I am a stay at home mom of three great kids. I love the Lord and it is my strong desire to raise my kids to love God and know Him personally. I married my best friend 15 years ago and love him more every day. Some things I like to do are jogging, "antique" shopping, gardening, looking at decorating magazines, and sitting out back on my swing watching my kids play.
I am making my house a home a little at a time and want my home to be comfortable place for my family and friends to gather in. It is a fun challenge to do it on a tight budget. Beautiful and "cheap" things are a passion of mine!
Before Here is this little metal typewriter table that I found at the Country Living Fair.
After
Here she is after some Bahama Sea spraypaint.
I rubbed on some walnut gel stain to age her a bit.
She now lives in my sunroom between my new white Ikea chairs. I will share more about those later. This table and that color make me smile! I think I will keep her...
Here is our door last Feb. before the daddy daughter dance; doesn't Makenna look beautiful in her sparkly red dance shoes? Anyway, I loved our wood front door, but it was looking a little worn and really wasn't me. I needed some color, but had trouble finding just the right one. I decided on green...
Here she is in green! I painted it "Ryegrass" from Sherwin Williams then I glazed over it with a Walnut stain. It was a little too bright at first, but the stain toned it down a good bit.
It looks more like an antique door with the stain. That is what I was going for. I just love the raised wood panels.
The hubby says that it doesn't really go with the house, but I am happy with it for now and what does he know about paint colors anyway right? He wanted it black....boring...and yes, we have a porch light out. Off to change that now.