For years I have been wanting to make some Halloween mile marker signs but something always stopped me from making them. One of those things was the fact that my handwriting is atrocious and I absolutely was not going to hand write the words on there. Another reason I had not yet made them was because I didn't want to spend a fortune paying someone else to print the words out on vinyl for me. I … [Read more...]
Fireplace Makeover, bye bye 90s
When we bought our house 2 years ago one of my key items on our "Must Have" list was a fireplace. Its kind of crazy thing to want, in Southern, Humid, Alabama of all places, but I just love the look of a good fireplace and I feel like they totally transform a space. And it does get hot here, eventually, for a few weeks, and then I can light a fire instead of use our heat, so yeah it's totally … [Read more...]
BB Frosch Chalk Paint dresser makeover
I have had this dresser since I was a little kid. My mom wrote her name in it when she was little, I wrote my name in it when I was little and my oldest joined in the trend and carved his name into it. It had been around the block and back and was a bit rough around the edges. This beauty had the curves though and those lines that make your breath catch in your throat when you see her so I knew … [Read more...]
Pink Hombre Hutch with BB Frosch
When Noah and I were first married I received this hutch for free. It was a really nasty old orange piece but we were young and broke and it worked for what we needed it too. Fast forward a few years to when we had some money and could buy something new so I posted this piece on Craigslist for sale, it got several hits but everyone was a no-show, I was about to throw it out to the curb when an … [Read more...]
Staining with Paint
Sorry for how sporadic my posts have been lately. Hubby has been crazy with military work, my kids have passed around sinus infections (at least they are sharing something) and I have been having some pretty serious kidney issues the past few months and to top that off my Graves Disease Thyroid levels were going crazy there for a little bit, add all that together and then put is smack dab in the … [Read more...]