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As promised, here is the final reveal of the bed refinished project! You can check out the before here. I dug around the basement quickly and threw on the first…

Well, I did not meet my Thanksgiving deadline, but I(*) did get it finished by the new year! Here are some "in progress" pictures. Please ignore our messy garage. That…

I hate to make new years resolutions, so I am going to call these my design "goals" for the upcoming year.-I have a few boring bathroom mirrors that I want…

Oh, the toys. I am sure I am not the only one out there overwhelmed with toys taking over the living room. When the toys are not in use, I…

Santa brought me the cake stand I have been lusting after! Now, I just have to figure out how I want to use it this winter. Any ideas?Oh, and one…

As I mentioned the other day, I decided to do two trees this year. For my traditional "family" tree, I decorated it with a mixture of ornaments I have collected…

I don't know about you, but we are ready for Santa. We have our stockings hung on the mantle and are just waiting for the big man to make his…

I have been wanting a white Christmas tree for years. For whatever reason, I never actually went out and got one. I guess I was afraid it would look dated…

I love to find different ways to display some of the beautiful ornaments they have for sale these days. There are so many great color themes out there (red &…

I know it's still a little early for outdoor Christmas displays (typically I stick to the after Thanksgiving rule), but I just couldn't wait this year. I showed you earlier…

In addition to making the bulb ornament wreath, I also made a garland to hang around the doorway. The fall garland I used was pre-made and just needed to be…

Sorry for the lack of posts, but I was on vacation and not doing anything creative! But I am back and got started on some Christmas projects this weekend.My first…

Let me start by saying that scrapbooking is one crafting hobby that I do not typically participate in. I find it all very overwhelming and I am not sure where…

When I was younger, we have to carve pumpkins using only our imaginations. If we were smart, we used a pencil to draw the face we wanted to carve on…

For awhile now, I have been in search of a fabulous cake stand. I haven't found any I totally love (I don't think so anyways), but I did find some…

This was my first time ever carving a white pumpkin. I expected it to have an orange filling (like I had been told it would), but it actually had a…

Instead of spending a ton of money on a new bed for our guest room, I am hoping to refinish a bed I already own. I have had this bed…

I wanted to do a photo wall in my house and searched all over the internet for pictures of a style I liked. I didn't find anything that was totally…

For years now, I have always loved stacked glass ball lamps (I am not sure how else to describe them). I never bought one and stuck with my (cheap) IKEA…

When I first got invited to an Uppercase Living party, I'll admit, I wasn't very excited. I could not understand the concept of wall decals. After talking to a few…

For my first white pumpkin project I decided to paint one of the pumpkins. This way, I can get two uses out of the pumpkin. I can paint it and…

Like I said before, Pottery Barn is one of my favorite places to "borrow" design ideas from. Because I am lucky enough to live near (well, within driving distance) a…