Wicker Makeover – Jan’s Patio Furniture
When my friend Jan approached me about refinishing her wicker patio set I was excited and nervous at the same time. I’ve never done a wicker makeover before, and wicker furniture generally has a LOT of nooks and crannies. Will it need stripping? If I use a paint stripper will it weaken the fibres and […]
Garden Bench Makeover
It’s been awhile since I’ve posted a before and after hasn’t it? It’s not for lack of doing them – I’ve painted a bathroom, a bedroom, a bench, a stool, a … but the makeovers are either not complete (waiting on blinds for my daughter’s bedroom makeover) or the after was done in the same […]
Repurposed Dresser: Dresser, Toybox and Bookshelf in One!
*This is a post I wrote in June 2013 – one of my earlier blog posts. When I moved my site from Blogger to WordPress a lot of my Pinterest links broke, so I’m attempting to update older posts with a few new photos and create new links on Pinterest. If you were with me […]
Stone Feature Wall – Details Renovations
I have friends named Sherri – yup plural friends but with the same name. One Sherri is a brilliant contractor (DetailsRenovations.com) and can take any project from ‘meh’ to WOWZA! The other Sherri has this incredible talent for interior design – even though that’s not her profession. Together these two have knocked my socks off […]
Christmas Wreath Makeover
So it’s the last Sunday in November, and Thanksgiving, for Canadians AND Americans, has now passed… The official start to the Holiday Season is now! But I can’t hang out this sorry, beat up, chipped, sun-faded wreath. Especially since about half of the light strings don’t work. What kind of blogger would I be with […]
Oak Dresser Makeover
I have another dresser makeover to share! This one is a yellow oak, and part of a two-piece set, so you’ll be seeing the finished combo once I have them both delivered (and ahem- staged). This dresser is about 24 years old; I know, not ancient or antique, but a quality wood piece that the […]
Coffee Table with Storage
When the girls were younger (pre-iPad younger) we had toys everywhere. There wasn’t a surface that didn’t have something of theirs on it, and the house was in a constant state of ‘post-tornado’. My Dad was looking to get us a Christmas gift one year and I begged him to buy us a coffee table […]