Coffee Anyone?

Coffee table that is.  After a little work and some amazing paint here's what my $20 looks like today.

Tape.

Two coats paint.  ASCP Old Ochre.

Remove tape.  Wax.

Add decor.

Step back and enjoy!

Would love to hear your feedback!  Thanks.

Here's where I party!

Sunday:
I Heart Naptime
LambAround
Under the Table and Dreaming
It's So Very Cheri
The DIY Showoff
The Girl Creative
Stylish Once Again
Lines Across My Face
It's Robin with an I

Monday:
Sumo's Sweet Stuff
The DIY Showoff
C.R.A.F.T.
Mad in Crafts
The House in the Roses
Keeping it Simple
Skip to my Lou
Boogieboard Cottage
Creating My Way to Success
The DIY Home Sweet Home Project
The Nesting Place
Southern Hospitality
It's so Very Cheri
The Idea Room
Pinkapotamus
Three Mango Seeds
Mo Momma
You are Talking too Much

Tuesday:
Coastal Charm
House of Grace
Sugar Bee Craft Edition
Hope Studios
All Things Related
Creative Itch
Giggles Glitz & Glam
Tip Jukie
A Soft Place To Land
Not Just a Housewife
A Bowl Full of Lemons
The Project Queen
Topsy Turvy
A Stroll Thru Life
Knick of Time Interiors
The Shady Porch
Homemaker on a Dime

Wednesday:
Primitive & Proper
Blue Cricket Design
Someday Crafts
Sew Much Ado
My Backyard Eden
Seven Thirty Three
Tea Rose Home
Santa's Gift Shoppe
Domestically Speaking
We are that Family
Elements & Interiors
Handy Man, Crafty Woman
Saturday Mornings
Room To Inspire
Ginger Snaps Crafts
The Shady Porch
It's Overflowing

Thursday:
Seven Thirty Three
The Shabby Chic Cottage
Beyond the Picket Fence
Fireflies And Jellybeans
Tales from Bloggeritaville
Brambleberry Cottage
House of Hepworths
Somewhat Simple
Yesterday On Tuesday
Beneath My Heart
Christinas Adventures
It's A Keeper
Rhinestone Beagle
Common Ground
Mom on Time Out
Fabulously Flawed
Saved by Suzy
The Vintage Farmhouse
My Crazy Beautiful Life

Friday:
Miss Mustard Seed
My Romantic Home
The Shabby Nest
Finding Fabulous
Fingerprints on the Fridge
Chic on a Shoestring Decorating
A Little Knick Knack
It's Fun to Craft
French Country Cottage
Rag to Stitches
Designer Garden
The Speckled Dog
Stuff and Nonesense
Bubble Nature Creations
Lovely Crafty Home
Shanty2Chic
Kelly's Korner
Vintage Revivals
Just a Girl
Kojo's Design
Deja Renew
The Girl Creative
The Inspired Room
Infarrantly Creative
Tidy Mom
Days of Chalk and Chocolate
Pocket Full of Pink
Freckled Laundry
Blissfull and Domestic

Saturday:
Craft Envy
A Vision to Remember
Funky Junk Interiors
Tatertots and Jello
Be Different Act Normal
A Little Lovely
Along for the Ride
Perfectly Imperfect
Meg and Mums
Positively Splendid

 

 

Bad Blogger Award….

I totally deserve this award if it exists.  I know I’ve been missing in action, and I didn’t even put my party up last week.  Shame on ME! 

Well I’m back now and I actually have a lot to share, one post at a time.

Today I’m sharing my first attempt at dry brushing.  I wasn’t sure how it was gonna turn out at first but, I love it.  I want to dry brush everything now, well almost.

Chair before.

Chair after.  Old Ochre, by Annie Sloan.

A few close ups.

So, yea or nah?  Let me know what you think.   I’ll be working on the other chair this week.  Well fingers crossed.

Un, Deaux, Trois

No Really.  DEAUX!  lol  I get to live with this error forever.  I’m not even gonna try to fix it.  I’m over the fixing of this piece actually.  Beyond OVER!

I painted it chateaux grey and then decided it was missing something, so my bestie printed out Un DEAUX Trois so I could stencil it.  Lucky for her I still LOVE her!  lol 

In the beginning…

Better but boring…

After, if only I had spell checked…

Any mistakes you’ve decided to live with? 

