Hi Everyone- Who is rushing around their house trying to make changes before the holidays kick into overdrive? Well a few weeks ago I showed off my island after painting it Hale Navy by Ben Moore. I love it! I just had one problem: the updated island clashed with the previously painted (black) pantry door: [Read more…]
Monogram in Minutes
Hi there- I am excited to share this very simple and thrifty diy monogram in minutes. I am intimidated by anything that requires more than one color or textile so when I found this cute monogram at Michaels I thought this was perfect for me! I had craft paint stored since the 1990’s so fingers [Read more…]
DIY Barn Doors
~ diy ~ Hi there- a few weeks ago I got an email from KariAnne over at ThistleWood Farms who really liked my DIY barn door project and wanted to share it on her weekly Thistlekeeping series. She stumbled upon my barn door project while finding ideas for her future project. So I freaked! Karianne has like 1 million [Read more…]
Front Door: Stain to White Paint!
I did it! I painted my stained from interior door white! A few months Six months ago I posted my front door dilemma HERE. But here is the abbreviated version and the before photos if you don’t want to get side tracked! Stained door adjacent to white interior door. All of our interior doors are painted [Read more…]
Paint or Stain the Front Door?
Here’s the question: do I paint the interior side of our front {stained} door? The exterior side front door got a much needed update when our exterior was painted last summer. But, the inside has remained unchanged. Here is our exterior front door with our most recent exterior paint job from this summer. I love [Read more…]
Painting the Garage Entry Door Black
I am in love with this painting project in my garage of all places. I was intrigued by black doors and decided the garage entry door was a safe place to start since only family would enter the house through the garage. Painting the garage entry door black was an easy decision when our first impression of [Read more…]
Evolution of the Front Door
I have painted our front door a few times. The original door was solid wood with direct sunlight 300 days of the year! It needed a chemical peel! This post is about the evolution of the front door. Here is the door with a gallon of primer. It was like a gallon of moisturizer (with [Read more…]
Update Door Handles & Hinges
… one door at a time I am in love with our new ORB {oil rubbed bronze} door handles and hinges . Our previous door handles were the brassy builder stock when we purchased our house 10 years ago. Over the course of the year we updated each and every door handle and hinges. Dozens and Dozens. Good times! We [Read more…]
Barn Door Hardware!
After FINALLY finishing our barn doors in our basement we needed barn door hardware. It wasn’t high on my to do list, but just simmering on the back burner. It’s funny how amazing finds find us {okay, that sounds way deeper and meaningful than what I am about to share as my “fab find.” On [Read more…]
