home art: February 2010

Before and After Party! (A drape redo)

Well hello! Hope you had a wonderful weekend! I was busy keeping Kleenex in business with a lovely cold. :) I did get a bit of work done on the basement – I could actually breathe much better down in the cold! It’s going to take quite a bit more time and a ton more work, but I am SO excited about the changes down there. The amount of crap we had has been a bit overwhelming, and getting it out

Winner!

Hello all! Thanks so much for all the funny and sweet entries for the Dimples and Dandelions giveaway! They were SO fun to read. Kids are adorable. Good thing, eh? :)Anyhoo, the winner of the $50 gift card is Jude from Dolce Cape Cod! Jude, please email me (thriftydecorchick (at) gmail (dot) com) and I’ll get you connected with the Dimples and Dandelions folks. I know I promised you all a post

Science Fair

I know I’m not the only one who has created their own “language” with family and friends. I’ve done it for as long as I can remember. For example, my best friend (since 6th grade!) and I call each other “Bird.” ALL THE TIME. When we call on the phone. When we’re at dinner. ALL the time. It comes from the “pretty bird” scene in Dumb and Dumber. I believe we rewound that part of the movie

Fantastic giveaway!

**This giveaway is now closed.First of all, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your wonderful comments on our stairs! I am so proud of them and it has been a pleasure reading your sweet comments. Thank you so much!I am SO excited about this fabulous giveaway! I know I say it all the time, but I LOVE my advertisers. Dimples and Dandelions is an online children’s boutique that I

My biggest DIY project: The stairs

Well, I know it took forever, but here. they. are. My gorgeous, beautiful, I-am-so-stinking-proud-of-them (and myself!) stairs: I will give you a play by play on how I finished these up later this week. For now, let’s just enjoy, shall we? :) (Cause seriously, I am pooped.) Sorry for the craptastic pictures – it’s a dreary day here, so the lighting wasn’t great for these, but I

Stair inspiration

Well, the giveaway is still to come, I promise! Until then, I thought I would share some inspiration for what I’ve been working on all weekend – beautiful stairs. ;) I am thrilled to announce our stairs are DONE!! Well, other than a coat of poly, but not sure I’m going to even do that yet or not (the stain was a poly mix). Oh, and the landing still isn’t done. Or the the little “extra” I am

Giveaway coming soon!

I’ve had a few technical difficulties tonight with this weekend’s giveaway – so hang in there and I hope to have it up tomorrow at some point. It’s a great one, so I hope I can get this figured out! ;) Have a wonderful weekend!

Investing in what you love

I have a few priorities in my life. There are the obvious – obviously. ;) Our children, my husband, my family and friends. And our house. I have always loved our house, but I adore it because of the effort I have put into making it what it is. What it will be. I love it because I have invested in it – not just with money, but with my time. My sweat. (And YES, many times, tears.)Today the Bub was

ORB love

No, I don’t love the round orbs used as garden decoration. I do lurve some good oil rubbed bronze spray paint! (“ORB” to us spray paint obsessed folk.) I know – the picture above isn’t of the oil rubbed stuff. It’s the end of the day and I’m just plain lazy right now. Just pretend that can has a brown lid, umkay? I almost had a conniption last year because my trusty Rustoleum bronze spray

Wanna go shopping with me?

Soooo…you know when I find something at Goodwill like this (for $25):

And turn it into this:

Or this (for $10):

And turn it into this?:

Or when I just find fanfreakingtastic stuff like this cloche:

And you all ask what Goodwill’s I shop at to find these treasures?
Well…now you can shop with me!
My friend Beckie from Infarrantly Creative and I are hosting a Goodwill Shop and Hop!

If you

Click! Take a pic!

OK, first of all, you peeps are stinkin’ funny. I loved reading your comments on the last post! I was cracking UP. Secondly, to anyone with a child under ten years of age, I now officially apologize for the “Say click! Take a pic!” that will now be running through your head for the rest of the day. So sorry. Or not. It’s funny. So one of my favorite tips when it comes to decorating is

Love it or hate it?

Many of you may be surprised to know that I don’t subscribe to any decor magazines. Zip. Zero. Zilch. I appreciate a good decorating mag, don’t get me wrong. But I find most of them are WAY over my head. I’m much more of a Do It Yourself or Lowe’s magazine kind of girl. But my favorite periodicals aren’t even magazines – they’re catalogs. ;) The day the Ballard Designs, Pottery Barn or even

How to take carpet off stairs

First, stare at Harry for a while to give you inspiration… THEN, get to work. ;) No wait. First, turn on some good music to help you through the process. It works. Swear. I picked a little Kesha and Maroon 5, but whatever floats your boat. Here’s my process and the tools I used to do it… The most important step is the first one, and that’s checking to see what your stairs look like. I knew

What a week!

WOW!! I was so excited by your response to the giveaway! The winner of The Vintage Pearl’s giveaway is Laura from The Chenoweth Family. Laura, email me and I’ll get you in touch with Erin! Congrats! Last week was one of those when I wondered if I could fit one more thing in – it started with my speaking engagements at the Indy Home Show…three days, two times a day. Whew! It was a new experience

Giveaway Weekend!

**This giveaway is now closed.I am so excited for you all because I have yet another wonderful giveaway for you this weekend! I am so lucky to have such amazing advertisers with such beautiful talent. Erin from The Vintage Pearl makes some truly gorgeous stamped jewelry – you’ll be hooked after checking these out…Know someone getting married? Celebrating a milestone anniversary? Or do you just

The $10 coffee table

I know. I know. I said I would catch you up on the stairs tonight. I know. Winces. I’m kind of at the mercy of others when it comes to this one, which I hate. I am not used to people helping out with my DIY projects, and while it is wonderful to have the help – it also means I have to be more patient than usual, which I am so not good at. ;) Anyhoo, I should be able to show you a close to

Decor inspiration

OK, these are going to be the worst pictures in the history of this blog, but I couldn’t resist showing you some of the fun ideas I saw at the design home at the Indy Home Show today. I was trying to take better pictures, but the people behind me were getting incredibly annoyed at the woman (uhh, me) taking pictures of every. single. thing., so I was trying to be quick. :) Don’t they know

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