Here is a wicker chair makeover for a minimum investment. The result was a big impact for our high profile porch. Our front porch has a southern exposure and in Colorado that translates to over 300 days of sunshine. Wicker furniture gets weathered quickly. Reminds me of my skin without sunscreen. My instinct was to buy a new wicker chair, but when I checked out [Read more…]
My backyard mess
I keep waiting for Ahmed from Yard Crashers to help me with my 18 x18 {doggy} litter box. I have been blocked from his Twitter handle! I profiled my back yard mess in the past, but since removing our shutters from our dining room the first thing family and friends see when they walk into our main [Read more…]
Painted Front Door
One of my most popular post is the evolution of my front door with paint. It has a history of stain and paint. Here’s a quick look back. The original door was stained. This is a grainy photo because it was likely the first photo I snapped for this blog. Front door painted black which I loved, [Read more…]
Window Well Grates: Before and After
My {first} husband suggested today’s project. When he initially mentioned it I made that face, where I shift my head and frown (well, my face seems to naturally frown these days), so it was an exaggerated frown. Translation: That is not going to happen. So I hit the “reset” button on my mouth and enthusiastically said, [Read more…]
Evolution of the Front Door with paint
Today I am sharing the evolution of the front door with paint.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 with paint. Here is the sun faded, [Read more…]
Bird Seed Balls offer a treat for the birds
bird seed balls I am so excited to share these bird seed balls. I found these treats at a fun antique shop outside of Denver. It’s called “The Barn” with shops throughout both levels. I found these tucked in a corner and at $6.00 per bird seed ball it was an easy decision to pick up two! I know [Read more…]
Bucket of Balls vinyl to round up the tennis balls
got balls bucket? I am sharing my bucket of balls vinyl to round up the tennis balls in my front yard. The truth is I ran out of objects to label inside my house so I had to look to the yard for inspiration. Fortunately, for me the opportunities to label with vinyl are endless! My goal [Read more…]
Yard Crashers… Crash our Yard!!!!!
Yard Crashers! Crash our Yard! I keep waiting for Ahmed from Yard Crashers on HGTV to ring my {door} bell. This is what I plan to show him to help him with some landscape ideas for our back yard. I am happy to help him help me (and my yard). Welcome to my nightmare: This [Read more…]
Portable Outdoor Lighting!
For the record, my {first} husband named our thrifty outdoor lighting “trailer park trash lighting.” Our backyard is in chaos, meaning we have no idea what we want to do. Well, that’s not true, we would love a water feature (thinking cascading waterfall down our hill and ending near a gas fire pit (we live [Read more…]
Garage Door Update for $40.00
Here is a garage door update for $40.00. Our neighbors are replacing their old garage doors and adding decorative hardware features. The issue for me is we don’t need a new garage door. What I do want is the look of a new garage door. I did a few online searches and found a garage door update is [Read more…]
Fall Wreath Garage Sale Find Facelift
Today I am excited to share this fall wreath garage sale find facelift. I am obsessing about my age, because most of my post titles have references to lifts and tucks! I’m Not a Trophy Wife, ladies! Okay, seriously (as serious as you can be about writing about a wreath makeover). No, really. Seriously. I [Read more…]
Pottery Barn Knockoff Chaise
Today I am sharing my Pottery Barn Knockoff Chaise. I have my eye on the entire collection, but until I am full time trophy wife, I need to stay thrifty! But, I am not a trophy wife..{yet} so I am forced encouraged to think differently at how I spend my our money. So I got to thinking about [Read more…]
Front Door Painted Black
I had so much fun painting our garage entry door black I decided to paint our front door black. Well, I really wanted a new door, but as small business owners we constantly ask ourselves: 1. can we do the project for less and/or 2. can we do anything to “buy us another year.” Paint was the cheapest option and I knew ANYTHING would be an improvement. Our [Read more…]