hale navy is my hail mary Hi everyone- I am so excited to show off my favorite new accent color :Benjamin Moore’s Hale Navy. After recently painting my kitchen with Revere Pewter I was desperate (like desperate housewife desperate) to find an accent color to add a splash of color to my island. I did a test [Read more…]
Updated Basement Accessories for Under $100.00
décor Hi everyone – I am so excited to share this updated basement family room area. Here is the basement space this winter. This basement space doesn’t know if it wants to be a contemporary football viewing space or a mountain rental décor space. Seriously, it is the room for misfit furniture and accessories. Check out the painting over the fireplace; [Read more…]
Sundance Dog Food Canister Update
Hi everyone- Who gets the Sundance catalog? My sister introduced me to Sundance a few years ago. I love perusing the catalog, but it’s hard to justify spending $240.00 for a sweater when there is a high probability of 1. getting paint on it 2. puppy inadvertently gets a paw stuck on a loose fiber [Read more…]
Recycle Garbage Can Makeover
recycle | 2 minute tuesdays After my garage cleanup a few weeks ago I wanted to pretty up the recycle can. We take recycling seriously around our house. Actually, one of us takes recycling seriously. My {first} husband is slightly embarrassed by this project. Take a look at the before & after garbage can makeover for [Read more…]
DIY Window Trim in an Hour
Hi guys~ This is one of my favorite projects and it was so much easier than I ever expected. I am in love with the chunky window casings or window trim that is all craze! Window trim instantly make windows bulk up and stand out as the main attraction on a wall or in a room!. I [Read more…]
Air and Heat Grate Makeovers!
Hi all- This is a small project with a big impact. This spring was the season I decided to get rid of a bunch of cheap furniture and my ever expanding collection of tiny accessories. I must say this is my most favorite transformation to my floors with a can of spray paint! You heard me! Here is my [Read more…]
Industrial Light Fixture
Some of you have heard about our basement DIY bathroom demolition. It was kicked off when my gray paint samples clashed with the existing shower tiles. This is our bathroom in March. The demo started the week of Christmas. Yep because nothing says crazy like mom taking a sledge hammer to the tile while the Christmas [Read more…]
Children’s Artwork : Share it don’t store it
This project was inspired by my mom and how I didn’t want to store my children’s artwork! For the record, I am not throwing her under the bus, but does this sound familiar to any of you who grew up before 1990? My mom collected and stored her kids’ artwork the way she did coupons: haphazardly stored [Read more…]
Ikea Hack: Lazy Susan to Wine Barrel Server
I found this wood lazy susan at Ikea. I think it was $7.99 ish so I bought two! Originally, they were a blond oak color. I bought two, painted them white and had plans to put them in the pantry. But, they took up more space in the pantry than what each lazy susan could store. And, the kids [Read more…]
Newspaper Covered Clock
I thought something horrible had happened; like the cable went out. This was my first thought when my {first} husband, looking completely exasperated, rushing into our bedroom the other night, having just returned from Utah for a tennis tournament. This is a guy who never gets rattled, but clearly something was unsettling him. It [Read more…]
Décor in Minutes | 2 Minute Tuesdays
décor in minutes | 2 Minute Tuesdays The seasons fly by so fast and if I didn’t love spending time decorating for the seasons and holidays (there is a difference) I would call it a huge sane drain! But, I love the seasons and holidays and LOVE to decorate. My friends give me a hard [Read more…]
Labels Organize Everything
How many of you own a label maker? I have several label makers and the ultimate label maker: the Silhouette. Labels calm me. Seriously. Labels are my go t0 strategy to organize a desk, drawer, closet or refrigerator. I {may have} labeled the fruit bin in the refrigerator just in case the family couldn’t recognize [Read more…]
a bed and a bench
Where do you weigh in on this pressing topic? I recently added a bench to the end of our bed and we like it and more importantly, Chloe our Bernese Mountain puppy loves to use a bench to nail her after flight vault and landing onto our bed. Here’s the end of our bed before the [Read more…]
