Category Archives: Decorating
To keep me sane
Sometimes to keep myself sane, I have to do something a little arts fartsy. I start to get that itch once I haven’t done anything in a while. Between having a baby, adjusting to parenthood, packing, moving, unpacking, I’ve finally … Continue reading →
Filed under Arts & Crafts, Decorating, Knitting/Crocheting, My Life
Tagged as baking, cupcakes, decorating, knitting, sewing, yarn
Nursery on a Dime
Frankly, I’m all about doing anything on a dime, but when it comes to my baby’s nursery, I’m allowing some give and some take. I refinished his dresser seen here and saved some cash that way. Total was about $50 … Continue reading →
Filed under Arts & Crafts, Decorating, Family, Love of ALL kinds, My Life, Quinn Hamilton, Shopping
My Vintage baby
I like vintage and I LOVE thrift shopping. Is it any surprise that I plan on doing Quinn’s room in Vintage toys? His bedding? Not the traditional baby blue…but I’d prefer that. I wanted the whole “aged aviator” look. Things … Continue reading →
Filed under Decorating, Love of ALL kinds, My Life, Quinn Hamilton, Shopping
The Need for New
This was my living room (poor picture quality thanks to my iPhone 3G). Actually this was after we moved the furniture around, got rid of our TV stand, and wheeled my buffet from my dining room into here to become … Continue reading →
Filed under Arts & Crafts, Decorating, My Life
How Do You Keep the Music Playing? – Tony Bennett
When you’ve bought a house and have moved from place to place a few times, you realize how much junk really just sits there, useless, only there for you to move next time. One of those things I had? A … Continue reading →
Avoiding Decoupage Disaster
Ok. So I’m trying to avoid a potential decoupage disaster. I acquired this dresser off of a local classifieds website. Fifty bucks for the dresser, and another fifty for the guy I bought it from to deliver it to my … Continue reading →
A Girl and Her Staple Gun
Found this beauty in a local thrift shop (for my Humble people, formerly Sweet P’s on Wilson) for $20. If you go down to the Heights in Houston, you won’t find them that low. I snatched it and though it … Continue reading →
Filed under Arts & Crafts, Decorating, Furniture Refinishing, My Life, Reupholstery
Making Things Pretty
***I just want to start off by saying that I’m sorry for the quality of these photos. I used my iPhone 3G, which as we all know, is a terrible camera.*** I wanted to spend the day vamping up a … Continue reading →
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A Needed Hutch
Well I know a few posts back I mentioned about using a specific lady in Baytown to potentially do business with and have her refinish some of my furniture. After much thought on how to save money, I figured I’d … Continue reading →
Filed under Arts & Crafts, Business, Decorating, Dressers/Hutch Projects, Furniture Refinishing
Tagged as Emily Turner, Eve, ezer's place, God
The Far East side…
OK, it’s decided. My plain jane, black, gray, and white kitchen will now start taking shape into an awesome Asian theme! Stereotypical because I’m Filipino…right? Ha! I’m okay with that. I wanted to do an Asian theme initially, but everytime … Continue reading →
Filed under Decorating, My Life
