Monthly Archives: March 2011

Crazy Wonderful DIY

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Crazy Wonderful
There a some wonderful DIY projects by Shelley at Crazy Wonderful.
I LOVE this (hand painted pillow tutorial)…what a beautiful accent for a pretty chair!
And when accessories are outside of your budget, come in the wrong color or are no longer available…DIY!
Shelley’s Inspiration:
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Shelley’s DIY Version: (rosette pillow tutorial)
Shelley’s DIY talents are not limited to pillows!  Her kitchen before was pretty but she was ready to lighten things up.  Here is the before.  The kitchen island is swallowed up by all of the oak.
Now it’s light, the cabinets don’t blend with the floor and the pretty island pops against the white…
See more pictures at Kitchen Makeover!
A couple more awesome DIY projects to check out:
Proof that Paint is Powerful!
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After
Stop over and say “hi”.
Thanks so much, Shelley, for sharing your super DIY skills!  Keep up the good work ~ I can’t wait to see more!
Coming soon – in order to fix the feed, the DIY Show Off will soon have a new look. Unsuccessful attempts have pushed me to switch to my own domain. Thanks for your patience and sticking with it while I work out the bugs. 🙂

DIY Kitchen Makeover at Triangle Honeymoon

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We’re mid-kitchen makeover and seeing a before and fantastic magazine-worthy after gives me hope. Thanks to Chad and Amy, my fears are a little less and I’m a little more confident that “all will be well”.  Chad and Amy from Triangle Honeymoon took a tidy but blah kitchen and transformed it into “Wow!” It’s a beautiful functional space they can be proud to boast “we did it ourselves”. 
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The sink area before:
The sink area after:
Boring before:
Relaxing, happy after:
Stove area before:
Happily ever after:
What do you think?  
Congratulations on a job well done, Amy & Chad!  It’s gorgeous!  I can just imagine that you stand in there nearly every day beaming with pride and admiring your hard work. Or maybe that’s just something we do when we finish a DIY project? Well, I admire you two and your beautiful kitchen too!  Thank you so much for sharing!
See the original detailed post, links to their “how to’s” and exactly what they did at
Check these out these favorite posts I love while your there:
Coming soon – in order to fix the feed, the DIY Show Off will soon have a new look. Unsuccessful attempts have pushed me to switch to my own domain. Thanks for your patience and sticking with it while I work out the bugs. 🙂

The Mustard Ceiling

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The Mustard Ceiling

I‘m sitting here multi-tasking: surfing the web, looking at entries for today’s blog post, searching inspiration (I could look at beautiful homes all day long), taking a break for dinner, trying to figure out how the Nook works that I got for my birthday and watching “Speed” out of the corner of my eye. Anyway, my point is…I came across Elizabeth’s home tour, before and after transformations and DIY projects and knew right away that I wanted to introduce her to you.  I love that feeling – motivation that I get from the blogging community, don’t you? Elizabeth will inspire you.

Her blog is dedicated to her obsession with interior design, do-it-yourself projects and other daily musings.  🙂

Here are a few before and afters of her gorgeous home. 

Kitchen before had charm but an outdated feel with what she calls ‘groovy gold’ countertops and matching dishswasher…
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Kitchen after is so pretty with even more charm. I’m glad she kept the sink – love that! The open shelving is so convenient and a great way to bring more interest to a wall of cabinets.
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Bedroom after…chocolate! I spy with my little eye something beginning with a L-O-V-E (remember that car game?!). A couple of things I want: that bedding, the chairs, that rug and chandelier!
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I want to curl up on the couch with a throw blanket and good book and never leave this living room:
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See more of Elizabeth’s before/after home tour at the The Mustard Ceiling Before/After.



Elizabeth’s husband also contributes to The Mustard Ceiling blog.  I love this post about the “Cloffice“(closet office)and living with an interior designer…
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And great tutorial on wainscoting (their gorgeous dining room):

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Learn how to DIY these chevron magazine files at “Dressin’ it Up“. So cool!
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See more of Elizabeth’s DIY projects as listed below:

Tutorials

It makes me want to get up off the couch and tackle every project all at once, not knowing where to begin!  Thank you so much for sharing your before and afters and DIY, Elizabeth (and Alfred).  Beautiful job on every single detail!   

Coming soon – in order to fix the feed, the DIY Show Off will soon have a new look. Unsuccessful attempts have pushed me to switch to my own domain. Thanks for your patience and sticking with it while I work out the bugs. 🙂