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While we were updating our laundry room and back hall, we painted all of the trim and doors white. I thought white paint would be a good fix for our ugly, beige flat door that leads to our garage. But all it did was make it an ugly, boring WHITE flat door. #FAIL
We didn’t plan on doing anything else to the door. But we also didn’t originally plan on Extending our laundry room cabinets to the ceiling or Installing concealed hinges on our cabinet doors.
So what’s one more surprise project, right?
Our laundry room is moving along nicely but I’ve added another quick project! When we removed the cabinet doors I realized I really wanted concealed hinges installed before we put them back up. The husband just loves making me happy (or is it that he loves playing with new tools?)so he installed them for me. At first he was worried it wouldn’t work because our cabinet doors are quite thin, but where there’s a will there’s a way(my will, his way)!
This charming little piece of vintage fun sits in my foyer. She’s been a cute teal color for a few years. It was time for a change and I decided to use chalk paint to give her a makeover!
Chalk paint seems really different and overwhelming if you haven’t used it before, but I promise it’s so easy! It is the perfect paint to use on an already finished piece because you don’t have to strip the old paint. [Read more…]
We are giving our laundry room a makeover! Most of the makeover is painting, but we also did this really inexpensive modification to our cabinets that has taken them to a whole new level(get it?) By simply using some wood and molding to bring the cabinets to the ceiling, we changed the look of the entire room!
This project was very simple. It took Mike less than 20 minutes. He wrote up some simple instructions on how to do it so that you can do it at home! Here is how to extend your cabinets to the ceiling:
You’ve never seen a picture of my kitchen (at least I hope not) and I promise you there is a very good reason. We bought this house because of the location, layout and potential. We did not buy it because of the kitchen. It’s fine, it’s functional and its hid-e-ous. Yet, every time I think about renovating it I choose a different project. A kitchen remodel is overwhelming in every way. So many choices, so much time, so much mess and soooo much money. With the cost of kitchens these days you can do like 700 other house projects or one kitchen.
This post was sponsored by Lowe’s Home Improvement. All of the opinions of my elegant closet organizer, masonite heritage bi-fold closet doors, and other Lowe’s products are my own.
Last week we shared my elegant closet makeover with you. The closet was pretty useless but now it’s both pretty and organized. One of the most dramatic changes we made was switching out the old sliding doors and installing bi-fold doors.
This change was all Mike’s idea. When he mentioned it, I pictured ugly bi-fold doors of the 80’s. Then he showed me these Masonite Heritage bi-fold closet doors from Lowes.
Let’s talk about bay windows. They are beautiful but it can also be an expensive nightmare to find window treatments for them. Bay window curtain rods tend to be really ugly or boring.
My name is Michelle from Our Crafty Mom, a DIY/Home Decor and Craft Blog. I am happy to be back guest posting at Centsible Chateau today! As Thanksgiving is just a few short weeks away, I thought it would be fun to show you how to make a classic Thanksgiving Cornucopia.
This post was sponsored by Cost Plus World Market, I received compensation to blog about my Petrifying Halloween Porch Decorations. All opinions of products and Cost Plus World Market are my own.
Halloween is so fun when you have little kids. I loved taking my boys shopping for their costumes and then trick or treating. When my kids left for college it was really hard for me to get in the Halloween spirit at all. The thought of decorating and buying candy made me sad that my kids weren’t around anymore. I haven’t decorated or handed out candy in a few years. Yes, I’m the neighbor who turned the lights out!
This year I decided to change my attitude about the holiday. After looking at my old Halloween decorations I realized I needed some new stuff, it was in pretty sad shape. While looking through my favorite stores I found spooky inspiration at Cost Plus World Market.
I’ve shopped at Cost Plus World Market for years, it’s one of my favorite stores. They have adorable home decor with the best prices. I even ordered my dining room table from there. They also have a big selection of holiday items including seriously scary Halloween Decorations! I decided to create a petrifying porch, but if you would rather have cute non-scary decor they have a great selection of that too.
This post was sponsored by Lowe’s as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central and all opinions expressed in my post are my own.
While we were at Lowe’s for some other project materials I noticed their new fall decor display! While hubster was grabbing all of his project supplies I snuck over to peek. I soon discovered Lowe’s has the most beautiful harvest style decor at great prices. I went a little crazy and my cart was overflowing, but you can totally see why! I wanted to create a gorgeous rustic fall mantel and hearth, and they had everything I needed.
