Bulletin Board Redo (Take 3)

Anyone remember this?

This was a bulletin board that I've had forever. The picture above shows what it looked like after it's second makeover.

Well guess what? It was time for another makeover!

I didn't really have a space to hang this up in our office (which is where it was in the old house), so in order for it to find a new home, it needed a new look.

Here's what it looks like now -

I used some leftover paint from my Goodwill dresser and fabric and paint that I already had.

I used buttons hot glued to thumbtacks to hold the ribbon in place.

Not bad for a free makeover! :o)

And it looks great in it's new location!

Goodwill Dresser Makeover

I've always been jealous of the bloggers who take these thrift store finds and make them over into something beautiful. What stores have they been going to? I never seem to be able to find anything that amazing (that's not also horribly over-priced). Well my luck has changed! Spur of the moment I decided to stop by a new Goodwill that opened up on my side of town. 30 minutes later, I walked out with this:

For $15 I got this little four-drawer dresser. It was a bit banged up, missing a drawer pull, and the top drawer was missing a part and didn't really slide in and out, but it was $15 and I saw the possibilities!

After a few repairs, a thorough sanding, a couple coats of paint, and some new knobs, it now looks like this -

I removed the broken piece of wood that was on the bottom of the dresser and replaced it with a bit of baseboard molding. So much better! Now it looks like a real piece of furniture rather than something a home carpenter made!

I love the new knobs! Can you believe they were only $1.50 each at Michael's?? Gotta love that store!

So pretty!

I used some pretty wrapping paper to mod podge onto the dresser drawer just to add a little extra prettiness

What do yo all think? Not bad for $15, right? :o)

Kitchen Makeover

When Hubby first showed me this house online the first thing I said was, "Look at the kitchen!" It's three times the size of our old one, has a gas range (thank God!), double ovens, and an island. What more can a girl ask for? All it needed was a little makeover.

I told hubby before we moved in that priority number one was to makeover the kitchen. I already had a plan of action and I told him I wanted to get it done before we unpacked the kitchen because, really, who wants pack a kitchen, unpack, and then pack it all again? And I was gonna need empty cabinets and clear counter tops to work my magic.

What exactly did I have in mind? I decided to paint the cabinets!

Yes, you heard me right, I painted my kitchen cabinets! White!

You see, there was nothing wrong with them. They were in good shape and I liked the layout. But they were an awful shade of . . . well . . . I don't even know how to describe it, but they kinda had a pinkish tone to them. So not my style! And after dropping thousands of dollars on down payments, closing costs, etc., we really didn't have the money to replace the cabinets anyway.

So after researching the best way to go about it, I got to work and it turned out amazing! I love it! And Hubby loves it too! (I'm not sure he was entirely convinced when I took on this project, but he knows better than to doubt me) :o)

Here's another look at the "Before" -

And here's what it looks like now -

As you can see in this picture, we removed the old range hood (that was ugly and we both hated it) and replaced it with an over-the-range microwave.

Next to the microwave was little open cabinet that had wooden dowels running vertically to hold plates. I didn't really have any plates I felt needed to be displayed and, quite frankly, I didn't want my clean plates that close to the range cuz they'd oil and grease all over them. Who wants that? So I pulled the dowels out and now have a nice little cubby for my cookbooks.

I told Hubby that I wanted a white subway tile back-splash. He had no idea what white subway tile was! He does now! And he loves it as much as I do!

Hubby's one request for the kitchen makeover was a magnetic chalkboard wall. So thanks to Rustoleum Magnetic Primer and Chalkboard Paint, I was able to give him what he asked for.

This area next to the fridge was the perfect little nook to set up a hot beverage station. And glass front doors show off my pretty mugs.

I'm so pleased with how it all turned out! I'm almost 30, but for the first time, I'm really starting to feel like an adult, and I have a beautiful grown-up kitchen to prove it!

Nice, don't you think? :o)