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My Top 10 Posts from 2013

By Stacy 7 Comments

You guys!!!! It is my last post of 2013. I may pop in if something comes up, but I may not. It is sad in a way but these “Top 10 posts of the Year” are are my favorite to write and to read. It is so satisfying to see lists of some of the […]

Filed Under: DIY & Tutorials, Furniture, Painting, Power Tools, Staining 7 Comments

Christmas Tablescape

By Stacy 31 Comments

I am so excited to share my Christmas tablescape with you and show you how I made some inexpensive candlesticks that look like a million bucks! I know things have been a little sleepy over here but whenever that happens you can be certain I am working like a maniac behind the scenes. Not only […]

Filed Under: DIY & Tutorials, Holiday, Power Tools, Staining 31 Comments

Ryobi Giveaway!

By Stacy 241 Comments

****THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED**** THE WINNER IS: Jenifer Reece Happy Monday! I know, I know. To some of you that might seem like an oxymoron, but just wait. I have a giveaway that may change your mind…. for this week at least :) What is better than power tools and Home Depot? A power […]

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Laundry Room Progress

By Stacy 45 Comments

My laundry room still needs a wall to separate it from the soon-to-be-mater-bedroom, it needs tile on the floor, and it needs a ceiling. BUT since I do not know when all that will happen due to time and money flow, I decided to at least make one wall cute for now. And maybe when canning season is over I will have the time and energy to focus on the rest :)

Here is what it looked like after I added the gray stained wood planks:

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And here it is now!!!!!

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Laundry Room Update

By Stacy 576 Comments

Have you picked your jaw up off the floor yet? Yes, you read that right. $500 Home Depot gift card, baby! I am super excited to have partnered up with Maytag, P&G, And Home Depot to offer this fun giveaway :) But first, let’s chat about laundry rooms. More specifically, mine.

I hate doing laundry. And I think at least a little bit of it has to do with the hole in the wall I call my laundry room. Take a gander at what I had to work with people. It ain’t pretty.

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Filed Under: DIY & Tutorials, Home Decor, Power Tools, Staining 576 Comments

How To Build A Wood Serving Tray

By Stacy 236 Comments

I have been thinking of making a serving tray for awhile but never found the time. Since I had to take a break from our bathrooms, I thought this would be the perfect time to tackle this project.

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Filed Under: DIY & Tutorials, Power Tools, Staining 236 Comments

Office Closet Makeover {The Big Reveal!}

By Stacy 38 Comments

After surviving spring break with the kids home, two bouts of the stomach flu, and what seemed like endless days of dark gloomy skies, I FINALLY had a day where I could do a photo shoot for my office closet makeover. We had a sunny day and my husband was home to wrangle the kids :)

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Filed Under: DIY & Tutorials, Home Decor, Painting, Power Tools, Staining 38 Comments

The day I met Martha Stewart….

By Stacy 30 Comments

It was a warm sunny day in Las Vegas and I had just spent an hour next to a very chatty man (who thought he was hilarious) on the airplane.  I was rocking my first pair of colored skinny jeans (heck! my first pair of skinny jeans period!) and I was feeling good. I walked into Mandalay Bay to be greeted by a sea of orange. The Home Depot had descended upon Vegas for their annual Managers Meeting and I was about to get a behind the scenes look!

While the 3,000 some odd Home Depot store managers from around the world were in a meeting, I was able to sneak into the “product walk” as they call it. They basically build a Home Depot store inside the event center, only it is a Home Depot store times 100! It was HUGE! Talk about feeling like a kid in a candy store.

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Filed Under: Home Decor, Painting, Power Tools 30 Comments

Upholstered Bench

By Stacy 27 Comments

I built this bench when we first moved in this house which was long before I started blogging. We had poured all our money into buying the home and had very little left over to furnish it. We needed more seating so I used some particle board, a little foam, batting, some 4×4’s, and fabric […]

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How To Build A Card Catalog

By Stacy 87 Comments

I have always wanted a piece of furniture with a bunch of tiny drawers. My mom had a spice cabinet on the wall of our kitchen growing that I would hide all sorts of treasures in. As I grew up I wanted my boys to have something similar. What I really wanted was a card catalog.  I have actively searched for one for one for about three years. And the ones I found were either too big or too expensive. Every once in a while I would find a decently priced one on ebay but then I would notice the shipping. The shipping more often than not was more than the price of the cabinet!

