For those of you who follow me (if you don't, go ahead and start) you know that I picked up this headboard at Goodwill (as mentioned here) for $14.99 (well, less actually, due to discounts). There she is hanging out in my garage waiting for her makeover. By makeover, I mean a good spray down with my new best friend Carbon Mist. This metallic spray paint by Rustoleum is magic in a can. Literally. It seriously looks like we bought a metal headboard. I am officially obsessed. I will share more ...
Thrifty Finds
Rummage Sale Vase to Halloween Decor
Those of you who have been following me for sometime may remember some green vases I picked up from a rummage sale (read about that here). Gorgeous right! They were so cheap and I thought I could do something fun with them. I cleaned them with rubbing alcohol and then spray painted them yellow. Well that seriously lasted one hot minute. After I painted them I realized I had no idea where to put them. While they were sitting around waiting for a home I was trying to dream up some ...
Tuesday Tutorial: Instant T.V. Stand
This project took place back when there was no blog, no reason to closely document before and afters. Afters weren't hard. My husband was so proud of the project he snapped afters and texted them to his parents. Befores were a little harder to come by. I dug through the photos and cropped a few and came up with this: If you haven't caught on yet, we are looking at our T.V. stand (I use the term loosely). When we upgraded to a flat screen T.V it no longer fit in our giant (tall and ...
Thrifty Thursday: Bookshelf Wall @ Bargain Price
I have been pinning and pinning away (don't forget, you can follow me on Pinterest). One thing that keeps catching my eye are these bookshelf walls. I knew I wanted to incorporate this element into Quinn's room, but I didn't want it to cost a lot and frankly I didn't feel like building anything. We were shopping around the hardware store when we saw that gutters are actually quite affordable. Ten feet for six bucks (steal!). We decided we would build our bookshelf using gutters. I know, I ...
Thrifty Thursday: Hutch to Headboard
Nothing says thrifty like repurposed furniture. We got an entire bedroom set at a rummage sale (bunk beds, desk, dresser, dresser with a hutch and bookshelf) that wasn't being used. They were, but then Eleanor was born and Quinn moved upstairs. Upstairs has built in dressers, so no need for those. We were trying to come up with a headboard idea for Quinn's room. We even thought about building one to give it the built in look. I had no idea wood could cost so much! Then my husband was rummaging ...