Our house is in full swing now that everyone is in school. I love summer break where we spend family time but I also love getting back into a regular schedule and working on our to-do list. To recap, we’ve been working on our master bedroom closet. It was just a wire shelving mess […]
Category: paint
THE HALLWAY IS COMPLETELY COMPLETE!
Do you know the feeling you get when you’ve worked really hard for really long on something and you just completed it and you look back and say, AAAHHHHH!!!! (insert sigh noise) That’s what I’m doing right now. The hallway renovation is finally and completely complete. Let’s look back on all that we’ve done before I […]
A ‘JOY’ SIGN
Here in NC, the weather is very gray today. Wet, cold, and gray! Since we were stuck in the house, I thought I’d get the girls to help me with one of my Christmas projects. A ‘JOY’ SIGN I had everything I needed in the house: A cabinet door The letters “J” and “Y” A […]
BEAUTIFUL FRENCH DOORS ~ and a little touch of class
We’ve been working on the upstairs hallway for awhile now. We’ve completed some fun projects up there. I painted all the doors to the bedrooms and hall bathroom black about a year ago. I also added some pretty bling. I didn’t paint the bonus room double doors because I knew I wanted to do something […]
BOARD & BATTEN HALLWAY ~ the final reveal and big plans
I can finally show y’all the board & batten hallway all finished. Oh wait! Not “ALL” finished. Just the board & batten. Click the link to read how we hung it. Here you go…. You can see my large mirror on the cheap. Click on the link to read how I made it. Underneath the […]
PAINTING BOTTLES ~ and finding Joy
I found another pretty craft for the holidays on Pinterest. Source It’s so pretty isn’t it? Plan #1 ~ Paint the bottles white. Stencil the word “Joy” in green. Find sticks and paint them glitter green. The example used wine bottles but the only bottles we use in this house are cooking sherry bottles. I […]
SECOND BATHROOM REVEAL!!
The second bathroom redo (or what we lovingly call the “Fishy Bathroom”) is finally complete. With summer vacation, ultimate frisbee games, family time, and life in general, this project has taken way longer than I wanted. This is what we started with. Now you know why we call it the “Fishy Bathroom”. As our kids grow older, […]
COLLEGE DRESSER REDO ~ and I didn’t do it!
Son #3 is moving out of his college dormitory and into an apartment off campus. You know what that means don’t you? FURNITURE SHOPPING!!!!! And where does a cheap DIYer find great furniture for cheap? HABITAT FOR HUMANITY RESTORE!! We found a great but a little beat up dresser for $55 that my son liked. […]
GRADUATION GIFT~ and wise words
Having high school and college aged boys living in our house, we've had some sweet young ladies come through. Son #3 is dating a beautiful young lady (Miss J). They've been dating about two and a half years now and we absolutely adore her. Here they both are at Miss J's Senior Prom. Today Miss […]
ELEGANT INTERIOR DOORS ~ with a little bling!
It takes visitors to my house for me to get off my butt and complete projects that have been running around in my head and I have been ignoring! Source When I feel the pressure of company coming to visit, all of a sudden I'm energized to do the thousand projects I've been procrastinating for […]