Old antique mirrors are a hot commodity in antique shops and cost a pretty penny.
Hold on to your hats because I found a product that will take your shiny mirror and make it look like they came right out of an old Parisian pied-a-terre.
Leave it to the amazing Amy Howard to come up with another show-stopping product.
When in Tucson I scored this mirror from an estate sale. It's been sitting in a closet ever since.
Perfect candidate to test Amy's Antique Mirror Solution on.
This
Why marble isn’t the best option in a shower or bath.
Our subway tile wall in the kitchen/dining is complete and I can't wait to share with you how it turned out.
While the tile guy was here I asked him to pop out a tile in our master bathroom shower.
Back in the spring of 2014 I noticed some discoloration happening on on some bottom row marble tiles in our shower. (Past master bathroom: Review 1, Review 2).
In the past two years I have had about 6 tile "experts" over to give me their opinion. Every single one of them had a different
Extending subway tile to an entire wall.
Everyone wants open concept living these days. It really is the most ideal layout for family living and entertaining. BUT, from a decorating standpoint it can be tricky. Our great room wears a lot of different hats. It's a kitchen, dining room, office, living room space. With that many duties the trick is to make the space feel visually quiet instead of jumbled and busy.
I love our open concept space but I'm constantly trying to balance form and function in there.
The problem is this long
Life in our neck of the woods.
You know when you get really jazzed about something...you plan for weeks, set goals, get really pumped about it...then life let's you know it has a different agenda.
Story of my life for the past 4 weeks now.
Nothing has gone according to plan.
Nothing.
New year's resolutions? What New year's resolutions?
I have literally been in bed with the flu, then a sinus infection and now a kidney stone.
It's been one of those kind of winters.
As I labor through this kidney stone I been having a lot
Framed photo for the bunk room.
Happy New Year all you fabulous readers! How are those new year's resolutions coming? Our 2016 rolled in with two of our peanut allergy men ingesting peanuts at a Chinese restaurant. Instead of celebrating we sat around watching them like hawks...ready to stab 'em with Epipen's at a moment's notice. Luckily all was well...thank heaven Benedryl did the trick. We figure the rest of 2016 can only go up from there. We have some fab things planned this year and can't wait to take you along for
2015…A year in Review.
In 2007 my husband started this blog as a way to keep our families up to date on our lives. At that time I had no idea what a blog was. I never could have imagined it would have turned in to such a fun and creative journey. Each year it always surprises me to see how much we accomplished because frankly, although totally rewarding, raising 4 men is the hardest and most time consuming job I will ever embark on. Here's a look back on a few of our projects in 2015 of our pursuit to bring
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Hey there! I’m Michelle; I’m an Passionate DIY’er and in constant pursuit of how to bring beauty to my house full of men (3 boys + 1 hubby). Stick around and see what I’ve got up my hard-working sleaves!