Small Side Table Upcyled in Black and White Buffalo Check Do you ever buy furniture at thrift stores or yard sales? I don’t often, but when I found a pair of these small side tables at a thrift store for $15 for the set, I couldn’t pass them up. Clearly, the previous owners have kids because they had dried food all over them. As a mom of four, no judgement here! After cleaning really well, it was time to transform {Read More}
Farmhouse Pedestal Table: Downsizing for a Smaller Household
May 9, 2018 by 50 Comments
Farmhouse Pedestal Table: Downsizing for a Smaller Household Our household is much smaller now since my older sons both got married and my daughter bought a new house last year. My youngest son still lives at home. I love my big farmhouse table but knew we could gain a lot of space if we downsized to a smaller one. As luck would have it, I found a pedestal table at a thrift store for only $25.
Spring Green Fresh Flowers Stenciled Dresser
February 16, 2018 by 50 Comments
My mom returned home last week after visiting almost a month, but while she was here, we moved the bed from the guest house to my daughter’s old bedroom for her. The guest house is insulated and we have a heater in it, but I didn’t want to worry about her walking outside and slipping on the ice to come into the main house. I’ll probably buy another bed to put in the guest house and continue to use my {Read More}
How to Make Custom Canvas Wedding Banners
October 1, 2017 by 6 Comments
More DIY Wedding Decor | How to Make Custom Canvas Wedding Banners How To Make Custom Wedding Banners Using Any Font Just between you and me … I’m starting to freak out just a little.
Furniture Refinishing for Beginners| Refinishing an Antique Coffee Table
September 13, 2017 by 11 Comments
Furniture Refinishing for Beginners Tips, tricks, and what I learned by refinishing an antique coffee table. It’s been years since I tackled a furniture refinishing project, but when I spotted an antique coffee table at a thrift store, it had to come home with me! It has a crack and some pretty bad stains on the top. The $40 price tag was steep, but I still wanted it. My husband tried to talk me out of it, but I was {Read More}
The Farmhouse End Table That Almost Didn’t Have a Happy Ending
February 16, 2017 by 31 Comments
This is the story of an end table. It’s the story of an end table that tried to get the better of me. But it didn’t know who it was messing with. Let me back up a bit though. I spotted this little magazine table at the thrift store. I wasn’t looking for one, and didn’t really need it, so I walked away and looked at other things. Then I realized it was half-price furniture day, so instead {Read More}
Black and White Farmhouse Kitchen Update
November 16, 2016 by 30 Comments
I decided last week that we absolutely positively needed a new kitchen table. Not only did we need it, we needed it before Thanksgiving. My poor husband. As soon as I said that, he knew any plans of relaxing over the weekend had just flown out the window. Let’s take a little walk down kitchen table memory lane, and you’ll see why he’s starting to hate the words “kitchen table.”
Homemade Gifts and 80’s Wooden Bin Makeover
September 19, 2016 by 7 Comments
I just got home from New Mexico and haven’t worked on any new projects yet, so I thought I’d share a few homemade gifts that my mom and I have given over the years. We don’t make as many handmade gifts as we used to – simply because all of our houses are maxed out with decor, but those used to be the only kind of gifts we gave. I’ve also got a quick makeover of a 1980’s potato bin that {Read More}
Happily Ever After Mini Dresser Makeover + New Quilt Block Stencil
June 12, 2016 by 19 Comments
I think all the best stories start with “once upon a time” and end with “happily ever after, and I have a good one for you! First, let’s meet the damsel in distress… I found this small dresser at a thrift store with a big “FREE” sign taped to the top. I’m a sucker for pitiful pieces like this, so I couldn’t just leave it sitting there. The drawers were broken, but I figured that even if the dresser couldn’t be saved, at least I {Read More}
Painting, Pallet Wood and a Farmhouse Accent Table
April 24, 2016 by 14 Comments
Have you ever had something that was just begging for a makeover, but you needed some time to decide whether it needed painting, or decoupaging, or glittering? So you thought, and thought, and thought about it… for two years? Please tell me you sometimes have to think that long too. Well, this is the story of a little table that finally got the makeover it waited two whole years to get.
