…to a beautiful home
Office Makeover in the Works If you remember, I have said goodbye to my guest room and hello to my new personal space. I finally found the design that I wanted for my stenciled feature wall. I knew that I wanted a greek key design and I found what I wanted in a fabric [...]
Some Feature Walls to Catch Your Eye The last few days, I’ve been thinking about my office/craft room makeover. I’ve been thinking…colors…paint…fabric…and feature walls! I need a fabulous feature wall! Take a look at the guest room that I’m converting to my office and you’ll see the wall I’m referring to. It’s the first [...]
No, I’m not Paul McCartney Do you ever just …let it be? I will admit that more often that not, I don’t. I feel like I have to go one step further, even though I know it’s great the way it is. I can’t leave well enough alone. Then, inevitably I look at it and [...]
Fun to Label! Storage is a precious commodity around this house and with stencils, paint, paintbrushes, needles and thread, I had to find a great way to organize and store everything. So, on this Day 7 of the 31 Days to a beautiful home, I re-invented some storage boxes that had been in my [...]
Monogram Mania Currently, I am totally in love with monograms! It is complete Monogram Mania at my house right now! For some reason, I want to put a monogram on just about everything…not literally…but please, make mine a monogram! Monograms give something identity. They add interest and flair. They are elegant and classic. They never [...]
Burlap Projects Are Everywhere… You only need to take a quick look around the blogosphere or Pinterest to see that there is a current love of Burlap taking place. It is a woven fabric that is usually made from the skin of a jute plant or sisal fibers. It has a coarse texture, which rules [...]
Trick or Treat…Bats go…eek! I have had a plain orange metal tub for years. I’m sure you all have something very similiar. I think I got it at Walmart many moons ago. We’ve used it for everything from holding our trick or treat candy to bobbing for apples. It’s a great size and it’s orange, [...]
Fall Decor does not have to be extravagant and bold. It can be understated and simple. Let me show you some of my Fall decor in its simplicity. You all know that I like to “shop my house” and find things that I can use in other ways. It shakes things up a little bit [...]
Your Opinion Needed! Have you ever started a DIY project and was so excited about it, only to slowly deflate as the project progressed??….Let’s discuss my adventure in the end table makeover…or is it the end table nightmare?! A couple of weeks ago, I found this cute little end table at a yard sale for [...]
Mighty Mirror Makeover Yeah! I love it! I hope you do too… Let’s recap…Yesterday I showed you this awesome mirror that I bought at Restore. It needed some help! Remember that I told you the center pieces of the mirror were turning black. I decided to work with the imperfections, instead of replacing those mirrored pieces. [...]
