Whitewashed beach chairs

Last year, right around this time, we bought a sad-looking pair of beach chairs at a yard sale for $5. It took me an entire year to get aro...

DIY painted outdoor rug

I finished painting this rug for our patio a few weeks ago, but I wanted to see how it would hold up outside before sharing it here. We'...

Our chalkboard fridge

Our counters aren't the only thing in our kitchen to get the chalkboard paint treatment. I actually painted our fridge ages ago - and wi...

Painted laminate counters

I have a cold that's been kicking my butt for the past week or so, but I managed to finish my little kitchen update over the weekend and...

Step stool makeover

I had to laugh when I read Dana's post on her Ikea BEKVAM stool makeover , since I was working on the very same project. Great minds thi...

New chairs, now what?

One of my mom's friends is cleaning out her garage and offered us four beautiful Windsor chairs. She was visiting my mom this weekend an...

Painting a white door white

Lately, it feels like I can't check an item off my 'to do' list without adding two more. Know what I mean? I finally installed n...

Painted hallway

Slowly, but surely, we're making progress on the staircase and upstairs hallway. I finished painting the walls and trim this weekend (wi...

Our home's colour palette

Now that hall and stairway painting is happening (not quickly, but happening), we're DONE picking paint colours. For walls, anyway. Sinc...

Painted brick seeks high impact art

  While we hem and haw about picking a date to have the drywall finished, I figured I should address one easy-to-fix eyesore: the partially ...

Painting an accent wall in Hannah's room

We got a quote from the drywall guy today (we've decided that we're definitely hiring out the drywall finishing), so it looks like t...