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About Me:

Im a married stay at home Mom of three kids if you include my Labradoodle Jack!Im a DIYer on a dime and love to create!I love all things home and am constantly looking for new and inexpensive ways to breath new life into this ol house!

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I m addicted to Gardening and I love re-creating garage sale finds and working with wood and paint.

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Great Garage Sale Find

I found this lovely at a garage sale and hauled it home and gave it some of my homemade chalk paint and some glazed stain and now its a treasure:)

Commented on May 15, 2013
Aww thank you soooo very much,Gotta love a bargin!

Kitchen Chalkboard Wall

I painted a large wall in my kitchen with my Home made chalk paint and now were having a blast with it

Steve G on Jan 19, 2013

Nice. This looks good, and seems like it would be so useful. I'm forever scribbling things in ...»
the kitchen - shopping list items, recipe steps, menus for the week, etc.

Simply White

A before and after glimpse of my old Armoire freshened up with my homemade chalk paint.

Followed 6 people on Dec 31, 2012

Pretty In Pink

I recently found a table on Pinterest that inspired me to make my own version as a gift for my Granddaughter.Also I created a sweet lampshade as well.

A Royal FaceLift

My teenager is a diehard One Direction fan so the other day armed with some painters tape and some homemade chalk paint I surprised her with this!

Susan S on Dec 14, 2012

How awesome Deidre!! Yes, One Direction is definitely the rage with all the girls right ...»

now. My g'daughter is only 8 and is all about this group!! You did a beautiful job and I'll bet all her friends envy her!!

A Wintery Wreath

I saw a version of this wreath on Pinterest awhile back and was so inspired to put my spin on it so armed with pine cones spray paint and my trusty glue gun oh yes, and my dollar tree ornaments I went to work.................

Commented on Dec 10, 2012
I attached them to a piece of thin scrap wood I had and I just cut a circle for the base.

A Nature Inspired Christmas Tree

This year I decided to leave all my glitz and sparkles packed away and instead opted for a more relaxed and nature inspired tree.Using burlap, birch twigs, pine cones, and a few red cardinals its working for me:)

Commented on Dec 07, 2012
Awww thanks so much Tania:)

A Hutch before and After

I did a makeover on this very old hutch that was in desperate need of some personality with my homemade chalk paint and ALOT of elbow grease the rest is history...