Decorating & DIY on a budget, reinventing thrifty finds, home design & home decor...and a little bit of everything else!
I mentioned earlier this week that I’d be sharing some of my trip to Luckett’s Spring Market. Well, today is the day! There were so many great vendors and such great stuff. All in one place! I will surely go again next year. And if that were not enough I got to meet some great people who I look up to and admire in the “blog world”. They were just as fabulous, if not more so, in person as they are online. It was a fantastic day! Old Luckett’s Store Can’t you just tell by looking at it how
Today I am so incredibly honored to be featured in the Bloglight at Hometalk! Hometalk is a fabulous community of people who talk about and share all things DIY, gardening and just any and ALL things related to ‘home’. It’s a great place to come share and gather inspiration, ask questions and meet other like minded folks! You can find me on Hometalk here. So, today I’m going to deviate a bit from the normal painting, thrifting & decorating and tell you a bit about myself. My name is Nancy and I am married to this guy……. I was 22 &
I hope you guys are enjoying the “Guest Post Fun” Series! Today you get to meet Jane from Jane’s Adventures in Dinner. Wait til you check our her blog and all the fabulous food & recipes! Yum!! I’m guest hosting over at my friend Heather’s blog, Setting for Four so be sure to stop by there as well…..but first, meet my friend Jane: __________________________________________________________________________________________________ A couple of years ago now (gah! where’d the time go) I started to read a lovely blog called “The Bold Abode”. I got to know the author, Gwen and think that she is just aces.
Hey Everyone! I hope you all had a fabulous weekend! Mine was a busy one. I went to the Spring Market at Luckett’s in Leesburg, VA and bought some great stuff AND met some great bloggers!! What a fabulously fun time. I’ll have pictures of that up later this week. On top of that I finally got my sink for my kitchen redo (wanna a sneak peek of that? Check out my Instagram). –>I post things there all the time before it gets to the blog (and a lot of things that never make it to the blog ) Next
I come across all kinds of vintage things when I shop thrift stores. Some are just more vintage than others. I really like the vintage, vintage ones….the 80′s vintage, not so much. Like this lovely here. With the ducks and heart applique. Nice, huh? Remember the “country” decor of the late 80′s, early 90′s? Yep, I had it…everywhere. It’s a painful memory. So, let me tell you how I transformed this piece with a little Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint, new hinges and an evil knob. Yes, evil. I’ll tell you why in a bit. As I talked about in
Hey Everyone! I hope your week is going well so far. Monday is over so it’s all downhill from here right? I have fun news!!…I have recently become part of a series called “Guest Post Fun” with several other bloggers. Every Tuesday, for the next few weeks, I will be hosting these wonderful ladies as they share a little about themselves and their favorite posts from their blogs. And they will be hosting me and sharing some of mine as well! Today, I am guest hosting over at The Bold Abode. What a great way to mix it up a
Happy Monday! I hope you all had a wonderful Mother’s Day yesterday. It was a beautiful day here! Are you ready for another Project Inspire{d} linky party? I have to tell you, I had such a great time going through all the fabulous link ups last week. So many wonderful things. You guys never cease to amaze me! And it’s that time again already….remember just ONE link up – and shown on all FIVE blogs! And each week, all 5 hosts will pick a main feature that will be shared on all 5 blogs. We will also be sharing our
$5.00….can you really pass up anything for $5? Much less an entire piece of furniture??? I know I can’t. I recently picked up two desks at my local thrift store….for $5 EACH. That’s right. Five Dollars. Each. A really cool “50-60′s-ish” retro desk…and a very rustic, “log cabin kinda” desk that I’ll show you soon. This would be the really cool retro one…. I know, $5, crazy, right? Honestly, thrift store prices have been going up quite a bit in the last 6-8 months around here. Not sure what’s up with that but I’m not too thrilled with it. I’ve
With Mother’s Day fast approaching, I thought I’d round up a few great ideas from last week’s Project Inspire{d} party. ….just in case you are still undecided on what to do for MOM on her special day. There were so many great ones but these are a few I chose to share with you all! These cute Girly Glitter Vases from Abby @ Just a Girl and Her Blog Pretty upcycled tray made from an old picture frame by Christy @ Confessions of a Serial Do It Yourselfer How about some super yummy homemade soap from Barbara @ The Everyday
You guys ready for another fun party?! These weeks just fly by don’t they! It’s hard to keep up at times. Lots of great stuff last week. You all just inspire me every week with all the wonderful things you do and link up here! The party is really growing and that just means more and more inspiration….and a tougher time choosing my favs. Can’t wait to see what you’ve got in store this week! Don’t forget, the party goes live every Monday at 8pmEST and when you link up with 1, your link is shown on all 5 blogs.
Happy Friday All! I’m so glad it’s the weekend again, aren’t you? The only problem is they go by way too fast. Always do. Too many projects & activities …never enough time. I really think weekends should start on Thursday! Who came up with the Monday-Friday work week anyway? And where are our 3 hour afternoon siestas? I definitely think we should implement that. Ok….and back to the real world….. …this weekend I hope to actually make a dent in that landscaping project(s) we started a couple weeks ago. Maybe! I might even make some progress on the porch overhauls.
Mother’s Day is in 12 days. Can you believe it? Coming up so quick! And I have a super simple & fun handmade Mother’s Day craft I’m going to share with you today. With a few simple items you can make a really cute “vase/vessel” for flowers for your Mom. After the flowers are gone she can use it for pens/pencils or anything else really! So what is it? It’s a soup can. Simple, right? I happened to use Progresso soup cans with the pull top lid. Or you could use any cans….just be sure to use a can opener
