I haven’t put them back on, yet.) I’m going to replace the builder-grade light that’s been in there for years with

March 7, 2014 63 Comments

I’m Marian, a painter, writer, and lover of all things creative. From art and antiques to home projects and everyday life, I share my journey in hopes of inspiring you to embrace your own creativity and make beauty in the spaces you live.

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