Home Decor Ideas Less Is More Home decor Ideas using less is more is the new way of thinking in my home. Not sure if it's the fact that I want to downsize in a few years, or that I'm getting lazy and don't feel like cleaning all the stuff in my oversized house. Several weeks ago I held my annual vintage sale at my home, and I sold most of my crap stuff. And when I say most of my stuff, I'm not talking about things I was holding on for the sale. But pieces that were actually in my home being used. Do you remember this photo of my over stuffed garage? ( Sponsored post, and may contain affiliate links please read disclosure policy) My plan in the next couple of years is to downsize, I'm hoping it's my husbands plan too. So, I've been slowly purging and getting rid of my ... View Post
HOW TO SELL A HOUSE FAST!
Selling A House How To Prepare Your Home We recently sold our home in 14 days which was really quick especially in the market were in. We still have not recovered from the market crash so homes don't sell fast around here unless you do the steps I'm going to share with you today. Just a little background on us. We moved several times in the years that we've been married as home owners. We've learned a lot about selling a house with each move. It's gotten much easier each time because we've learned from our mistakes. You have to remember that when you're selling your home it's no longer your home. It's time to clean it up and stage it to sell. If you're serious and want to get the most money for your home follow these tips on the checklist below. Get Ready To Purge When you're ready to ... View Post
Vinegar Cleans Paint Brushes
Vinegar Cleans Paint Brushes Yes it's true vinegar cleans paint brushes extremely well. I love using vinegar to clean my home. Vinegar and water is used to clean my windows, mirrors, bathrooms, counters and chandeliers. And you've probably seen my post on how to distress using vinegar.Vinegar is amazing isn't it. I bet if you looked in the ingredients in most foods you'll find vinegar. Vinegar is a disinfectant and it's edible! So why am I sharing this? Well, I've stupidly forgotten about paint brushes, left them out over night and found them the next morning all dry and hard. If this happens don't freak out I have a few solutions for you today. I usually use hot water to rinse and clean my paint brushes, but I heard about two techniques to clean paint brushes. One is using ... View Post
Creating An Aged French Patina Using A Sponge
Creating An Aged French Patina Using A Sponge Today I'm going to show you my new favorite painting tool. When you see this you're not going to believe it. Okay are you ready? My new favorite tool is my True Applicator Sponge. This sponge is amazing! Why is it so amazing? Because it will create a beautiful flawless, smooth finish. It's easy creating an aged French patina using this amazing new tool. For the full details and tutorial make sure you watch the video at the end of this post. It's much easier for me to demonstrate on a video than to try and take photos as I'm painting. But I will explain how this look was created. (Affiliate links used below please read disclosure policy) How To Start First before you start creating an aged French patina make sure that your piece has a ... View Post
A Ladder
I've been searching for a ladder for my kitchen. Not to display fabric on but one to place on top of my two cabinets. Finding the perfect size ladder wasn't easy. I needed the right size and I finally found one while shopping at a garage sale. Garage sales and thrift shops are my two favorite places to find unique and affordable pieces. I'm loving how this ladder joins my cabinets together. I decided to take the cabinet doors off to give it more of an open feel and farmhouse look. My light fixture was originally a brass fixture with glass inserts. I found it at a thrift store for $10.00. I took all the glass off spray painted it and added a little bling. To make the holders look like candles I added some hot glue drips and antiqued each of them. I love the look of ... View Post
DIY Repurposed Jewelry Holder
Years ago I came across this piece, I believe it's called a justice scale. All of the hanging crystals and crystal scales have been taken off. I knew that someday I would repurpose this piece, and recently the idea to repurpose this into a jewelry holder came to mind. Sorry it's a bit blurry, my camera was acting up and I did not realize how blurry this photo was until after I completed this project. You can see behind this scale I have a vintage chippy salvage piece. I decided to turn this justice scale into a jewelry holder. First thing that I needed to do was cut the ends off of this chippy salvage piece, because it was a bit too long. Here's my fancy saw, yeah....I don't have an electric saw, I know I can't believe I am still using this, but hey it works! So I cut ... View Post