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an old table turned potters bench

I love this time of year because everything seems so much more relaxed. It’s the calm before 9 months of…

I was compensated with free paint for this post. All of the opinions expressed and the creation of the “S”…

As you know, I LOVE transforming furniture with mixed media and decoupage. So every time I run across these tables…

This simple Mason jar winterscape made its first appearance in my holiday home tour. My Masons were just sitting empty…

One of the earliest investments I made in my new house in 2005 was a gigantic, 10′ prelit Christmas tree….

This library chair was a bit of a misfit. The poor thing just couldn’t fit in with the rest of…

I can tell this story best in pictures. If you saw my previous post about image transfers, I was determined…

I needed to get out of the house for a bit and if you read my previous post, you know…

Adding molding in a two story foyer can be a bit of a DIY challenge, especially when you don’t have…

Ikea butcherblock countertops are not only beautiful, but super affordable. We used butcherblock to repurpose our existing builders-grade island and…

A couple of Halloween’s ago we had a big Halloween party. I transformed my house into a haunted house in…

A stamped concrete overlay was our answer for a pitted concrete front porch. Here are some photos of the process….