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Rhoda V

Blogger | Kennesaw, GA http://southernhospitalityblog.com
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I'm an avid DIYer and have been at it for many years. I'm also a thrifter and love saving money by hunting down treasures and fixing them up, repurposing them without breaking the bank. Anyone can have a pretty space on a budget! My blog documents my newest project, fixing up a 1979 fixer-upper house that I'll be moving into this Fall. My dad and I are doing most of the work ourselves and it is a true labor of love. I just may be more proud of this house than any other that I've lived it, sweat equity will do that! I have big plans to make it beautiful, all on a budget.

Favorite area of home improvement:

Thrifting and redoing old furniture with paint, finding ways to save money by DIYing it. I love to learn new things constantly.


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Painting Stairs and Adding Runners

With my house renovation, we updated the stair treads with new pine treads painted dark chocolate brown, as well as white risers. My plans all along have been to add a runner and I just ...»
got that finished. These are Dash and Albert indoor/outdoor runners and should be very durable for stairs. I used carpet tape and 1/2" staples to keep them in place and love the outcome!

You can see the entire tutorial on my blog!

#ProudestDIY

Rhoda V
Rhoda V Kennesaw, GA
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    Commented on Feb 28, 2013
    Great Connie, I'm glad you got some inspiration. I love my runners!
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My Den Gallery Wall

I've been working on my den, a cozy retreat for watching TV and hanging out and added a gallery wall over the reclaimed wood entertainment center. With vintage shutters and ...»
yardsale/thriftstore finds, I love the look of a collected gallery wall. It's not quite finished, I still want to add some built-in bookshelves to one corner, but it's getting there.

#MyCurrentProject

Rhoda V
Rhoda V Kennesaw, GA on Feb 25, 2013
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    FunkyJunk Interiors - Don... on Mar 01, 2013
    LOVE those shutters, Rhoda! And yeah, I'll take that entertainment centre any day!
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Adding Blues to the Living Room

My new house living room has evolved with more aqua blues than ever. I have a mostly neutral palette in the furniture, so wanted to bring in pops of blue around the room and that was done ...»
with thrifted finds and a few intentional fabric choices, like the Ikat panels and the zebra teal rug. The modern art was a steal at Ballard Designs and really brings a nice touch to my mostly traditional space. I love my room now!

Rhoda V
Rhoda V Kennesaw, GA on Feb 18, 2013
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    Jamala W on Feb 19, 2013
    I love your style.. the blues are so refreshing..Everything is so lovely...
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Family Room Reveal-Thrifty, Pretty & Functional

We bought this home 2 years ago & all along I had a vision for this room but..... with so much to get to & decorate I had to put this room on the back burner for a bit. So instead I ...»
re-used the furniture I had & made it work for the short term.

Slowly, I began adding in the pieces that I wanted & finally bought the sectional a few months ago. I don't think I am alone in saying that, sometimes we want so much for our home to look a certain way, the way we see in magazines but we forget that these

things take time. A room that is layered & filled with items and details that you LOVE evolves, over time. I had to tell myself this a few times:).

This family room makeover was done on a ridiculously SMALL budget.

I do believe that making your home pretty doesn't have to break the bank.

I shopped thrift stores, flea markets, outlet stores,I repainted, recovered, sewed, re-purposed, made and built things myself

to save some $.

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City Farmhouse
City Farmhouse Bellport, NY
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    Commented on Feb 18, 2013
    Love this room, so serene and peacefull.
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Board & Batten Dining Room Makeover

Sharing my mom's dining room makeover on the blog today! She switched out her paint color, installed board & batten, reupholstered her dining room chairs, added new curtains and some new ...»
accessories to create an amazing before & after! Come check it out!

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Tonya Diehl Murphysboro, IL
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    REally cute, Tonya!!
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Time for Hellebores!

#itching4spring Hellebores: for winter AND spring color. They were new to me when I moved South two years ago...and I fell in ...»
love!

Take a trip this weekend: Feb. 23 to see and buy hellebores: fabulous place!

http://www.pineknotfarms.com/hellebore_festi...

Libby at An Eye For Detail
Libby at An Eye For Detail Pittsboro, NC
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  • Rhoda V
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    I'm in love with Hellebores too and can't wait to plant some at my new house.
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DIY Key Holder

A simple Key Holder to help organize all that stuff that just sits on your counter, and it's fun and bright too ; )
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Ashley Thurman Little Chute, WI
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    What a totally cute idea! So bright and cheery too.
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Perennial Gardens

I cannot wait to get going in my new house with some flower/shrub beds and perennials. I did a perennial bed at my old house in Birmingham and it's been too long since I had my hands in ...»
the dirt. My new house is a blank slate waiting for some flower love and I can't wait to get to tackle some of the areas at this house too. I love flower gardens! Yes, I'm itching for spring. First thing up, is renovating my screen porch!

#itching4spring

Rhoda V
Rhoda V Kennesaw, GA
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    HI, Julie, absolutely, go for it!!
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Bead board wallpaper for kitchen

This wallpaper is GREAT! I've never worked with any kind of wallpaper and this was sooo easy to work with. It took my sweet galley kitchen and gave it a lil extra charm. Pay no mind to ...»
the date, didn't reset camera before shots. I did this just a few weeks ago. They are still sweet and I love coming in for morning coffee and seeing my lil DIY :*) Only thing, some corners needed touch up, so a little clue and easy fix.

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Jewls H
Jewls H Fernley, NV
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    Very cute project, I love that wallpaper too and have used it successfully all over the place. ...»
    One other little trick you can do to really finish it off would be to add small trim molding all the way around the doors too. That would give it a nice finished edge look.

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  • We removed all the posts replacing them with 2x4s and 4x4s in the two outside corners. Adding two Victorian style PVC screen doors into the Gentleman's Parlor.
  • Painted the framing and later the wood screen door with white exterior deck paint.
  • Cut and screwed on all the ScreenTight base. The black stuff where the screen is secured using standard screen spline.
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Our Sun Porch using the ScreenTight System.

Though Spring is more than a month away the warmer weather we've had and the garden posts that have been popping up in the last week have me thinking it was a good time to post about ...»
screened in/sun porches. Funny that before I get all the photos loaded it starts to snow! It's 41 degrees here, but it's snowing like crazy. Wasn't in the forecast either.

You may have noticed that my dear hubby has a finger bandaged in a couple of the pictures. Just a reminder to never ever stretch your arms to either side of you to hold wood in place while you're using a framing nailer. Or any nailer for that matter. The thing double shot and a humongous nail went straight through his finger, bone and all. Major ouch and a trip to an Omaha hospital emergency room. The nurse and female doctor had to call in a male doctor to remove it. Hubby watched. I didn't, but did take a photo of it with my cell phone without managing to look at it. Don't worry, I didn't post that picture.

#itching4spring #PorchPride

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Becky
Becky Blair, NE
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    HI, Becky, we just got regular aluminum screening for the porch, I think it will be fine. ...»
    Yours looks great!

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