fireplace update options
I fully realize I need to start another project like I need a hole in my head, but it’s hard to stop the wheels from turning. If you get it, you get it. One thing that keeps catching my attention when I looked around the living room is the fireplace surround. The color is actually quite […]
paint, corbels, & bead board
I have to admit that when I started this laundry room project, I had an idea of how it would look, but it wasn’t completely clear. I second-guessed myself along the way, mostly about the laminate cabinets. I originally thought I would leave the doors on and just paint them. Then I decided to remove […]
laundry room makeover | part one
If you follow me on my Instagram Stories, you know that I’ve been working hard on my laundry room/mudroom over the past several days. It’s still not finished, but it’s well on the way and I thought I would share the details of what I’m doing and show you the progress. As point of reference, […]
makeover of the paisley chairs
I know some of you really loved the red paisley chairs as they were and, I agree, they were pretty. I’m sure they were beautiful for the first few decades they spent on this earth, but now they were only pretty if you didn’t look too closely at them. They were stained, watermarked, smelled a […]
painting the interior of the primitive hutch
It was on my “annoying project list“, so I got the interior of the primitive hutch in the dining room painted when I was knocking out all of the other annoying projects. Painting furniture is normally like therapy for me, but painting the interiors of hutches and cabinets is my achilles heel. It always takes […]
annoying project day
I’m sure I am not alone with it comes to not quite finishing some of the more annoying and easily overlooked parts of a DIY project. When I am really focused and disciplined, I’ll pin myself down and force myself to finish that last bit of painting or put in that final piece of shoe […]
dining table makeover
Independent of one another, two of my friends from church asked me if I could give them advice on refinishing a table. It occurred to me that I have a table I want to refinish, too, so why not make a day of it and refinished all of the tables together? Projects are always more […]
mid-summer garden update
It’s been a few weeks since our front garden overhaul, so I thought I would give an update! First of all, everything has been a success so far. Everything is growing well and I’m enjoying checking on all of my flowers and bushes in the evenings to water, deadhead the petunias, pull weeds (although there […]