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KITCHEN REDO ~ # a zillion!

It seems like I’ve been posting about my kitchen FOREVER! Am I driving y’all crazy? Before we started today, Son #4 drew a “map” of the third section of our kitchen where the dishwasher and sink are and numbered each cabinet drawer and door. We took down the cabinet doors and drawers. We removed all […]

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KITCHEN REDO ~ A change of plans!

What do they say about “Best laid plans”!? RECAP:  We were planning on saving a little moolah on the kitchen countertops by marbling our old countertops by ourselves. I painted our old island countertop (we are replacing it with butcher block which came in TODAY!!!!! More on that later…) SOOOOOOO I painted the countertop white […]

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TREE WALL MURAL ~ in the girls’ room

I’ve been seeing a lot of cool tree wall murals on PINTEREST lately. Which of course made my mind race. How cool would it be to paint one on my daughters’ wall?? Here are some of my inspirations Source : houzz.com I love the bookshelf for branches idea.   Source: Simple Shapes Wall Designs Another shelf […]

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MORE KITCHEN REDO ~ It’s so exciting!!

PAINTING, WALLPAPERING, MARBLING….in that order. I’ve been painting almost all my life! I have some experience with wallpaper…some good, some bad. It’s a love/hate kinda thang! I have NEVER marbled…NOT EVER! Getting very nervous! Let me catch you up. We finished painting all of the desk section of the kitchen. It looks absolutely beautiful! I […]

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ORGANIZATION ~ in all the chaos!

This weekend we’re working on finishing the desk area of our kitchen. It is our message taking/home school storage area/clutter collector. We’ve cleaned, sanded, cleaned again, primed with two coats of Zinsser Bullseye 1-2-3, and painted two coats of Sherwin Williams ProClassic Smooth Enamel Finish for Trim and Doors in gloss finish Extra White. About […]