Looking Forward to a Little Green Even if it's Just Inside!

Whose ready for spring yet?  I know I say I want snow, but with two good snowstorms under our belt in the last week or so as well as a school closure, I'm kinda itching to see some green instead of all the white.  I know green isn't coming outside for a while, but to brighten our spirits I'm bringing the green inside.  So the plan is to start lettuce and spinach seeds indoors, but I needed a place to plant them so I created these planting crates out of cedar wood and some leftover barnwood.  Come on and see how easy these are to make, and you probably have all the supplies necessary already!

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How Many Years Have We Been Doing This Project?

I'm embarrassed to say how long it's taken to put this half bath project together, I was blogging about it in 2015.  All the components were there from salvaged items to fabric for the valence over the window, it was just that last little piece of the puzzle that we couldn't seem to get finished.  Well I'm excited to announce that it's done, our builder boring half bath is now a totally customized and unique space that fits our house perfectly.

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It's Porch Sitting Time

I'm so ready to be outside, who's with me!  School's almost done, and it's time to get out working in the yard, and when you're done for the day there is nothing better than filling a glass of iced tea (or red wine) and sitting on the porch, but first it has to be ready for the season.

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Welcome to the Cinema

We're back turning something old and salvaged into a new piece to add to our decor.  This week we've taken an old headboard that we no longer needed, and turned it into a wooden sign for our home theater which was lacking some decor.

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Don't Throw Out the Leftovers!

We all have some leftover scrap from finished projects, so this particular project takes using your leftovers to a whole new meaning.  Remember these doors?  They became library shelves and storage in our work studio, but I still had the bottom half of the dirty door from the library shelves.  By adding a leftover drawer front I had laying around from an old dresser I refinished, what did I get?

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Sprucing Up the Dining Room

I worked on a bunch of little projects this week.  They aren't as satisfying as the big reveal to me, but you get a bunch of them under your belt, and you've got yourself a success almost as satisfying as a big project.  Almost!  I got a little more barnwood this week, and I was searching for some with a little bit of green in it.  These particular pieces had clearly been outside in the weather, and have a little moss color to them.

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From Trash to Eiffel Tower Design Treasure

I've got one more Eiffel Tower idea to show you, and the "canvas" for our Eiffel Tower design was discovered in an uncommon place, salvage shopping.  I think I might have tripped over this old framed screen a time or two before an idea came about how to use it, and for a few dollars it was worth the purchase.  It was in good shape and a great color just needed a little cleaning up.

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Additions for the Paris Room

It's a good thing that for the most part my kids are patient with me, at least in the realm of room decorations.  A week ago we remade a nightstand and gave it a Paris flare, well now time to add a few more touches.

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It's Time for Some Serious Organizing of our Winter Gear

Looking around our laundry room we had some disorganization, and we are now in the heart of the winter with coats and gloves and boots everywhere.  We needed some help, so we created a custom built-in to fit our needs! Read on and see how we did it.

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Always Thinking of Paris

My daughter and I have small love affair with Paris, okay it's more like an obsession really.  So to remind us of said love affair, we decided to decorate her room Paris themed.  We started out with rehabbing an old night stand.

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Beyond the Souvenir Shop

First off Happy New Year! Can't believe we are already almost half way through January, my how time fly's.  My family took a much needed break right after Christmas.  We were fortunate to be able to take a road trip to San Francisco between Christmas and New Year's and have a little rest and relaxation.  We took in the sites, walked along the waterfront, went to fisherman's wharf, ate good seafood, and took a boat tour to see the sites from the water.  But one stop into a store gave us the inspiration for this post, and took us beyond the souvenir shop to bring a little bit of San Francisco home with us.

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Creating Decorations Using Some of Our Favorite Music

We are quickly closing in on Christmas!  With less than two weeks left we are feverishly getting our presents bought and wrapped and enjoying the benefits of the season by getting together with friends and family.  We are still doing a few additions to the Christmas decorations, but this one's a little different.  

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Few Last Minute Decorations for Thanksgiving

We are making the final push in our preparation for Thanksgiving, and we are pumped.  We have put a couple of finishing touches on our kitchen decor to make this thanksgiving perfect.  First up a little upgrade on our harvest box.  It has worked perfectly to help organize all the fruits and veggies that come through the kitchen, but it needed a little pizzazz!

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Barnwood Door Turned Mantel Upgrade

We are busy getting ready for Thanksgiving making chicken stock and giving our sour dough starter time to sour, but managed this week to create a little upgrade for our faux fireplace in the basement.

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Custom Salvaged Dresser Request Complete

On one of our salvage trips we were lucky enough to find an old dresser.  One of those deals you couldn't pass up even though we didn't know how or where we were going to use it.  It sat in the barn for six months at least when a friend of mind was looking for just such a piece, and asked if we could redo it with custom colors to match her space.

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My Nephew's Birthday is Coming, But What to Make Him?

My little nephew is turning two in a week, and I wanted to make him a little something for his birthday, as well as adding some books to the gift.  What goes more perfect with books than some building blocks to play with!  So what did we do?  That's right we made them!!

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Repurposed Mirror to Wall Artwork

We are officially nearing my very favorite holiday, Thanksgiving!  It's a foodie's dream day right?  Well as we move into focusing on the dining room and kitchen in preparation for Thanksgiving, we needed some artwork on the wall in our dining room to spruce it up a bit, and we had just the piece.

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Upcycled Old Sewing Table

Better Homes and Gardens magazine is amongst one of my favorite magazines to get.  I discovered in the latest couple of issues people who have recycled old furniture and turned it into something fabulous!  We got the buzz here too, and had the perfect piece to turn around for this upcycling challenge!

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Have Map, Will Mark Where Traveled

On our Facebook Page earlier this week we shared an HGTV video about creating a travel map, well that got us inspired to finally put together our own travel map in the library, and we love it.

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Quick and Easy Last Minute Halloween Decorations

Halloween is almost here!!  We tend to go all out for Halloween, but thought we needed a few more decorations this year, so at the last minute we created a few.

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