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2 white dressers? But I am allergic to white….

We recently painted this dresser for a client.In white. ALL white.The one color I joke I am allergic to.Here is how it looked before.... A traditional 1970's, super-slick dresser with the gold detailing. The stark white paint actually freshened it up so much. I even liked the handles white! I…

July 13, 2012

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We can paint/stain your brick/stone fireplace

(before) We had a client who had this beautiful fireplace....but she wanted the stone to be warmer.....less gray. (after) So we used Stain and Seal from Faux Effects in a few different colors (American Walnut, Van Dyke and Rich Brown) to stain right over it and warm up the color palette.…

December 20, 2011

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Spring wreaths hate me.

Every stinkin' time I get a beautiful wreath on the front door.....Mother Nature wrecks it. Seriously....this wreath was beautiful last week. But I thought I'd be cute and put it on the outside of our front door. Forgetting about that little thing called "rain". And "wind". Now, in the words…

March 23, 2011

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Glittering your own Christmas balls….is too much work

I scored some SWWWWWEEEETTT over-sized Christmas balls last week! (Similar to these Christmas ornaments available here.) Well I thought to myself.... everything is cuter with glitter. Let me cute them balls up! (This post contains some affiliate links for your shopping convenience. Your purchases help support my DIY projects! Thank…

December 19, 2009

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Sick stick addiction

Ava Grace... the cutest stick gatherer ever Several of you have emailed wondering when am I going to start showing off my Christmas decor?? Here is the truth. I just can't seem to get the decorating together. I have a gold leaf pumpkin in my entryway that is starting to…

November 25, 2009

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Project motivation

Sometimes all ya' need to get motivated to get projects done is an "event". In my case... we had our neighborhood garage sales this weekend (which I always participate in)... so I had to get my garage cleared out! It was the motivation I needed to finish the painting projects…

April 27, 2009

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Ode to a ping pong wreath

Do y'all remember my beautiful wreath? Do you remember when last week I came home to this?? (the hot glue melted a bunch of the balls off): Then in typical "it's-supposed-to-be-spring-but-it's-gonna-snow-2-weekends-in-a-row" style, Kansas City got a little of this: And did I mention that I have 3 of these?: Lessons…

April 6, 2009

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2 white dressers? But I am allergic to white….

We can paint/stain your brick/stone fireplace

Spring wreaths hate me.

Glittering your own Christmas balls….is too much work

Sick stick addiction

Project motivation

Ode to a ping pong wreath

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