Game Day Rice Krispies Treats
Rice Krispies Treats recipes have always been a family favorite! Its a great opportunity to get the kids in on the krispy mixture and add in the marshmallows and rice crispies and even the melted butter! Take the mixture to your prepared pan and whalah! There is so much room to create them in our own style by tossing in chocolate chips or mini marshmallows. Simple directions and ingredients make this an easy game day go to…
DIY Sign for Christmas with Blended Paint
DIY signs for the home may be the easiest way to begin putting your mark on the decor and making it your own! What’s better is creating painted wood signs gives you the opportunity to work on your paint techniques before using them on large pieces of painted furniture. Whether you go purchase planks or just use spare wood you have laying around, DIY Signs are usually pretty easy and quick to whip up! …
5 Fun Fall Activities in South Carolina
Does anything say “Fall” more than a pumpkin? Is there anything more fun during the fall than going to a pumpkin farm and picking out the perfect gourd? There are so many great things to do I the fall like going to the car shows, Octoberfests where we seek our favorite authentic German Beers, or the River ShrimpFest, the South Carolina Jazz Festival, or even the carnival rides at the fall festivals! Of course there…
The DIY Storage Bed Hack You won’t Believe!
When we decided to have kiddo number 5 we knew that would mean kids sharing a room. Either a boys room or a girls room. This made me scramble for a twin bed with storage drawers. The thought of fitting two twin beds and two dressers just drove me crazy. Of course they would fit, but WHY? I would much rather keep the floor space. So,.. I would begin my hunt and found captains beds, DIY…
Rustic Gold Paint Finish: Rustic Glam!
Rustic Glam, What is it? Rustic Paint finishes have to be my favorite now. And Rustic Glam the best of all with its Rustic Gold Paint! This one is a little bit of gold, a whole lotta bold, made to look kinda old. Its a look that is fun but is easy to incorporate into your home decor. This unit will cover the all the techniques needed to pull off this look-even in the colors…
Pink and Gold Painted Furniture Makeovers Furniture Lovers Must See
Blank canvases have been created on the back of Farmhouse white. My prediction is that it has become the perfect blank slate for our new fascination with Bohemian style decor like pink furniture. More and more we are seeing a desire for mixes of rustic old world and bold color choices like we find with teal, blue, and pink and gold painted furniture. While we often think of pink painted furniture as child’s play, you will…
Learn How to Paint Furniture
Have you decided you are over your dining room furniture and need to revamp it? Or maybe you enjoy the thought of painting a piece of furniture and this is your first furniture painting project. You have to decide which of the many types of paint to use! There is “chalk paint” and latex paint, primer and paint in one, oil based paint and even hybrid paints with oil and water based properties like Benjamin…
Painting White Furniture: The Best No Fail Method!
Painting White Furniture. Lets face it, the vast majority of us LOVE a piece gorgeous white painted furniture! Whether decorating our own home or painting for clients and customers, it comes up often. Farmhouse shabby white painted furniture will forever have a place in homes across the world as will modern and sleek white painted furniture have in modern or transitional homes. Something pulls us to it! As a painter or furniture artist though, the…
Chalk Style Paint or Latex: The Choice is Yours
What is the difference between Chalk Style and Latex Paint? Chalk paint vs latex paint, which paint works best for your needs? Why use chalk paint vs regular paint. The Owner and Creator of Wise Owl Chalk Synthesis Paint was kind enough to break down many of the differences between chalk style and latex paints AND allowed me to share them with you. Compare the Pros and Cons of Chalk Paint as well as…
Rustic Paint Finish: The Rusty Look You will Love
I introduce to you what may be my favorite DIY Rustic Paint Finish yet. The Rusty Ol’ Chevy Finish. Rustic Paint finishes are popping up everywhere now. The shabby chic look has taken a whole new turn and now its the more shabby the more chic! Im not sure if you can get any more shabby and rustic than genuine rust in your rustic paint look. Its the perfect way to DIY Rustic Furniture, and…
