I recently wrote a post on my chalk painted kitchen cabinets that was pinned nearly 10,000 times. It is one of my most-read posts to date because, honestly, not many people can afford the $30,000 the pros say is the cost of an “average” kitchen remodel. I’m a firm believer
I had a yard sale to buy my Ikea farm sink. True story. I sold everything that wasn’t nailed to the floor so I could make one massive trip to Ikea with a friend’s horse trailer to buy the butcher block countertops and sink. I love this sink. Which is
This year has been…challenging. On New Year’s Eve, we sat around my grandma’s bedside. Just after Christmas, she fell asleep and woke only to say things that made no sense. She didn’t recognize Mom or me. She only knew Eli, who was six-months-old at the time and like a child,
Oh my, friends. I have gone and started way too many projects at once. During cold and flu season. Right before the holidays. With a one and four-year-old in the house! What was I thinking?! I wasn’t. I was all hopped up on Fixer Upper reruns I watched while I
This time last year, I was sitting on the floor nursing a fussy newborn, hot gluing strips of drop cloth to the bottom of Ikea dishtowels to make my own cafe curtains for the kitchen. I was on empty in every sense of the word; no time, no sleep, no
It’s been two years since I chalk painted our kitchen cabinets. Here’s the top 10 questions I get about my chalk painted kitchen cabinets: 1. What did you use? Originally, I used Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Old White on the uppers and Duck Egg Blue on the lower cabinets.