Makeovers

Hello everybody! It’s been a long week away. I appreciate all of you who offered prayer and kind words after the sudden passing of my Uncle last week (read here …

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!  It seems appropriate on this day that celebrates the Irish and all things green, to tell you all about a fantastic green company.  Please let me introduce …

I have a confession:  I have to give credit to Miss Mustard Seed for the design of this dresser. She refinished one last summer with a hand-painted cherry blossom pattern …

I have been teasing you all for quite some time now about this French chair project. It was a thrift store find, and I was excited to try my hand …

I have made some great progress with my French chair this week!  Yay! Last week was way too busy to accomplish anything with it, so it’s nice to be making …

I was able to do some painting on my chair project today, and I thought I’d walk you through my process of dry brush painting while I was at it! …

Remember this beauty that I found last summer? Working on this French settee was my first attempt at reupholstering anything.  It was a beast of a project. But, after all …

I wrote in my last post about my battle with cedar allergies . . . unfortunately about 10 hours after that post published I woke up with fever, aches, and …

I am at battle with the Mountain Cedar trees of Central Texas, at least that is what the news tells me.  This past week has been one long, continuous sneeze, …

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!  We enjoyed our family time together, although I have to admit I am glad to get back to “normal” today.  Christmas day started …