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Mirror Makeover
Yesterday I posted about the adhesive removal on an old mirror frame we had lying around and today I finally finished painting the frame hung it up in our guest room! If you remember this is what I started with. I removed the flowers and moss sheet and was left with this After removing the sicky adhesive I was ready to paint! I covered the mirror with 3m tape and brown paper. I gave it 3 coats of eclipse milk paint and heres the final result! I am so happy with how this turned out! It was the perfect FREE peice to finish up our guest room! I love working…
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Adhesive Removal
Pre-adhesive backed decor items can be a game changer for the do-it-yourselfer. We had this mirror that sat in the garage for months. We weren’t kind to her and when I finally decided I wanted to hang it in the nursery I noticed a few dings on the top of the frame! So instead of repairing and painting it, I decided I was gonna make it girly and cute while covering those ugly scuffs. I used adhesive backed moss and hot glued flowers to the top of it! It made a super cute girly frame for a mirror that never got hung! Super cute right?! Well just over a year…
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Popcorn No More
Popcorn ceilings. I loathe them. They create horrendous dark shadows and make rooms feel so dark and dingy and old! I made it my personal mission to hand scrape, sand, and paint our popcorn ceilings. So how’s it going you may wonder? Take a look! So far I under took the hallway that leads to the girls bedrooms and the area in front of the coat closet. I also did the hallway in front of the laundry room and most recently tackled my biggest room yet, the kitchen! Was it worth it? 100% yes. Is this labor intensive? 100% yes. I will not sugar coat the process. It is messy…
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Our First Post!
Welcome! Thanks for joining me here for my first ever blog post! I decided I wanted to start a blog to keep a journal of our home and archive the fun stuff we have done so far and all the amazing plans we have for the future! Over the next few weeks, I will be posting individual tours of each room in our home! But you’ve gotta have something to compare to right?! So, I figure the first post needs to be an introduction to the BIG BRICK BEAUTY and explanation as to how we ended up here! My husband and I met in high school. After graduating and joining…
