Just sharing a few more autumn touches about the house. The message board is from Joann Fabric ($14). I love creating different messages on it, but I'm probably going to keep this one up for a bit as it captures everything I love about autumn. This toolbox is an upcycle of an upcycle. I had painted it pink and added some French touches when I kept it in our bathroom. This time I just gave...
I know autumn doesn't officially start until later this month, but it's been beautifully brisk here the last few days and that has me in an autumn state-of-mind. So, of course, once my boys went back to school, I started working on some autumn-inspired projects. First up was this tarnished metal cake stand from our local thrift store. All it needed was a few coats of orange spray paint, Dollar Store pumpkins and some Scrabble...
This is not one of my boys' favorite vignettes of mine. School starts here in 2 weeks and they are not amused by how I dressed up my little vintage desk. I, on the other hand, think it's adorable. I used a vintage Thermos, microscope, Scrabble letters and message board to "celebrate" the upcoming school year. Sorry boys! Jeanine ...
Why yes, I have started some Halloween projects. If you've been following me for a while, you probably know that Halloween is my favorite "holiday." And it seems every August, I start to get the itch to create some creepy decor. This tray was actually inspired by one I saw on Pinterest and was super easy to make. First, I grabbed the metal tray from our local thrift store. Next, I gave it a...
It was chilly and rainy here yesterday. Yes, in July! Since we were trapped in the house most of the day, I took advantage of the down time to make a new set of lavender jars. I made some a few months ago and they are sitting on my kitchen window ledge. This time I used some aged-looking French script paper. I ripped the pieces to make the paper look older and used some...
I scored this little plant table at a garage sale a couple of weeks ago. It was $3. I finally got around to painting it this week. It was a bit hit and miss. I painted it white. Then I tried the Mod Podge method to add a French graphic. Fail - I peeled it right off. Then I tried to do a farmhouse stripe design. Fail - I smudged the paint. Sooooo.... I went...
