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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Totally Transformed Tuesday Linky Party #1

Hello my fellow bloggerettes! I hope your week has started out well.

I'm starting a new venture on my blog today. I will be hosting a linky party every Tuesday called Totally Transformed Tuesday.

This will be a party for everyone to share anything they have "transformed" whether it be furniture or home decor, craft items, new recipes, needlework, etc... Basically anything goes as long as it is something you have done yourself.

There are only three rules:

You must follow my blog which you should do anyway so you'll know when the party is starting!
You must provide a back link on your post to my party either by using my button or a text link.
No links to parties or giveaways please

I will feature a few of the links each week before the party starts. I will also be sharing some of the links on my Facebook page so you should Like my page here.

Let me give you some general information on link parties. It is polite and expected for you to thank the hostess for throwing a fabulous party. You should also visit and comment on a couple of other links in the party.

Now before the party starts I wanted to remind you about my blog-o-versary giveaway.

This giveaway includes: a “Duck Egg Blue” chalkboard; a pair of vintage style curtain tie-backs; a set of four shabby, pink, outlet plates; French script, burlap ribbon; six drawer pulls from Hobby Lobby; and a lovely, green, ribbon scarf that I knit myself.

I will reveal the winner on July 20, 2012

Go here to enter. You must leave a comment for each entry. Good luck. :-)

Now onto the par-tay ya'll! We want to see what you've been up to this week.

Thursday, July 12, 2012

Thanks Kathleen and A Reminder

I'm so honored that Kathleen @ "Melange" blog has given me the Versatile Blogger Award!

I guess I am pretty versatile as I love to do so many things besides furniture; including, scrapbooking, crafts, sewing, counted cross stitch, crochet, and knitting. By the way my daughter is expecting her third, which will be a boy, and I am busy knitting. I will share a few of my projects with you if I can ever finish one. lol

I am so honored that Kathleen thought of me and now I have to spread the love to fifteen more bloggers. It will be hard to choose there are so many wonderful ladies out there but I will do my best.

Here are the rules for giving out this reward:

Thank the blogger who nominated you.
Include a link to their blog.
Include the award image on your post
Share 7 random things about yourself
Include a link to your nominees blog
Contact your nominees and let them know

Here are my nominees:

Now let's see 7 things about me. Hmmm...

I have grown step-children that have children, that have children. So I'm a great-grandmother at a young age.
I play the flute and have played in church and at private group meetings.
I'm terrified of snakes and think the only good snake is a dead one. Sorry all you reptile lovers.
One of things on my bucket list is to travel to Wales and view all their castles.
I have taken oil and water color paint classes.
I love working on my family tree and have been doing so for about 8 years now.
And, this is most embarrassing one, I have a door knob fetish. I can't pass up a pretty antique door knob which believe it or not are hard to find around here especially the glass ones that I like the most. :-)

Before I close out this post I want to remind you of my 1 year blog o versary giveaway. Its a wonderful giveaway including all the items you see in the picture below. To enter go here.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Bed to Bench And A Giveaway

I’m so excited to be celebrating one year of blogging! I never thought I would have enough to share for a whole year so I have surprised myself and hope I have inspired you.

I appreciate each and everyone one of my followers. I’m so honored that you like what I do and as a reward I have put together a giveaway for you.

This giveaway includes: a mirror painted “Duck Egg Blue” and turned into a chalkboard; a pair of vintage style curtain tie-backs; a set of four shabby, pink, outlet plates; French script, burlap ribbon; six drawer pulls from Hobby Lobby; and a lovely, green, ribbon scarf that I knit myself.

Here are some close ups of each item.

There are four ways to enter each one gives you a chance to win:

Become a follower of my blog either with GFC, LF, or Networked blogs and leave a comment. If you are already a follower just leave a comment.
“Like” me on Facebook and come back and leave a comment.
Share my giveaway on your blog and come back and leave a comment.
Follow me on Pinterest and leave a comment.

I will chose a winner using random.org on Friday, July 20, 2012. Good luck.

Now I want to share how I transformed an old bed head and foot board into a garden/porch bench.

Here is the after:

First, I told my helper what I wanted to do and how to go about getting started. (By the way my helper on this project was my son-in-law, Jeremy, who also did all the carpentry work in my kitchen renovation.)

We took the footboard and measured in 14” on each side and cut the ends off. We then attached the end pieces at a 90 degree angle on the front of the head board. This was a full size bed so the foot board had to be cut. A smaller bed may not need to be cut down.

I chose fourteen inches because this is the usual depth of a chair.Once the foot board ends were screwed into each side we added 2 x 4’s across the width for the seat.

As you can see here we cut two pieces of 2 x 4 and screwed them into the inside of each end two inches lower than the top so the seat would be flush with the ends of the bench. Did that make sense? The picture should help you understand.

I then filled in all the screw holes and rough spots with wood filler. Once that was good and dry I sanded the whole piece down and cleaned it. After that I painted it top and bottom with primer and then two coats of an outdoor, semi-gloss, white paint.

I painted the whole bench so that it would be suitable to use outside.

After it was dry (a couple of days later) I stenciled the floral vine design on the center panels and painted the tops of the post a pretty green. I just loved how it turned out and if I had a porch I would probably have kept it. lol

I’m looking for a pretty bed to make another one, but not having much luck. Not all head and foot boards will look as good as this one does and I’m kind of picky.

I hope you have enjoyed this makeover and are all fired up to make your own porch bench. I have to get back to preparing for my 4th of July party. I’ll share pictures and a couple of projects I did for my party later in the week.

Have a wonderful holiday.

Be safe.