Category: DIY

Hi Friends! How was your week? We had a busy, busy work week trying to wrap up a huge kitchen job. Check out the before and after on our Facebook page - click here! We also finished a lot of…

Hi Friends, How was your week? My Johnny turned the big 40 this week. I asked him if he wanted a party... he said no. It's true, that's more my style. Then I asked him what would make this year…

Hi Friends! How was your week? Things were good here! Getting back into the groove of work and family balance felt good. Catching up with friends after work was great, too! Simplifying feels good friends! Keep striving for it! This…

Hi Friends, How's your week going? Enjoying the snow?? The kids are having a blast and I'm actually enjoying snow this time around. ;) I've felt tired so having a couple of days at home with more of a low key…

Hey Capital District!! It's time to share what's been keeping us so busy the last few weeks. Since we rang in 2017, we've already finished two kitchen makeovers. One isn't ready for pictures yet because we are waiting on some…

Hi Friends! How's it going out there? I had a wonderful week that included a two day planning trip with my friend Alexis from Life in a Note. We each planned out our business goals for the year, prayed over…

Hi Friends, How was your week? I realized mid week that we had very few plans for the long weekend so we seized the moment and went on a road trip to visit my high school best friend Theresa's family.…

Hi Friends! How was your week? Ours was good! The normal pace of post Christmas work is great! We were able to work on our family room this weekend. I can't wait to show you the pictures soon! Every new…

Hi Friends, How was your week? We are in the middle of the hustle and bustle around here. Trying to get everyone's furniture ready for them by Christmas. Busy is good, we are so very thankful for the business! I took…

Hi Friends, How was your week? We were blessed with another  busy work weekend with the Victorian Stroll happening in downtown Troy. The streets were filled and our store followed suite. So much fun! Thanks again to all of you…

Hi Friends! How was last week? This is my busy season with furniture, interior design and running a retail store. That being said, I don't remember much about last week and I'm pretty sure I don't have any cute pictures…

Hi Friends! Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today. John and I had a wonderful time enjoying Historic Williamsburg, VA thanks to the generosity of our friends Jim and Christine.  We had never been there and loved seeing…

Hi Friends! How was your weekend? I hope it was restful and fun! I can't wait to share today's story with you because stories like this don't happen every day in my profession. Michael emailed me asking to set up…

Hi Friends! How was your week and weekend? We had an epic week, redoing about 20 furniture pieces. Man oh man was that a good thing, but by Friday night we were definitely ready to collapse! Thankfully we were able…

Hi Friends: Remember a couple of weeks ago when I posted about going to help my friend Marcie who's in Atlanta taking care of her 3 year old son Asher after his liver transplant? Well, I didn't actually go that…

Hi Friends! How's your week going? It's a good week here! Keeping busy with interior design jobs and custom furniture orders - loving every minute of it! This weeks makeover is a fun one because this dresser was SO ugly…

Hi Friends! How are you? I'm out of town spending some time with my friend Marcie. Her son Asher has liver cancer and is in a transplant center getting his new liver so I flew into Atlanta to see if…

Hi Friends! I'm sooooooooo excited to share our first ever kitchen makeover with you!! Do you like Fixer Upper? If so, you'll probably enjoy this kitchen makeover. It started back in June with the Interior Design phase. Ann hired me to…

Hi Friends! How was your holiday weekend? My amazing friends Chrisie, Dione and Bethany came for a girls weekend and we had a blast! It was so nice to get time to laugh, have fun, not work and feel like…

Hi Friends, How's your week going? We are knee deep in a kitchen remodel project while getting goods restocked at FunCycled and getting the kiddos ready to start school next week. This is the time of year that I feel…

Hi Friends! How was your week? Last week felt like the busiest week of our summer as far as work goes. John was working on a kitchen cabinet painting project. It rained quite a bit last week and that slows…

Hi Friends, How was your week? We have been busier and busier with interior design (which I love by the way)! Two weeks ago we set the upcoming 5 weeks aside for interior design jobs. Starting with designing offices for the Troy Innovation Garage, then…

Hi Friends, How's your week going? Sometimes in the summer I get so busy with places to go, things to see, sunshine to enjoy that I forget to make time to have friends over for dinner and just relax. This…

Hi Friends, Let's talk furniture painting dilemmas for a moment, shall we? So often people come into our store or comment online or recognize me on the street, you get the point, to tell me how terrible it is of…

Hi Friends!! This is your lucky day!! I'm showing you not just one but TWO makeovers! If that's not good news enough, both are teal hutch makeovers. I love nothing more than hutch makeovers and then you add my favorite…