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HOBBY LOBBY SPRING TRIP

With the anticipated snowmageddon coming to the east coast, most people run to the grocery store for the essentials….bread, milk, eggs. Me and my sweet friend Mrs. P run to Hobby Lobby. Makes sense right?? We got some important essentials….scrapbooking supplies, spring decor, and placemats. Hobby Lobby was having a great sale on their spring […]

bathroom redo, before and after, black paint, framing out a mirror, furniture painting, home projects, laundry room, painted door black, painting a vanity, painting cabinetry, painting cabinets, painting furniture

2015 PROJECT RECAP

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! I hope your 2015 was a year full of wonderful memories, completed home projects, and no regrets! Looking through my 2015 To-Do List that I wrote about this time last year, I’m amazed at the projects we completed. And I’m also amazed at how many projects I didn’t even get a chance […]

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CHRISTMAS 2015 HOME TOUR

Christmas is my FAVORITE time of year. The beautiful lights and the Christmas songs. I especially love all my family being home for the holidays. Well, I think I have finally finished my Christmas decorating for the year and I wanted to share it with you. Enjoy! DINING ROOM FAMILY ROOM Fireplace Mantel “JOY” bottles […]

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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 […]

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THINGS I’M THANKFUL FOR ~ A to Z

I know y’all have heard of The Pioneer Woman. I found her blog many years ago but now you can see her on Walmart commercials!! She is a great cook who lives on a ranch with her cowboy husband and her four children. I love reading her blog. The last post I read was The ABC’s […]

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PAINTING DINING ROOM CHAIRS ~ a last minute project

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 […]