Its officially summer break here. Heaven help us all. On the one hand, Im looking forward to sleeping in a little bit and avoiding the morning rush that always leaves me feeling like Im a...
I hope you had a great Memorial Day weekend. Memorial Day (in case you dont know), is a day set aside here in the states to remember the sacrifices of our service men and women. Heartfelt thank...
Howdy there, yall! Knock the dust off yer boots and hunker down for a spell, because Ive just lassoed up a herd of chair makeovers to whet your DIYin whistle. Yeehaw! Ok, Im not sure what...
Its about to get cute up in here. REALLY cute. Ridiculously cute. Like, get-out-your-umbrella-cuteness -is-pouring-from-the-heavens-c ute. I defy you to take a look at this cottage before and aft...
All this couch needed was a little lovin, but its owners heartlessly kicked it to the curb instead. Pshh, rude! But it turned out for the best, because Christi came along and rescued it w...
Alicia had a thing for cedar planks. So she made a giant dining room table out of them. "Lindsey," you are thinking, "You poor dear. You need a nap or something. Y...
Meg from Meg and Mums secured this lovely little hall table from an auction, then decided it was a bit too ornate for her taste. (Mine too. Mostly, Im just having trouble with those "...
Hey color-phobes! Thats right, Im talking to you. Are you afraid of making a color-itment? Too scared to be tied down to a startling shade or a prominent pigment? Well, dont look at...
Bridget had owned this old Ikea table since college, and it was sitting around gathering dust ever since she had replaced it with a new kitchen table. So she decided to give it a new purpose in...
What is this? A laundry room? A bathroom? An efficient way to pass the time as you pass ... never mind. Anyway, Laurel was not so thrilled with this little set-up when she fir...
Tracy claims to be a "measure once, cut twice" type of gal, (hey, me too!) and consequently never quite fell in love with this overly tall coffee table that she had built long ago. So s...
(now closed) Recently, Simply Spray was nice enough to send me a few cans of their Simply Spray Upholstery Fabric Paint. This product promises to "rejuvenate, restore, or change the color o...
Hey! Remember Fashion Friday? Lets have one of those! Fashion Friday is, you guessed it, makeovers of funky old duds into cute and current clothing. And it doesnt get much cuter tha...
You know how when you check into a hotel room, theres always a strip of paper laying across the toilet seat declaring it "sanitized for your protection!" Do you know about that? M...
Shel found this sturdy old dresser for $50 and fixed it up for her daughter. She opted to remove the doors and added a shelf to give her girl easy access to toys and books. So now its a d...
Kimberlys style has evolved over the last ten years. (Thankfully, so has mine. Taking the stickers off the plastic pots my houseplants came in was about as stylin as I got). However, even...
Stacey from Embracing Change recently embraced the fact that this rocker could be cuter if it was painted yellow with white stripes. All it took was some paint, tape, a dowel to replace the missing o...
When Valerie emailed me her bathroom makeover, the subject line said something along the lines of "Prison Cell Bathroom." And when I opened up the before picture, I could see why. ...
Aw, sad! This dresser looks like it got shipwrecked somewhere. It probably fell of the Mayflower and floated its way across the salty Atlantic until it drifted ashore, where it remained f...
This makeover makes me want to take a sledgehammer to my house so bad, and I dont even have any wackadoo blue walls begging to be demolished. I mean, look at at that thing! What was its p...
Hey howdy hey, how was your weekend? Not too eventful here. My husband Matt is the principal of a high school, and so the last few weeks of school are crazy hectic for him, and we hardly ...
(now closed) Raise your hand if you are totally intimidated by the thought of sewing your own slipcovers. I know I am. So many times Ive looked longingly at my monstrous sectional and dre...
You guys, Ive been converted! Holy hallelujah, Im born again! You are looking at a card-carrying, confirmed member of the church of yellow. Remember way back when, about a year ago ...
Heres a handy tip for you ... if you cant find the fingernail clippers, dont be lazy and use your kids safety scissors that you found in your desk instead. You wont be pleased with the results. ...
When Better After reader Angie and her husband bought this house, they knew something would eventually need to be done about its dreary beigeness, toothpick-like porch poles, and renegade flock of bi...
Holly needed to feed her Pinterest addiction, so when she found this abandoned side table begging for a makeover, she snatched it up to make a dog bed. Fear not dog lovers! She did not ac...
I know a few people might gasp at Karens audacity to paint over her brick walls, but guess what? Its z-brick, which is basically the equivalent of crab with a k. Not the real deal. ...
Turning coffee tables into upholstered benches isnt a new idea, but its still a great idea. Ive been meaning to do this myself, oh ... for several years now and have still havent come across th...
Hilarys dining room used to look like little more than a landing pad for extra furniture. Grandmas hope chest? Stick er here! Impossibly narrow china cabinet? Throw it in the corner...
Woah. Nelly. This dresser was having an ugly crisis. Suzy from Simply Vintageous rescued it with some super cool zig-zagging stripes in alternating colors, which just reminded me of...
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