I finished a piece of furniture! (the free bookshelf)
Alrighty, patient readers…as you know, I’ve been blessed with lots of free furniture lately, and I’ve been working on rehabbing most of it. So, this …
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Sonia’s bookshelf | Before and After
Unlike me, Sonia is a person who loves to own books. Me? I like to read books and then get rid of them, which is …
A Freecycle Nightstand | Before and After
Post originally published in 2009; updated September 2020. I got this nightstand from freecycle for exactly $0. (it IS freecycle, after all!) Zoe already had …
Sonia’s Side Table Makeover: before, during, and after
Earlier this summer, I poked around Facebook Marketplace to find a small table for Sonia. There was an old black dresser there (from Mr. FG’s …
A craigslist Ethan Allen nightstand rehab
Attention: If you are the type of person whose heart breaks when someone paints old furniture, today’s post is not for you. You should probably …
I got my soffit painted!
I’ve been putting this project off because it’s been so hot here for so long. But we finally got a break in the weather and …
How to make a chalkboard from an ugly framed print
2019 note: this post is a few years old, back when sponsored posts had to be published on a separate page. I really like the …
Zoe’s freshly painted gray bedroom
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Sonia’s $25 Goodwill dresser is now white!
Last November, I walked into Goodwill and spied this dresser. I knew Sonia was needing a dresser, since she no longer shared a room with …
Two twin beds: painted!
Way back in 2003, when I was pregnant with Sonia, we bought a bunkbed, and at various points since, all of my kids have used …
How to paint a room | step by step
This post contains affiliate links. Lots of you have asked for a post about how to paint a room. So when I painted my bathroom …
My newly painted gray bathroom | before and afters
When we bought our house, here’s what the bathroom looked like. It’s a little hard to tell how shocking this shade of green was, but …
Chalkboard-Painted Tea Tins
Though it’s not cheap, we are big fans of Harney and Sons vanilla comoro tea. ($5+ for a tin at Target. But if you compare …
Lisey’s bed, repainted
I bought this bed off of craigslist years ago. and I painted it white, so Zoe could switch from her converted crib (poor kid was …
One of my painting projects: Soffit painting
Amazon links are affiliate links. I didn’t actually add this to my bucket list, but I should have. Maybe I’ll go ahead and type it …