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A fellow serial DIY'er…

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I want to thank Brandi for sending over her DIY projects.  They are awesome!  This is a long post, but I can’t leave out any details.  I love all of her creativity, DIY talent and her beautiful home.  I think you will too.  Make sure you click the links to visit Brandi’s blog for all of the details and even more DIY eye candy.

Kitchen Before/Afters:
When we looked into buying the home, I was HATING the kitchen.  It was screaming BUILDER GRADE. The kitchen had never been painted and the countertops looked horrible.  And it was begging for a backsplash.
We chose to paint the kitchen orange and do the “antique glazed” look.  We painstakingly painted the cabinets a linen color and then glazed each one of them. We added some crown moulding to the top to give it a more “high end” look.  Then we added hardware to the doors and drawers.  Finally we changed out the countertop and put in a Travertine backsplash on the diagonal.  I couldn’t be happier… well, now that’s not entirely true – I want to change out the white appliances for stainless steel ones – but that will come later on down the road.

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Fireplace Before & After:
The night we closed on the house, I immediately started pulling up carpet and smashing the tile surround on the fireplace. 
The hubs built the mantle and we used slate tiles as the surround.  Total cost for the transformation?  $36.00!!!
  As you can also see, we replaced the carpet for hardwood – a steal we found discount supply store for $1.50 sq ft… I am still convinced they had this priced incorrectly! HA!

Beautiful Bathroom vanity Before & After:
This is still a work in progress (its never ending).  But when we bought the home – there was carpet in the master bath.  GROSS!  We hated the vanity… okay we pretty much hated everything about the bathroom. 
We decided to take out the original vanity and put in an antique dresser with a sink on top in its place. 
After months of searching for the PERFECT one, we found this small dresser at Goodwill for $60.00.  We sanded it down, painted the body black and stained the drawers a mahogany color.  We also stained the side insets the same.  We added glass knobs and kept the beautiful brass locks. 
We found the sink and faucet on Overst
ock.com for $120.  Can’t beat that! 
The hubs had to modify the drawers to fit the plumbing, but I am extremely happy with the way it turned out! 
We also ripped out the carpet and put in black and white tile.  Now it has an antique feel to the bathroom.  I am loving how it turned out!!

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Thank you for sharing all of your beautiful DIY projects, Brandi. Everything you touch turns to gold! lol I love the barnwood shelves, the kitchen is amazing, the bathroom might still be a work in progress to you but it’s gorgeous! Congratulations on doing fantastic work!
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RH Inspired Zinc Dresser at Freckled Laundry (and Niski update)

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I fell in love with a nightstand.  And a blog.  I want this…

in my house, beside my bed stacked with my decor magazines and scented candle.  (Since I’m dreaming, we’ll nix the alarm clock.)  I NEED it there.  Did I ever mention I’m using a cardboard box as a night stand?  Can you understand my longing for this?
Jami from 
freckled laundry
linked up to the DIY Project Parade last week with this beauty:

 If I can’t have it, can I be inspired by it?  Can I copy it? 
Yes. And Yes!
What about that GORGEOUS paint treatment?
I‘d love to copy/paste her tutorial but instead, I’ll send you over to check it out.  Click HERE to see her faux zinc painting tutorial. Thanks for sharing your creativity, Jami!
Thanks for your sweet comments about Niski.  She is slowly improving.  She’s not walking or standing longer than a few seconds.
She is still on crate rest and meds but…she wanted to take a minute from her crate in order to show you how she is doing.   
Please forgive my poor DIY video skills with bad lighting and sample audio clip.  
I’m just a beginner with no technical skills whatsoever and still learning!   Only the 2nd video in my entire life.
I spent more time than I would like to admit to even show you this much and when the screen goes black, that’s the end, despite the fact that it plays a lot longer – oops.
For right now – I don’t let her walk.  It’s too soon but I wanted to give you an update.  When crate rest is over, we will use a scarf under her tummy to help her walk when permitted.  🙂

And if you can’t see it …I apologize.  I don’t know what I’m doing!

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Saltbox Treasures – DIY Projects

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Julie from Saltbox Treasures has a lot of DIY ideas and projects going on.  Check out her creativity! I love having her tutorials in the archives for reference – I haven’t covered a chair seat pad yet but it’s on my DIY list.

DIY: How to reupholster a chair seat pad . . . easy!

I want to show you how to reupholster a chair seat pad because it is so easy. Anyone can do this, and what a change it can make ~ A great way to customize any chair!
1. Remove the chair seat from the chair and remove the old fabric (usually it is too old, stained, or yucky to use). If it’s in good shape and it doesn’t show thru your new fabric you can cover over it.

 [I had two old covers to remove :)]

 2. Cut your new fabric at least 2-3″ wider than the chair seat on each side, depending on how deep it is. You will need to be able to staple it all around the edges on the back side.

3. Center your chair seat with padding side down on the wrong side of the fabric
(if your chair padding is in bad shape you can also use batting to add more cushion and staple it along with your new fabric).

4. Using a staple gun with 1/2″ staples, staple the first staple on the front edge side. Put the next staple on the back side of the chair seat, pulling the fabric tight so it is not loose on the fabric side. Flip your chair seat over and check to see if your fabric pattern is where you want it on the seat and it’s straight.

5. Staple about 5 staples along the front side of the seat and then the back side of the seat about 2″ apart; making sure to pull fabric tight as you staple, to keep the fabric in place.

6. Now move to the sides of the chair seat and staple one staple on each side, pulling fabric tight.

 

7. Continue stapling all sides to within about 1″ of each corner.

8. To staple the corners, tuck in each side and staple if necessary and then pull the corner toward the center and staple, making sure the front and side edge is not puckered and looks the way you want it.

9. Flip it over; reattach it to the chair and VOILA! YOU’RE DONE!!!
Doesn’t it look great?!!!

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And Click Here to see her antique table makeover

 

 
And how to make a table cover.. HERE (great idea for protecting table from kids!)

Thanks for sharing your DIY projects Julie!  The chair seat is so pretty!  I love your antique table makeover and I think vinyl table cover is a great idea – I have had marker stains on my dining room table before and then it advanced to nail polish so I wish I had seen this earlier!  🙂
Julie’s home is beautifully decorated too!
Pop over and check it out – Saltbox Treasures
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