A Round-up post ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH?! Who is this person?!!! 😉 Here’s everything from the CRAZY busy but wonderful month of May, in case you missed anything! Started out the month with the fastest “makeover” EVER…a plastic crab + gold spray paint = instant fanciness: Then, I framed a few handwritten recipes […]

One of the great things about being a DIY blogger is that people think of you when they’ve got old furniture hanging around, knowing you’d love to get your hands on it. It’s really pretty awesome. Shortly after I blogged about the girls’ school desk makeovers (this one and this one), my cousin contacted me. He […]

My Facebook feed has been overwhelmed lately with adorable graduates. The four and five year old kind. Every picture is captioned with something about “growing up too fast,” “where did the time go,” “my baby’s growing up!” It was me last year. And the year before that. And two years before that. Every graduation ceremony […]

Man, what a BUSY week! I don’t know about you, but May rivals December in craziness around here. End of the school year around the corner, graduations, Communions, birthdays…so many things.  All fun things, but it makes for a wild month! In the little time I’ve had lately, I’ve been devoting to Operation Big Boy […]

Ah, another Big Boy Room post. Sorry, but that room’s been all consuming ’round these parts lately. Even if you’re bored of Operation Big Boy Room, you might be able to use this same strategy next time you want to make a big difference in a piece of furniture…and here’s the kicker – THERE IS NO PAINT […]

Just when you think I couldn’t get any wackier… I’ve changed it AGAIN. The dining room has a new look. I know, I have problems. When we moved in 9 years ago, I had a LOT of dark goin’ on… Then, some years later, I painted the chairs, the base of the table…and well, pretty […]

Yes, it’s May 13th and I’m just now realizing I forgot to do my monthly roundup post. Hey, at least I’m 2 days earlier than I was in April;) It was a big month! Finished up my daughter’s room, and started my son’s. Lots of fun stuff going on…I know it’s hard to catch everything, […]

Oh you GUYS. Our local yard sale Facebook page has done it again. First, my daughter’s pink bed. Then, my other daughter’s headboard and footboard. NOW…my son’s big boy room dresser! I swear, I’ll never buy brand new furniture again;) Ok, ok, that’s a lie, but I have been having some serious luck lately when […]

{To my incredible mom, and to all the moms out there, who are always making the moments…Happy Mother’s Day!} I was at a friend’s house not too long ago. This is a friend who is more like family, who’s been around since the very beginning. They had just moved into a beautiful new home, and […]

We pretty much hit the jackpot when we ‘found’ our home. It was more like our home found us. This was my grandparents’ house once upon a time. The house I’d visit on holidays and pop in for Sunday visits. Never in my wildest dreams did I think one day it would be the house I […]