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~curbside before & after~

July 11, 2017 / BY Okio B Designs
I spied this cabinet on the curb back in April.  Yes, April. It sat and sat and sat in our garage.  I was waiting on the weather and going back and forth on what color to paint it.  Finally, I decided on gray, and this past weekend - with a little help from the hubby - I finally gave it the makeover I had been envisioning. The girlfriend who helped load it in the car...

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~upcycled jars + waterslide decal paper~

July 09, 2017 / BY Okio B Designs
What do you do when you come home from a short vacay to Philadelphia? You whip up some pretty jars using waterslide decal paper. Well, at least that is what I did.  I saved these pretties a few weeks ago. One contained jar sauce and the other held jelly. I gave each jar a few coats of white spray paint and some sanding. Then I printed out my images onto waterslide decal paper.  If you're...

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~july 4th banner & herbs~

June 24, 2017 / BY Okio B Designs
My boys are officially off from school and you know what that means... I won't have much time to craft or blog for the next 8 weeks.  Still, I did find some time to make this easy July 4th banner.  I simply used some vintage dictionary paper and Dafont's Ringmaster font. I opened up a word document and typed each letter onto its own separate page.  Then I took turns printing each one out on...

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~before & after porch swing~

June 12, 2017 / BY Okio B Designs
Our porch swing had definitely seen better days.  It's one of our most favorite spots at home.  We sit there at night, chatting and watching the cars drive by for hours. We got it from Lowe's about 5 years ago (if not more!) and the white was dirty and dingy.  No amount of scrubbing was making it sparkle.  Even the pillows were looking a bit sad. So... We gave it a makeover over the weekend....

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~beachy keen~

June 09, 2017 / BY Okio B Designs
Finally!  Today the weather here finally cooperated.  No more rain. No more 50 degrees.  We had a solid day of warmth and it definitely put some pep into my step. And since summer is right around the corner, I started adding some beachy touches to the house.  This sweet little vignette on our tv table includes a blue Mason jar and Scrabble tiles.  The starfish print is one I bought from Etsy a few years...

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~this and that~

June 05, 2017 / BY Okio B Designs
Lately I feel like all of my projects are a little bit of this and a little bit of that.  I'm still searching for something to get my creativity really flowing again.  I did find this cute bottle at the thrift store on Friday.  It was pre-wired and ready to be hung.  All I did was add the French label using some clear transfer paper. Then I finally broke out this great stencil I purchased...

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