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It's Pallet Time! June 09 2012, 0 Comments

When I saw that Funky Junk's SNS 138 was featuring Pallets and Reclaimed Wood projects I had to repost this project, it's one of my favs to date and I'm looking forward to doing more like it. I think it was a post that Donna did a while back on how to select the right pallet for a project that started my obsession. I'm very luck to have a good friend in the printing business and he now sets aside...

Coffee Table/Bench Makeover is finally complete! February 05 2012, 0 Comments

The end of last year we picked up this coffee table for $16 at our local thrift store.  It's really sturdy, I had a vision of it becoming the perfect entrance bench.   It's so darn pretty I was torn when it came to painting it (not!)


After sanding the top, the top was painted with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint, Louis Blue then I added this phrase that was cut using my Silhouette Cameo. The navy blue is...

Picture Perfect Room, progress report #2 January 28 2012, 0 Comments

Nope, not done yet but she's coming along!  Wanna see a before shot?  Are you sure, it's scary.

Isn't it welcoming?  I have been following so many amazing blogs,  many that have these gorgeous entrances that are white and bright.  I yearn for that fresh, white, beachy entrance way!

Here's the stage we are at now ...


It's taking a little longer, there is tons of caulking to be done and another coat of...

Progress Report on my Picture Perfect Room ... January 22 2012, 0 Comments

Confession, I really hoped to have this done by now.  Boy life gets in the way!  I took a week vacation and got sick so didn't accomplish much that week.  Then I'd  hoped we could tackle the project this weekend but then Frank got sick.  I just could not go back to work tomorrow and have another weekend with nothing done so I'll show you what I did get done.

The project is our entrance porch. I...

It's New Years Eve and time to reflect on the Christmas Season December 31 2011, 0 Comments

I'll start with our tree - It took a little tweaking this year but I loved the final result of the tree. We made the change to a smaller tree last year and since we were changing we went White! The biggest addition this year was the Galvanized tub that we set the tree in. I was inspired by Donna @ Funky Junk last year and spent the year looking for one. I was so happy when one showed up at the...