Paint in My Hair – Family Room Makeover and Crown Molding Trick

Paint in my hair! Don’t you love that for a DIY blog name? Lisa from Paint in my Hair blog has two great projects to share.  Both involving paint and both are awesome.  

See original post at  Beefing Up Crown Molding

Crown molding before:

After adding more pieces…but you have to see the original post to learn her genius trick for making crown molding more luscious! Seriously – it’s something I plan on doing. Super cool and she makes it look so easy!

Love it! What a huge difference!  Definitely a great idea and I love the results!

Lisa also had an entire real wood paneled room.  It’s beautiful.  And Lisa hesitated to paint it.  She even lived with it thinking it’d grow on her.  She added light colors to try to brighten it up but it just wasn’t working.

I know how that feels.  It’s hard to make the commitment to paint wood. (One of our family members is going to cry when they see our painted oak cabinets.)  It’s taboo when it’s “nice” wood.  No one advises it.  I have to admit, it’s a hard decision but I’d do the same thing.  I love painted wood paneling so much better.  I share Lisa’s opinion. It’s so much more comfortable, cozy and fresh.  I love it. 

See more details and pictures at Family Room Before and After

Lisa – I love both transformations – you did a fantastic job.  THANK YOU so much for sharing your DIY!

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Now…head over to Life in Rehab for a laugh and a CSN giveaway!

TGIF ~ Giveaway at the DIY Club

This sweet little bird pin cushion…



from The Shabby Chic Cottage


is being given away this weekend at THE DIY CLUB.  Head over to enter the drawing!


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Closet to Mudroom

I love when closets become new fun spaces – little rooms like my cloak room makeover and Gwenny Penny’s sewing/craft space featured earlier in the week.  Take a look at Amy from The Mistress of Oxford‘s closet turned entryway mudroom!

Before:

They have a row of three closets on one wall. They needed a functioning space in the entryway so they retiled for the space, took the doors off and made a half wall. They relocated the light switch for a pass through and the closet turned mudroom/entryway was born. 



See all of the progress at the Mistress of Oxford Part I and Part II.


THE DETAILS
Antique leaded window = $40
(We installed 3 individual hooks)

Entryway bench = $75 KohlsWicker baskets = $20 ($10/basket) Pier OnePillow = $12 HomeGoodsRug = $15 HomeGoodsLetter “S” (pictured above) = $6 HomeGoods

Cast iron hook = $15 Elements (Local décor store)

Keyholder = $8 HomeGoods (This is on the wall next to the entryway)

Don’t you love it?! When there’s 3 closets in a hallway, what a great idea to make one into a functional entryway space to put on shoes, hang keys and store a purse or backpack!  Great idea and beautiful job, Amy!  Thank you so much for sharing!  It really
makes a beautiful change – lightening and opening up the area.  Love the bench and decor too!