The Paint Colors in our home

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Oh I could just kiss you all! Thanks for the sweet comments about my Office Reveal....it truly made my weekend. Thank  you thank you thank you...and feel free to keep sharing it. I will posting several more ideas from that space...much more coming up soon. A few blogs that I read recently did post on the colors of their homes. I thought it was … [Read more...]

DIY overhead projector (how to paint an image on the wall)

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I try ideas sometimes…not knowing if I will like the outcome or not…but I need to get it out of my head (know what I mean?) This was one of those ideas. I love this quote…and I really wanted it up on the wall. “Life whispers. Listen closely.” Short…to the point..and so true. I went about painting it on the wall…and then a week … [Read more...]

Update the Powder room: Dutch Boy paints

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Hi All!! I had to pick another winner for the Santa Set...number 39 was picked...Sadie! Contact me and we will get you all set. I had a love/hate for my powder room. I love the wallpaper on the ceiling…but hate the green. It was time for a change. The colors were a bit dated and the wall were needing to be helped…to put it mildly. Boys of … [Read more...]

How to paint cultured marble tub surround

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I kind of left you hangin….in my master bath. Sorry about that….I replaced the countertops with some cool vintage old shutters. We are still diggin those (although we may upgrade those soon too...) The paint has held up fabulously…really really nice. But I have been wanting to do something about the cultured marble that surrounds the tub. My … [Read more...]

How to make a Chalkboard Headboard (diy headboard)

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  I kind of lucked out with this headboard for the Peanut’s room….found it at a  local peddlers mall for $25. If you wanted to recreate this same idea….you have a few options. One….finding a great old headboard and paint it like I did….two, you could paint chalkboard paint directly on the wall and frame it with trim, three…you … [Read more...]

DIY cork board wall (pin board)

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This cork board (pin board) wall would really be nothing special…if it weren’t for this fabulous blue paint behind it. The accent color of blue against the soft gray really pops. It makes the whole pin board make sense…and makes it much more of a focal point then it would be otherwise. You can do this in any room….tape off a level square … [Read more...]

Repurpose old art into a memo board (bulletin board)

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Happy Friday!!!! Hope you all had a great week. Here is a fun weekend project...easy, and cheap ;) Good luck thrifting this weekend friends :) We all have some old art that is our dated and blah. I repurposed this piece to create a very usable memo board for my daughters room. I shared this a few weeks over at East Coast Creative....but in … [Read more...]

DIY refinished stairs…how they have held up…

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It is a question that has come up more than once…how do your stairs look now?? Almost 2 years after you finished them?? Well…I will show you… It was one of my first major home DIY projects and it landed me in blog land when I completed it. I published a very simple step by step video about how we went about refinished our … [Read more...]

DIY Photo Vase: Sponsored by Minwax Express Color

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I was so excited to receive this fun package in the mail filled with Minwax product! They have a great new product coming to a store near you called Minwax Express Color. I chose to work with the Indigo color…a rich navy…perfect for summer décor! They will have several colors to chose from…just pick your favorite! I found the product … [Read more...]

How to prep damaged walls for paint

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  Do you remember when you were little…and you wanted so badly to pin something up in your room…maybe it was a poster or a good grade or a blue ribbon…and your dad said…”don’t put anything on the wall…I just painted that wall..and it will damage the wall..” but you did it anyway? (sorry, run on sentence there…just … [Read more...]