Well, I’m still in recovery mode from my week at the Haven Conference and the Habitat for Humanity home, which I can’t wait to share with you! First I need to sift through about 999 photos, while making sure my kids are fed and off to school on time, and get the courage to face my majorly backlogged email inbox, so sit tight! I’m hoping to share the big reveal sometime later this week. Key word: hoping.
But today please enjoy this dining set makeover from Julie, who fell in love with it when she found it on Craigslist. Well, not love exactly, more like “We’re meant to be together! I can change him! Don’t tell me what to do!” Luckily, this story ended happily, because she did change it, into the elegant and classy set you see today.
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subject line ‘Ugly Lamp’ by August 10th to enter! More info HERE.







8 Comments
livingsimplyfree
August 6, 2013 at 9:09 PMOMG what an improvement!
Anna See
August 6, 2013 at 3:55 PMGorgeous transformation!!!
Welcome back from the Haven conference! I’d love to go someday and meet you. 🙂
güllerle dikiş
August 6, 2013 at 3:58 PMÇok beğendim.
çok güzel bir çalışma olmuş.
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güllerle dikiş
August 6, 2013 at 3:58 PMÇok beğendim.
çok güzel bir çalışma olmuş.
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ssbutterfly01
August 6, 2013 at 5:53 PMGREAT use of taking something older and that you already have and making it new and updated! Perfectly executed 🙂
Ashley @ The Houston House
August 6, 2013 at 6:45 PMJust lovely. Gotta love Craisglist!
Julie Davis
August 6, 2013 at 10:19 PMLindsey thank you SO much for the feature! I feel very honored and as a newbie blogger I’m so excited I could bust!!
Beth Leasure-Hudson
August 7, 2013 at 10:18 AMWow, how timely! I am about to start refinishing this EXACT SAME SET, also purchased on craigslist. I’m going to use a different technique – Annie Sloan and gilt. It is wonderful to see these after shots as a vision to keep at it. There is a lot of surface area of work ahead! Thank you for sharing.