the Decorating Chica

Pin It Happy Friday everyone! Today I am looking at some cool upcycled crate projects over at Hometalk  and curating a new Board for them. So exciting! Repurposed crate My recent crate project makeover is included, of course as well as some other awesome ideas! Stop on by Hometalk and check out my new board Upcycled Crates Linking up today to: Feature Nest Friday at French Country Cottage Treasure Hunt Thursday at From My Front Porch to Yours Your Turn to Shine at Meet the B's Have a super weekend and thanks for stopping!

Pin It I. am. in. love.  After a fair amount of time looking at wood plank walls on Pinterest, I finally ventured into this world and created my own version.  Evertrue pine planking from Lowe's as it looks when purchased. It was a bit time consuming but super easy. I started by purchasing the packs of Evertrue pine planking which are very reasonably priced. Yes what I really wanted was old barn wood but just couldn't find it. I purchased 7 packs so just around $75.00 for this wall and a bonus wall in my upstairs hallway...well almost! Most of the articles I read had people staining these boards but because it is winter and Michigan, I couldn't stain due to the odor and didn't want to wait for Spring to be able to work outdoors or open windows. So I decided to use paint. I had lots of leftover greys and browns and just started mixing them together to get different tones. I then added  water to dilute the paint and brushed it on the planks. As soon as...

Pin It Everybody's doing it. Okay, so yeah I'm a little behind. That is just the way things roll in my life these days. Chalk it up to a new full time job and add the rest of the 'normal' stuff and my time is pretty well filled up. But I did want to take a quick look back at some of the projects I've completed for this year. Cause, even though I haven't been near as productive as I would like, it helps to review and learn from the past and plan for the future. Here we go: You say junk, I say treasure was a great dresser find and redo . You say junk, I say treasure is my redo of a garbage find. Then there was the DIY bathroom mirror. I had a very unique space that required unusual dimensions a mirror so I made my own. DIY bathroom mirror Revisited my diy stepping stones to see how they held up over a very. hard. winter. Quick and Easy Stepping Stones One Year Later. Quick and Easy Guide to Stepping Stones One Year Later. ...