Decorating your home and life the thrifty + fabulous way
We all seem have that thing (or twenty things) that we are looking for.
It might be the perfect long dresser to turn into a buffet.
The missing piece of china to complete the set we have worked on collecting for years.
Or, in this case the church pew.
The pew that eluded me, for so long.
Was finally mine.
Yep, I have been BEYOND excited to complete this before and after and share it with you! [Read more…]
It didn’t take much for the Fall Bug to hit hard here at casa twelveOeight.
One rainy afternoon and a couple fall Scentsy cubes and I found myself going thru my fall decor in the garage…
Pinning some casseroles…
And thinking up a new way to ease our home into early fall without too much of a backlash from the rest of the tribe.
We have had many days in the 90’s and even over 100 degrees in the Pacific Northwest lately.
To say I am looking forward to some rain seems a little strange, but that is just too hot for this girl.
And, I happen to adore Fall, and everything about it. [Read more…]
I have a whole lot of fall goodness in the works right now.
We had a 100 degree day this week, needless to say it almost took away my Fall Mojo.
But cooler days have returned and so has the itch to cozy up the house and make some Fall stuff.
But before I get ahead of myself, I have had so much fun looking at some of the fun fall DIY’s and noms we have made the past few years! [Read more…]
The North side of our house has four gargantuan (that’s a real word right?) hydrangea plants.
These things are huge, gorgeous and they have intimidated me for 8.5 years.
This was the year I was going to win at hydrangea-ing.
For real. [Read more…]
First off I must say that I do not crochet or knit. My daughter does and she is amazing.
The skill is not in my wheelhouse, but I sure do like to buy yarn.
Aisle after aisle of different textures and every color you could dream of.
I have the hardest time with yarn, it’s almost as bad as paint!
So many options it’s really hard to decide. [Read more…]
You wouldn’t believe it, but this desk was a break-away top sewing table in her former life. A giant hole in the center of the desk top with two sketchy pieces of wood sitting inside.
We drove out to check it out as it was for sale on Offer Up, and I thought we would be saying, thank you and heading back home.
That is not how things went down, and I should probably know that when an impossible challenge is in front of us, Troy goes into major trouble shooting mode.
Knowing that he loves an impossible challenge, we headed back to Vancouver from Portland with the questionable project in the truck bed. [Read more…]
I have had a stack of these Dollar Tree rag rugs FOREVER.
They are in the “bin of conviction” (the things I HAD TO HAVE to make something cool then they sit for a long time)
Yeah, that bin.
Tell me I’m not the only one who may have more than one of these had-to-have-it stashes?
Oh good.
I have down-sized a bit over time but I am glad I have the stash of supplies that I have collected (yes, it’s an official collection of amazing stuff) because you never know when inspiration is going to STRIKE!
Yep, sometimes you get an itch to make something cool and there you are, lots of ideas and no supplies.
So, that is exactly what happened in this case.
I loved the colors of these small rag rugs so of course, I cleaned the store out however many months ago. [Read more…]
Hello friends!
I seem to be on a find-dated-furniture-and-paint-it-every-color-you-love kick the last few weeks.
But a solid piece of furniture that needs a facelift is so hard to pass up!
That may have something to do with the shrinking space to park my car in the garage, but that’s for another day.
Today we are PAINTING. And giving a sad, dated coffee table a new lease on life.
You can see the potential already but right now this coffee table is not-so-fabulous. YET!
This little gem was a Facebook find and while she was solid, the oak-ey finish was not going to work any longer.
Here is the before…..kind of sad. BUT! I will show you how I took this tired coffee table…
And breathed some new life into her with paint! Here is the after, and next I will show you how I did it: [Read more…]
I am so not ready for Fall.
Well, that’s not entirely true.
I do love Fall, and Fall decorating and thrifty Fall crafts, but before I am ready for PUMPKIN EVERYTHING I need some more summer.
This week I popped into JoAnn’s and saw this pretty faux bloom in soft pinks and tan with a touch of gold. It was in with their Fall decor. I held my breath by the cinnamon pinecones to protect myself from a full Fall takeover, grabbed my loot and headed home.
I wanted to do something pretty with this fluffy faux rose and it made me think of how pretty something soft like this looks with something more edgy or utilitarian.
Like a brick. [Read more…]
Sometimes a piece of furniture comes your way and it takes a while to decide what to do with it.
Should I re-stain it, maybe a darker cooler color like a walnut?
Should I white-wash it and put new, fun knobs on it?
But this dresser had it’s destiny before it became mine. [Read more…]
