Master Bathroom Makeover How To Paint a Sub Floor And...I had ZERO budget. You got that right. ZERO budget to makeover of my Master Bathroom. I wanted a Farm House look and I had to get very creative with everything I had on hand. Paints, glazes, and the biggest conundrum of all, what to do with the floor when we pulled up that awful carpet. The first thing I did was make those "what was I thinking" bright yellow walls disappear. I painted them in Sherwin Williams Repose Grey. (Which I had quite a bit of from another project). **Update, since this post writing I no longer use CeCe paints. Some of the colors and products I used are no longer available. I have found ...
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How to Makeover Vintage Buffet to Boho Buffet
How to Makeover a Vintage Buffet to a Boho Buffet Boho look. Layered and chippy. Drippy and Free. Oh how I love you! This look is so easy to achieve! Have you seen this look around the internet? Probably the most awesome examples of this look comes from DIY Paint Retailers Dionne Woods of The Turquoise Iris and Quitta Allen of All Shabbed Out. These two ladies create magic with DIY Paint, and this is one of my favorite looks they create. I have always wanted to make over one of these BIG Vintage Buffets, but the price tag on obtaining one for a makeover did not fit into my FREE budget. With all my snooping around Dumpsters and Free Furniture I find, you would think I would ...
Spray it Don’t Say it. Spray Paint Leather That Is.
Spray it Don't Say it. Spray Paint Leather that is. Did you know you can spray paint leather??? This Silver Chair once resided in a woman's house who sadly, smoked three packs of cigarettes a day, for at least 30 years, as long as she lived in the house, with the windows shut! My neighbor gave them to me, when said aunt passed away. I diligently cleaned with almost a gallon of TSP (not joking), and then the process began. I Painted the frame in a lovely Antique White, then glazed with a mix of Glaze and Coffee Bean Craft Paint. The Upholstery got a makeover with Paint! Yes, you can spray paint Leather, just go really, really slowly. As in, ONE LIGHT COAT at a time, and build up to ...
Trashy Tuesday Clean Out the Garage
Trashy Tuesday Clean Out the Garage Did you know that nature abhors a Vacuum? It's a true principle. And your garage, well at least my garage, abhors being empty. Trust me, if you are needing to clean your garage out and are having a hard time parting with your junk, just trust in the junk cycle of life. Get rid of your stuff and better stuff will come around. I JUST cleaned my garage and side yard out again. AGAIN If you have been around here awhile, you may feel like this post is a repeat. Rest assured, it is brand spanking new. I have posted several posts on my accomplishments of Garage side yard cleaning and even a Video way back before there were even Smart ...
Upcycle a Bookshelf to a Rolling Cart
Upcycle a Book Shelf to a Rolling Cart. Happy Trashy Tuesday! I don't have a new project to share with you today, BUT, I do have some good Dumpster Finds. And they were my favorite kind this week. Not one, but two Dumpster Finds. The first IS a rolling cart already. Complete with 2 drawers, towel hangers on each side. Sadly, someone took all the sides and inside out. Very strange. Usually the drawers break before everything else. These drawers are made well, not just glued but have Dove Tail Construction. I have plenty of old Fence Boards and Scrap wood lying around. I am sure I will be able to find the right reclaimed wood for this upcycled cart. Onto Rolling piece of ...
How to Decorate your Home With Free Furniture
How To Decorate Your Home With Free Furniture Seriously? Free Furniture? To Decorate your home? Where would you find enough of it? If you hang around here, you will see how I easily find free furniture every month! No matter where you live, I guarantee, somewhere near you, even if you have to drive a bit. There is free furniture to be found. To start your Free Furniture hunt, I suggest you check out my 3 Part Dumpster Diving Series HERE and brush up on How to Develop Your Junk Network HERE. To decorate your home with Free Furniture, you have to be able to look past what the piece may have originally been. Use your imagination, check out some of my Furniture Makeovers ...
How to Turn a Bookshelf Into a Rolling Cart
How to Turn a Bookshelf Into a Rolling Cart Did you know that a mediocre 2 shelf Bookshelf is one of the most versatile pieces of furniture? You can do so many things with one of those! I mentioned last Trashy Tuesday I received a very burned bookshelf from my friend who had a fire above her garage. The bookshelf needed a lot of cleaning, structurally, it was still sound. Just not looking too attractive. In fact, my friends couldn't believe I wanted it! I knew right away I wanted to turn it into a rolling cart. That is one of the best things you can do with any short bookshelf. I turned it over, cut off the peg legs and then screwed ...
7 Surprising Tips for Finding Free Furniture
7 Surprising Tips For Finding Free Furniture! 1 Tip for Every Day of the Week! Imagine how much you can pick up, RIGHT NOW! Seriously. How did I go from this? Clean, orderly garage, car fits in nicely. To this??? Packed to the gils, furniture everywhere. I can squeeze my van in there but only enough for myself to get out and then have to actually enter my house through the front door. I did this in only about 1 week. Yes, you read that right. I found ALL this stuff in 7 days. With barely trying! Ready to fill up your garage on free furniture without spending a dime? Because you know you want to save money.....Here are my top 7 tips: Free Furniture Tip ...
How to Make a Door Chalkboard from a bunch of junk
How to Make a Door Chalkboard from a bunch of Junk (This post was originally written in 2012, but the instructions remain the same, paint brand has changed) Do you remember this thing I pulled out of le garbage? My client had texted me the night before I found this, asking if I could make a "door" sized chalkboard for her kitchen. The next morning, doing my rounds of looking behind businesses for their good "trash". I saw this lying on top of a bunch of boxes. It was there for moi! I knew with a little reinforcing and some foam core board, it would be perfect. If you are not so lucky to find this frame in the trash, you can easily duplicate this. Here is what you ...
Trashy Tuesday Reclaimed Wood Sign Tutorial
Reclaimed Wood Sign Tutorial Where the heck have I been? Busy! I've got loads of Trash to share with you, but today I am going to show you how to make this amazing Reclaimed Wood Sign FOR FREE. Have you noticed how lovely and simplified my blog looks? I am SO HAPPY. You can be this happy with your site too by clicking on over to check out Snazzy Little Things. Jeanette was beyond amazing at how communicative she was through the whole process, price for each thing up front, she even provides you with a progress slide so you can see what has been done and what is left to be completed. I could not be happier and I would recommend her services to anyone looking to overhaul their ...
How to Paint Fabric or Vinyl using CeCe Caldwell’s Paints
How to Paint Fabric or Vinyl using CeCe Caldwell's Paints. Update! Since publishing this post I only use Debi's Design Diary DIY Paint. The paint is 100% Natural Clay Based, there is NOTHING else like it on the market. It is like painting with liquid velvet. Made int the USA, it is the most fun you can have with a paint brush and a can. Truly. For more info, check my side bar! It's another Trash Tuesday...well technically it's Wednesday or Thursday, but so what. Look what I found in the TRASH! Of course, that was the after. And the Poufs, well, those I made over a while ago. You can read all about how to paint vinyl HERE and HERE. This post is all about how to paint ...