> Finally! This mirror has been done for a little bit but i have just had too much going on to write this post (or any post!), but here it is… First i have to tell you that this my third mirror and my last, yeah!!! And all 3 have been done different ways. I just went with a different style in each room and just made it up as i went along – that’s how i do things :) For this mirror, i had a little challenge. You can see in the 1st pic that for some reason the builder put a plug-in – in the mirror! Why?! I have no idea why they couldn’t move it over a foot – but instead i had this lovely mirrored, beveled, 80’s looking plug cover plate right smack in the bottom corner of my mirror. I knew that the plug in [...]
{guest post @ Remodelaholic}
> Back in March i was asked by Cassity to be a monthly contributor on her very sweet blog, you may have heard of it Remodelaholic? Of course you have heard of it! She has a very popular blog and so when she asked little ol’ me to contribute i started to cry – for reals! My blog was so new and this is so huge! So of course i said yes and my first post is being published today, so go over and check it out! I totally feel like a blog star :)
{reader highlight}
> A couple of weeks ago Lisa emailed me some questions about some tips on framing mirrors. Well, she got hers all done and sent me the before’s and afters. Lisa doesn’t have a blog so i will show them off for her here! (the pics were emailed so getting them to resize wasn’t happening for me, i know nothing about computers, so they are a little fuzzy? – sorry about that) And then she busted out another one! I love what a little molding can do – so much better! I love how the mirrors look defined instead of just floating away! Thanks Lisa for letting me post these :) And, i just finished my last mirror so i will have the tutorial up in just a couple of days – for sure!!!
Dresser turned…….?????
> Not exactly sure what to call my “little-dresser-turned-entry-way-table-thing” I bought it a while ago @ goodwill for about $35. It was pretty cute as it was (almost as is – just a coat of paint) but i thought for my entry way i didn’t want it to look like a dresser. So i chopped the bottom drawer off with just a hand saw, moved the bottom piece of molding up and then added some old table legs that were also cut down. Repainted the whole thing and added some new handles. Sorry not the best before pic, i forgot to take a “true” before and this was from a cell phone. You should know that the top and sides were laminate and you can totally paint laminate – i know a lot of people that are skeered – DONT BE!!! Normally i don’t sand anything before i [...]
>{Lamp re-vamp – (hey that rhymes!)}
> Sorry i have been MIA this last week, kids are back to dance and soccer 4 nights a week + saturdays, and husband is still in iraq (coming home in May!) so i haven’t had a lot of extra time. I do have a couple of fun projects that i started this week though – a framed mirror tutorial coming soon :) I did manage to get this lamp done this week. I bought it @ the Salvation Army for $10 – for both the shade and base. The pink lamp shade was pretty cute but didn’t work for the room. Before… I took off all the pink fabric and covered it in white cotton… I made simple fabric flowers with the same white cotton and hot glued them on the lamp, here and there… I put it in my kids bathroom, the one that i just recently [...]
{Lamp re-vamp – (hey that rhymes!)}
Sorry i have been MIA this last week, kids are back to dance and soccer 4 nights a week + saturdays, and husband is still in iraq (coming home in May!) so i haven’t had a lot of extra time. I do have a couple of fun projects that i started this week though – a framed mirror tutorial coming soon :) I did manage to get this lamp done this week. I bought it @ the Salvation Army for $10 – for both the shade and base. The pink lamp shade was pretty cute but didn’t work for the room. Before… I took off all the pink fabric and covered it in white cotton… I made simple fabric flowers with the same white cotton and hot glued them on the lamp, here and there… I put it in my kids bathroom, the one that i just recently re-did [...]
>{I promised and i delivered!!!}
> One project down, 999,324 to go…. This was a super easy fix to a boring plain jewelry box. I picked up this little chunk of a box for $10 @ goodwill – good bones but the color just wasn’t working for me. All i did was paint her white – gave her a good sanding and a new place to live – i am just cool like that ;) I’ve had a couple of questions about how i distress my furniture and this is my tool of choice…..a 60 grit sand block…oh yeah… I almost never pre-sand anything – i have in the past and have learned that it really doesn’t make a difference. Then i just paint with regular good ol’ latex paint – i prefer valspar from lowes. This time i just did 2 coats of white paint with a brush and then sanded all the [...]
{I promised and i delivered!!!}
One project down, 999,324 to go…. This was a super easy fix to a boring plain jewelry box. I picked up this little chunk of a box for $10 @ goodwill – good bones but the color just wasn’t working for me. All i did was paint her white – gave her a good sanding and a new place to live – i am just cool like that ;) I’ve had a couple of questions about how i distress my furniture and this is my tool of choice…..a 60 grit sand block…oh yeah… I almost never pre-sand anything – i have in the past and have learned that it really doesn’t make a difference. Then i just paint with regular good ol’ latex paint – i prefer valspar from lowes. This time i just did 2 coats of white paint with a brush and then sanded all the edges. [...]
{little itty bitty mini makeover – a preview}
> I got this $10 jewelry box today and GW (goodwill) – i loved the lines of it and saw some potential in its chunky little body. I am going to give her a little love and will post the finished result tomorrow. FYI – i am totally using this blog as a way to motivate myself to get some things done ;) If i post a before here…i must come back and post the after – i just couldn’t leave ya hangin like that! Be back tomorrow!!! Have a great weekend everyone :)
{another framed builder mirror + a book wreath}
> Recently i decided to change up my 1/2 bathroom just a little. I had a cute old 4 pane window above the toilet that i put different fabric in each of the panes, but since i repainted the bathroom a while ago it just wasn’t working. And i totally could of just changed out the fabric but i was ready for a change, and plus i wanted to make a book wreath (like everyone else, i know) and this was a good spot to put it! Before..(the walls are not this color at all, they are a light “mocha” color – don’t know what happened with this pic?) Then i made a book wreath – sorry no pictures of the “making” of said wreath – but just google it and they are everywhere :) I really like the wreath but it needs something, i think maybe it needs [...]
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