Board and batten kitchen island

Well peeps, it had been FOREVA since I had done a DIY project and man, I missed it. :) While working on this one I was in my zone, and it felt good! I have been planning this project for the longest time, but was just trying to figure out one little detail before I got started. This one is in the kitchen and involves…can you guess?? I’m sure you’ll be shocked. The kitchen island: This

Wall Decor Giveaway

*This giveaway is now closed. Congrats to winner Tina Matteson -- singin(at)compuserve(dot)com. (Tina, email me at thriftydecorchick(at)gmail(dot)com to get your gift card!) Well hey! Hope you have some super fun stuff planned for the weekend! Like watching movies, laying around, painting your toenails – you know, the fun stuff. ;) I’m back with another AWESOME giveaway this weekend – EvgieNev

My to do list

Oh me oh my. I worked long and hard painting a DIY project today and had hoped to show you, but my right shoulder screamed begged cried uncle. I try to paint with my left hand and it just doesn't go as well. :) So I’m going to baby the shoulder tonight and I hope to finish up the project tomorrow. (I am really excited because it’s a big color change and I LOVE how it turned out!) So anyhoo,

Dressing up the patio

Hey there! How was your weekend? We had lots of baseball activities and I did get my DIY project half done. Now onto painting…my favorite part. Yay. Whoo. Hold me back. You wouldn’t know it from the past few days, but the weather around here has been just unbelievably beautiful. I held off of buying most of our outdoor flowers though, because…well. They are just SO DANG EXPENSIVE.

(Your) Beautiful Kitchens

Hey hey! How are you? Any fun plans for the weekend? I was supposed to be on my way to the SNAP Conference to speak on Saturday, but the Bub’s first big baseball event is this weekend and I just could not miss it. So we’ll be doing lots of baseball and I’m hoping to sneak in a little DIY project. It’s in the kitchen, so it’s fitting that I’m highlighting some of the ahhhhmazing kitchens you all

Forever home?

Hello there! First of all, my dear friend Chris over at Just a Girl is hosting a bunch of bloggers to share their “must” lists – and mine was power tools (surprised??). You can see my list here: Go ahead and check it out. I’ll wait. ;) Drums fingers. Checks watch. :) Tonight I’m talking about our home…your homes. How long do you plan on staying in yours? Are you in your forever home? Did

Let’s talk basement flooring

Well hello there! Wow, be sure to check out the more than 150 dining rooms linked up on the last post! Beautiful. :) Today I’m sharing the final frontier in the basement finishing process -- we’re hoping next month to get the flooring installed. After that there’s still plenty to do – it’s just going to be lots of smaller projects, most of which I can do. Tile, painting, trim work, etc. We’ve

Show Us Your Dining Rooms!

Hey hey! Hope you had a lovely weekend! These third Monday’s sneak up on me – I can’t believe it’s time for another show off partay! This month we’re sharing dining spaces – any size, any type, you are good! If you’ve been around for awhile, you know I’m making some BIG changes to our dining room, but more on that in a bit. First, let’s take a little walk down memory lane shall we? This

The Decrapification of 2012

OK, first of all, let me hear it for all the door ninjas out there! Double thump to the chest! (If you’re confused, go here.) I loved your responses to my last post! And thanks for all your ideas and links! :) It’s about this time every year that I get the BUG. I usually purge throughout the year but it’s the spring that I feel the need to GET RID OF EVERYTHING. And this year, I think the

A glass door…could you do it?

OK, I’ve had an idea runnin’ around in my head for a while now. I think about it EVERY. single. day. lately and can’t shake the thought of it. Every time I walk by our foyer, especially during the day, I think of how awesome it would be: (That’s an old pic from last summer, the latest full shot I could find of our foyer!) For years now, I’ve been wanting a screen or storm door on our front

We have walls! (And dust!)

Hello there!! Hope you had a lovely weekend! I’m so excited to share the progress on our basement with you – the process has gone much faster than we thought, but some parts have taken way longer than we expected. The drywall happened sooner than we thought it would, only because the guys doing the work gave us a stellar deal on the installation if we went ahead a couple weeks early. They did

Month(s) in review!

Well hello! Sorry of the lack of posting last night – we were enjoying one of our last evenings of spring break and the time got away from me. We just plain relaxed, and it was awesome after a week of getting MUCH done around here. I love that hubby and I are both homebodies and are perfectly happy to putz around our house all week, organizing, sprucing, mowing…I love it! Anyhoo, since I’m still

Dining room transformation, part 2

Hello all! I feel like everything around here is in a state of in between – so many fun projects on the horizon, but some dirty (and not as fun work) that needs to get done first! I am NOT complaining – I’m just trying to be patient, and it is not my virtue. ;) One of those projects is our dining room turned library that I first told you about in January. My plan was to get rid of the

The case for the basement laundry room

Hello there! How the heck are ya? I’m GREAT cause it’s spring break for the kiddo and the hubs – and I LOVE having them both home. Problem is, hubby does things like go and buy 12 cookies from Paradise Bakery and I cannot resist them. There aren’t many left, and it’s only been 12 hours. So anyway, the basement progress is moving along…faster than we planned, but slower than we were told. I

April Before and After Party!

Hello hello! I am back among the computer living! WHOO! My hubby was able to get my computer to work some last week, but then it went completely kaput. My BFF’s husband was able to shine ‘er up this weekend and it’s working awesome now! I’m so relieved. :) Not having a computer brings on the shakes, I tell you what. It’s time for the APRIL Before and After Party! First of all, can I get a