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Ikea Cubby Hack

March 16, 2015 ·

You know the Ikea cubbies you see everywhere? I believe they used to be called Expedit but now are named Kallax. When some of our old neighbors left their rental they left a set behind.  In passing, the cleanup crew offered them to my husband and of course (since we love freebies) he said yes….

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Filed In: Make + DIY / Tagged: Annie Sloan Chalk Paint, cubby, D. Lawless Hardware, Expedit, hack, IKEA, Kallax, label holder, Mitchell Cubby Storage, Old White, Pottery Barn

Petite Dresser Rescue

March 1, 2013 ·

We picked up this dresser from Craigslist intending to refinish it for our son’s room.  Plans changed and we ended up refinishing  a different dresser with a little woodland whimsy.  So this one sat and sat, and became a catch all for all our refinishing supplies.  That was until my sister and her husband told…

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Filed In: Make + DIY / Tagged: Annie Sloan Chalk Paint, dresser, Old White, small white dresser, Soy Gel, white dresser, wood top

It started with a transfer and a paint pen {and ended with a Sharpie}

June 14, 2012 ·

I did it again.  I wanted a graphic for a plain Jane bookcase spruce up, so I headed over to The Graphics Fairy and found this lovely image from an 1880’s type book. Thematically, it is the perfect graphic for a bookshelf! First things first,  I set to using up some cans of Annie Sloan…

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Filed In: Make + DIY / Tagged: Annie Sloan, Annie Sloan clear wax, bookcase, bookshelf, chalk paint, display, French Linen, image transfer, Old White, paint pen, Sharpie, The Graphics Fairy, vintage typography

Custom Wedding Nesting Tables {the tutorial}

June 5, 2012 ·

At the end of last week I posted a set of end tables I made as a wedding present for a friend from college.  Let’s take a look at the finished product again. I started this project by painting the tables in Old White Annie Sloan Chalk Paint.  Next, I taped off the legs just…

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Filed In: Make + DIY / Tagged: Annie Sloan, Annie Sloan clear wax, distressed, image transfer, nesting tables, Old White, pencil rubbing, present, The Graphics Fairy, vintage typography, wedding, wedding present

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