I Painted My Refrigerator With Chalkboard Paint (+ update 8 years later)
This chalkboard refrigerator tutorial covers all the steps for painting your chalkboard refrigerator. Learn how to paint your fridge with chalkboard paint.
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Chimney Paintin’ kinda day
Giving the chimney a fresh coat of paint is something every home owner can do. But, while it sound easy enough, there are a couple snags you need to prepare for before you begin.
Paint Your Front Door: My Pretty Purple Door
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.
Painting the Basement Floor
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 somewhere I can actually “be”. Granted it’s an unfinished space and is still drying, but it looks…
Oh What a Feeling… When You’re Vacuuming the Ceiling! (& Bat Room Shenanigans)
Today was a very busy day, even though not much progress can be seen. The goal of the weekend is to tackle the unfinished basement. I’m having a housewarming/St. Patrick’s Day party next weekend, and this is the party zone. Here’s our checklist: Clear the cobwebs. The entire basement just needs a whole lotta TLC….
“The Day the Eagle Died” – Fixing the Shed
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 as best as we could. My dad helped me remove the 7…
My house is wearing eyeliner!!
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 black paint would go well…
A Lesson in Wall Striping.
I really am no expert in wall striping, however, I stumbled across a blog post on be.love.create and I really liked the way their stairwell came out. I decided to give it my best try. You’d be better off following their instructions and photos as they do a GREAT job explaining everything. My failures and…
Aint no party like a painting party!
Yesterday my parents helped me paint the living room and hallway. Today my friends came to help with the rest of the house! THANK YOU EVERYONE!!! What a great time we had. It was so much fun, and the place looks great!! Here are my color choices: BM Anjou Pear AF-425 Kitchen door, coat rack,…