When you live in the country, giving someone directions to your house can be tricky. There aren’t many landmarks to look for, unless you count fields of corn or barns. So my directions usually sound something like this… “Turn at the 5-way, go past three fields of corn on your left and two fields of soybeans on your right. When you spot the water tower in the distance, turn left.” See the problem?
Beauty Salon Makeover for an Old Oil Heater
August 4, 2016 by 38 Comments
When I was a little girl, I loved going with my mom to the beauty salon. I remember the mint green walls in the salon. I remember the long row of hooded hair dryers. And I remember watching in fascination as the beautician teased mom’s hair into a beehive. And I distinctly remember the smell of all the Aqua Net required to keep the beehive in place. My mom could rock a beehive! It’s amazing how you can walk into {Read More}
If At First You Don’t Succeed … Do Something Else!
July 24, 2016 by 14 Comments
So… I made fabric covered books over the weekend. I didn’t intend to make fabric covered books. I was trying to make a ticking pillowcase. See why I don’t like to sew? A lot of my projects start out as one thing, and end up something else, all because the first project was a failure. I know… how could I mess up a pillowcase? My mom informed me that it’s one of the easiest sewing projects in the world. {Read More}
DIY Coat Rack + Windmill Wall Decor Giveaway
July 15, 2016 by 14 Comments
Cue the Pointer Sisters, because I’m so excited, and I just can’t hide it! 🙂 I’ve got a DIY coat rack project to show you (which I’m head over heals in love with), I’ve teamed up with the Farmhouse Friends team again this month (you’ll see all their projects below), and we’ve got a giveaway that’ll blow you away (pun totally intended)! Enter to win at the end of this post! But first, let me give you the back story on the coat {Read More}
How Not to Give a Folding Chair a Makeover
July 13, 2016 by 30 Comments
I woke up yesterday morning on a mission. I was going to march straight out to my workshop, grab the first piece of junk I laid eyes on, and do something amazing with it. I wouldn’t look at Facebook or check my email first. Junk first – Facebook later. That WAS the plan…
Junky Door Wall Vase
July 9, 2016 by 8 Comments
Last year, we decided to get a new quote on our house insurance. It seemed like a great idea … until the insurance man showed up at my door. He showed up at my door unannounced. He showed up at my door unannounced … with his camera. I stood in the doorway, babbling like an idiot, about why that wasn’t a good day, and could he come back next week?
Metal Pallet Repurposed into Wall Shelf
May 27, 2016 by 1 Comment
Whoever first said that patience is a virtue, clearly never had the coolest metal pallet sitting right in their own driveway, but they couldn’t use it! Let me back up a little… My husband brought it home months ago, but never mentioned it to me. It took awhile for me to even notice it was sitting there, because he had stacked a small mountain of wood pallets on it. Little by little, that mountain started getting smaller in size, as we used {Read More}
Antique Trunk Tray Makeover
May 25, 2016 by 14 Comments
Once upon a time (about 4 years ago), I went to the most ahhmazing farm country auction, and at that auction, I scored an antique trunk. Now, I really didn’t personally have any place to put that antique trunk, but it was so cool I couldn’t resist bidding on it, and to my surprise, I won. As I was getting ready to load it in my van, a young gal approached me and asked if she could buy it off {Read More}
Garage Sale Find into Farmhouse Style Crate
April 10, 2016 by 10 Comments
It’s still a bit early in the season, but I did find a garage sale on Friday. I need more “stuff” in my house like a need a hole in the head, but when I saw an elderly man was running it, I threw common sense to the wind and stopped to check it out. If you love rustic and rusty things – look for old men having a garage sale, because they usually have what I love! I didn’t buy a lot, but {Read More}
Door Salvage Mercantile Sign
April 9, 2016 by 9 Comments
I don’t even remember where I got this door panel, but I discovered it one day out in my workshop, and I knew I wanted to turn it into a sign. I wasn’t sure what I wanted to put on it, so I went searching for inspiration for long, large signs, and found several ideas I loved, like this Meat Market sign via Country Living (but seriously, isn’t the whole room incredible?!) And I’ve always loved this Tourists sign that {Read More}
