First Painted Nightstand Reveal
Those who have missed my furniture makeovers lately are going to enjoy this post! There’s a lot more furniture painting around with corner with the Lucketts Antique Market fast approaching, but one of my freelance articles was to show a specialty paint technique on a pair of nightstands. Right up my alley! And it just […]
Thank You, Georgia
I just had an amazing day and most of it took place here… …at Founders Hall in gorgeous Roswell, Georgia. Doing a lot of this… …and meeting a lot of lovely, incredible ladies… (Thanks for those two pictures, Mary Anne!) And I got to enjoy some of Roswell and its amazing […]
the eagle has landed
Some kind of cliche code phrase just seems to be appropriate for what my husband and I accomplished today. After a lot of sweat equity, geometry, learning what lingers in drain pipes and a dinner break to Olive Garden (in ill-fitting, paint-splattered sweat pants), our butcher block counters, new sink and faucet are installed!!! […]
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Butcher Block Kitchen Countertop
The day before Thursday
Tomorrow is Thursday!!! That means we’re finally going to install our butcher block counters. I am so excited. Today, I did a an insane amount of stuff to make a final push towards getting these projects done by the due date. One of those things was removing the sink and counter that housed the sink, […]
Ruched Shams & Crown Molding
Two more projects are checked off the list. The first one I finished yesterday was a set of pillow shams. My editor asked for something Pottery-Barn-ish. I checked out their site for some ideas and kept coming back to these… source So, I did a little figuring and came up with these… The PB version […]
Milk Paint Mixer & Junk Bonanza
Before I start, the winners of a $50 shop credit to Copper & Tin are Betsy C and Melissa Boyce. Enjoy shopping! I’m constantly asked about introducing new milk paint colors (and I’m working on that…slowly), but I wanted to explain a bit further why I chose the twelve colors of the original […]
the final coat & latest cow
There is a reason why I love painting and never quite latched onto quilting. Patience. I am a finisher and I like to finish in a day. If a project drags on too long, I get bored with it. Well, my patience is really being tested on these counters. It took a couple of days […]