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Scary Places chalkboard Halloween globe (huh….?)

September 12, 2011 69 Comments

OK, yes…. chalkboard globes have been done.  I’ve seen a couple of them that are inspirational.  (Can’t remember exactly where… so sorry..) So when I found a globe for 50 cents and Halloween  is just around the corner, I knew exactly what I wanted to do to it. I wanted to map some of the […]

Filed Under: Accessories, Before and After, cheap and easy, Crafts, Fall, Halloween, Holidays, spray paint

My 3 favorite words: “You Were Right” (the great media cabinet victory.)

August 12, 2011 86 Comments

OK.  I forgot to show you something that I did last summer. And I’m really surprised I didn’t show you this earlier, because it was one of those decorating things that my husband told me I couldn’t do…. but I bugged him and bugged him until finally decided that this was not the hill he […]

Filed Under: Before and After, cheap and easy, Crafts, decor, Furniture, furniture re-do, project du jour, spray paint, UseWhatchaGot

Update an ugly 70s table with metallic paint and glaze. A guest post from the Sisters Of The Wild West.

July 24, 2011 14 Comments

Aged silver finish - transform an ugly piece of furniture into a beauty!

Give an ugly 70’s table an update with metallic paint with the Sisters of the Wild West. We are so excited to be guest blogging here at The V Spot!  HI!!  We are Amy and Emily.  We absolutely LOVE treasure hunting and finding awesome pieces of furniture that we can restore or bring back to life, […]

Filed Under: Before and After, Crafts, Furniture, guest blogger, spray paint

If you can wrap a gift, you can recover a chair cushion….

May 17, 2011 60 Comments

How to temporarily recover furniture cushions

…. well, temporarily. Here’s the situation:   I love our dog, but she isn’t too nice to our outdoor furniture.  We have a set that is super comfy, but she has gotten up onto the cushions to sleep.  That has made them dingy and a little thread-bare in places. We host Thanksgiving and Mother’s Day Brunch […]

Filed Under: Before and After, cheap and easy, Crafts, Entertaining, fabric, Furniture, garden & outdoors, no-sew, tutorial

Taming counter-top clutter with canisters.

April 28, 2011 51 Comments

For months, every day I would wake up and say to myself:   “Today’s the day! Today’s the day I am going to clean up the black hole of crap that is next to my computer!”  Every night I would go to bed and think, “…tomorrow… I’ll do it tomorrow…” The problem is that it isn’t […]

Filed Under: Accessories, Before and After, cheap and easy, Crafts, Mod Podge, organization, spray paint, Tips & Tricks, tutorial, UseWhatchaGot

Pink cabbage is just plain wrong.

April 26, 2011 90 Comments

So the other day I was in my local Goodwill  (Yes….  The one that sells rocks…)  and I came across this. It clearly had a lid at some point in its life, but the lid was missing and there was a chip on the top of it.Oh.  And it was pink. Who has ever heard […]

Filed Under: Accessories, Before and After, Crafts, Goodwill, project du jour, spray paint, Spring

Turning the dog’s chew toy into a chair. A Mod Podge make-over.

April 17, 2011 89 Comments

This was my project for Round 2 of One Month To Win It’s craft competition. Now that the voting is over I can share it with you. The challenge was to do something that involved Mod Podge. Mod Podge and I go way back, but we have a sort of volatile relationship. (There have been […]

Filed Under: Before and After, Crafts, Furniture, Mod Podge, project du jour, spray paint, tutorial, UseWhatchaGot

Rust Converter: Outta the auto shop and into the craft store.

April 13, 2011 21 Comments

Spring has (mostly) sprung and I am beginning to turn my attention to my patio area. Not. Good. I have some tall hurricane lanterns that have been sitting out in the elements (if Southern California really even has elements) for 2 or 3 years, and although we had sprayed a clear sealant over them, the […]

Filed Under: Before and After, Crafts, garden & outdoors, Let me help you, spray paint, Tips & Tricks, tutorial, very cool

How do you like your eggs? (A faux Robin’s egg tutorial.)

March 9, 2011 149 Comments

Easy faux-robin egg craft project. How do you like your eggs? Scrambled..? Over easy..? PLASTIC..? Um, no thanks for these. This post contains affiliate links These fake plastic eggs seem to multiply every year!  Take some of those extras and make a better egg! Gather up a whole bunch of plastic Easter eggs. Glue the […]

Filed Under: Accessories, Before and After, Crafts, decor, Easter, Holidays, project du jour, spray paint, Spring, tutorial

Franken-Crafts. Making something outta a whole bunch of junk…

March 2, 2011 89 Comments

On Monday I showed you this picture of a bunch of random items: This is what I made:   Here’s another look: Here’s how I did it: I got this funky footed bowl with a lid at my local Goodwill. I really like the bowl, but wasn’t too wild about the lid. I think it […]

Filed Under: Before and After, Franken-Crafts, project du jour, spray paint, tutorial, upcycle

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