When I was getting my house ready to put on the market I was doing the typical moving-out deep cleaning and was really upset by how banged up my dark kitchen cupboards were looking…Yikes, they were bad! They only looked a little used when we moved in, but my little stinkers and I were definitely rough on them and they needed help BADLY. I needed
When you own a home that has some of those original vinyl windows, it’s hard to justify the expense of replacing those windows when they get looking old and gross because they are still pretty energy efficient.
What is with the trend of all interior doors being hollow? I know it has been like this for quite some time, but it is one of my “modern home building pet peeves”. I believe in buying quality and taking pride in your work, so these doors just remind me of the cookie cutter, poor craftsmanship, houses that they get installed in… Anyway, to get
The piano refinishing is finally finished and I am pretty excited about how my shabby chic transformation turned out! I thought I would finish off by showing you all the final steps of the refinishing process and then show the after shots as well as tell you about how I decided to decorate/stage it, frugally, to fit in with the direction that I want to
The piano refinishing is coming right along, so I thought I that I would share with you guys the process that I took to get it ready for the Chalky Paint make-over.
I bought an old, and well-loved, piano a couple of months ago. I have always felt like music belongs in the home so I sacrificed a bit in the budget so that I could make it happen (totally couldn’t have even gotten it if some nice men from my church hadn’t helped move it, so extra thanks to them!)… as luck would have it, I
