Awesome friends, I have a fun post to share today! I am so excited to be reuniting with my Decor Enthusiast girls to share how you can use grocery store flowers to add a special touch to your holiday home! We used to meet once a month to share tips for decorating on a budget, and I've really missed them. For today's project, I decided to hit up my favorite resource for fresh flowers in my area: Trader Joes. This is only some of what they have, and look at all these beautiful Christmas … [Read more...]
Cabinet Door turned Christmas Countdown
December 11, 2018 by 41 Comments
Amazing friends, you know I love this day...it's Trash-to-Treasure Tuesday woohoo!!! My friends and I get together the second Tuesday of every month to share items we rescued and reloved! Look for links to their makeovers at the bottom! Today I am sharing what I did with one of the cabinet doors that came from above our stove before adding the DIY custom built range hood cover: Last week I shared our Christmas kitchen that included this really cute countdown truck that I picked up at … [Read more...]
A Simple way to Create a Christmas Centerpiece
December 6, 2018 by 20 Comments
Amazing friends, hello! On Tuesday I shared our kitchen decked out for Christmas. You can see it HERE if you missed it. It was fun since our kitchen got a pretty major facelift this Summer! I had originally planned to share our Christmas kitchen on Tuesday AND share how easy it was to put our island centerpiece together, but of course I took too many photos to share for one post, so I'm back to share that today! I'm also sharing the centerpiece I put together for our coffee table today as … [Read more...]
Christmas in the Kitchen
December 4, 2018 by 67 Comments
Hello beautiful Friends!! Today I am excited to be taking part in the Seasonal Simplicity Series Christmas Tours hosted by my sweet friend, Krista from the The Happy Housie. If you are coming over from Willow Street Interiors, wasn't her kitchen gorgeous?? And welcome! Today I am excited to share my kitchen! If you follow me, you know that last year my kitchen still looked like this: And so of course, I didn't do much to decorate it. We had just moved in at the end of the Summer and … [Read more...]
How to Paint Unfinished Wood Furniture
November 29, 2018 by 47 Comments
Hello amazing friends! I'm here today with my Furniture Fixer Upper gal pals bringing you a brand new furniture makeover! Be sure to look for five more awesome makeovers from my friends at the bottom. My Dad used to make these wood tables back in the day when he, my Mom, and I did several craft markets each year: My Mom would paint scenes on them and they sold like hotcakes. They had a few leftover, and I painted one a couple of years ago and shared it HERE. My Mom has been sick … [Read more...]
Painted Christmas Village
November 27, 2018 by 81 Comments
Hello sweet friends! The Thanksgiving Holiday here in the US is over and that means the Christmas season has officially begun! I'm kicking it off with a super simple makeover. I found these mini Christmas village houses at the thrift store for $6 for a set of six: It's no secret that I love all things Christmas village. You can visit my treasured Christmas Village collection HERE if you like. One of these didn't really match the others so it's not … [Read more...]
Booth Update November 2018
November 20, 2018 by 70 Comments
Whose up for a little field trip today?? But first, let me say congratulations to Janet from Maine for winning my blogiversary giveaway! She has been notified and her package is on the way. Thank you to everyone who entered! Alrighty now let's go visit my booth, shall we? If you're new around here, I have a booth at the Virginia Beach Antique Mall here in Virginia Beach where I sell all my made-over treasures. Sweet friends, the last time we took a trip to my booth was in the Spring (see … [Read more...]
Chair Parts Repurposed
November 15, 2018 by 55 Comments
Hello awesome friends!! Thank you to everyone who entered my six-year blogiversary giveaway. I so appreciate every single kind word ya'll wrote to me!! You sure know how to make a gal feel good, and I feel so blessed to get to share what I love with such a kind, giving, and truly amazing group of people! I will be drawing the winner today, so keep an eye on your inbox!! I shared a photo of today's project piece on Tuesday: This was a $5 yard sale find from several years ago. You can … [Read more...]
Headboard Bench Update
November 13, 2018 by 56 Comments
Hello beautiful friends and welcome to Trash-to-Treasure Tuesday!! Turning old or forgotten items into new treasures is my absolute favorite, and it is even more fun when I get to do it with some of my favorite treasure-maker friends! Be sure to look for links to their projects at the bottom. Today I am breathing new life into this headboard bench I picked up at a craft market about 15 years ago: This was long before I had ever attempted a headboard bench of my own. I was smitten with … [Read more...]
Six Year Blogiversary Giveaway!!
November 8, 2018 by 592 Comments
AMAZING friends!! If I don't say it often enough, ya'll are the best and I am SO grateful for each and every one of you! This week marks my sixth year of blogging and this would never have been possible without you. YOU make it possible for me to do what I love, and it is truly a pleasure to create, share, and hopefully inspire you each week! To say thank you, I am thrilled to offer this fun painting package giveaway: This awesome giveaway has all my favorite painting products … [Read more...]
