If You Give A Mouse A Cookie…A Budget Kitchen Makeover In The Works!

*This page contains affiliate links for your convenience. For more information, see the FTC guidelines here.*   Oh you guys. You just never know when inspiration will strike, do you?! A couple weeks ago, I was at my sister’s for my niece’s birthday party. She had just done a lot of work in their basement, and […]

Favorite Things Friday #22

Whew. It has been A WEEK, my friends! It’s been a nice little Spring break here, and now the kiddos are back in school and life is getting back to crazy. 😉 Last week (and this one!) has been crazy emotional, as Holy Week tends to be for me. Everything about it just moves me […]

Using What You Have: Paint Those Pumpkins!

Before I begin, I have to give you all a HUGE cyber hug for your love on my last post. I loved reading every one of your comments! Thank you for your love, happiness and prayers. I feel all of it and it keeps me going! (In case you missed it – I flew across […]

June 2017 Roundup!

Wow, feels like it’s been FOREVER since I’ve done a round-up post…not sure why?! When I realized it’s the last day of June today, I thought maybe I should bring the round-up posts back. I mean, we’re all busy people living our busy lives and I’m sure you don’t check this page every day…or every week…or […]

Dresser Makeover For My Girl’s Room

The power of paint, people. It’s ASTOUNDING. Take a look at this dresser before: And after some paint and new hardware, take a look at it now: Did you ever think she had it in her to look that cute?! Let me backtrack for a sec. If you read my last post, you’re aware we’re […]

Stepping Outside My Box and Glammin’ It Up For My Sister: Her Bench Makeover

I was over my sister’s place a few months back, helping her with some decorating. She really wants to change things up and embrace a total 1940s glam look. Helping her has been a fun challenge, because we couldn’t be more different when it comes to our tastes in our home decor, so it’s like stepping […]

When A Lamp is *ALMOST* Perfect: The 3 Minute Fix

This goes under the category my husband likes to call “Things Only Liz Would Do” – Buying a Brand New Lamp With The Intention of Painting It Immediately. 😉 I do this stuff a lot. And my husband always laughs. “Who buys something just to go around and change it?” Ummm hellloooo? Have we just met?! […]

The Other $5 Table Makeover

Before I say anything else – I need to say a huge Thank You. I should have started off my last post with it and I was remiss. For all your love, kindness, and support regarding my Scary Month post – for sharing your stories with me, for telling me that my words helped lift […]

Trash to Treasure: A $5 Table for the Family Room

Oh guys, I’m excited to share this one with you! Breathing new life into old furniture makes my heart so very happy, and I can’t wait to show you what I did to that nasty old $5 table/desk/thing my mom picked up for me recently: Looks pretty cute, right? Well let me show you what […]

Customizing New Crates to Look Old…or something?

Um, wasn’t sure what to title this one, as you can probably guess. It’ll make sense once you’ve read the post…I hope. 😉 Let me explain… So I bought two of those unfinished crates from Michaels (actually, I bought one – I already had one in storage for YEARS now, waiting to do a project […]