Fabulous DIY Faux Antique Barnwood Mantel
I love the look of rustic wood, barn wood, driftwood – anything that looks like its old, natural, and just oozes character. If you saw my recent Family Room Makeover Reveal, you saw my old oak mantel. We have oak ALL OVER our house – I’m sure it...
Whitewashed French Vintage IKEA Planters
Recently I took a trip to IKEA and was looking in their planting area. I wish I could say I had a green thumb, but I really just don’t. So finding realistic looking fake plants is always something I’m looking out for. I came across these cool looking...
Orange Be Gone – My $1000 DIY Chalk Paint Kitchen Makeover Reveal!!
**This post may contain affiliate links. When we bought our house 2 years ago, I absolutely fell in love with the kitchen – or I should say, the potential of the kitchen. First, its a very large kitchen – lots of open space, and lots of natural...
DIY Deck Gate: Successfully Retaining Escape Artist Toddlers Everywhere
I’ve got 3 kids, and 3 dogs, 1 of each currently falls in the “less than 2 years old” category, and let me tell you something that 1 year olds love to do. They love to break free, run wild, and basically be anywhere that “adult” eyes or...
How To Create a Distressed French Vintage Look With Chalky Finish Paint
A couple of months ago I was out at a couple of garage sales, and I came across this beautiful carved wood frame, for only 10 bucks. Some of the corners were a little beat up, but its nothing a little makeover wouldn’t take care of… ...
Give Your Kitchen Island A Facelift And Some Sexy Legs!
Happy Labor Day everyone!!! I’m spending the weekend finally pulling a ton of photos off of cameras, so I can finally share some of the projects that I’ve been working on, and totally slacking on posting. Am I the only one who leaves like 500 photos on...
DIY “I Love You Because…” Chalkboard With Interchangeable Tiles
My 10th Anniversary was a couple of weeks ago. If you’re anything like my me, you might have had grand dreams of what your 10th Anniversary would be like, way back when. When we got married and I thought out to our 10th anniversary, I imagined we would take...
DIY Standing Citronella Firepot
This summer in the midwest has been BRUTAL. Not for the heat, but for the bugs. Temps have actually been pretty mild, but we’ve gotten a lot of rain, and therefore, its pretty much paradise for the mosquitos here. Which means my poor kiddos have been stuck...
Soccer Themed 7th Birthday Party!
My son had his 7th birthday this weekend and it was a smash hit! I wanted to share a few pictures of my cool DIY favors that turned out cuter than I had even imagined! I went for a green, white and black theme to fit with the whole soccer ball on a field look. ...
Olympics Valentines For Kids
My son is a sports NUT, and he is going crazy over the Olympics right now. So I wasn’t terribly surprised when I asked him what kind of Valentine’s he wanted to hand out at his class party this week, that he told me he wanted Olympic themed...
DIY Stick Ponies For Less Than $2.00 Each!
I have had a couple of people email me asking for a tutorial on how I made the Stick Ponies/Hobby Horses for my daughters recent Cowgirl Party. Unfortunately I didn’t take a ton of pictures of the process, as we made them pretty quickly, the morning of...
Princess and Superheros Birthday Party
My daughter, like most 4 year olds, is pretty much completely obsessed with princesses. So it made sense that for her 4th birthday, she told me she wanted a princess party. But our preschool had a rule that if kids from school were invited, that it had to be...
Family Room Bookcase & Fireplace Makeover Reveal!
So excited to show you guys my project from the last couple of weeks. I’ve been dying to give my family room fireplace and media cabinet a makeover, and I finally got around to it! Check out the before picture: We have tons of oak in our house,...