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Before and Afters

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As the year is winding down, it’s a good time to reflect on some of the best things that happened in 2011. Today, I’m going to share my favorite projects we tackled in our home. I did a lot of projects and makeovers, but I sold most of them, so I really enjoy projects I get to do in my own home. We’re almost done with two that have been a long time in the making, but until those are finished, my favorite makeovers happened in the kitchen and family room. I was itching to paint these cabinets from the day we bought this house five years ago. It was a happy day when I finally got the “thumbs-up” from hubby and the courage to tackle the 52 cabinet doors. …and what a difference. It was totally worth all of the hard work. I also love the changes we made in

December 27, 2011 26 Comments

Furniture Makeovers

my favorite dressers from 2011

We’re getting towards the end of the year and, since I don’t have any Christmas decor to share yet, I thought I would start sharing some of my favorites from 2011. To start with, here are my favorite dressers from last year… …the Swiss Miss herself… …the Union Jack dresser… …the gray milk paint dresser with the bone knobs… …the super distressed aubusson and cream dresser… …the cherry blossom dresser… …the sea green milk paint dresser… …I didn’t get a great picture of this one, because I was in a mad rush getting ready for Lucketts at the time, but I love this graphite dresser with glass knobs… …the slate gray dresser… …and it may surprise you to know this was one of my favorites. This Greek Blue dresser almost ended up in the trash, but I put

December 8, 2011 No Comments

Hand Painted Furniture

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December 7, 2011 50 Comments

Furniture Feature Friday – Favorites & a Link Party

Oh, girls! I wish I could give big hugs to all of you for the sweet comments you left in reply to my big announcement. I haven’t read through all of them yet, but I assure you I will. They are such an encouragement to me as I stand on the edge of this new, scary journey. I’ll expand on it more in another post, but I want you to know that your comments (on some of my posts in particular) have a lot to do with why I’m getting published. So, thank you. Just so you know what to expect, I will still post on my blog daily and am trying to rework things for next year so I can be more purposeful about posting tutorials, how-to series and encouragement. I hope my blog will get better and better. And, while I’m scaling back my space at Lucketts for a

December 1, 2011 36 Comments

Before and Afters

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I am in search for the perfect coffee table for the living room. I want something interesting…maybe a skirted ottoman with curvy legs or something on wheels. Whatever it is, I haven’t found it yet. I’ve had this round side table in the room for a few months and really liked it there, but it was even more perfect for my family room, so I was left with a hole in the living room. (This is a constant problem for frequent furniture re-arrangers like myself.) So, I hauled in the cedar chest that was used to store a train set in my family room and tried it in front of the sofa. Hmm…the scale of the piece is right, but the orange color wasn’t working. I know you’ll just die of shock when you see what I did next… …you know me so well. Yes, I painted it.

November 27, 2011 50 Comments

Before and Afters

cedar chest – before & after

November 27, 2011 No Comments

FFF

Hope you’re all having a wonderful week! I must admit that Thanksgiving has totally snuck up on me this year. I’m working on freelance projects for next February and October right now, so I’m really messed up. I’m trying to get through those, so I can get to the good stuff…decorating for Christmas. I am determined to have full-0ut Christmas decorations this year. Lots of fresh greenery and little trees and I’ve been hoarding anything mercury glass. I apologize if you shop the Hobby Lobby in Hanover or Chambersburg, PA. I cleaned out almost all of the their mercury glass ornaments. I also got a new toy yesterday…well, it’s an expensive toy and it is for work, but anyway…I got an SB-900 Nikon flash, which is known as being the “flagship” flash for Nikon. I was about to cry when I couldn’t even figure out how to make it work

November 17, 2011 52 Comments

Before and Afters

the reno that won’t end…ever

This bathroom renovation has just about bested me. We’ve been working on it since…oh…January. If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you probably remembered when I entered my half bathroom in a DIY Disaster contest by True Value. Well, your votes made me the winner. Here’s what the bathroom looked like when I submitted it for the contest. (Before pictures always look worse when a toddler’s pajama shirt is strewn on the floor.) This post might refresh your memory about the window to nowhere, the ballet bar, the pink plastic tile, the faucet that was installed incorrectly, the sink that was falling off the wall, the sticky black tiles… Is this ringing a bell? There are dozens of reasons why it’s taken us so long to get this done. We had to wait for the tile, then wait for it to be installed, then wait for

November 15, 2011 48 Comments

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