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Admiral Blue

There are a few spots in my house that have been long due for a makeover, but busyness and indecision have kept them at a standstill. I got the opportunity to test out Olympic Paint’s ColorClix suite app that allows you to upload and virtually “paint” a room from your own home and see what [...]

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Colorful Office Chair Makeover

office chair vote

I am so excited to be able to show you the office chair we made-over! Not just because I think it is so fresh and fun, but because it means it is finally finished! This is a makeover that honestly was begun about a year ago when my parents were visiting. A number of delays, [...]

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Hair-Razing adventures–Part II

kid's haircut

If this feels a little like deja vu, it is because I have written a post like this before. Lest you think I just resurrected a post from the archives, let me assure you that this is a new post with new material, because my daughter decided to play hairdresser for the second time. This [...]

From Entertainment Unit to Terrific Toy Kitchen

Play Kitchen

I was long-distance for this entire project, so the only credit I can take is encouraging the purchase of an entertainment unit for the purpose of converting it into a kitchen, and making sure my sister, Shanda, had seen adequate inspiration from blogland before attempting this make-over. She got things rolling, but it is really [...]

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A Winter White Mantle

I missed all of the holiday linky mantle parties, because I was in the middle of doing this (and trying to decide if I liked it).   (This is the view from the other side of the mantle, right after painting). You may remember my Halloween mantle… I had a great time with it and [...]

Dining Table Makeover REVEAL! (with thanks to Dutch Boy & CSN)

This post has been a long time coming It’s only been a year and a half since I posted this before picture: This picture is actually rather flattering to the table.  The top was very sticky and worn, and by the time we got around to refinishing it, much uglier than it appears to be [...]

Lovely Lamp

Do you remember when I went to the Arizona Tour de Thrift a couple of months ago?  Well I picked up this lovely lamp at Goodwill that day.  It was in great shape, and wasn’t really in need of a makeover, but when I put it in the girls room, it became obvious that the [...]

Tour de Thrift

Saturday I participated in the first ever Arizona Bloggers Tour de Thrift.  It was a great event conceived of and hosted by Ashley of Cute as a Fox, and Jax from Aly & Ash. A few dozen bloggers, thrifters, and readers of blogs got together for breakfast at Mimi’s Cafe and then went on a [...]

Old Cedar Chest Makeover

I got this chest for $20 off of Craigslist about a year ago. I was looking for a cedar chest in which to store dress-up clothes and costumes. While this one didn’t have as much storage as we were looking for, the price was right, and I saw some fun potential in it. It was [...]

2010—A Space Room Odyssey

For months I’ve been teasing you with sneak peeks, like this one, of the Space-themed room I have been designing for my son. I had been planning and dreaming about it since before we moved in nearly 2 years ago. And I am happy to announce that it is FINALLY FINISHED…….sort of. The big stuff [...]