31,140 pennies, some grout, and a little sealant later, and we have a pretty cool kitchen floor. :) The pennies are all heads up, facing the same direction.

Total project was about $60.00. ($17.00 for the Primer, $20.00 for the Countertop Coating and $20.00 for the Polycrylic). I already owned the paint, but that was about $15.00 worth. I know they sell kits for this kindof thing (made by Gianni or Rustoleum), but I wanted to go with a different paint scheme. I got the original idea from a blog (creative Kristi's) Total process took about 3 days

#Bestof2012

She wanted a winter garden room to enjoy in the evenings when the cold weather keeps her from her outdoor garden. The room was designed around the photo's of US Botanical Gardens photograph at night.

Turned an inexpensive Ikea piece of furniture into fab by adding marble from a stone place that lets you buy remnants, a lot cheaper and makes it look expensive! Marble and voila- looks ...»

Check out my album of "bonus rooms" it's that one spare room in the house that can be used for just about anything! The question is, if you could transform your spare room into any of these, which one you choose?

I love the golden leaves of fall -- so much so that I took a photo of three of them from my landscape. Can you name all three?

Post your guess in the Comment box below and we'll announce the winner here Monday.

(In case we have multiple correct entries, Hometalk will conduct a random drawing from among them to determine the winner.) Have fun!