Tray Table Completed!

  I'm happy to announce that I have completed a project.  Whew, about time. 

I started on this tray table over a month ago.  You are probably asking yourself how she gets anything done when she works this slow.  Trust me, I ask myself this all the time. 

Recap of  what the tray table looked like in the beginning.

And this is what it looks like today.  The pefect little end table.  All I need now is some cute stuff to put on top of it.  Hmmm what to hunt for?

It's painted ASCP Coco, I love this color.  Then I traced a stencil on it and painted it with my favorite Martha Stewart Vintage Gold.  I heart GOLD!

Where I Party!!!

Sunday:

I Heart Naptime

LambAround

Under the Table and Dreaming

It's So Very Cheri

The DIY Showoff

The Girl Creative

Stylish Once Again

Lines Across My Face

It's Robin with an I

Monday:

Sumo's Sweet Stuff

The DIY Showoff

C.R.A.F.T.

Mad in Crafts

The House in the Roses

Keeping it Simple

Skip to my Lou

Boogieboard Cottage

Creating My Way to Success

The DIY Home Sweet Home Project

The Nesting Place

Southern Hospitality

It's so Very Cheri

The Idea Room

Pinkapotamus

Three Mango Seeds

Mo Momma

You are Talking too Much

Tuesday:

Coastal Charm

House of Grace

Sugar Bee Craft Edition

Hope Studios

All Things Related

Creative Itch

Giggles Glitz & Glam

Tip Jukie

A Soft Place To Land

Not Just a Housewife

A Bowl Full of Lemons

The Project Queen

Topsy Turvy

A Stroll Thru Life

Knick of Time Interiors

The Shady Porch

Homemaker on a Dime

Wednesday:

Primitive & Proper

Blue Cricket Design

Someday Crafts

Sew Much Ado

My Backyard Eden

Seven Thirty Three

Tea Rose Home

Santa's Gift Shoppe

Domestically Speaking

We are that Family

Elements & Interiors

Handy Man, Crafty Woman

Saturday Mornings

Room To Inspire

Ginger Snaps Crafts

The Shady Porch

It's Overflowing

Thursday:

Seven Thirty Three

The Shabby Chic Cottage

Beyond the Picket Fence

Fireflies And Jellybeans

Tales from Bloggeritaville

Brambleberry Cottage

House of Hepworths

Somewhat Simple

Yesterday On Tuesday

Beneath My Heart

Christinas Adventures

It's A Keeper

Rhinestone Beagle

Common Ground

Mom on Time Out

Fabulously Flawed

Saved by Suzy

The Vintage Farmhouse

My Crazy Beautiful Life

Friday:

Miss Mustard Seed

My Romantic Home

The Shabby Nest

Finding Fabulous

Fingerprints on the Fridge

Chic on a Shoestring Decorating

A Little Knick Knack

It's Fun to Craft

French Country Cottage

Rag to Stitches

Designer Garden

The Speckled Dog

Stuff and Nonesense

Bubble Nature Creations

Lovely Crafty Home

Shanty2Chic

Kelly's Korner

Vintage Revivals

Just a Girl

Kojo's Design

Deja Renew

The Girl Creative

The Inspired Room

Infarrantly Creative

Tidy Mom

Days of Chalk and Chocolate

Pocket Full of Pink

Freckled Laundry

Blissfull and Domestic

Saturday:

Craft Envy

A Vision to Remember

Funky Junk Interiors

Tatertots and Jello

Be Different Act Normal

A Little Lovely

Along for the Ride

Perfectly Imperfect

Meg and Mums

Positively Splendid

Mostly Done Tray Table....Mostly

When hubby was home last month we went to New Hampshire to visit his Mom and two of his Brothers.  It was a short visit, but so nice to see everyone.  Especially my Brother in law Gene, he's amazing, and totally gets me. 

He took us out to this very cool store, called Oldies to shop, and in my case to spend.  I bought this beautiful tray table, well the shape and size were beautiful. 

Great shape and size, not so great look.

The mostly after.  lol  Still need to do the graphic on the top, but it's been painted and the details have been added.  So, graphic and wax is all that is left.  Colors are ASCP Coco and Martha Stewart Vintage Gold.  Totally addicted to the gold!

