How to Paint Laminate Furniture

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I get about ten emails a week asking about how to paint cheap, laminate plastic furniture. Yes you can paint laminate!  The key to getting a great finish is using the right products!  I will tell you  exactly how I paint laminate including the products I use.  I am not receiving any money or free {…Read More…}





Showing the Progress





Roadkill Rescue Book Rack

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I want to show you my new favorite addition to Kayla’s room. I got this free hutch from a friend…thanks Carrie! It was an Ethan Allen hutch that no longer fit in with her decor.   Well my inspiration was a $119 Catalina Book Rack from Pottery Barn Kids. I started by unscrewing the little {…Read More…}





Home Sweet Home Pillow

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This past week we went up to my dad’s lake house in Michigan. Oh how our family adores being on a lake.  Boating, tubing, knee-boarding, swimming, fishing, basking in the sun…I love it all.   There is no other place that I would rather be.   Every time my hubby and I are on a {…Read More…}





LOVES Links

Happy Sunday friends!  Here is what caught my IC eye lately. Oopsey Daisy has an awesome list of 40 flowers tutorials.  Bookmark this page people.  When you need floral inspiration to strike pick out one of these tutorials to try. Speaking of flowers here is one that I thought was gorgeous made out of streamers.  {…Read More…}





Roadkill Rescue: Hutch Edition

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Psssst….I am over here. Come check out my latest Roadkill Rescue… From this… To a Pottery Barn Inspired Bookshelf…





I am not better than you…

Heya peeps, no project here today.  Just me. I know many times people go to creative blogs and feel…not good enough.  I know I do! You feel like your house isn’t clean enough, or decorated beautifully.  You feel like you don’t have a vision or that you could never upholster that or paint this. You {…Read More…}