More wedding ideas, y’all!! Lindsay picked out a plain ol’ cardboard stand that she was just going to buy. She didn’t want to make a big fuss about it, just get something that no one had to work on. Here’s … Continue reading
DIY Cupcake stand
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Category Archives: Thrifting
Barcelona Orange Nursery Dresser
Only a little over 9 weeks to go and I FINALLY got the nursery dresser painted! Remember this: My $30 Canton steal? It sat in our bedroom for WAY too long and I was finally motivated/energetic enough to get started … Continue reading
GIVEAWAY! Growing Growing Gone Gift Certificate!
I’m sure you have all read/heard us talking about the Growing Growing Gone consignment sale that is coming up April 19-21, right? Well, that’s coming up REALLY soon. It kind of snuck up on us! This is the very first … Continue reading
Goodwill Makeover – Before & After!
If you follow us on our Facebook page (um, you should be, because we talk about cool stuff on there), then you may have seen some “before” pictures of some lovely items I picked up at a local Goodwill a … Continue reading
ANOTHER Faux Zinc Coffee Table
After testing out the process (using this tutorial) on my $20 Craigslist coffee table (that I later sold for $90), I knew that was what I wanted to do with my $65 Craigslist coffee table. I just knew that it … Continue reading
Value Village lamp makeover
While we were in Atlanta for the Haven Conference we made a quick trip to Value Village. I’ll stop right here to explain Value Village. This was our maiden voyage as a group into our thrifting ways. We learned about … Continue reading
Craigslist Media Console!
So, we bought a new TV. We bought it a lot sooner than I planned on buying one. Why? It was a great deal and we didn’t want to miss out. The problem? Our current TV (at the time) was … Continue reading
Follow Friday – All Things Thrifty
There’s so many blogs that we could suggest you check out or follow, so it was hard for me to narrow it down earlier this week when I put this on my “blog to do”. I started making a list … Continue reading
Monday’s Minute Makeover
Hi y’all. You missed me, didn’t you?? Last week flew by for some reason. My only excuse. I have this week’s minute makeover. Remember that little post back 2 Fridays ago. You know the one where I took my husband … Continue reading
Young House Love Unofficial Macklemore “Thrift Shop” Challenge
I go to the gym 4-5 times a week and I’m a huge fan of music – good and bad. Heather sent me the name of a few songs I needed to add to my playlist. Enter Macklemore and Thrift … Continue reading
I Spy with my little eye…
Somewhere in the late 90′s/Early 2000′s as I was making the transition from “college furniture” to “for-real furniture”, someone told me that a monochromatic color scheme lent an air of sophistication. BOY, did I listen! Our first house had lovely … Continue reading
Love that Gilded Pesto!
Who picks the color names for paint companies? Because seriously – Gilded Pesto? Good thing it is a pretty color, because the name is just plain dumb. Anyway. Brittaney texted me a picture of 2 chairs she found at a … Continue reading
Coming Soon
I promise I am still around. I work at a preschool 4 days/week and it has started back up and that has just taken over a lot of the free time I had over the summer. Believe me, I am … Continue reading
Pin there. Done that. {wk 1}
Hey y’all! I hope the first week of school (for many) has gone by fantastically. My oldest, Jaxon, started Pre-K at the elementary school for 2 1/2 hours in the mornings. In true boy style, when asked how he liked … Continue reading
Pinterest Party 8-2012: Furniture
Since we all have a *slight* obsession with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint, of course, no Pinterest Party would be complete without a little painting. We were able to complete 6 pieces of furniture–3 nightstands, a dresser (which was already painted, … Continue reading