I found the graphic, but of course I don't own a laser printer.  I forwarded it to a friend that is gonna print it out.  Thanks Mrs. Designer Garden, you rock!

Big reveal to come!

Lauren's Make Under got a Make Over!

  I'm crazy like that, seems like I never finish a room.  It's just in transition until I make the next change.  Please tell me I'm not alone in this insanity.

   So you know I made some changes to Lauren's room, preparing for the day when we rent it.  Then I went out today while the kidsa were at school and found a couple things I couldn't live with out.  Really it was life or death.

I found this adorable chenille beadspread when I was out, 20 bucks!  Sold. The real shocker, it's WHITE!  I'm so scared of white, I need to be medicated to be in the same room with it!

 I love it like this, but every little girl likes to have her 'stuff' on her bed. 

Lauren's Room, Make Under?

Hubby finished Lauren's room Monday, he flew back to Afghanistan Tuesday.  Talk about cutting it close.  lol  (Miss you babe!)

We aren't starting the house search until May.  I'm taking a break from it.  It'll just give me that much more time to get the house ready to rent and start packing it up.  I'm going to be doing some purging, the plan is to have some stuff in my Etsy shop by the end of the week.  Fingers crossed.

Here's the before of Lauren's room.

Green and lavendar walls, with a lavendar ceiling.

Labor of Love

This piece was definately a 'Labor of Love', as in I love my girl so much the labor was worth it!  I wouldn't have done this piece for anyone else, and I will be thinking long and hard before I strip this much paint again.  lol  Did I mention it was worth it?  I sound like a huge whiner.

Before.  Lauren is the only cute factor.

Fresh Paint

Hey there strangers!  I know I've been missing in action a lot lately.  Sorry about that.  I know you all understand.  Hubby has been home and we've been enjoying our precious family time.  Plus the never ending house hunting and unexpected trip to NH. 

This week we've all been sick.  The kids have double ear infections and I had the flu with a sinus infection.  That's how we roll.  We like to do things big.  We are all finally on the mend, now fingers crossed Hubby doesn't get sick before he flies out Tuesday.

I know what a bummer, he flights out on Valentine's Day.  Oh well, not complaining, we had a full month together.

So on to the good stuff.  We actually painted the kids bath this week.  Miracle right?  We start on Lauren's room tonight, so I will have another reveal soon.  Crazy right?

The bathroom before.

Living Room Changes

It's been a lot of fun shopping the house and making changes.  I've actually taken quite a few things down from the walls, and stuff I had out before Christmas, I kept put away.  Trust me my house is still "full" of stuff, it's just less full.  I think it's a vain attempt at making the place feel bigger.  Not sure if it's working.  We'll see what hubby says on SATURDAY when he gets home!

Sometimes I am tempted to look into an interior design degree online to get even more ideas.

This is the Living Room before Christmas...

Office Redo, Deja Vu?

I decided to make some changes in the office.  Other than the kitchen, I spend most of my time in this room.  I want it to be pretty.  However, it feels a lot like deja vu, maybe I give this room to much of my attention?  Wonder what someone with an online interior design
degree would have to say about it.

Here are some before photos:  This is at the top of the stairs right before you get to my office/loft/hallway.

i own a paint brush?

Really, I do.  However if you read this blog, and I love you for it, you know it's been a while since I've actually used one!   

Sorry about that.  I owe you guys more projects.  I have six more planned, and I hope to get to them in January.

Before....Black, which I'm getting really tired of. 

My First Chalk Paint Piece!!!

First off, I can't tell you how excited I am to be doing a post about an actual project.  It feel like years since I painted anything, touch up painting the walls doesn't count!  (even if it does keep me very busy!)

I feel like the last person to us Annie Sloan Chalk Paint.  Finally, I've used it, and like everyone else I LOVE it!  It was a little touch and go at first, and the wax is gaining my admiration, but in the end, I'm beyond pleased with the products. 

I really like the hand painted look of the piece, which says a lot, I usually go for a flawless finish.  This is the first piece in my house that I have actually hand painted with a brush.  The rest have been sprayed.

Well, I'm gonna stop singing the praises of ASCP, and show you my finished piece.  I hope you love it as much as I do!

Check out the cute model!  Isn't she adorable?