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Living Rooms

Kitchens

Furniture

2 In kitchen/dining

Hex-a-gone

Holy woah. This itty-bitty kitchen, (if a room possessing only a sink and an oven even qualifies as a kitchen) was undeniably, unequivocally ugly. That tile! The pink walls! The only redeeming grace were the two large windows, but even they made it impossible to accommodate any sort of storage or workspace.

Lindsey from That Saint Paul House reports that the previous owners must have never cooked. Maybe it really was just a hallway with a spare oven, who knows! Maybe they just cooked on the floor, which would explain the strange burn-like patterns on the tile. In any case, it is fully functional and lovely now. Thanks Lindsey!












6 In bedroom/ kiddie

Sweet Surprise

Lynne from A Little Chippy surprised her girls on Christmas Day with a dreamy bedroom makeover! What fun! Of course, it didn’t happen overnight. Everything you see in the before picture was parked in her dining room for a month during the ordeal. So where her husband’s former office went after all was said and done, I’m not sure… maybe he’s still in the dining room! Thanks for sharing Lynne!

















10 In chairs/ottomans/seating

Ruffle My Feathers

So, it’s not like you’ve never seen a reupholstered chair before. And you’ve probably even seen a chair that’s been reupholstered using nothing but plain ol‘ drop cloths too. But have you ever seen a chair reupholstered with drop cloths and adorable rows of teeny tiny ruffles?!? Ruffles! I repeat, tiny ruffles!!! 

Have you??

Well, if not, you have now:















Ack, so cute. From Jaime at That’s My Letter.

8 In tables/dressers

Campaignless

So, what did you do this weekend? Did you hit up the thrift stores and find any treasures?Amanda from Heart Tree Home found this amazing campaign style dresser at a thrift store for 25 bones! I can see how the untrained eye would skip right over it. That greenish wood tone is rather nasty. If ‘queasy’ was a stain color, this dresser would be on the label. And it doesn’t do much for the aging hardware either. But with a new backdrop of glossy white, the weathered bronze now looks ultra-hip. Me likey. Thanks for sharing Amanda!
















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45 In Uncategorized

Vrooooooom! A giveaway! (now closed)


A fun little giveaway is literally coming your way!









It gives new meaning to the phrase “pass the salt…”















Kelley, one of my favoritest people on the planet, AKA Glamma Fabulous has offered one of her handmade, super cute sets of salt-and-pepper shakers to a Better After reader!

She says “These fun salt-and-pepper shakers will zoom across your table, providing record speed conversation starters that will delight boys and girls, ages 1-80! The app. 1″x1″x2″ glass Salt and Peppers are attached to the metal Matchbox size cars with strong epoxy.

I actually have some of these fabulous salt and pepper shakers that I made 10 years ago, and they are as good as new today. My family LOVES them and our dinner guests are always surprised and delighted to use them. Fun!”

Kelley is always coming up with something fabulous, and I mean ALWAYS.

Check out her blog Life and Art with Glamma Fabulous for all kinds of fabulosities such as:


The salt-and-pepper shakers are also available on her etsy, along with whatever else is striking her artsy whims at the moment!

To enter to win, simply leave a comment here!

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Thanks for playing, have a great weekend!!
13 In desks/hutches/buffets

Armoire than a Feeling

Before you embark upon whatever glorious plans you have planned for this weekend (I personally will be going to the exotic beaches of Laundry Island, don’t be jealous) first feast your eyes on these colorful armoire makeovers!

First one is from Kim who redid this armoire for a friend’s nursery. It is super cool. I bet that baby girl will hang onto this through teen-dom and beyond. See it on her blog Stacking Up Smith’s.


















Next, Faith redid this familiar looking armoire (Faith, did you buy that at Target circa 2005? I used to have the exact same one, yup.) into a crafting cabinet! Check out the interior on her blog Faith of All Crafts.


















And last, Shalynn from A Drop in the Bucket was bored with her armoire and couldn’t take it for one more second! So a not-so-mellow yellow paint job did the trick.







I like yellow, but somehow I’ve never successfully incorporated it into my home. I tried once with a little yellow bookend on my nightstand, but it drove me crazy and I finally hid it in a drawer. Maybe I just like to think I like yellow. I like yellow in your house, just not mine.







What about you? Is there a color you like, but it just isn’t you? Have you ever forced yourself to like a color? The world wants to know!

























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