Redecorating on a Budget
Welcome to our Christmas Home Tour 2014. I think I am finally ready. All the boys are home, the house is decorated, the gifts are wrapped and the cookies are baked. This year we are going to be doing things a little differently. We are heading to Italy after Santa has made his visit.
Finally, the kitchen is done! ( Minus a chandelier, pendant lighting and under cabinet lighting. One I think the electrician needs a break from me (sorry Carl) and two we haven’t found the exact pieces we want.) It really did not take that long from start to finish it just feels that way. We started seriously thinking about redoing the kitchen in late August early September and we finished the week of Thanksgiving. The outcome was exactly what I was hoping for and more!
So check it out!
I have been working on a project with my husband for the last couple of weeks and I am so excited about our plans. I just hope it turns out like I have pictured it in my head. We have been talking about redoing our kitchen for awhile now and when the freezer went out again among other things we finally decided to move ahead. Since our home has an open floor plan I told my husband if we do the kitchen then we have to do the familyroom. The familyroom is just cosmetic changes though, the major changes will be happening in the kitchen. Then one thing led to another and so here we are still in the planning stages but slowly and steadily moving forward.
I am so ready for cooler weather to arrive. I just completed a small cafe table for my porch but it is just to hot to enjoy it.
I have been looking for a small table for the front/side porch but didn’t want to spend alot of money on it. We have such a great spot but we really haven’t used it since we finished off our back screened in porch which was a long time ago. The front porch just turned into wasted space. So I want to change that starting with this cafe table.
This little table didn’t look like this when I picked it up the the local antique/consignment. The chairs didn’t beong with the table but the are the perfect size and very heavy.
Summer is winding down so we squeezed in one more trip to the Island. I just like being there because it is so peaceful and away from the grind of day to day living. I am so not ready for the school year to begin because my oldest will head back to college, my middle son will start his senior year in high school and my youngest (also know as my tech guy and my photograper) will be in his last year of elementary school. When I am at the Island I do not have to think about any of that…
this is another reason that I love the Island…
My husband just bought a 1996 f150 and I love it! It is the perfect truck for junkin. I even got my husband to go with me on several trips.
I found these boat cleats on our first outting.
I know they will clean up nicely but I think I am going to leave them alone. I like the patina on them and they will only be used to hang up beach towels at the Island Home. For $1 they are perfect!
I have been working on this project for some time now and I am struggling to finish it. I want to install a chandelier outside
right here:
(Photo courtesy of Kolson Close Up)
I want it right in the center of this pergola. I can see it in my mind I am just having some trouble finishing it like I am picturing it!
Every time we go to the Island Home we collect pieces of driftwood and I have been holding on to this piece since last summer. I have been seeing driftwood/reclaimed wood whales online that I love so I decided to make one of my own.
I had my husband draw the outline for me and I used a jigsaw to cut it out. It was my first time using the jigsaw and it wasn’t as easy as it looks on t.v. I think I tried to cut it too quickly. I had my husband touch up the misguided cuts then he used a grinder to smooth out the edges.
Today I finished a few small projects and the first one I am going to share with you is a serving tray that I made. I will post the other projects later in the week. They were super easy and quick.
I have been on the hunt for a cheap serving tray that I could rework to use on our screened in porch. I have searched Goodwill and all my other favorite spots and haven’t found anything that would work.
So today I finally got to work and made one myself.
(The saga continues…)
I finished my Goodwill Credenza a couple of weeks ago and it is still sitting in my garage. I am not ready to move it into the sunroom quite yet.
I really like how it turned out. I do not have any decent photos of the piece but once I move it inside I will post updated photos.
Once we got it sanded down, I used a mahogany stain on the top. I did three coats and lightly sanded between each coat. On the base of the
credenza I used chalk paint. I mixed up my own chalk paint and I have to say that I loved it. It went on so smooth and was much cheaper to
make my own and
the paint colors are now unlimited!
