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Secretary {Part 2} ~ LAYERED Stenciling (you heard me!)

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Wowzer… whatta morning. We got up at 6. I washed sippy cups and got their milks ready while Nick emptied the dishwasher. Babes woke up at 6:30, and drank their milk while Nick and I sipped our coffee and gazed lovingly into each other’s bloodshot eyes. Nick gives all of us girls kisses and is out the door at 7. Babes read books and play catch with the ball, and then go down for naps at 7:30 ... [ Read More ]

Raven’s Custom Dresser!

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So remember awhile back I mentioned that our girl Gina gave us an entire bedroom set that she wanted out of her basement? Well we just finished the last piece! BUT, to refresh your memory on the matter… HERE’S the post on the night stand, and HERE’S the post on the upright dresser! And nowwwww, for this long/low dresser to finish things off! (Don’t mind all the power tools adorning it’s ... [ Read More ]

Ombre Stained Dresser {Gray Wash}

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As promised, we’re back with the reveal of the sa-weet dresser we’ve been working on! This dresser came to us by way of one of our readers… wanting to clean out her basement. We’re all about helping take things off people’s hands. Here’s the ‘Before’. We had decided we wanted to do a little ‘Ombre’ staining on the drawers kinda like this that I pinned awhile back, but we didn’t care for the way ... [ Read More ]

Molly’s Studio Coffee Table ~ Custom Paint Job!

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It’s no secret. We’re a little obsessed with Molly Long Photography. One of my favorite things is to get updates on my Facebook newsfeed when Molly adds new photos she’s taken. (If you don’t follow her on FB, you totally should!) After Molly took the girls’ newborn pics over a YEAR ago (crazy!), we’ve been fortunate enough to become friends with Molly! And recently, she asked us to fix up a ... [ Read More ]

Leah’s Woodgrain Desk ~ Step-by-Step Instructions!

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This is kinda old news, but remember how we did this little end table for Leah a few weeks ago? Well I almost forgot to post about it, but we did a drop-leaf desk for her as well! Here’s the before pic: She loved this mural we painted for her friend Brenda, and wanted the same design on her desk… only with woodgrain! So we started by sanding everything down, and putting a thick coat of poly on ... [ Read More ]

Leah’s Checkerboard End Table–and a Friggin AWESOME Stencil!

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For some reason, lately, when I sit down to write a post… my first thought is to write the words “as it turns out…”  I think I started a post this way last week, and subconsciously I must think it sounds really intellectual or something. Anyway. As it turns out, I have a little makeover to share today! We did an end table and desk for a client (who’s on her way to pick them up now!), and we ... [ Read More ]

Chalkboard Cubes

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Today I have a fun project to show you! My old place of employment (pre-baby), McFarland Clinic was getting rid of their big clunky cube-like-end-table-things that have magazines on them in the waiting rooms, and upgrading to something… well, I don’t know what they’re upgrading to. But they were so over these things… My friend Dana swiped them for us before they got tossed. My first and ... [ Read More ]

Just So HEXY!

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Monday greetings to you! Did you all have a glorious weekend? It’s HOT outside, no? Last year, Nick and I cancelled our Netflix subscription over the summer because we wanted to be encouraged to do other things than be in front of the tube. We tend to get a lot more accomplished, and we get along better… weird? Yes! But THIS summer, we vowed not to watch any TV whatsoever! …with the ... [ Read More ]

Shading with Wood Stain – Beginner’s Tutorial

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Shading with Wood Stain is SUCH a fun and unique way to create beautiful art on furniture... or anything that's wood! (click here to see how I came up with this technique, and the variety of different pieces I've done!) In this post I'm going to share a simple tutorial for the beginner. Let's get started! If you missed Part 1 of our Buffet Transformation, click here to read about how we rescued ... [ Read More ]

Burn Pile Buffet–PART 1

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A few weeks ago, we were garage-saling as a family at the Gladbrook City-Wide Sales. At one of the sales, we saw this buffet: It was nothing special, and it had a broken leg. We thought about it a little, and decided $75 was more than we wanted to pay… especially when we have tons of projects already in our garage waiting for us. So we walked away! Later that day, I found this lady on Facebook ... [ Read More ]

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