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WHERE to look for furniture to fix up!

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We did a post several months ago, laying out some tips for SELLING your furniture (or anything) on Craigslist. But lately we’ve been getting a lot of emails from friends and readers wondering what our secrets are for FINDING great deals on furniture! And today we’re going to spill the beans! This is specifically for our fellow DIY readers that are wanting to find, purchase, and ‘redo’ (by ... [ 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 ]

Did somebody say AUCTION?!

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Yesterday, Nick and I headed into the kitchen (each holding a girl) to scrounge up something to feed the babes and ourselves. And Nick says in passing ‘did you know there’s an auction in town tonight?’ An auction? Like where they have sweet old pieces of furniture and random little nick-knacks? me: ‘what time?’ Nick: ‘five o’clock’ me: ‘that’s in 9 minutes’ So naturally, I whipped up some ... [ Read More ]

All Things Vinyl!

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We get lots of questions about where we get our vinyls for our various projects… so we’re dedicating this entire post specifically to sharing our our vinyl secrets! (Including how to get your own!) We primarily use vinyls on various projects when we want woodgrain (or sometimes a different color of paint) to show through in the form of a design on a painted piece… like so: For a ... [ 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 ]

Marcy’s Dining Table/Chairs

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Phewf! Whatta crazy weekend! We visited Nick’s fam in SE Iowa, and had a total blast. But we’re also exhausted. The girls woke up for their bottle this morning, and then immediately fell back asleep on the living room floor. That’s where they’re at right now actually. Sweet little things I tell you. You’ll be delighted to know that, as promised (this time), we finally took photos of Marcy’s dining ... [ Read More ]

Chunky End Table {how to create a raised stencil}

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Let me start by saying... one of our blog followers (hi Gina!) gave us an entire bedroom set that she wasn't using and was just taking up room in her basement. We don't have plans for the whole set yet, but I do know I don't want them to go together. I think a bedroom should look like it's acquired over time, not bought all together at once. Comprende? Well anyhow, I decided to play around with ... [ Read More ]

Brenda’s Hutch Modification (and stencil!)

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So we're back with one final furniture project from Brenda! She had this hutch thing that she was using to display items, but she wasn't loving the distressed finish anymore, and she really needed some storage below for china and such. So Nick set out to enclose the open/bottom area, and put in a shelf and 4 doors along the front. Believe it or not, we get a project like this and Nick gets all ... [ Read More ]

Glossary of Design Terminology ~ Choosing a Pattern

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Ok... I love color, but I love PATTERN too (as you know from our kitchen wall, china cabinet, and our baby changing table! And I always see different patterns being used in design, but when you go to search for other examples of that pattern, there's no way to find it without knowing some design 'lingo'. And even after tons of searching on the internet, there's not a single source that offers ... [ Read More ]

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