Last Project of 2013

Can you guess the one thing in this space that was bugging the heck out of me? If you guessed the t.v. armoire you would be right.

Here it is back in the fall after I made over our living room. It desperately was screaming for a make over itself but there was always just too much else going on. I put it at the top of my 2014 list.

A week before Christmas I was sitting in the living room and at 10:30 at night I decided to just go for it. Needless to say Mr. Front Porch was none too please because who in their right mind starts a furniture makeover just days before Christmas!? Me that's who!;) I think he was afraid I would not finish it but I did and in record time. 

It flows so much better now in our space and I could not be more pleased with how it turned out.

These are the same knobs I used in our kitchen makeover. They are from HobbyLobby.

I used a combination of Old White and Old Ochre for this project. 

So there ya have my last project of 2013!

 Be sure to check back in for my top projects of 2013.

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Back Porch Project

Today I should change my blog name to "From My Back Porch To Yours"!;)

I have been slowly trying to pull our back porch together. It honestly is nothing to write home about but eventually it will all come together.

I was having a hard time coming up with a color scheme for out here. I was on the hunt for umbrellas and since they last a few years I knew I would be stuck with whatever I picked. The Hubster said hey "why don't ya buy one blue and one green because those are the boys favorite colors". I thought what a great idea so when I saw this rug I knew I had to order it from O.co. 

We also ordered some new furniture. Our previous set for back here had cushions and they were worn way out. The puppy took advantage of that by finishing them off for us. For fear that she would take liberty and chew on new cushions I decided it was best to stay clear of cushions as much as possible. Though this set does not have any cushions it is actually quite comfy.

We needed an area to put food when cooking out so I decided to pull this sofa table out from the back of my stash. I am thinking it will be painted a grey with a white wash effect. The mini fridge may or may not stay. The Hubster brought it down from his man cave when we had friends over recently.

This light MUST go and I keep trying to talk The Hubster into making over the ceiling as well. It needs really does need help. The builder installed the light before the paint was dry and thus the light was permanently affixed to the ceiling  making it almost impossible to remove to change out the light bulb hence the torn drywall.

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This is the type of ceiling I have envisioned. We shall see if I can get him on board with it.

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I also am thinking an orb light like this would be fabulous. Of course not this one because it is well over $3,000!;) The Hubster is wanting a ceiling fan so we shall see. 

While I am battling those two things out I decided to focus on something I could change myself. This is our backdoor. It is just kinda there and needed some freshening up.

Even the casing around the door needed to be loved so out came the paint brush. 

This project took all of an hour and half to do in part because I used AS chalk paint for the door itself. I needed something that would dry relatively fast since we go in and out of the door so often and because it was soooo hot out that leaving the door open was not an option. The color is a mixture of Old White and Duck Egg.

It was an easy project that makes a much more pleasing welcome into our home.

So that is where I am at so far on our backyard makeover. Slowly but surely it will all come together.

Hope everybody is having a great weekend. See ya back here tomorrow for "How I Found My Style Sundays".

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Kitchen Reno Update- A Family Affair

It has been crazy around here. My parents came into town to celebrate Oldest's 9th birthday.

While they were here mom and I of course had to go shopping which led us to one of my favorite antique malls. Since we were there I decided to go ahead and buy the paint for our kitchen cabinets. I was originally going for Annie Sloan Old White and Country Gray but after mom and I looked at the samples we decided to come home with Old Ochre and Versailles. I over bought on the Versailles though!:( It looks so much more green at home than it did at the shop. I am hoping I can maybe exchange the one unopened can for another color but I am not sure that will be allowed. 

After bringing home different paint colors mom helped me take off the paint I had already started to apply to the bottom cabinets while I worked on painting other areas.

She wanted to see one of the doors done before she left so this is what I came up with.

I am still working on the oven area. Eventually it will get redone because our long term goal is to purchase a micro/oven combo and have it installed in this space. 

After my parents left The Nana & The Papa came. We needed The Papa's expertise on just how to create what we had envisioned for the new range hood.

After debating on just what type of arch we wanted The Nana & The Papa made a sweeping arch template and cut it out of some printer paper so we could see just how it would look.

Next up we put together some bead board slats and attached them to a wood panel with liquid nails. 

Here is the beadboard panel in place and the newly made arch stained before I painted it.

This is where I am at today. I have all of the new tile grouted around the stove area. Yesterday,I worked on painting the wall above the cabinets and the cabinets themselves. As you can see the bottom of the cabinets are being left original. Mom and I decided that it made the kitchen feel taller with just the top cabinets painted. We will see if they remain unpainted but as of right now I am loving it. I can't wait to show y'all the completed stove hood but it will have to wait till I get cabinets around it done!;) 

 Too bad I can't teach our Savannah to paint!;)

If you missed where we started:
Kitchen Dreaming
Kitchen Reno Part 2


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