So when I was in the planning stages of my family room renovation, I decided to figure out how to build one and make it look like an antique.

Filed Under: DIY & Tutorials, Furniture, Power Tools, Staining 87 Comments

Top ten posts from 2012

By Stacy 16 Comments

What a year 2012 has been! There were so many ups and downs both personally and blog related. I love to go back through all my posts at the end of the year and see all that I blogged about and all that was accomplished.

I was desperately trying to get my family room done so I could reveal it before the end of the year. BUT the closer it got to Christmas I realized that I would be better off doing it after the new year. So even though it is done, I will wait to share it until the first week in January. So watch for it! It is one of my favorite rooms EVER! I couldn’t be more happy with how it turned out.

And since a lot of you are new and may have missed my posts from earlier in the year, here are my top ten favorite posts (in order of when they were posted originally).

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Filed Under: DIY & Tutorials, Home Decor, Outdoor Projects & Gardening, Painting, Power Tools 16 Comments

How To Build A Simple Cupboard

By Stacy 18 Comments

I am excited to have another project for my new family room crossed off my list! And I am going to show you how I built it today :)

Filed Under: DIY & Tutorials, Power Tools 18 Comments

Floating Side Table

By Stacy 19 Comments

I love this little side table! It is such a space saver and was really simple to build. Like I mentioned in the reveal post of my son’s new space, he wanted a side table with a lamp. I had a side table that I had built but then had a “duh” moment when I […]

Filed Under: DIY & Tutorials, Furniture, Power Tools, Staining 19 Comments

An Airplane Bedroom

By Stacy 23 Comments

My 10 year old son’s room I decorated has been complete for awhile but I was waiting until I was done posting about my secret garden before I posted about it . It was just a mini makeover since he really wanted to keep the striped wall the way it was.He knew he was getting a […]

Filed Under: DIY & Tutorials, Furniture, Home Decor, Painting, Power Tools 23 Comments

The final Secret Garden post

By Stacy 21 Comments

When you DIY practically everything in a space it is so hard to explain it all in one post. Especially if there are tutorials involved. So I usually do a reveal and then share the tutorials separately. I have already shown the big Secret Garden reveal, the solar lamp tutorial, and the moss art tutorial. […]

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Welcome to my secret garden….

By Stacy 203 Comments

There were several books from my childhood that affected my view on life and how I wanted my home to be when I grew up. One of them was a book titled Mandy, and anther was The Secret Garden.  I have always wanted a space that was all mine. A space that maybe didn’t function as any […]

Filed Under: DIY & Tutorials, Favorites, Furniture, Outdoor Projects & Gardening, Power Tools 203 Comments

Porter Cable Lithium Drill Review and Giveaway!

By Stacy 330 Comments

**** THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED ****   I am excited for today’s giveaway!!!  I know a lot of women get giddy when they hear a designer’s name like Louis Vuitton ( I totally had to google how to spell that…) But I get  all fired up when I hear the name Porter Cable :) […]

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Tools Are For Ladies

By Stacy 40 Comments

I had an amazing time at SNAP! I conquered some fears and learned a lot. I will write a post about my personal experience at the blogging conference later this week but I wanted to share the information from my talk. I went first so I introduced the topic and spoke about the beginning tools […]

Filed Under: DIY & Tutorials, Furniture, Power Tools, Uncategorized 40 Comments

Building an Entryway Bench

By Stacy 28 Comments

While I was in Washington helping decorating my brother-in-law’s new house, I ended up building an entryway bench. I kind of loved it and wanted to strap it to the top of the van to bring it home! I wish I could have seen it all finished. You see there is this thing about the […]

Filed Under: DIY & Tutorials, Furniture, Power Tools, Staining 28 Comments

2011 in review….

By Stacy 22 Comments

It was fun going back through all my projects I have done this year. I realized 3 things about myself. I love plants/flowers, I love color, and I love re-purposing things! That seem to be the theme through out my house and my projects. Here are a few of my favorites in no particular order. […]

Filed Under: DIY & Tutorials, Furniture, Painting, Power Tools 22 Comments

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