from box to bag & decorating for Thanksgiving
For those of you who aren’t aware, I have never developed a product line before the whole milk paint thing took off. I’m a total newbie, flying-by-the-seat-of-my-pants through this adventure. When it became clear that I was actually going to have my own line of milk paint, I started to daydream about what kind of […]
Removing Paint Pt 1 – A Video Tutorial
I remember the first piece of furniture I purchased at a yard sale to refinish. It was a small 1950’s highboy that I scored for $10. I slid it into the backseat of my car and couldn’t wait to get it home to test out my DIY skills. I had never refinished a piece of […]
$75 burlapfabric.com giveaway
One of the cool things about the blog/DIY world is seeing things people make out of humble materials like burlap, cheese cloth and upholstery webbing. If you like working with those materials, then burlapfabric.com is a perfect source for you. If you need some convincing, here are some lovely things people have made… source source […]
True Value DIY Blog Squad Q & A
I’m heading down to Lucketts today with my mom to drop off some things in my space and to do some shopping. Really fun shopping that I’ll tell you about later. While on the road, though, I’ll be taking full advantage of modern technology and will answer questions asked of me on the TrueValue FaceBook […]
magnolia necklace
Between stripping paint and refinishing a piece of furniture, cleaning the house a bit, tagging pieces for Lucketts and working on some freelance stuff, I did a little bit more Christmas decorating. When we were in Raleigh, I trimmed a bunch of branches from my in-law’s magnolia tree to use in my holiday decorating […]
Decorating for Christmas & a Giveaway
Just a few years ago, I couldn’t wait to decorate for Christmas. I had to restrain myself until the day after Thanksgiving and then the tree was up and the halls were decked. Now, my freelance writing has me decorating for Christmas in July and Thanksgiving in January and I don’t feel quite as antsy […]
from two to one
I don’t always get things right the first time when it comes to furniture makeovers. I finished this piece, but it never sat right with me. I didn’t like the hardware and the finish wasn’t my favorite. I let it sit in my foyer for a few months until I decided to tackle it again. […]
Some of my favorites…
I don’t know about you, but I’m a little freaked out that Thanksgiving just passed and Christmas is right around the corner and I’ll have to get used to writing a new year on my checks in just a few weeks. Ack! Yikes. Deep breath. Aside from things sneaking up on me a bit, I […]