Here in NC, the weather is very gray today. Wet, cold, and gray! Since we were stuck in the house, I thought I’d get the girls to help me with one of my Christmas projects. A ‘JOY’ SIGN I had everything I needed in the house: A cabinet door The letters “J” and “Y” A […]
DIY Projects
A CHRISTMAS TREE ~ memories on every branch
We just put up our Christmas tree. As I sit staring at all the lights and each ornament, memories just race through my mind. I grew up with a faux silver Christmas tree and a spinning light sitting on the floor shining onto the tree to change the color of said tree from red to blue […]
AN ORNAMENT WREATH
How was everyone’s Thanksgiving? Ours was wonderful! A lot of family time, cooking, eating, laughing, playing. It was a wonderful time. Now that everyone is back to school or work, I thought I would get some Christmas projects done. The first project (of many running around in my head) was inspired by a Pinterest picture. […]
BEAUTIFUL FRENCH DOORS ~ and a little touch of class
We’ve been working on the upstairs hallway for awhile now. We’ve completed some fun projects up there. I painted all the doors to the bedrooms and hall bathroom black about a year ago. I also added some pretty bling. I didn’t paint the bonus room double doors because I knew I wanted to do something […]
A “NEW” OLD TABLE ~ and a new distressing technique
While planning for the hallway redo, I wanted something beautiful for the weird special wall right here. It’s the first thing that greets you when you walk upstairs.(Forgive the wood and painters tape. This picture was taken before the board & batten wall treatment was done.) In this space I pictured a large mirror above a beautiful […]
A GNOME GARDEN ~ happy birthday sweet friend!
I have a sweet friend who celebrated a birthday last month. I wanted to do something special for her this year. She, unlike me, has a green thumb and she LOVES gnomes. I’ve seen on Pinterest broken planter fairy gardens. They are so pretty! Why can’t I do it with gnomes? I ordered a bunch […]