by Amy | Last updated Jun 1, 2016 | Published on Apr 7, 2012 | DIY Projects |
This weekend I was finally able to paint the foundation… or as I like to say “apply lipstick” to my house. If you read my post about painting the window trim and my house wearing “eyeliner” you will get where I’m going with this! My...
by Amy | Last updated Jan 17, 2020 | Published on Mar 25, 2012 | DIY Projects, Garden, Garden DIY, Garden Inspo
Want to learn how to paint your front door? I finally got around to painting the front door purple. I know, pretty ridiculous since I named this entire blog after this concept. Here we are 2 months later, and I’ve finally found a couple hours to finish it off....
by Amy | Last updated Feb 7, 2020 | Published on Mar 22, 2012 | DIY Projects
I thought it would be fun to see some side-by-side before and after comparisons so far. Although I do this pretty regularly in my posts, I do have a few I don’t think I’ve showed yet. Plus it will be nice to see these down the road, as the house evolves. I...
by Amy | Last updated Jun 1, 2016 | Published on Mar 12, 2012 | DIY Projects |
My basement looks unbelievable! I can’t believe the transformation after the floor has been painted. Everything is really coming together. Adding some lighting, cleaning, opening the windows, and painting has really changed this space into somewhere scary, so...
by Amy | Last updated Jun 1, 2016 | Published on Mar 4, 2012 | DIY Projects
Today’s project was making the creepy eagle shed a bit less scary. It’s only a “Phase 1” fix… to make it presentable, but it looks sooooo much better already. It took the entire day! Here’s what we did: Scraped the peeling paint off...
by Amy | Last updated Jun 1, 2016 | Published on Mar 3, 2012 | DIY Projects
What a long day it was! My FAVORITE update, though, has to be the black paint we used for the window and door frames. I struggled with this, as the peeling paint I was covering was white. But the house was just screaming for something different. I thought that the...
