Category Archives: Before and After

Taking One Lamp from Sucky to Steampunk!

Hi, there! Glad to see you! If you remember from my Goodwill Hunting post last Monday, one of the little “treasures” I found was a cheap-looking cream plastic lamp. Honestly, when I suggested turning this into a lamp that would fit in with The Girl Child’s Steampunk-inspired bedroom, she looked at me with a fair […]

The Harp Chair

Hey, there! I’m so glad you stopped by today! Got a chair makeover that I am really excited to share with you! If you follow me over on my Facebook page, you may have a seen a nice little harp-backed chair I picked up on one of my local Goodwill runs a few weeks ago. […]

The Haunting of MY Hill House

Hey, friends! I’m in the best mood!! Why? Because it’s October and October means HALLOWEEN! The scarier, the better! I’m going to level with you all – we are a rather twisted family. I can promise you, we have more in common with the Addams Family than The Cleavers. If we were left to our […]

Master Bedroom Closet – MASTERED!

Last week, in one of my warts-and-all moments, I shared with you the disaster zone that was my closet. Before I could tackle all the fun stuff of making my bedroom over into the oasis/sanctuary of my dreams, I knew I had to tackle this mess: So, after gathering some great goodies to make over my […]

Nano’s Kitchen Remodel – THE REVEAL!

As you may know, for Mother’s Day (and then some), I undertook remodeling my mother-in-law’s kitchen while she was visiting her family back in Scotland. I knew this would be a big project. While I didn’t have to replace appliances or do a major build, there was a lot of work to do, but I […]

Desk Do-Over

As I’ve said in a previous post, my daughter has a tiny bedroom and a huge sense of style. She’s in love with all things Steampunk right now. She had a small vanity I had refinished that (sort of) doubled as a desk, without having enough room for either job. Now, if you know my […]