My baby girl turned 4–my hopes for her
My baby turned 4 yesterday. Except she isn't a baby anymore. She is a walking, talking young lady who has opinions of her own and her own cheetah print on zebra print style that reminds me of Punky Brewster in some odd way. She is opinionated and strong willed and funny…
Tiffany blue, zebra and polka dots – OH MY!
We had the pleasure of updating this tween girl's bedroom. The stenciled ceiling she had for years was still beautiful and very sweet. It pained us to paint right over all that hard work. But, she had outgrown it and was ready for something different... This post contains affiliate…
A tribute to my 8 year old son Easton
Today my middle child turns 8. And as I look expectantly to his bright future, my heart hurts for days gone by. Days we can't get back, but I will forever treasure. What a quick journey parenthood is. Thru the endless routine of bed making and word practicing, life happens…
Ignore the very ugly middle steps
This was a "before" shot of a client's buffet that we painted lately. "Before" we beat it up with chisels, ice picks, hammers and other aggressive sharp tools that I love. "Before" we painted it in this putrid yellow paint to "brighten up the wood tone underneath". And "before" we…
What’s with us staining concrete???
We have had so many requests to stain concrete projects this year. We've stained fireplaces and floors and firepits (they have all been blogged about). And recently....this concrete table. My client had this concrete table in her back yard next to her pool. She was considering leaving her concrete table…
Foiled fireplace
We faux finished this ordinary white fireplace in a client's master bedroom recently. Yeah, I know.....I'd love to have a fireplace in my bedroom too! Groovy.... I failed to get any pictures of the different steps".....but I will tell ya what we did. We painted the whole thing black.... then…
My triathlon overview….yes, I lived to blog about it
Warning: this post may contain more pictures of me than you ever care to see. My first triathlon is behind me. And I lived to blog about it. It was an insane few weeks of surprise vacations, television interviews and last minute training practices. This is me and a…
My 40th birthday surprise from my GIRLFRIENDS
I know, I know....it's been a while since I have blogged. My life has been "fast forward on crazy" these past few weeks!My kids leave town for a church camp tomorrow. My 40th birthday is this coming weekend. My first triathlon is this weekend. And my GIRLFRIENDS love me enough…
