by Melanie | Feb 26, 2020 | DIY, How To's, Makeovers, Tables & Chairs |
Your kitchen table is one of the hardest working pieces of furniture you’ll ever have in your home! Whatever finish you get on your kitchen tabletop needs to be able to stand up to regular wiping down and lots of everyday wear. For that reason, staining...
by Melanie | Jan 26, 2020 | Chests & Dressers, DIY, How To's, Makeovers |
Sometimes I come across a piece that feels just kinda blah. Usually it’s a newer pieces of furniture–older pieces often come with a lot of added detail and interest–and so I have to come up with a little something extra to make it piece unique and...
by Melanie | Dec 3, 2019 | Decor Ideas, DIY, How To's
Last week I put together the simplest and cutest Christmas Tree craft! I promise these little trees are easy enough for anybody to make. With the right materials, you can add an adorable plaid pattern to any surface you like in a cinch. Plaid Christmas Tree...
by Melanie | Dec 20, 2018 | Decor Ideas, DIY |
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by Melanie | Jun 12, 2018 | Decor Ideas, DIY, How To's |
Well, summer is here! It’s the season of backyard barbecues, days at the lake, and lazy days on the back porch spent with friends and family. In that summer spirit, I’m sharing today a quick and easy craft project you can use to welcome guests to your home or...
by Melanie | Oct 4, 2017 | DIY, kitchen bath, Makeovers |
Hi everybody! If you were with me last week you saw my most recent kitchen makeover project, my DIY Open Shelves. At the end of that post I promised to share the last step in my kitchen makeover, which was installing some Farmhouse Style DIY Window Trim. None of the...
by Melanie | Sep 27, 2017 | DIY, kitchen bath |
Well, it’s finally finished! Actually, it’s about 95% finished, but I’m ready to go ahead and call it “done” so I can share some pictures with yall! If you’re wondering, I’m talking about my kitchen. Yes, it’s been 3 years in the works. I tell you, I am just a slow...
by Melanie | Oct 7, 2016 | How To's, DIY, kitchen bath |
This post has been a loooong time in coming! I have been working on making over my kitchen, little by little, since December of 2014. This isn’t a great “before” picture, but imagine the rest of the kitchen looking like this little corner, with blue...
by Melanie | May 8, 2016 | DIY, helpful, How To's, kitchen bath |
A reader left a comment recently with a great question for me. She noticed that I used a Benjamin Moore paint for my wall cabinets, but for my kitchen island, I used Fusion Mineral Paint. Her question was simple– Now that I have had experience with...
by Melanie | Apr 19, 2016 | Decor Ideas, DIY |
My DIY Kitchen renovation is chugging along! I’ve painted 95% of my kitchen cabinets (there are 2 final doors I just can’t get motivated to work on), scraped and re-painted the popcorn ceiling, painted the walls, made-over my island, and am just about...
by Melanie | Apr 6, 2016 | DIY, kitchen bath, Makeovers |
In case you need a refresher, here is where my kitchen island started: Yep, it’s your basic, builder-grade island with a laminate countertop. Nothing particularly special about it, except the fact that the builder was nice enough to wire in two electrical...
by Melanie | Apr 4, 2016 | DIY, How To's, kitchen bath |
Meet my family, in our annual “Turn the Couch Around Easter Photo.” Notice that I am the only female in the picture? Yep, I am surrounded by boys. Even my dog and cat are males. This picture is a slightly more accurate representation of what...
by Melanie | Mar 29, 2016 | How To's, DIY, kitchen bath |
If you’ve been a Lost & Found reader for awhile, you know I have been working on my DIY kitchen renovation for a crazy long time now . . . like coming up on 18 months! Balancing my antique booth, blogging, custom furniture painting work, home-life, and...
by Melanie | Feb 20, 2016 | DIY |
Maybe the 14 month mark is when a DIY renovation project starts to feel a little ridiculous . . . Remember my kitchen makeover project that I have been working on since the dawn of time? I am really over it. Is it just me, or when you start working on a...
by Melanie | Dec 1, 2014 | Decor Ideas, DIY |
Hello everybody! I had a nice week away from blog-land. Thank you for being patient and for sticking with me through a week or rest. How was everyone’s Thanksgiving? Our family of 5 (6 counting the dog) packed up and headed to my in-laws to...
by Melanie | Jul 25, 2014 | DIY |
Now, this little tip may be old news to you pro-gardeners out there, so I’ll share it for those of you who are like me and have a mostly black thumb. Our lawn and shrubs were in terrible shape when we bought our house 4 years ago. We have...
by Melanie | Aug 11, 2013 | Decor Ideas, DIY
I have written before about how I love to decorate with old books. Sometimes I love the distressed hues of the covers, but other times the books are in really bad shape, or the covers are not very attractive. In those cases, I rip off the covers and binding and make...
