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Our coffee table serves many purposes. It's the place where the kids do homework, make crafts, sometimes eat their dinners. It's also a foot rest, and occasionally used in pillow/blanket forts. It's used A LOT, and had been showing lots of wear here lately. This coffee table has gone through a couple of transformations. To see the actual before, you can go here . I had not been planning on re-doing the coffee table. It sort of just struck me last Friday that I needed to strip all of the nasty paint off of it.  This was part two...the center is chalkboard paint. I had found some inspiration on Mrs. Mustard Seed's blog with some chalkboard tables she had created. At the time of the second re-do, my children had a nasty habit of writing on furniture. I came up with what I thought was an ingenious idea to paint chalkboard paint on the top of the coffee table; that way they could have at least one piece of furniture in the house to write on with out mommy fussing. Well, it...

I have been working the day away trying to get several things done. Laundry, cleaning the house, hanging things on the wall, stripping paint off of furniture(as seen below), sanding, etc. This is the first time since my surgery that I have felt well enough to tackle multiple projects at once. I actually have 3 in the process of being completed. And I'm just a little jazzed at how they are turning out:o) The weather couldn't be anymore perfect for this sort of thing either. So grateful for Fall-esque weather. We have a big weekend ahead of us. We have 2 kids' birthday parties to attend, a soccer game, and the hubs is having a birthday on Sunday.  Busy, busy, busy. Today I just wanted to fill you in on what's going on behind the scenes with my blog.  As you have probably noticed, the appearance has changed over the past few weeks. I have been working really hard trying to spruce things up and make it seem more appealing. I have scoured the internet for different tutorials...

I started playing around with  picmonkey.com  today...yep, I know I am behind the times.  I'm going to have lots of fun with this new-to-me site! Notice the B & A collage picture...well it's more like A & B because I'm new to this collage making business. I'll get the hang of it...eventually. Anywhoodles, today I am sharing a little bench makeover.  This little guy was a yard sale find. It belonged to a little old man, and he used it as his work bench. As you can tell from the top, it got lots and lots of use. He passed away, and his wife had no use for it, so she sold it to me for $1.  I'm really digging the painted furniture with the wooden tops, so this bench seemed like the perfect piece to try out that technique. The top & sides of the bench seat had a thin veneer surrounding MDF. The seat had to go because, well, just look at it. It has seen better days. The 90's ivy green paint was definitely an eye sore as well.  But there were good bone...

We put the finishing touches on our half bath this weekend. I am thrilled with the end result. It's definitely more my taste than the "before". I found my inspiration from  The Lettered Cottage . I absolutely looove their blog, and if you haven't checked them out yet, you should really take the time to do so. You'll be glad you did.  I get so excited every time I walk by this room. This was the before. Chocolate brown, and it looked like a hole in the wall...literally. We are putting in an in-home salon because I am a hair stylist, and one of the requirements is to have access to a bathroom from the salon area. Thankfully, the half bath is right beside the area we will have the salon. The hubs cut out the drywall, and made an opening for the new door. He made a brace above the frame to make sure everything was stable.                                              ...

I have been in major build mode this week. I have stepped away from the sewing machine, and have been trying my hand at power tools. I have had so much fun, and I LOVE that my husband keeps a well stocked garage:o) I have had this table in the attic for about two years. I purchased it from a local yard sale page for $5. It was an awkward sort of table and very dated, but when inexpensive furniture presents itself to me, I buy immediately and ask questions later...it's not always the best approach, but my approach, nonetheless;o) A couple of nights ago, we were all in the playroom building LEGO scenes, and that's when the idea struck me that E needed a LEGO table.  And, so it was. This was the before..a very dated, very drab piece of furniture.  I used a jig saw to cut out the top....very LOUD, I might add...and, no I was not wearing any ear protection. It was a hot and humid day, so the red spray paint didn't want to dry. I had to spray a coat, and then bring it inside betw...