color splash & ombre vanity

This was supposed to be the Easter post because the vanity looks a lot like an Easter egg. Plans of mice and men…..   This project was as fun as it was colorful. I learned a lot about layering color and ombre.  I used my thrift store blender to make chalk paint out of some …

hunter green craft storage cabinet with wheels, what’s not to love

Since March is associated with green I thought I would share my hunter green craft cabinet. I’m using a lot of hunter green in my craft/studio space. I love the dark green, with the black, country white and celery green colors that are in the room and I wanted more. When I saw this cabinet …

yep, I did it again…

Yep, I missed my anniversary! This is no surprise to my family. I’m famous, infamous and notorious for forgetting birthdays and anniversaries in the family. Facebook has helped me remember special days with constant reminders for family and friends that are on that social media. I don’t always trust those reminders because I lied to …

tool tip day: mini foam roller

I thought everybody knew about mini foam rollers, certainly in my family because we paint a lot. My Mom was the queen of wallpaper, re-papering bathrooms every few years. There was a joke floating around about “when was mom going to wallpaper the chicken coop because she ran out of walls in the house?” So …

is 2017 over yet?: or the best of 2017

Last January, visions of beautiful rooms filled my dreams. An idea of what could “be” now that my loving grandkids had hit the road or at least moved down the road was finally going to be more attainable. Okay, so all my dreams haven’t come true. There is a still ton to do on the …