Recent Projects

By now, you all know that I love a good project. I love to transform a piece of tacky junk into something chic. Or, I see something in a boutique and I try to figure out how I could make it myself. Over the past couple weeks I have done 3 little projects.

1) A growth chart for Miss A.

I started looking online for one of these, but all of the ones I liked were $$$. So, I made a trip to Home Depot and Michael's and got to work. All it took was some wood, paint, painters tape, wooden letters and a tape measure...voila! This will be hung in her big girl room.

2) A cute name hanging for Miss A.

My dad found this super take display box a while back and grabbed it for me. It was on mega clearance, and he knew I could transform it into something fun. The rectangle was navy and each of the cubes were colonial red or cream. Each cube had a letter on it and spelled out something really cheesy. Not. my. style.

I spray painted everything white, covered the inside of the rectangular cube with wonderful paper and then decoupaged the top of each cube with shabby chic paper. I have white letters that spell out Miss A's name.... those are glued on the top of each little cube. This will also be hung in her big girl room.

3) A side table for the living room.

I was trolling the local Goodwill a couple of weeks ago and came across this horrible awful table. The legs were dinged and scratched and the top was a lovely navy floral print. I recovered the top in a black and white stripe and then spray painted the legs apple green. It now serves as a little end table in the living room. And when there are not little ones running around, a tray sits on top and you can place your glass of vino or Diet Coke there.

I always seem to have 2 types of projects going on at all times - ones that only take a couple of days to complete and then others that seem to drag on for weeks.

Have you done any home projects lately?