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Red Door Abode

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Red Door Abode
Colleen from Red Door Abode is clever and creative when it comes to decorating her home on a budget. She’s so cute too.  Her husband recently discovered her collection of duvet covers.  Instead of donating the ones that haven’t been used, she chose her first ‘big girl’ duvet and used half to create a new shower curtain…
The other half was used to reupholster/slipcover this chair…
and transform it into this beauty (see how she makes it look easy)!
Her entryway wall redo is a beautiful change!
Before
and yet again, a clever DIY and thrifty solution for entertaining, wine and extra storage.
before…a Craig’s List find (a dresser only a DIY’er could love)
a little DIY ingenuity
becomes an entertainment service center…
What do you guys think?  Love her, don’t ya?!  🙂
Thank you so much, Colleen, for sharing your DIY creativity! You (and your husband) rock! We look forward to seeing more! 
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Rescuing Furniture

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Dr. DIY to the rescue.  Thrift stores, Craig’s List, yard sales, flea markets, your attic or basement – places full of furniture ready for a little plastic surgery.  Take a look at these beautiful before/after furniture facelifts!  Click the link to see the original post for more details.

Temporary Nest
Night Stand Love
before

after

mirrored drawers!

chair makeover

Cedar Chest Makeover
before

after
beautiful after

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now…beautiful!
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Black and white and GORGEOUS
4 the Love of Wood
Cabinet before

Cabinet now is stunning!

All 5 drawers got lined with designer print fabric.

Little Bench –  boring to chic!
Amelia Bedelia

Imperfectly Polished

before
beautiful after
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after
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After
and 
I love how paint makes something go from grandma to young and pretty!
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after 
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after
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"Before" - At time of purchase.
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"After" - "New" table and "unique" gift!
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after
I LOVE this tv stand!  So clever and so chic!
Thanks for sharing your fab furniture makeovers, ladies!
Makes you look around to see what you can makeover, doesn’t it?  Be inspired.  Grab some paint. Staple some fabric.  Have fun with it!
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A Bit of (DIY) Sunshine

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Rebekah from

has had this old piano for a long time.
Look at this piano all painted sunny and pretty!

I love her story.  The photo above is mostly how it looked, moved from garage to storage unit to garage. 

But now it’s stunning. A beautiful marigold yellow and gorgeous accent
See the process over at A Bit Of Sunshine. 
Wow, right?!
Rebekah (and Chris) – it’s GORGEOUS!  I love her happy color and I love your decorating accents.  Beautiful job!  Thank you so much for sharing your pretty piano. 
Go ahead, click the link to Rebekah’s blog, A Bit of Sunshine to see MORE of her amazing home, before and after photos, beautiful projects and inspiring photography that will have you browsing her entire blog. 

Here’s a peak of A LITTLE BIT OF SUNSHINE things that inspire me…





Add this to my birthday wish list please!
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