Kitchen Furniture

Did you happen to catch my blog post a few weeks ago about my  Denim Sofa Love ?  I have wanted a denim sofa for years, but as you may know, I have this white  Ikea Ektorp sofa.  Okay, now don't get me wrong, I LOVE my white sofa, it's just that sometimes I want to change things up a bit, especially for the changing seasons, and denim just feels so fitting for fall. At one time Ikea carried a denim slipcover for this sofa, but I wasn't  quick enough to get one and it has since been discontinued. Back when I got my sofa years ago, a blog reader advised me to pick up an extra slipcover for it.  The white slipcovers only cost fifty dollars, and it's just nice to have an extra set on hand while one is in the wash or whatever. SO because I had an extra slipcover, I decided that this could be the perfect opportunity to have both, a denim/navy and a white sofa.  Win! Win! So I went to my local Albertsons and bought two bottles of Rit Navy Blue dye and two bot...

It's no secret that I love to shop yard sales.  In fact, a lot of my home's decor was picked up from various yard sales over the years.  I just find so much joy in rumbling through other people's junk. It's seriously one of my favorite things to do.   Almost every Saturday during the summer months my mother-in-law and I go out for a drive to see if we can catch a few sales and I almost always bring home a few treasures . Today, I want to share what I've picked up at yard sales so far this summer. Let's start with my haul from last weekend: The spinning DVD tower has found a home in our basement holding Wii U games. However, I have a vision of using it at Christmas time to hang our Christmas cards on using clothes pins.   The metal Basketball court rules sign (which I got for free) now hangs in my boy's room. I love my new floppy white sunhat and have already worn it to the lake.  I like that it folds up and can be placed in a suitcase.  I'll be ta...

I recently painted our dining room table and I was debating on even blogging about it, because to me, it seemed like a blog post may not be necessary since I just painted our table the same way I do all of my furniture.  But after asking my followers on Facebook and Instagram to see if anyone was interested in a tutorial, I got a few yes's  And so today this post is for all of those who requested it. Our dining room table once belong to my husband's grandparents. They had it in their home that was on a ranch. This table has four leaves that go in it and can fit up to eight people around it. So it's a really great table, however the finish on it was getting pretty worn down and was in need of a makeover.  I debated on re-staining it or painting it for years, but then I finally decided to paint it white. Now, I rarely ever use chalk paint on any of my furniture projects because I'm really not all that familiar with chalk paint, so I stick with what I know, and that would ...

 I have been busy working on a few projects in our dining room and today I want to share one of those projects with you.  I gave our traditional chandelier a little beach-house inspired makeover and I think it turned out pretty darn cute. I never really liked this chandelier before now because it felt too traditional for my taste.  This is how the chandelier looked when we first bought our home back in 2013. So right away I gave the chandelier a quick makeover.  I replaced all of the dark shades with some simple glass ones.  I also added some crystals to it to give it a little added sparkle. These simple changes were enough to make it some-what more my style and I've been okay living with it these past few years. I always figured eventually I'd just replace the chandelier with something more my style.  I've had my eye on THIS pretty wood bead one for quite awhile, but I'm really not one to just go out and buy something new. Instead, I try to use what I have...