This project starts off with a story. An illustration of how life can be crazy and unpredictable and how God works in mysterious ways. This vanity and the matching double bed shouldn’t have been ours. They wouldn’t have been ours if our friend’s car hadn’t caught on fire on the way to a youth event. Let me…
DIY Jute Nautical Knobs {Monkey’s Fist Knot}
When is a better time than summer to make some nautical knobs for a nice weathered furniture piece? I was given this coffee table and as I started to sand the paint (Anne Sloan Chalk Paint- Pure White) I loved how the wood grain started coming through! I love heavily weathered/distressed furniture but it is…
Antique Silhouette and Chalkboard Dresser
When my inlaws moved a month ago they gave us an antique dresser that had been stashed in their attic. It needed quite a bit of love but we decided it would be perfect for our daughter’s room once it was fixed up! Take a look at the dresser before it got a makeover. It had beautiful…
It started with a transfer and a paint pen {and ended with a Sharpie}
I did it again. I wanted a graphic for a plain Jane bookcase spruce up, so I headed over to The Graphics Fairy and found this lovely image from an 1880’s type book. Thematically, it is the perfect graphic for a bookshelf! First things first, I set to using up some cans of Annie Sloan…