ROOMS

Santa brought my girls a play table for Christmas.   It started out as a boring (but sturdy) end table. And this is how Santa transformed it. The table was found at a second-hand shop.  It cost $25:) The red chairs were also found at a second-hand shop/$35 for both! Santa painted the table white with left over house paint and then painted the colorful stripes with craft acrylic paint.  To seal the table and make it really durable, it was topped off with three coats of polycrylic (an absolute must!). Santa decided on the colors by referring to a fabric that will be used in their room. This table gets moved all around the house, it's been a lot of fun! You may also enjoy reading about: Simple Art Solutions What Everyone Should Know About Hanging Drapery Panels

I have two ends tables that I purchased at local second-hand shops that needed a little bit of lovin' and a fresh coat of paint.  Believe it or not, these are the  first pieces of furniture that I have personally   ever painted.  I have suggested the idea to clients,  but as for me and my house, I had never done it. If you are looking for a step - by - step  tutorial on how to paint your wood furniture, this is not it! I just want to share a few very important key points that I learned along the way: 1) Use an oil based primer.  I learned the importance of this after painting my first end table.  The table actually turned out cream colored  - even though I used white paint -  because I just used regular wall primer.   From what I understand, the oil based primer stops the furniture stain from seeping through your new paint color.   Zinnser Primer (the one in the gold can)  is a great oil primer, and is what...

About a year ago, I made these art pieces to go on a boring white wall in our rental home.  In our new home, I thought they would go nicely with my newly painted deep blue walls in my dining room. At the time that I made these, I couldn't spend a lot of money.  I found the art prints at a local antique/collectibles shop.  I purchased the cheapest frames I could possibly find - they were an oak color and I spray painted them white.  It was too expensive to mat them, so I just purchased the green artist paper  and taped on the prints. By the way, the blue paint isn't quite as 'crayon blue' as it looks in these photos, in  this post  the color is a little more accurate.  There are still some other things in this room I would like to tackle, but these things take time...and money, right!??  For now, at least I have some art on the walls;) (In case you missed it, this is what the dining room looked like when we moved in....

Have some blank walls to fill??  I do.   Here are a few ideas I found today.  For info and instructions on how to make these click 'source' below each photograph. source source source source

Lately, I feel like I should start each post with - 'Sorry I haven't been around much...' Hmm, anyway.. Here are a few of my favorite diy projects I have collected on pinterest over the last little bit.  I have not done any of them...I like to THINK about doing them, and maybe one day it will happen! link to tutorial Poster paper cut in circles, spray painted, layered into a fishscale pattern on fiberboard, trimmed out, and hung in a dining room.   source link to tutorial link to tutorial Someone should really try these out...and send them to me :) I wish :)