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(Walls are Aquastone and metallic faux) I am seeing this done more and more in new construction. (We fauxed these walls in Lusterstone and the wainscoating in metallics) Several chandeliers hanging in dining rooms over the table. (Walls are fauxed in Lusterstone also) I love the drama it adds to…

My boys asked me to please redo their bathroom. "We're too old for frogs Mom".Sigh.....and I guess they are. So out with the frogs and in with the "WallHogs"."WallHogs".....that was the company I saw in this blog post that intrigued me! Thanks to one sweet blog follower, I was able…

It's Benjamin Moore's "Pumice Stone" (#BM1197). With a dark cranberry glaze over it. I love it in this dining room we just fauxed.

So I totally stole this idea from someone else's blog.....and yet I don't remember who. If you were the inventor of this sweet idea....kudos to you! I thought it was brilliant enough to copy!Hobby Lobby (or "Hobbily Lobbily" as Ava calls it) has these paper mache mailboxes for $2.99 each.…

Edited because within minutes Ann Marie at Twice Lovely new exactly about this post at The Shabby Nest that I was talking about!!!!! Thank you Ann Marie! I owe you one!A special "blog shout-out" to anyone who can help me find a blog post that was posted a few weeks…

Got Lions?????Update them with some Faux Effects Stain and Seal. They look so much better once the gold is toned down!Easy breezy mac and cheesy.You will be glad you did.My "after" pics aren't good. On this day it was rainy.On this day I was being blinded by sunshine.You get the…

My dear friend Laura picked up this sweet end table up at a garage sale for $10. She asked me if I would help her faux it and came over last weekend for a paint party.Ava got in on the "mixing glaze action" in one of her go-go dresses.We painted…

Warning: This post may show more of me than you or I are comfortable with you seeing... but it IS funny.So I am looking through the pictures we took as Noah got home from church camp a week ago. I see this awesome picture of Noah and his Daddy embracing…

I took this picture of my kids a few weeks ago at the Plaza here in Kansas City.Then I had the sweetest blog follower offer to edit the picture for me! She sent me these 2 versions: (a watercolor effect) (a black and white with my kids in color) I…