Succulent Nursery

This got too leggy

 So Lisa told me to do this

Cute little jello molds I found in Monroe became a succulent nursery.

We'll see if any of them take!

Bathroom DIY

Christian framed out the powder room mirror for me today. I love it so much!

 BEFORE

AFTER

Great job, Christian!

The World's Ugliest Coffee Table-Update

Here is the "new" media table I upcycled from the world's ugliest coffee table. 

 I am so pleased with the way it turned out!

Remember the before?

I replaced the turned legs with galvanized pipe, removed the 1970's trim, painted, and added new hardware and wheels.  Total cost was about $80.  (The wheels were $15 each at the hardware store, but now I know that IKEA sells them much cheaper.)

At some point, the TV is going to hang on the wall and the DVD player will be hidden (it's a half inch too wide for the cabinet, darn it!)

The best part?  It's one of a kind!

Child Labor

Hard at work on the world's ugliest coffee table.

(Please note the Braun tongue!)

Next Project:: Upcycled Media Table

The World's Ugliest Coffee Table:

 Straight from the store

straight from the seventies...

Soon to be a media table!

It's A Chair, Not an Orange

I am attempting to recover a wing chair. I may have bitten off more than I can chew! I have taken LITERALLY, 300 staples out of this chair, one. at. a. time. For every staple I remove, I swear, two more appear in its place. I was sweating swearing happily working on the stupid, ridiculous, why am I even doing this chair when Carolyn came in from school and said, "Oh, Mommy! You are peeling the chair!

I can't believe I didn't take a before picture, but here it is in the living room at the cabin. Lovely, isn't it? If I ever finish it, I'll post an after picture.

Quick Fix

The dishwasher at the cabin works great. It looked a bit dated though, since it is almond-colored... especially since the refrigerator, stove and oven are all black.

So this weekend I changed it! I unscrewed the screws on the side of the dishwasher door and slid the metal faceplates out. They are almond on one side and a lovely maize yellow on the other. (No such luck that the other choice would be black!)

But, no problem! A $6 can of appliance paint will do the trick.

A quick spray and a few hours of drying time and I have a looks-like new dishwasher!

I'm linking this post to Kimba's DIY Day. Go check out the other do it yourself projects!