Hi Everybody! I want to introduce you to my best friend Mandi.Well I guess she's not actually my bestfriend per se, and I guess er, friend might be pushing it a bit seeing how I've never um, technically met her. I really, really, want to though, and we could be best friends -- you never know. Mandi's was the first DIY blog I ever read. I saw her on the Nate Show, and I was hooked. She is a DIY legend! Mandi is giving away an Epic Room Makeover, so I entered and I really, really want to win. Sept ... VIEW POST
Boring Beige Basement
A good night’s sleep
A couple of months ago we purchased a giant, super comfy sectional for our basement. It is seriously comfortable. One of my daughter's friends comes over just to sit on this couch. My husband and I have a queen size-bed. Stay with me here...this will all come together I promise. In this bed sleeps the two of us, Charlie, Gracie, Lulu, and sometimes Kitten (we will discuss the reason for Kitten's name another day). That is too many bodies! My hubby and I sleep in little ... VIEW POST
Blue, clawfoot chair
I found this chair at a yard sale, in a barn, way out in the country. It was filthy but I could see the potential. The leather padding on the seat was still intact, it had neat claw feet, and it was actually comfortable.After cleaning 2 lbs of dirt from it, I taped off the leather seat with frog tape so I wouldn't get paint on it. I then gave it 3 coats of chalk paint, distressed it, glazed it (I didn't want it to lose the vintage feel) and coated it with wax a few times to protect it.Of course ... VIEW POST
Creating a bedroom
This little table intrigued me with it's unusual shape, so I picked it up at a little country yard sale. It was an ugly brown and terribly scratched up.I mixed up a little chalk paint using Sherwin Williams Dishy Coral, distressed it and glazed it. Super cute!The lady that bought my blue desk purchased this for her daughter's bedroom night stand. She brought over her quilt to see if it matched: it had the turquoise that matched the desk perfectly and the coral table was a perfect match ... VIEW POST
Not mine anymore
I got a cute little three shelf bookcase at an estate sale. I thought it would be about the right size for a child's bedroom.So I decided not to go my usual route with the distressing and making it look aged. I went for a bright sunny yellow and painted the back of the shelves white.It looked a bit boring, so I decided I would try my hand at stenciling. I found a sweet one with flowers thinking it couldn't be very hard could it? Well let's just say my flowers looked like big yellow blobs. Not so ... VIEW POST
Sometimes … a deal is not a deal
You know the saying "if it's too good to be true it probably is"? On this project I learned this the hard way.I found this great deal on craigslist. It was a vanity with a cute circular mirror and an upright dresser with great carving from the 1930's. $40 for the pair! I talked my hubby into going to take a look at them (which is code for "Shanna's going to buy these").We got there, and they were so cute! The only problem was that they were coated in lots of paint. Not just lots of paint, but ... VIEW POST
Oops I did it again!
Add captionI love having before and after pictures of all of my projects. Some of them are really challenging and I felt like giving up in the middle of it. Once it's finished I like to look back at how crudy it looked before and I feel like it was worth it.Here's my problem...I can never remember to take the before picture! I get excited about starting something new and once I have slapped a coat of paint on it, I remember that I forgot the before picture.Look what my husband put on my studio ... VIEW POST
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