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Anchors Aweigh End Table

July 5, 2013 ·

Hope you had a happy fourth yesterday!!  We celebrated with crab cakes and lots of yummy picnic style food over at my sister’s.  Wednesday evening was our firework watching night.  We took the kids to our local fireman’s carnival and they had a blast riding the rides and then enjoyed the carnival’s firework display which…

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Filed In: Make + DIY / Tagged: anchor, Coastal Blue, contact paper, end table, General Finishes Milk Paint, reverse stencil, Rockler

Two-Tone Dresser with a twist {Woodland Whimsy Style}

July 13, 2012 ·

A $20.00 yard sale score finally gave us the dresser we needed for our son’s room. Out with the changing table, in with the dresser…well sort of.  The edges of this piece were quite dinged up so the piece needed a bit of work.  Plus the mirror frame was missing the mirror so we had…

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Filed In: Make + DIY / Tagged: contact paper, DIY chalky paint finish, dresser, Old English, owl, Plaster of Paris, refinish, reverse stencil, two-tone, woodland, yellow

Getting My Caulk On: The Tale of a Gappy Dresser {I am a Plumber’s Wife}

March 27, 2012 ·

You read it right! I used plumbing caulk on a dresser. Why? you might ask. Well, the dresser had some pretty noticeable gapping between the sides and the trim boards and being a plumber’s wife (well now plumbing inspector’s wife) I am quite familiar with caulk and knew we had it on hand so I…

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Filed In: Make + DIY / Tagged: Annie Sloan, Annie Sloan clear wax, caulk, chalk, contact paper, distressed, drawer pulls, green, Lowes, refinish, Target, white, wood trim

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