A few weeks back I headed to Minneapolis, Minnesota for a dual purpose trip. The first being Watkins Annual Leadership Conference where I met a bunch of nice ladies who I’ve been wanting to meet for a long time. The second was to hang out my two favorite Midwestern girls, Allison of VAMH and Dusty of All Things G+D. I…
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Furniture that makes me happy.
Filed Under: DIY Projects, Home and Garden Stuff, Repurposed, Reused, Recycled Junk 13 Comments
Have I mentioned how much I love distressed furniture? Yeah…I’ve got a little bit of an obsession with it. But now when I walk through antique stores and see a really cool distressed piece I think to myself, “Self, you could do that!” Ever since I started using the Caromal Colors distressing kit, projects like that don’t scare me as…
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Faux No Mo’
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Our master bathroom came with some serious faux finish on the walls. Somebody somewhere spent a lot of time stippling and sponging and ragging these walls into faux finish perfection. Having spent some time faux finishing walls in the past, I really appreciated the effort that must have gone into that room. But, J and I just were not feeling…
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New Favorite: My Magnetic Responsibility Chart
Filed Under: My New Favorite Things, My poor kid. 5 Comments
We’re trying this new thing at our house to get Garrett motivated to do what we say when we say it. Positive reinforcement, if you will, since we’ve really been struggling with the terrible two’s lately. I stumbled across this Melissa and Doug Magnetic Responsibility Chart at TJ Maxx one day. “How cool is this?” I thought. Then, “What the…
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De-beiging the bedroom
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The master bedroom in the new house was not in bad shape when we bought it. It was just beige. VERY beige. The walls and carpet were beige. And with our beige-ish furniture, it just looked really blah and washed out. See? (Garrett’s face cracks me up in this picture!) I really wanted to recreate the way that the dark…
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