Hey Girl, My Valentine to Suffering Husband I rerun this post every year, so sorry if you have seen it in past Valentine's Day. This post still makes my heart swoon as I love my Suffering Husband more every year. This year (2017) is especially sweet because we will be celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary May 1st. To all you sweeties out there, Happy Valentines Day! Mark is one of the funniest, if not the funniest person I know. He is always up for a good laugh, be it dressed as Elf at our church Christmas Party: Or with Hillary and Donald He leaves me the sweetest notes. EVERY SINGLE morning. He's a definite keeper. Now onto the original ...
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Trashy Tuesday Trash
Trashy Tuesday Trash Every year I post this post as a tribute to my friend Ben. Please take a moment to read on. I hope this post inspires you to see all the redeeming value in every single human we encounter in our lives. We all have beauty inside of us. -Karen New subscribers! You may be tempted to unsubscribe, but I promise you, if you stick around, I have so many fun Trashy Makeovers and Dumpster Diving finds to share with you. Truly, JUNK just finds me. I am 2/3 finished with a video and a post about how to do a Picture Gallery Wall using DIY Paints and how to use Free and cheap thrift store frames. I had planned, but my plans changed. Monday, we received devastating news ...
How to redefine what it means to create
How to redefine what it means to create I belong here, and so do you! If you are new around here, then I will bring you up to speed in a hurry. Over 5 years ago I started this blog. The main purpose was to provide a web space of my custom painted furniture portfolio. I was running a busy one woman business of providing custom painted furniture and just wanted an online space to show case my work to potential clients. Let's just say I didn't look like this every day. Fast forward two years and I decided to rent myself a space at a consignment store to sell my furniture. To keep my profit margins higher, I started cruising Craigs List for Free Furniture. When I exhausted ...
Decorating From a Dumpster Redoux Office Tour
Welcome to Decorating From a Dumpster Redoux Office Tour! Finally!!! My Decorating from a Dumpster Redoux Office Tour is ready for its close up. Quick, check out the post before it gets all messed up again! Manny my dumpster found mannequin with the splatter paint job stands sentinel to my office o' junk. Step inside. That's a French Door I am using as a room divider! It gives a little separation from the outside world (my kids) and defines my office space. By the way, Manny is sporting CeCe Caldwell's Paints in California Gold,and Destin Gulf Green. Art work courtesy of Mr. Red. Below those abs and pecs is my dumpster found bookshelf. This holds cookbooks, (my kitchen ...
Trashy Tuesday I went Junking In Atlanta
Trashy Tuesday I went Junking In Atlanta Hey y'all!! I was in Atlanta last week for the America's Mart, which might I add was THE BEST PLACE to see gorgeous home decor and furniture. I was not there to go junking in Atlanta! I will be sharing more about my trip and my time at the CeCe Caldwell's booth later, it was SO FUN! I was a good girl this week and really just minding my own business, meaning I didn't want for business going on in my garage, the business of junk that is. It is full!! No Dumpster Diving for me. On Friday (in Atlanta), when my friends from CeCe Caldwell's and I returned to our lodgings, there in the parking garage was a WHOLE BUNCH OF JUNK!!! We didn't ...
Blogland Tour Continues at Redouxinteriors
Blogland Tour Continues at Redouxinteriors A couple of weeks ago I was invited by Larissa at Prodigal Pieces to join the tour through Blogland. So fun! If you haven't had the opportunity to check out Larissa's blog, it is a must follow. Larissa has beautiful painted furniture, upcycled decor and a beautiful blog. Larissa also has a beautiful Etsy Store where she sells much of her upcycled home decor creations. And oh my, Larissa is busy! She has 5 children, and home schools all of them! I wish I had those time management skills. Here is a little of Larissa's work, one of my favorites, she made this outdoor rustic kitchen for her kids, perfect for making mud pies. ...
How to Decorate a Patio with Junk
How To Decorating a Patio With Junk Happy Summer!! Where I live, it's a long hot one...... "In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer." -Albert Camus Wherever you live, whatever your plans might be this summer, I just wanted to remind you of a few things. #1 You don't need money to enjoy being outside. The only thing in this yard I paid for were the flowers, the pots, and the joint compound. I used Free to Me paint, leftover wall paint, and a sample of CeCe Caldwell's Santa Fe Turquoise. Update since this was written. I only use Debi's Design Diary DIY Paints, 100% Natural Clay Based. I would recommend Old '57 and Cake Batter for some of ...
One Week Home DIY Challenge
One Week Home DIY Challenge. One week, no husband, no kids. Just me and the dog. My kids are all going to various camps for the entire week next week. Suffering Husband is going to my girl's church camp to assist. This leaves me. ALONE FOR ONE WEEK! Technically, it is 5.5 days, but who is counting? What would you do if you had your house completely to yourself for 5 days? What will I do???? I could lay on my white couch and be daring and eat Pizza. I could relax outside on my new outdoor couch and catch up on everyone else's blogs. Or....I could do a one week Home DIY Challenge. Goodness knows, I have enough projects around here to keep me busy for an entire ...
Trashy Tuesday, Truth in Trash and My Side Yard
Trashy Tuesday, Truth in Trash and My Side Yard! Welcome to Trashy Tuesday, where we talk trash, literally. This is a show and tell episode of Trashy Tuesday. I show, then I tell, and you can leave me a comment and tell me about your trashy piles too! Before we get to all the Truth in Trash, I wanted to share a sneaky peek of my Black and White Stairs!!! I finished all the railings on the staircase this weekend, I have to finish the landing step upstairs and some touch ups. Then the Black and White stairs are Finished!!!.....except I have to do all the railings upstairs that you cannot see from downstairs. Curses (And that is my Bench Made Entirely out of Junque in the ...
DIY Black and White Stairs Saga Continues
DIY Black and White Stairs. STILL. If you have been around here a little while, you might know this is a stop and start project that has been ongoing for over 6 months now. This is where I will pick up Monday morning. We have had a few versions of what we "thought" we wanted to do with the stairs. The first version (after pulling out the grossest carpet and one million tacks and staples) involved using a belt sander to try to smooth out the Alt board that lay beneath my carpet. This version was wrong on so many levels. The edge of the treads was a big rough, splintery mess. In my genius head, I thought I would just "square" off the stairs and cut off the offending bullnose. Off I ...
Junk Love – the strangest junking story ever told
This was originally published three years ago, but I like to share it every year as a reminder of how much abundance we have. Happy Junk Love to you all! It is no secret that I have a love of junk, many of us share this passion. Ver early today, I had a new experience with junk love. Today is recycling pick up day for our trash. We have been saving our cans and bottles for some months to take to a recycling center for cash, but on the last trip, the return value had been significantly cut, so we opted to just throw our lot in with the recycle curb side pick up. What to do with the bags and bags of Diet Pepsi cans? google images We thought we would parcel it out each week until ...