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Where furniture of days gone by gets new life and DIY is the name of the game.
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Kitchen Reno Begins - Week 1

4/26/2015

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Hi Friends! I'm sorry I missed you last week, I was on a little mini vacation on the Washington coast. We went clam digging in Moclips.  It was a really nice 3 day weekend. Felt good to get out of town for a little bit.  
I was debating if I wanted to wait to post about our kitchen project until everything was done, but I thought it might be fun to take you guys along for the ride! Our kitchen needs a face lift. I love our home, but we really lack natural light. My goal with this reno is to lighten it up in there and to give it a brighter, airier feel.  So, here is a before pic. 

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Fabric Covered & Framed Corkboard Tutorial

4/12/2015

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Hi Again Friends! Hard to believe a week has gone by again! Here I am, going through my backlog of projects again. This one was 90% completed. I wanted to get this tutorial out there, so I decided I could post on it today. Besides, looking at it, I'm hopeful you don't know what the last 10% even is! Not to worry, I will get to that part!

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This project started with a pretty gross old frame. These pics are after I cleaned it up. I got this at a barn sale and it was covered in dirt and grime.  I went with my old go to, Annie Sloan Chalk Paint. You can use whatever paint you like. I like ASCP because it's a very forgiving and easy to use. Not much prep involved.  After I painted it, I used clear wax to have a nice satiny finish. 

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Bee-Utiful Side

4/5/2015

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Happy Easter Friends! I hope you are all having a great day with family and friends. Since it is a family day, I am just going to  do a super quick post about a little table I did today. 

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So, you might recognize this little black table from last weeks post. It sits on our porch next to the front door. I put it there to use as a plant table, however, it's really more of a post for our cat, Hemi. She begs us to go out, then sits on that table looking in the window of the front door. Really cat? Still trying to figure that one out! Cat psychology is beyond me.
The table was really dirty and just needed an update.  I've been saying for 2 years I was going to paint it. I FINALLY got around to it! 

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    Hi Friends! My name is Kris. I'm a mom and wife who loves to DIY around the house and  fix up old things to make them beautiful again!

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