There are a few stores that I just absolutely love and could just spend hours in there just looking around. Ikea is one of those stores. The first time I went there was in September (so a year ago). I just remember being so confused because I didn’t realize that there was a marketplace and…
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DownEast Home and Clothing Outlet
Utah has some of the best stores!! One of my all time favorite is DownEast!! When I moved here in September, it was seriously one of the first stores that I went into! I was so excited, I just looked around at all of the fun and awesome stuff! They have such cute furniture!! If…
Polka Dots Chair
I love polka dots, they are so much fun!! I love being able to use vinyl for polka dots. It’s super easy and quick and inexpensive. It’s a great way to transform something to plain and make it fabulous!! Today I am going to show you had I transformed this fun and bright chair. I…
Chair Redo
Remember those awesome chairs that I got from the garage sale? The funny thing is, it took a lot of work to get them! The sellers were sitting on them when we went to the garage sale and several times I had to ask them to get off so I could check them out. At…
Garage Sale-ing Competition
One of my favorite things about Utah is all of the things it has to offer. Utah is a very crafty state and because of that and my blog, I have been able to do a lot of things that I never thought possible. I’m in several groups on Facebook because of my blog. I…
Etched Desk
Remember that awesome desk that I got from CSN Stores yesterday? Well early this morning I decided that I wanted to do something with it… like at 5:00am when I was feeding a little girl. Well I did it, shortly after getting her back to sleep (have a mention that when I want to do…
Tutorial Tuesday: Rocking Chair Makeover
A couple of years ago, I got this rocking chair at a garage sale. So I redid it to make it look like this. Sadly, something spilled all over it and ruined the fabric so I had to do it again. So this time, I decided to have stripes 🙂 This is how I made…
Whatever Wednesday: Family Game Night Table
A couple weeks back, there was a link in my Motivate Me Monday party that I loved. A little chalkboard table. Well that weekend, I went out garage sale-ing and went looking for a cute end table. Well I scored and found this great table for only $3! So I distressed it to match this…
Whatever Wednesday: Another Dresser Makeover
Recently my two oldest boys moved into the same room together, so we needed a dresser for their clothes. I found one at a garage sale that looked pretty good, but was a little girly. So of course I painted it. Here it is before (sorry this is such a bad picture) And here is…
Tutorial Tuesday: Destressed Table
As I was going to garage sales last week, I came across this little table. I loved the look of it, all of it except the green. You know how much I love green, but this was a little much, even for me. So I decided to paint it. Before After This is how I…
Tutorial Tuesday: Dyeing Leather
**** Post update: I would do this to a chair or inexpensive piece of furniture but I wouldn’t do it on a couch or in a car, I would let professionals do that. Make sure your piece is leather and not pleather.**** By now you all know that I love garage sales! Well I really do….
Whatever Wednesday: Ottoman Makeover
I am really into redoing my furniture right now. In the past month I have already a chair, dresser and now an ottoman. And I plan on doing two other chairs. I have had the same furniture for 6 1/2 years, I guess I was just ready for a change! I found a great chair…
Whatever Wednesday: Dresser Makeover
I just wanted to remind everyone about my two giveaways I have going on, they end on Sunday! Also, today I’m guest posting at Tatertots and Jello!! It’s garage sale season!! I love it, my husband hates it :). About a month ago, I found this dresser for my son’s room for $5 So I…
Whatever Wednesday: Dining Chairs Makeover
About 1 1/2 years ago, I found my dream table at a garage sale for $75!!! It was awesome and I was so excited about it. It was exactly what I was looking for, colors and all. The only problem with it, it only had 4 chairs. I was pregnant with my third child when…
Whatever Wednesday: Rocking Chair Makeover
This is the rocking chair that I bought from a garage sale for my baby’s nursery. It is very comfortable and big, but doesn’t really match the decor in his room. So I painted the chair white and put blue fabric all over it. I then painted some wooden buttons brown and sewed those on….