Thursday, 26 June 2014

For the love of pavers!

When something gets in my Hubby's head,It's got to be done!Whatever IT is!!He has an attraction to old street pavers...Hubby has been collecting these old pavers with words on them for a few years. His plan, to use them to build a patio. We have a cement patio, so no, not there. He was thinking out at the back of our yard under a tree where we have a swing on an...

Monday, 23 June 2014

Fourth Of July Decor

Ready for the Fourth of July!These parties I love to link up to or check out my Blog Parties tabMondayMetamorphosis Monday @ Between Naps On The PorchMotivate Me Monday @ Keeping It Simple Motivate Me Monday @ It's A Ginger Snap Make it Pretty Monday @ The Dedicated HouseMasterpiece Monday @ Boogieboard Cottage Making The World Cuter @ Making...

Thursday, 19 June 2014

DIY: Decoupage Slippers

What do you do when something is just not ready to wear out.I have something like that with me since past eight years and it's still in good condition. The only thing is that I am super bored of its plain and dull look. It's my slippers.....yes you heard it right. Please don't laugh or make fun of me....

Tuesday, 17 June 2014

Another Painted Fabric Chair!

 I am so excited to share with you another one of my half painted fabric and half upholstered chair!I bought this chair from a good friend of mine. She had painted the wood and caning white, but I repainted it to be less distressed than what she had. This is what it looked like at that point...I used it in my Green Toile guest bedroom because the green...

Saturday, 14 June 2014

Friday, 13 June 2014

The Story of Huge Birdhouses!

My yard and gardens are always changing, even if I don't want them to because of Mother Nature.This year we changed up some of the hardscaping...As in BIRDHOUSES!Let's go back a bit...Back when my Young-And-Cute-Handy-Dandy-Handyman was here with his crew putting on new siding, one of his worker's threw a cool square pillar in the dumpster. Well, it didn't stay in the dumpster...

In Nature's Lap

Hello dear readers!!! I am back after a refreshing and lovely vacation. How you all have been. Would you believe I purposely kept myself away from 'Internet' during this periodand that was amazing. I just enjoyed every bit of my vacation.When I came back home from a place where mercury had hit...

Monday, 9 June 2014

Believe in Tomorrow

I do 'Believe in Tomorrow'!Though this ChalkArt was not my original ideal...I found this idea in a magazine recentlybut forgot the name of the magazine. The trick to getting your chalk art to look dark and good is to wet the chalk for a second under running water. When you use this wet chalk, it will look pale and kind of weird, but as it dries right before your very eyes, it...

Monday, 2 June 2014

Gray French Dresser

I finally found a  QUALITY (complete with dovetail drawers) little French styled dresser!It looked a bit shabby...So I worked my magic with AS Chalk Paint in French Linen, but lightened the paint with white.Loving how it turned out with the white accents...Then I had a garage sale and as three women were fighting over who was going to get to buy ...