• Decor - Decor + Styling

    Dollar Tree Leaf Transformed into Farmhouse Decor

    If you know me then you know how much I enjoy walk­ing the isles of the dol­lar store. It’s excit­ing to see all the amaz­ing good­ies you can find for $1. Even if the prod­uct itself is a lit­tle “meh” I encour­age you to think out­side the box and imag­ine it with a fresh coat of paint or re pur­posed into some­thing com­plete­ly different!  In this case a lit­tle spray paint and a coat of laquer was all I need­ed to trans­form a cheap look­ing tray into a beau­ti­ful piece of farm­house fall decor! I chose a white spray paint because…

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    Easy 4th of July Decor

    Sup­plies An assort­ment of small branches  White Spray Paint of your choice Col­or­ful wood beads Wood Craft Stars Wood Stain of your choice  Hot Glue Gun Last night we had some CRAY‑Z storms roll through, knock­ing down trees and blow­ing limbs and leaves every-stinkin-where. Inspi­ra­tion came for this project as I stood gaz­ing out my win­dow dread­ing the yard work in my near future. Then it hit me…why do yard work when you can DIY?  Me and my handy man, Linc, went and gath­ered a few branch­es. I mean after all, we were get­ting limbs out of the yard. Two birds, one stone and…

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    DIY Apothecary Canisters Using Mason Jars

    Supplies Needed: Mason Jar with lid  Can­dle­stick or small vase Knobs Spray Paint E6000 Craft Adhesive This project was so fun and fes­tive! I was look­ing for some­thing sim­ple and chic to add to a spring vignette and this was just the thing! If you live with me then you know that I col­lect glass jars. I am not real­ly sure why but I can’t seem to bring myself to throw them away. There are so many uses for left­over glass! Any­way, off my soap­box and back on topic…I start­ed with a left­over mason jar. I scrubbed it clean of all stick­ers…

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    Ironstone Pitcher Look-A-Like

    So, I recent­ly dis­cov­ered the word “Iron­stone” I have always had a love for old white, mis­matched chi­na. I nev­er knew what to call it until recent­ly when I stum­bled across some hutch stag­ing ideas on Pin­ter­est. It was like what I nev­er knew I always wanted! DO YOU LOVE THE FRESH FARMHOUSE LOOK? YES? THEN YOU WILL ADORE THIS TABLESCAPE! Supplies Needed: Old pitch­er or any chi­na (that you don’t wish to eat/drink from anymore)  Rus­toleum White Spray Paint Rus­toleum I had no idea that there was a name for the beau­ti­ful style of chi­na I was drawn too…