My mantel is like my blank canvas…go with me here. I see it as a space to decorate, wipe clean, and then redecorate as I find new inspiration. My inspiration for this mantel is my newly finished chalkboard window! This was another window that I found in a stack on the side of the road. I seriously couldn’t…
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Adding Vintage Charm to a Child’s Play Space
Good morning! I’ve been garage sale-ing lately…and it’s been FANTASTIC! I have a song I sing to Miss L to get her pumped to go on our weekly garage sale circuit, it goes like this: ahem…. Come sale away, come sale away, come garage sale away with meeee… (Sung to the tune of “Come Sail Away”.) There is a dance too,…
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Summer Celebration Series: A Three Tiered Summer Planter
I’m excited to be sharing my project, a three tiered summer planter, with you today! I had to enlist the help of my mother, “Mrs. Greenthumb”, to help me pull this project off! 1. Before we began, I spray painted my three terra cotta pots with Krylon’s “Lemongrass”. We filled the bottom of the largest pot with rocks for two reasons; for…
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Repurposed Window Bathroom Towel Rack
The expression, “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” couldn’t be more true for this month’s $30 Thursday Project! Mr. Hoff and I came across a stack of probably 20 huge, old windows on the side of the road a few months ago. I’m not sure if it’s how loud I shrieked for him to pull over, or his quick reflexes, but either way…
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Easy Summer Starfish Wreath
Doesn’t it feel like summer is here…like really here?! Maybe it’s all of the outdoor time I’ve spent chasing Miss. L around, maybe it’s the dinners on the grill, maybe it’s the fact that June is on the horizon, but it feels like summer has arrived! You know what that means, don’t you? Time to make a summer wreath! While…
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