It's time to remember the happy. The people, the places, and the things that make us happy. This week was my parents' anniversary and it got me thinking about the amazing family environment they've created. I come from a family of five children and three of us live on the same street as our parents. Being near them all makes me happy, especially during the summer months.
Summertime in our family means pool time. It's the place where our family gets together at the end of almost every day ...
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How to Prep Furniture to Paint it White
The color white is clean. It's crisp. It's classic. It's versitile. It's also one of the most difficult colors with which to paint and that's why the right preparation is so important before you paint furniture white.
White dressers have always sold very quickly for me. They are classic and neutral. I just wish they were easy to paint. Believe it or not, white is actually one of the most difficult colors to paint over a previously-stained wood because the stain can still bleed-through ...
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Two White Rock Maple Dressers
Happy Memorial Day everyone! Hope you all have the kind of weekend plans that relax you and make you feel good. For so many, that means getting away to the beach or the lake. For our family, it means accomplishing projects!
It seems like our town becomes a ghost town every year on this weekend. Once, and only once, I planned a yard sale on the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. I know better now.
For our family, a 3-day weekend means projects (and cookouts of course), but ...
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Blue Gray Rock Maple Hutch
Remember the rock maple sideboard and hutch that was covered in brown stain and plaster dust? Well… look at her now… all dressed up in layers of blue and gray.
Here's how the hutch looked when I brought it home. Brown and boring - except for all of that white plaster dust.
The sideboard was completely sanded down to the bare wood. The rock maple was in perfect condition. It sat for about a week in my workshop while I contemplated staining it; but I wasn't as ...
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A Pink Dresser & A Test
A very quick post today to run a quick email test and to show you an adorable pink dresser I finished up last week - perfect for a little girl's room.
On my EntriWays blog, I offer two ways for readers to subscribe to receive my posts - by WordPress email and by RSS Feed. I realized that those of you who subscribed to receive my posts via RSS Feed weren't receiving them. Hmmmm????...
Please bare with me as I migrate those of you who signed up via RSS Feed over to my new subscription service, ...
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Long Black Keyhole Dresser
Setting up alerts on CraigsList makes finding furniture a bit easier. Although I very rarely purchase furniture from CraigsLists ads, there is the occasional piece that I just can't refuse.
Last week I picked up this long dresser. Long dressers are my favorite because they're so versatile. They can be used in the bedroom as a dresser, in the dining room as a buffet, in the living room as a TV stand, or even as an entryway table to store hats, gloves, and other seasonable items.
This ...
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31 Summer Job Ideas For Teenagers
Today was the last day of school for our high school seniors. For them, summer is officially here so I thought this article, 31 Summer Job Ideas for Teenagers, was worth re-posting...
Summer is just a little over two months away and now is the perfect time to start talking to your teenager about a summer job. Whether it be paid or volunteer, gaining work experience that teens can include on college applications is important. Admissions offices want to see initiative, leadership, and ...
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This Week’s Finds – Rock Maple Dressers
Have you ever tried to be productive but kept getting sucked into your favorite TV show? That's exactly what's happening to me right now. My plan is to show you my recent finds, but I keep getting sucked into Flea Market Flip.
One of these days I really need to be on that show! The one showing now is actually taking place at the Brimfield Antique Market in central Massachusetts. The Brimfield Flea Market is so worth the day trip - whether you live in New England or plan to travel here just ...
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