By now you’ve realized that I miiiiight have a bit of an obsession with all things gold. When I spotted lucite & gold office accessories, yes I swooned, but I also decided to go for it and adorn my office with gold. Now, how to get office accessories with a similar look at a fraction of the price? Well […]
Secrets To Painting Free Hand
I’m a lazy painter, but I’m pretty good so I can afford to be lazy! I don’t always use a drop cloth to protect the floors, I rarely wear paint clothes, and I never bother with painters tape. Of course, this comes from years of trial & error, bad tape experiences, and practice. Today I’ll […]
The Front Door That Hits Me On My Way Out
 If the multi-toned yellow, beige, and pink walls in my hallways aren’t bad enough, the sage front door really hits you on the way out…and not in a good way. It’s time to break out the paint, in a really big way. I love a great paint-over, in half a day you can have an […]
How To Know When Upholstery Should Be Painted
To paint or not to paint…that should be the question before painting our upholstered furniture. But sometimes we just dive into a project with our eyes wide shut. After all, won’t our gusto and faith in all things beautiful produce a DIY miracle? Probably not, then we’ll have to compromise our vision, or live in denial. […]
Pintastic Pinboards & Painted Pins
By now you realize that I’m a bit pin board crazy. You have to understand, in a home full of little artists you need plenty of spaces to display artwork, inspiration, and other items. So when I found this ugly picture of a cherub in a beautiful frame at Goodwill for a buck, I had […]
Dressing Table Turn TV Console
This dressing table was a family hand-me-down that I was grateful to receive but couldn’t figure out how to use. It didn’t fit in my tiny “master” bedroom, and I don’t have a real office space… Turns out it was the only thing strong enough to hold up our TV, so a TV console it […]
Chalk Paint® Decorative Paint by Annie Sloan
[tooltip text=”A big thank you to Annie Sloan Unfolded for graciously providing the materials for this project!”]*Sponsored Post: info [/tooltip] The harsh winter weather here in Northeast Ohio has put a big damper on my furniture makeover projects… until today! No it hasn’t warmed up, as a matter of fact it is 19 degrees outside and […]
A Puzzling Dilemma – The Ultimate Puzzle Storage
Puzzles are a favorite Saturday afternoon activity for my family. I love seeing my three girls, heads bent, chins cradled by little hands, curls bobbing about as they determinedly search through puzzle pieces. At those times I’m glad I took the extra time to create a special puzzle storage area. Of course, it was as […]
Gold Sprayed Jars
When a craft work space is as much display as it is function, you want your tools to be stored in an attractive manner. What better way to accomplish this than a few gold sprayed jars? Pretty, practical, mostly free, and it adds some sparkle? Why yes please! Â Start by collecting a variety of […]
Matte Maker, Matte Maker, Make Me a Matte…
So, what do you do once you’ve bought or painted the perfect picture for your space, and then discover that it is too small for the matte? Apparently you panic, then you make a run to a store that does custom framing, then you hyperventilate when you hear how much it will cost, then you […]
Lulu & Georgia Inspired Rugs – Painted Rugs
The other day I was over at Lulu & Georgia, drooling…as usual. Is this my life? To be spent admiring items beyond my means? Drat my ridiculously good taste! *lopsided grin* This gorgeous Paint Dot Rug and Arrowhead Rug are positively calling my name, but since they cost more than I spent to makeover my […]
The Golden Touch…Storage Bowls
I’ve always been a brushed chrome girl…until now! Deciding not to replace the pretty gold fixtures in our upstairs bathroom was the best decision I ever made for that space! Now I’m falling head over heels in love with gold, an affair I may not soon get over.  A month ago I purchased Krylon […]
How To Stain A Basket
Are you reading this title asking why in the world you would ever need to stain a basket? Yeah, I know, we typically look for that finished product that already matches all our criteria. Which means our baskets are already perfectly stained.Well I have been looking for the perfect small basket that will match the […]
The Painted Vanity
The vanity in my girls Jack & Jill bathroom could use a little pick-me-up, and after looking into my budget I’ve decided that a “pick-me-up” is the best its going to get. Yep, I’m pinching my pennies as always…well I’ve only got nine other spaces I want to makeover! *chuckle* No worries, I’ve seen the […]
Easy DIY Painted Bottles
You know how much I love to reuse old jars. I use empty jars as storage in my office, in my bedroom, in my bathroom, and now in my daughter’s bedroom! After seeing how beautiful painted jars can be on Pinterest I whipped out my own paints and (true to Ursula style) began experimenting before […]
