Tweet!     Well, my husband was almost sure I had gone over the edge this time.. He was already puzzled a few months ago when I wanted to buy and old musty suitcase just to have it sit around the house.  But I smiled sweetly and he fell for my winsome ways, as usual.. But [...]

Tweet! I have an old chair that I use when I am at my computer. It is a beautiful chair, but I have been thinking about painting it. The wood stain is lovely, but I have a house full of wood stained furniture. I was thinking I would paint it a blue-green to go with [...]

Tweet!Some of you may remember that my husband and I have been refinishing our kitchen cabinets for the past couple of weeks as he has been laid off. (On a related note – we will soon be able to track the weeks of unemployment by the new growth of the dark roots in my hair… I may need [...]

Tweet! We have made quite a bit of progress on our Kitchen cabinet transformation. I decided to go ahead and show you what we have done now, before the entire thing is finished. We are doing it in stages and to be honest I just can’t wait! Some of you may remember my Kitchen Island [...]

Tweet! Have you every wondered where the name “The Little Brown House” came from? Well, I named my blog that because for the past few years I have had an obsession with the color brown. I had the outside of the house painted brown with black shutters and white trim. I love that combination. And almost every room [...]

Tweet!  I was very busy this weekend! You may remember last weekend I snagged this gorgeous mirror from a store named ‘Junk’ While trying to decide where to put this, I came upon the idea of changing up my entryway. Then I remembered this little table- I have been wanting to paint this for several [...]

Tweet!   I have been working on a few Diy projects around the house, and I am excited to have one finally completed to share with you! Hey – I am glad to have one finally completed period!! Some of you may remember I brightened up my Master Bedroom last summer with new sheets and curtains. Master [...]

Tweet!It is hard to believe, but we are nearing the end of 2011. I decided to take a look back at the year and choose some of my top Diy Projects. I picked these according to how many views and/or comments they received. And also how much I personally liked them! I find that I like some of my projects [...]

Tweet!  I am so thankful for the advent of Shabby Chic into the Home Decor Genre.. Because it allows me to make lemonade when DIY projects give me lemons. Case in point I bought this computer armoire at Walmart several years ago for $99. (The glowing light between the doors is my much loved Mac Mini.) The [...]

Tweet! Some of you may remember that I dressed up my bed with an ocean inspired color scheme last summer. Ocean Inspired Bed Makeover Although I love these ocean colors As I was watching the snow come down out the window and looking at holiday decor, I found myself wanting to change my bed’s “clothes” [...]

Tweet!A friend of mine in TRW (The real world!) and her husband made a play kitchen for their children last month. They showed the progress on Facebook, and their resulting piece was so adorable! When Jen asked if I might like to share her tutorial on my blog I jumped at the chance – Hope you [...]

Tweet!   I have been trying to decide what to do with that old window I picked up at the Flea Market last month. You know, the one my husband laughed at me for buying? I had been thinking about putting pictures behind it, and Melissa from A Time For Everything told me that she had [...]

Tweet! I have been wanting to paint my kitchen cabinets for over a year. My kitchen is sooooooo stuck in the 90′s….. We bought our house in 1990 – and redid the kitchen a couple of years later. So we have had these cabinets for 17 years or so. There has been one constant immovable object [...]

Tweet! I have been working on a couple of Family Name Signs this week for upcoming weddings. I decided to do a post to show you some of the signs I have made this past year using old cabinet doors from the Habitat For Humanity Restore- I get them there for $2 or less per [...]