I want to do a spring tablescape with a series of candlesticks and I needed them to be staggered in height. I had a few around the house and went to Hobby Lobby to purchase two more. They worked together by size, but the problem was that they didn’t match. And I wasn’t aiming for…
I hope you are enjoying your Sunday! I have another milk paint before and after for you. This secretary was given to me by my step-mother. She’d had it for years and it had seen its better days. I decided to try Miss Mustard Seed Milk Paint in the color “Boxwood”…. I can’t find a…
I recently found a cute little make-up vanity at an estate sale. It’s solid wood with dovetailed drawers and was a great deal at $65! I live in a house full of boys…..a husband and two sons….even the bird and the dog are male! So, needless to say, there’s not much girly going on at…
I’ve been wanting to try the new Miss Mustard Seed milk paint color “Artissimo”, which is a dark blue that is close to navy but a little brighter. It’s a bit more of a “manly” color than the creams, grays, and soft blue-greens that I typically use but it’s nice to mix it up now…
These are the cane-back chairs that I bought, along with a table and china hutch, off of Craigslist. You can see how I refinished the matching table here. I love the style of cane-back chairs. Open a copy of Country French magazine and you will most certainly find a dining set with this kind of…
As part of our dining room remodel, we bought a “new” formal dining room set. In actuality, it was a Craigslist purchase. I was going for a certain look and could not find anything new that was both the style I liked and in a price I could live with. So, like any good DIY’er,…
For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working on a custom design for my mom’s kitchen table. She bought this beautiful old table at an estate sale and has had it in her kitchen for a year or so. She really liked the table, but decided she wanted to give it a little…
One of the mediums that I like to use occasionally is decorative foil. There’s a rainbow of colors and many different patterns to choose from. Applying foil is similar to using gold or silver leaf, but it’s not as messy and because the foil sheets are so much larger than leafing, it’s also faster….
You know how the public spaces in your house seem to get fixed up first, while places like the master bedroom get put off until later? Well,that’s been the case in my home. It’s a little embarrassing to admit, but very little decorating has been done to my bedroom in the 5 years that we’ve…