Archive for the 'Before & After' Category

Easy Organization

Friday, July 30th, 2010

I have a love-hate relationship with cleaning. Like, I love for my home to be in pristine condition, but oops, there is a hairball tumbleweed on the floor from the dog or a pile of crayons on top of the table and my world crumbles into pieces. Remember those days back in high school, Dad, […]

The Story of a Chair

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

A couple of months ago, while visiting my sister, she shared with me several of her super thrifty finds, including a beat up old chair she got for a steal at an auction for $4. Well, this chair has gone from rags to riches and here is the final reveal. Emily gussied it up with […]

We Are Floored

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

This past weekend I decided that I wanted something to do. Not because there was nothing else to do, but just because I thoroughly enjoy being knee deep in a million different things at once. So I started ripping out the old nasty linoleum tiles on the floor in our kitchen. Luckily, for me, I […]

Shoe Magic

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

I’m still working on getting some photos from the wedding corralled, so I thought I would share my quick thinking shoe project. Sometimes you have to be imaginative, as in the case of shoes for Pinky, possibly the cutest flower girl ever. Did you realize that it is extremely hard to find ivory colored shoes, […]

I Am Board

Friday, May 1st, 2009

As promised, here are some photos to recap one of the projects from this past week. We are gearing up for a weekend out of town, so I will make this snappy! #1 – Bulletin Board Makeover Several months ago, my wonderful father passed along to us some of the items that I still had […]