DIY Baby Spoon Display {Ugly Duckling Dining Room}

Baby spoon display DIY

I am totally in love with my baby spoon display in my dining room, so I thought I'd share the "how to!"   It all started with these small racks I found thrifting with Charity a few weeks ago... They were $2 each and I got them for 20% off -- $6 for the four of them. :-) I've also gotten in the habit of trolling the hobby stores framing department for frames on clearance... especially open frames.  Many were custom orders … [Read more...]

Ugly Duckling Dining Room {Bloggers Without Borders}

BWOB dr collage

Ahhhh.  Amazing what a fresh paint color will do! As promised, here's my progress on my Bloggers Without Borders project, my Ugly Duckling Dining room... This was in the midst of the chaos-- forgive the blur, I was a little weak from that dad gum stomach bug. :-) The paint color is Behr's Silver Sateen, the same color I used in my Mom Cave (which is adjacent).  And because just painting isn't enough, I decided to reconfigure the … [Read more...]

Thrift Store Frames Revamp {Chalk Paint}

thrift store frames

I'm alive but functioning at about 50% -- not good when you have a dining room in total disarray and company on the way!  I've put my indentured servants teenagers to work helping clean and fluff for the grandparents... times like this I love having older kids!  Thank you for your well wishes yesterday - I so needed your words of encouragement. I was hoping to share a fully completed project today using these thrift store frames, but I'm … [Read more...]

Blogging Without Borders {Ugly Duckling Dining Room}

dining room windows

  It's here!  Time to reveal my project for our Blogging Without Borders project! The idea behind this project was to encourage us decor DIYers to break out of our comfort zones when transforming a space in our homes.  We can all paint a room, right?  But what about those project ideas you pin but in the back of your mind you're thinking it's probably too complicated or over my head?  I know you have those thoughts.  Or maybe I'm … [Read more...]

Haven-Bound and Map Podge Candles

map candles 4

Thanks for all your sweet comments and words of encouragment on my porch progress post!  I'm just glad to no longer be embarrassing my neighbors (though they're much too nice to ever admit it)!  Now, onto later this week... I haven't had butterflies like these in YEARS. You see, this week, I'll be at Haven, a conference for DIY/decorating/crafting bloggers.  I'll be in the company of some of the most inspiring bloggers in the … [Read more...]

True Blue {Flea Market Find}

blue chair

She had me at "hello." I knew exactly what I wanted to do with her.  And where I wanted her to go.  I even envisioned a vibrant color. Source: alittlebitoshizzle.blogspot.com via Heidi on Pinterest   And I had an inspiration photo (thank you, Pinterest!). And that is how this $2 girl went from this... Are you ready? Are you sure you're ready? Are you really, really ready??? For this... I am … [Read more...]

Easy DIY Moss and Burlap Wreath

moss and burlap wreath

Once I finally took down my evergreen "M" that hangs in my kitchen window through the winter months, it just looked so bare.  When I then painted the walls that  very pale gray-green, I knew I needed something with a little punch hanging there... can't be too sleek and neutral now. :)  And I wanted natural elements -- or something resembling natural elements anyway. So I gathered up a few things I had laying around from other … [Read more...]