Happy Very Belated Chinese New Year! My LOML works for a company from China so the week before last was a big holiday for them. SCORE!!! He took off last Friday and Monday so we had four days to rip up carpeting and lay down beautiful wood floors (or so we thought!). DAY #1 The […]
Tag: painting
A ‘JOY’ SIGN
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 […]
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 […]
BOARD & BATTEN HALLWAY ~ the final reveal and big plans
I can finally show y’all the board & batten hallway all finished. Oh wait! Not “ALL” finished. Just the board & batten. Click the link to read how we hung it. Here you go…. You can see my large mirror on the cheap. Click on the link to read how I made it. Underneath the […]
A HALLWAY WITH PERSONALITY ~ and a little board & batten
How was your 4th of July? The LOML had a four day weekend and all but one of the kids was home for the summer so we had lots of family time planned. Barbecuing baby back ribs, shrimp and pineapple kabobs, corn on the cob, pasta salad, fruit salad. Along with all the fun, we got a […]