5.21.2012

Chevron Table

There's been a lot of painting going on over here folks. I figured it's about time I shared some of my recent projects. I'll show one a day while I can, and yes, I jumped on the chevron bandwagon. I am proud to say, Tyler now knows what chevron is :). I'm sure this won't be the last of it in our home!

I also have some exciting news, this table was the first piece of furniture i have sold! I was sad to see her go (and yes, I decided it's a she), since I spent so dang long taping off semi perfect lines, but she is in a happier place now. Haha, I couldnt resist that last part. But seriously, I had nowhere for the table in our house, and had big plans for a facelift. Here she is in all her glory!

Up next, something aqua :)

Xo

linking up to: Furniture Feature Friday

12.12.2011

Holiday Cheer

Ok so it's been a while (it always is), but I got an iPhone so blogging *should* be easier. Famous last words.

Back to the theme for today: our house's holiday cheer :)

Happy holidays everyone!




{christmas mantle. can you see the duck cheer there?}






{this may be the door from the hutch below...it works as a frame!}



{have I shown this one yet? a steal of a hutch I refinished}



{teal & red xmas}



{here she is in full}



{I may or may not be obsessed with Instagram}





{full mantle. it's a work in progress}



{simba posing}

Sorry for the photos being out of order. This was my first post from my phone and I can't quite figure it all out yet :)

7.14.2011

follow the leader


I stumbled upon the beauty that is Pinterest. I'm still figuring it out, but I like what I see.

{go there now}

On another note, I feel like owning our own home just makes me want to do so many projects! It gets overwhelming and I want to add another one to the mix. I want to redo our laundry room, which will hopefully get some new pretties {see, new washer and dryer!} soon. A girl can dream, right? Here is a pic of how it is now. A little blah.

{just imagine an old, but functional washer and dryer under the cabinets}

Here is some visual candy of what I hope it will look like {sometime} soon.



This one {below} is my fav. It seriously looks like an updated, way prettier, version of our space!





Source: houzz.com via Jasmine on Pinterest




Do you find yourself jumping around between projects? I think I just get new inspirations and have to jump on them!

7.12.2011

the garage sale gods...

...they have been good to me.

Or maybe, Tyler's mom found a super sweet estate sale 4th of July weekend and took me to it, twice. :)

I hope everyone had a safe and fun holiday! I know this is a little late. We spent the long weekend with Tyler's parents in Coos Bay. I love the beach. Like, looooove it. I insist we go there every time we visit CB {and it's nothing new to Tyler, since he grew up there}. Anyways, beach rant over, we've been bringing lots of things home lately that will leave me with projects for daaays, so hang with me. I've just got some before pics to show you, and will slowly show the afters as I figure out and finish them!

{everything soon to be repurposed/reused}

{i am curious about THIS. not sure what it is, but they had lots of these pieces and it screams headboard to me. Almost done with this redo and will share soon!}

Last weekend was busy for us too. I'm not going to show pictures yet, but lets just say instead of cleaning our garage, we may have added up to 3 new {old} pieces of furniture. Oops.

Happy almost hump day!

6.26.2011

summer is here!

The weather has finally been nice here so we have been taking advantage of it and getting outside as much as we can!

{my excuse for not posting recently}

Since it has been nice, there have been more and more garage sales happening. That means so many opportunities for finding fun (and cheap) treasures! Anyways, I drove by a garage sale yesterday on the way to my parents house and noticed they had some nice looking furniture out front. I didn't stop, but returned after picking some snap peas (yummm) at my parents. I'm so glad I did! First thing I saw when I walked up was a little end table, with a nice little price tag! There was also a beautiful dresser but it wasn't priced as low, and I couldn't justify it even if I could have talked them down a bit. I immediately took the pricetag off the table and continued to look around the sale. I found two more great, old, mirrors, both of which I took home and worked on right away {one of which I'll show you below} :) I also got to work on the side table and have before and after pictures for you!

{Well, I lied. I don't have complete before pictures, I had started taping the mirror off then remembered, and already primed the side table before thinking to take a pic!}

who is that shirtless hunk ;)

And the after...

{I primed and then painted the mirror with chalkboard paint. I've made some chalkboards for friends, but this is the first one I'm keeping!}

Here is the little side table {already primed, oops!}

And the after...

{Painted in my fav, RustOleum's Heirloom White, and distressed a bit.}

Look at my little helper who snuck in as I was taking pictures :)


I'll share the other mirror, and our FIVE DOLLAR door later this week. Happy Summer!


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