Remember how I found 5 chairs that matched my Drexel mid-century dining room set on Craig's awesome list? Well I needed to get those suckers covered in new fabric so they matched the rest of my set. It was 3 years ago that I reupholstered the original set, and lucky for me I bought extra fabric, in the event that I needed to re-recover stained chairs or if in the very off chance I found more READ MORE Remember how I found 5 chairs that matched my Drexel mid-century dining room set on Craig's awesome list? Well I needed to get those suckers covered in new fabric so they matched the rest of my set. It was 3 years ago that I reupholstered the original set, and lucky for me I bought extra fabric, in the event that I needed to re-recover stained chairs or if in the very off chance I found more READ MORE in DIY
Not having wrapping paper in the house happens to me more than I like to admit. So often, when there is wrapping paper it's for the wrong occasion or there's not enough left on a roll to cover half a present. We're celebrating Jeff's birthday tonight and I realized, once again, that I was short on paper. In a pinch I grabbed a few paper shopping bags, cut them to size, and wrapped the packages. READ MORE in DIY
BEFORE Step one to updating my outdated bathroom was cleaning the gross floor tile. I actually thought that brown was the color the grout was supposed to be. Then I wised up and realized that maybe the grout was just really, seriously dirty (duh scoops). I did a little pre-hardware-store-visit internet research and was surprised to see that there were products that claimed READ MORE in DIY
You all know that I've cleaned up the hardware on the doors in our bedroom throughout the spring. They look amazing and I love them but I still had one nagging problem, the main door set didn't close/latch properly. It also didn't have a lock on it, and certain bedrooms need a lock (don't get all grossed out on me now). The time had come for us to replace the bedroom door hardware with something READ MORE
All aboard the color blocking train! Yeah, I just did that. I totally couldn't help picking up that small jar of pink fluorescent paint last week at the hardware store. I've been on a total pink and black and white kick ever since I made Cam's shower invitations in April. It's even inspired the recent look of the blog. So yeah, throwing that can of paint in my cart was a no brainer. If you READ MORE
