Let’s play two truths and a lie: I completely freaking hate this table. 2. I completely freaking love this table. 3. I must have been out of my freaking mind to try to refinish this …
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Goldilocks and the Broken Toes
Once upon a time…(HEY! I thought she said the next post would be about Kitchen chairs?) Yes, indeed. This IS about kitchen chairs…counter stools to be specific. Question: What’s a DIY counter-height harvest table without chairs?Answer: A …
Continue readingMy Apologies, Burly Lumberyards Everywhere
This is my “How I Built My DIY Counter-height Harvest Table” story. But it’s not exactly a “take X pieces of wood, a bag of wood screws, and a lot of sandpaper” kind of story. …
Continue readingMy 30-year Quest for a Kitchen Table Has Ended
We’ve had a 30-year love/hate relationship with our kitchen table. We LOVE not having to set our plates on our laps. Everything else about it… hate. Our original kitchen table was delivered at the end …
Continue readingEye Candy for Everyone! A Mackenzie-Childs Photo Tour
Oh, man, am I in trouble! You should never take an easily distracted person on a tour of the Mackenzie-Childs Store and Farmhouse the week before their annual Barn Sale. I’ve never been to the …
Continue readingOptions for a Round Pedestal End Table – Buy or DIY?
Our upholstered furniture will be coming later this month (see this for more details)…and although I’m behind (not surprisingly) in my preparations, one of the tasks on my to do list is to come up …
Continue readingLiving Room Plan
I mentioned recently that we’re in a bit of a redecorating mode (Ha ha. Aren’t we always?)… We have one year left before our youngest starts college, so this could be a very narrow financial …
Continue readingTurning Gold into Silver and a Tip Share: “Free Hardware Fridays”
Today’s post is a quick fix to turn gold into silver…or to be specific, brass into nickel. (I also have a tip share below for scoring free cabinet hardware for my fellow DIYers.) I mentioned last …
Continue reading“Uncle!” (Using a Professional to Help with Decisions)
I had ZERO idea when I woke up today that I would be writing this post. If you’ve spent any time in my archives (when I was all alone here), you’d know about my frequent …
Continue readingDIY Tufted Top Storage Ottoman with Repurposed Coffee Sacks
I ended up building my DIY Tufted Top Storage Ottoman using repurposed coffee bean bags. LOL, now it really is a “coffee table”! Done! Finished! Completed! You might remember that my plan was to …
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