If having ten people over for Thanksgiving isn’t stressful enough, I thought we should paint and re-cover the dining room chairs! OH OKAY!! I painted the dining room furniture about six years ago. You can see it here. Notice the chairs and table started out white, I painted them blue, and now I’m painting them […]
Category: painting furniture
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. […]
THE TWO LEGGED TABLE STRIKES AGAIN
If you read my last post about my two legged table here, you learned about our plan and inspiration for the half table going into our laundry room for a little extra workspace. We got a lot of work done on it this past weekend. Way more work than we wanted or planned on. Awhile […]
PINK ISN’T JUST A COLOR, IT’S AN ATTITUDE!
Wow, it's been a long time since I've written on my blog. I apologize for being way too busy with family, a new job, and school sports commitments. This weekend has been the first free one in a long time. So I thought I would get a little project done. "Pink isn't just a color, […]
PAINTING UPHOLSTERY ~ a whole new look
Last weekend the LOML and I got a lot of fun stuff finished. 🙂 Remember the built-in bookcases we are working on in the family room. Notice the trim is not done. The LOML found this baby on Craigslist. The man he bought it from was kind enough to teach the LOML how to use, […]
I LOVE BEFORE & AFTERS
Remember the post when I wrote about all the goodies I found at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore and all the plans I had for them I wanted to have a place where y’all can see each of the projects all in one place. HERE Â Here’s a few fun before & afters if you […]
GUEST ROOM TO NC STATE ROOM ~ Surprise!!
When we built our present house, we built a guest room on the first floor for my mother to stay when she came to visit. Her health was declining and she lived alone in Florida. I wanted her to live with us so I could spoil her rotten. It wasn’t meant to be. As she […]
MY DINING ROOM IS COMPLETE ~ finally!
Talk about a project that never ends! Well, that’s my dining room. To recap… we want to sell our house someday so we had a stager walk through our house and give us advice on how to fix it up so we can get the most for our house. One of her tips was to […]
I GOT MY BLUES BACK ~ Lots of pictures!!
After I painted over the navy blue walls in my dining room to neutralize, I was surprisingly sad. I didn’t know how emotionally tied I was to my blues. So, I had a brainstorm! I’ll paint the dining room furniture blue!! Here’s the before: The table and chairs were hand-me-downs. The burgundy armchairs and china […]