Changing Table

Flickering Font

Sharp Strands

Bleached Bedroom

Movie Mélange

I finally started painting my office, completing the stripes on this wall first as I was mad eager to get this picture collage up and running!  Once I began painting and framing (I spray-painted every frame) it occurred to me that I had a movie theme happening here.

Budget Bulletin

Remember my itch from last week? Well, here's my final rendition. I've got to be totally honest

Nautical Notion

Friday night's impulse came. out. amazing.  

I've had this idea in my noggin for awhile, (sorry there Pinterest, I own this one!) when we bought our house I noticed the coordinates in our paperwork a few times and thought it would be kinda cool to somehow incorporate them into our new home.

Vintage Ventana

After searching for months, I scored huge last week when I found a woman about forty minutes away with a countless supply of antique windows.

Vivacious Veggies

Recently I picked up a basil plant to smell while at Lowe's, little did I know that my two second sniff would spontaneously release my inner Martha.

Shnazzy Shot Glasses

You guys.  I'm in total disbelief as I've seen this done on nails before, but would've never thought to do this to your boring juice or shot glasses!  Don't forget to used filtered/bottled water for best results;)

Creative Card Catalog

This before and after project made me gasp,
I can't wait to give this a whirl.
Click here for original post and directions.

Framed Fairy Tale

Yesterday I took full advantage of the fact that I had the entire afternoon to myself, so my mission was to finish my Cinderella project I'd started last month.  I'm so glad I held onto this, you can barely recognize the original pictured below! Initially I was going to use this frame with another picture, but after the spray painting was complete, it only made sense to put them back together.  #bippityboppityboo

Excellent Expander

Here's an ancient trick I use to help break-in new heels.  Throw on a pair of socks and work-it around the house a few times, it really helps stretch out those straps allowing our lil toes some extra breathing room.  I'll do just about anything to ease the pain of wearing heels!  #sneakerobsessedforareason

DIY Determined #14

Oh. My. Goodnessss. This project was so flippin easy that I'm already pondering my phrase for a larger one!  I've had the below painting of the sunflowers forever, I was about to give it away when I randomly found some inspiration that made me hold onto it for dear life.  The original project used song lyrics, but I opted for a line from Cinderella, which was my favorite childhood movie.  All you need is an old painting, some nylon letters and spray paint.  It's very hard to mess this up, now go, you don't need to be crafty at all to do this.

This is what made me save that painting,
it's so simple yet has SO much impact.

For original post and step-by-step instructions, click here.

Pallet Gardens

I think it's safe to say that I've got a major obsession with pallets.  It all started with my coffee table and since then my ideas have literally multiplied.  I'm totally taking on this pallet garden challenge, I've luckily ran into an endless supply of clean, spotless pallets.  Total score!  I keep reading that "succulents" are the best kind of plants to use as they don't need a lot of sun.  Going to pick out the plants will be so much fun, I can't wait to get started!  Here's the best tutorial that I've seen yet,  check back for my results in the very near future.  

Rejuvenated Rubbish

My pooch and I were strolling the neighborhood a few weeks back when I spotted this in someone's trash, instantly pondering a project.  While waiting for the weather to improve, I thought of so many other great ideas for this trashed piece of crib and now I'm pissed I left the other side on the curb!  I went with my initial magazine rack idea and I'm totally in love.  It'll be super handy in the salon and now the coffee table can finally breathe.

Fulfilling Foyer

I "repinned" this DIY project on pinterest about a month ago, glancing at it every time I had the opportunity.  It'd been a hot minute since we'd done any improving to our house, so this morning we meticulously took note of some measurements and made moves to the nearest Home Depot.

Here's the before & after of our "Board and Batten" foyer! Despite the fact that just about every piece of wood was warped, the tags on the wood were mismarked (throwing all of our tedious measurements off by half a flippin' inch) and the minor matter of this being our first time ever doing something like this, I'd say we successfully killed it!  There's some slight caulking/painting that still needs to be done, but we're in love and can't stop walking by to peek at our new accomplishment.

DIY Determined #13

I discovered this genius solution below and had to give it a go, what a simple way to store all your unsightly bobby pins!  I attached magnetic tape with some gorilla glue to the inside bottom of my medicine cabinet and let it dry overnight.  It's hidden, convenient and only cost me two dollars and some change! #helloamazing

picture via pinterest.

Haunting Headboard

Here's another headboard that's igniting my desire to try and create one of my own.  I've never had a headboard on my bed before and now that we have the perfect wall to do so, it's time to make some moves.  Inevitably baited into a full blown search for salvaged wood, I hope to produce a similar headboard in the very near future, wish me luck!

Internet Imitation

I saw this shot last month while browsing the interwebs and immediately noted the jacket on this chic.  Instantly obsessed, I frantically headed to my collection of still-not-unpacked-from-moving boxes.  I knew that somewhere amongst them, I undoubtedly had one of these unaltered jackets in my possession.  Now, let's get this party started.

I bought this jacket at an army/navy store many yesteryear's ago, I've worn it a few times and found that the bulky arms and boxy fit was more than unflattering, so it got shoved to the back of my closet and forgotten about on numerous occasions.  Until now!

My first move was to remove the seam from the hem of the jacket,  I love the way an unfinished hem looks once it's been washed.  I found that a steak knife worked best for this step.  I then chopped off the sleeves and tossed it into the wash.  Make sure you use the heavy duty setting on your machine, so all the hems fray up nicely.  Honestly that's it,  less than fifteen minutes and I must admit, I'm really sad it's already over!  Here's my finished replica: