DIY night stand makeover! Change the color of any nightstand! I love this idea for painting bedside tables. These fun nightstands received a milk paint makeover to make them a matching pair. Good day to you all! Can I ask you … [Read more...]
Furniture Makeovers
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So you are looking for DIY ideas for your home? Maybe even some DIY home improvement ideas?
But maybe you are a bit scared? Don’t worry, I am self-thought and flawed all the way and yet I have managed quite a few projects that have beautified and improved our home. Come see how I do it, and you will never be scared again. Let’s learn together.
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How I used an old wood dining table outside
Turn your indoor table into an outdoor table. Create a cheap garden table by repurposing in old indoor table for use outside. See my tips on how to paint an indoor table for outdoor use. Hello sweets, we are moving outdoors today, … [Read more...]
How to paint pine furniture. Pine table makeover
How to paint pine furniture. A thrifted much used round dining table gets a quick and simple makeover with white paint for a totally updated and modern style look. Follow my steps to see how I did it. If you have followed me along … [Read more...]
How to Paint Suitcases
How to paint suitcases is one question I get asked often ever since I published this white suitcase nightstand. People want to know all the details, as if there is some deep dark secret that I could share. Well let me tell you, there is … [Read more...]
Door makeover with Frech enemal milk paint
A door makeover for you today. A milk paint door makeover that turned out to be perfect chippy goodness. Hello my sweets. How is life treating you? I am happy and sore. Happy because I just had a long weekend and it was such a nice long weekend. … [Read more...]
Fruit crate storage shelves
Howie sweet folks. Popping in today to show off another little project I just finished. Can I say that I am still after all these years hesitant to show off my latest bit of DIY/ decorating. I have been at this blogging thing for quite some … [Read more...]
Army Crate Makeover and some Outdoor Decorating
Hello my friends, welcome to my little nest on the web. Today I have a little decorating, a little DIY, and a little craft to show you. I have had a week of Spring break and I have used it to work on several projects all at once. Hardly any are … [Read more...]
Finally! My Farmhouse Table Makeover
It is makeover time! Yup, I got another little furniture makeover under my belt. Our farmhouse table got a makeover with milk paint, and she is looking good. This is another one of those projects that was on my to-do list for 2013, hmm … [Read more...]
Blue Painted School Chair
Hello ladies (and men?), today I am here to ask your advice and your opinion. You see, I failed to share a little makeover project with you that I finished months ago. The makeover part of the project was easy. It just involved paint, … [Read more...]
IKEA Hack Furniture Project {tv stand makeover}
Yes! She is finished. My furniture project is all done and order has been restored.And I am so proud of myself. Except for a few details I did it all by myself.Come see my latest Ikea Hack: Isn't she lovely! White and a bit rustic and hiding all … [Read more...]
Antique Door Makeover and a little Decorating
Good day my friends. How was your weekend? All ready for Monday morning? My weekend was a bit short, since I had to work a lot of overtime for the day job. But I got some decorating in there, so I count it as a good one. I have been playing with … [Read more...]
Milk Paint Hutch Makeover
My hutch makeover is finished! And I love it.My first ever milk paint project is a success and I am so happy! Look!! She is white grey, striped, and lovely. It was a hell of a job, and I had my moments, but she turned out exactly as I intended … [Read more...]
The project that has been 16 years in the making……
Today my dear friends I share a project that I truly hesitated to share. I felt it was just too mundane, too run-of-the-mill, too ordinary, too common. And then I thought, I actually have some pretty good reasons to share it … [Read more...]
Another Postal Chair Makeover
Yeow! Another Craft Room Makeover project is finished. I made myself a ‘new’ chair to go with my ‘new’ desk. I couldn’t really show her and do her justice at the same time if I showed you to her in the disaster area that my craft room is right now. … [Read more...]
Desk Makeover Before and After {Painted Desk Reveal}
Today on the agenda the Desk Makeover Before and After!!!! She is finished! And ready for her moment of fame, my old desk has received her chalk paint makeover: Isn’t she pretty?! I used Annie Sloan chalk paint, White Linen over … [Read more...]
Maid’s Closet Makeover
Good evening my sweets. May I apologize in advance for any typo’s I am going to make in this post?! I have been working hard on my desk all day. Trying to pry the veneer on the top loose with a putty knife and a steaming iron. So my hands are a bit … [Read more...]
Top 10 Makeover Projects of 2011
G’day my friends, hope your Christmas celebrations were even better than you had hoped. My Christmas was wonderfully relaxed and easy, just as I like it. Spent with all the people I love most in this world and with no stress over getting everything … [Read more...]
Chronicles of a Garden Table ~ 31 Days / Day 10
I have a confession to make…. I kind of faked something… Remember my Fall garden table decoration? It was displayed on a beautiful table, wasn’t it? Except that table wasn’t finished….. Let me tell you the chronicles of my garden … [Read more...]
Garden Table ~ The Case of the Amazing Halves
Hello dear fellow bloggers, Happy Good Friday to you. Today has been a good Friday to me in many ways. My Love decided (after some persuasion from my side) to take an extra day off at work AND to take a day off from studying as well. So we have … [Read more...]
My Little Sawhorse Bench ~ Channeling Funky Junk or MissMustardSeed
Hello everybody, how is life treating you? I hope all is well in your little corner of the world. In my little corner things have definitely taken a turn for the better. I spent the better part of my weekend covered in white paint specks and with … [Read more...]
Top 10 Makeover Projects 2010
Hello my friends, I truly hope you all had a blessed Christmas and are not yet stressing out over getting all the Christmas decorations put away. I am having the week off, and I am enjoying doing absolutely nothing. Everyday I take a look at that … [Read more...]
Postal Chair ~ My New Chair Makeover
Hi you guys, aren’t you all very nice making me feel that I am not crazy, split-personality and all. I guess when it comes to not being able to make up my mind as regards to my style of preference, I am in good company. But enough about that, today … [Read more...]
Repurposed Wood Headboard ~ An other Bedroom Reveal
Howdy guys, remember when I showed you this sneak-peak of my ongoing bedroom makeover? Well you are about to see more. Cause look this drab, boring and most of all empty bedroom I started out with (here comes the infamous before … [Read more...]
Closet Makeover with Wallpaper ~ Finally a Bedroom Reveal
Yes, the moment you have been waiting for has arrived, today is the day that I reveal my first bedroom makeover project. Remember this closet at the foot of our bed? When I asked for your suggestions for my bedroom … [Read more...]
Suitcase nightstand for the Guestroom
Suitcase nightstand. Loving this little project of mine. Combining a vintage suitcase and an old side table and painting it all white, gave me a lovely bit of storage in this bedroom. We have an itty-bitty guestroom, that is just … [Read more...]
I am loving my new white cupboard
I have given the little brown cupboard a Songbird makeover. As you can see it no longer is brown. I’m in love with the new look. It is so nice to see a rundown little cupboard of my in-laws spring back to life. The white paint and the … [Read more...]
Office chair makeover
Last week I showed you a more than ordinary office chair. You know the kind basic, black and boring. But I wanted a comfortable office chair that I could adjust in height and that could easily swirl between my desks. So when I found one for next to … [Read more...]
Cupboard Makeover – an Ikea Hack
I have been stretching my DIY muscles and I have been working with power tools! And it was much more fun than I expected. So I did a little tutorial on what I did, come check it out. I gave an old Ikea cupboard a total makeover. The cupboard is at … [Read more...]