Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Some More Before and After

I put up pictures of our deck makeover a while ago and I promised pictures of the rest of the house before we moved in, so here you go! Living/dining room, powder room and master bath for now. Hopefully I can finish my bedroom furniture before we move and put those up, too.

Sorry for the pictures ahead of time. I have a really hard time taking pictures in my house - the light is never right, it seems!

The old living room...


The living and dining rooms are one big room...



Living/dining room after...


The powder room... Doesn't everyone love 80's wallpaper?


Powder room now...


The master bathroom...Ewww, is all I have to say.


The master bath now...




The kitchen - white tile floors with white grout is NEVER a good idea...oh, and white countertops...




The kitchen now...


Overall, the makeover has been mostly cosmetic - painting and changing out hardware. Since we knew we wouldn't be in this house for more than a few years, we didn't do any big structural makeovers. We are so excited to be moving into our new home in a few months, but we have made this house a home and we have a lot of great memories here.

I am participating in Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps on the Porch


And at DIY day at A Soft Place to Land
DIY Day @ ASPTL

Monday, November 16, 2009

$5 Table Makeover

Just wanted to share a simple makeover I did the other day - it only took 10 minutes!
I started with this $5 table from Dollar General. The bottom tile was broken, so I decided to redo the table for my laundry room. Here is the table before...



Here is the piece of tile on the top that was still intact.
I took the tile and made a template out of cardboard. Then I wrapped the tile and the "cardboard tile" in a cute, polka dot fabric I got for free at a yardsale. I spray painted the table with one coat of Wal-Mart brand, black satin spray paint. I replaced the tiles and this is the table after...



It really adds a special touch to my laundry room!

Linking up to Kimba's DIY Day and Reinvented's Trash to Treasure Tuesday!

DIY Day @ ASPTL


Also linking to The Shabby Nest's Frugal Friday Party!

And...Miss Mustard Seed's Furniture Feature Friday! Furniture Feature Fridays

Monday, November 9, 2009

Junky Bookcase Made Beautiful!

Over the years I have accumulated a lot of dishes. You know, the usual odds and ends and many items that I bought at Goodwill. The problem is they were all hidden in the cabinets.

Soooo, the other day I had this crazy idea. You see, for the last 15 years there has been an old dilapidated bookcase in the garage which held my gardening stuff, paint cans , tools - you know, just general junk. The interesting thing is no one seems to know where it came from - it's just always kind of been there. Well, after clearing all the stuff off I pulled that bookcase out and boy was it UGLY!! I started second guessing myself at this point. Well, look for yourself - you can see why. But at this point I figured I had nothing to lose.



I sanded it with my trusty sander. Sanded, sanded, and sanded some more. It had quite a lot of cracks and holes, so I used wood putty to fill them. Then I primed it with Kilz primer and painted it two coats of black.


Here it is in my kitchen with all its accessories. I think it turned out okay and as my sister would say, I've had fun "playing house" with it. (Any time I move furniture -which is quite often- or change things around she says I'm "playing house" again.)

I am linking to A Soft Place to Land's DIY Day
DIY Day @ ASPTL



...and Metamorphosis Monday over at Between Naps on the Porch!


Go check them out!

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

New Banner!

A big thank you to Stefanie over at More Than a House for creating a new banner for us! It is perfect - so much better than the basic, boring banner we had before! Go check out her fun blog!