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A Seattle Seahawks chair make over with NFL Duck Tape.

January 27, 2014 6 Comments

My son Conner is a huge Seattle Seahawks fan. My son Grant is going through a phase where he is peeling things.  Stickers and labels… paint on the wall… plastic laminate on a toilet seat… I don’t know what has gotten into him, but I think  we broke him of the habit.  (And Conner got […]

Filed Under: Crafts, decor, Furniture, furniture re-do

Am I the meanest mom on Facebook…? (I am pretty sure there are others just like me.)

January 10, 2012 44 Comments

Before I get to Facebook: I am thrilled that a panel of some of my favorite bloggers judged my Cowhide Dresser as one of the Top 6 entries in Not JUST A Housewife’s DIY Projects of 2011 contest.  There were almost 800 entries, so I am pretty darn excited about that! click here for the tutorial Now […]

Filed Under: Conner, Devin, Facebook, family, furniture re-do, parenting

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

Holy Cow-hide! A dresser make-over.

February 26, 2011 137 Comments

Hooray! I might actually be ahead of a trend! There was a fabulous collection of cowhide rugs show-cased at The Stories of A to Z. I don’t know that I want a whole (very expensive!) hide. However, I am glad I hung on to a dresser re-do from a while back. I did this project […]

Filed Under: Before and After, cowhide, Crafts, craigslist, decor, dresser, fabric, Furniture, furniture re-do, project du jour, tutorial

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