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Repurposed Bench Coffee Table Makeover
While social media has been blowing up with mudslinging and heated political arguments as we gear up for Election Day, I’ve been over here with my paint brush thinking, “I’ll just decorate and make...
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Sunny Yellow Play Table Makeover
If you ever feel like catapulting yourself into a time warp, come over to our house to visit… because currently, we have fall decor and Christmas decor battling it out. And my latest makeover has a...
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Cranberry Bench Makeover
When I was little, my mother gathered my brother and I around the kitchen table to make ornaments. You know the kind where you pour tiny beads into wreath and Santa Claus shaped molds, stick them in...
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Raw Silk Painted Master Bedroom Chair
Every time I pick up a thrift store / flea market / yard sale piece of furniture, I always wonder what stories it could tell. I mean, I know the expression is, “if walls could talk.” But I’ll bet...
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Mustard Playroom Coffee Table Makeover
Confession: I buy furniture at thrift stores and then let it sit in my garage for 6 months. Robert LOVES that I do that. (Snicker snicker.) I’ll find a piece that is just “too good to pass up”, tell...
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Antique Banister Wall Planter
Oh my stars, y’all! We have something hanging on our wall! I know… it’s the little things that thrill us these days at the new house. In this case, it’s wall decor. Since going paint crazy in the...
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Faux Gilded Nightstands
Sometimes I think furniture can teach us a big lesson about people if we really listen. Like a wobbly table that just needs someone to believe in it. Or a dresser that shows its age in its bang ups...
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How to Revive a Patio Table
I almost died doing this project. Completely true story. And by “died” I mean I’m the most stubborn chick on the planet and when I set my mind to doing something it WILL get done and I sometimes end...
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White Waxed Coffee Bar Makeover
If thrifted furniture finds were stray puppies, I’d have about 40 dogs in my house right now. Which would be fun and all… except I bet the strays I find are way less messy and don’t chew my shoes as...
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DIY Narnia Wardrobe Reading Nook
The forces of nature were totally against my latest furniture makeover. Literally. Back in July, when Robert, Olivia, and I were vacationing on our annual summer trip to Myrtle Beach with my side of...
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DIY Marbled Vases and Halloween Entryway
If Plan A doesn’t work out, there are 25 more letters in the alphabet. That’s at least my motto after Plan A of this month’s Trash to Treasure Tuesday was a total flop. Lately, I’ve been seeing all...
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Two Tone Dining Table Makeover
I’ve been a total tease about today’s project because I’ve been dancing that line of oh-my-gosh-I-need-to-share-this-immediately and darn-I-should-save-this-for-Trash-to-Treasure-Tuesday. It’s been...
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DIY Ottoman Bench from a Repurposed Coffee Table
This is one of those projects that has been sitting in our garage for oh… an eternity and a half. Do you ever take a stroll through the thrift store “just to look” without any need to buy anything and...
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Faux Bone Inlay Nesting Tables Makeover
Back in November, I scored big at a nearby thrift store. I blame it on the massive purge that always happens around the time people start prepping for guests during the holidays and putting up...
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Mirror Gallery Wall from Thrifted Frames
This has been one of those projects that I was so intimidated to attempt it just sat in storage until I could muster up the gumption to make it happen. If you peeked at my messy house tour in my...
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DIY Butterfly Terrarium Cloche
Happy Trash to Treasure Day! I say that like it’s a holiday, but it kind of is in my little world. It’s the one day of the month I have to force myself to pick up a “hunk a junk” and find the beauty...
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Baroque Table Lamp Makeover + Olivia’s Bedroom Progress
I love lamp. That’s the gist of this post. (Anchorman reference, anyone?) Well, that plus everything else in Olivia’s room right now because this room makeover is trekking right along and it’s...
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Aqua and White French Dresser Makeover
It had been way too long since I painted a piece of furniture. Some people go jogging to clear their heads, others create art as their therapy, I paint dusty dressers bound for the trash heap....
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Faux Marble Top Coffee Table
A quick and simple tutorial for how to transform furniture to look like marble with marble look contact paper. Once upon a time, there was this magical place called the IKEA As-Is section… You know...
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DIY French Sconce from 80s Brass
How to turn a dated brass piece into a Restoration Hardware-inspired French sconce using paint samples and jewelry beads. Apparently it’s always Opposite Day in my world. (Did you ever play Opposite...
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