Category: Chalkboard DIY

• Making a Standing Chalkboard

  

  We are clearing out the Garagemahal as we prepare to put our beloved Star Hill on the market. I am getting pressure from Mr. Math to get rid of the hoard. My collection of odd bits and parts, Doo dads, rusty metal, and miscellaneous hardware needs a new home. Mr. Math would be fine with […]

  Karen

  February 4, 2015

  Chalkboard DIY, Coldspring, Country Style, Curbside rescue, reclaimed wood, recycled furniture, The Garagemahal

  trash to treasure

• A Chalkboard Alternative

  My friend, Kandy, asked my husband to build a big wooden frame to be a sort of canvas. She had an idea in her head for a painting she wanted to create.  The “canvas”  was huge when finished, like four feet by five feet with a smooth plywood front. After Kandy looked at the “canvas” […]

  Karen

  April 3, 2014

  Chalkboard DIY, Decorating

  alternative to chalkboard, chalk board paint pens, seasonal decorating

• 10 of My Favorite Posts and a Big Thank You!

  If things go as they have been for the last week, by the time I wake up tomorrow I will have had 50,000 page views on my little teeny tiny minnow of a blog. I will also be celebrating two years of blogging. There are blogs out there that get 50,000 page views a day […]

  Karen

  January 7, 2014

  Behr Paint with Primer, Blogging, Building a Home, Chalkboard DIY, Coldspring, Country living, Country Style, Curbside rescue, Decorating, Dining Table, DIY Painting and Glazing Furniture, DIY Projects, Dresser, French Provincial, Lake Livingston, resale finds, reusing an old frame, Roadside Finds, Thrifty Art, wedding, Weddings

  blogging, mid-life, Photography, reaching a milestone, Repurposing furniture, starting a blog for fun

• Curbside Headboard Into Garage Chalkboard

  The best time to go trolling for curbside finds is Saturday afternoon just before dark. The very best time to go hunting is the weekend of the huge neighborhood garage sale near our current city house. The garage sale occurs every spring and the finds over the year have helped furnish our lake house and […]

  Karen

  June 17, 2013

  Chalkboard DIY, Country Style, Curbside rescue, moving, Repurposed Furniture, Roadside Finds

  chalkboard DIY, oops paint, Repurposing furniture

• Project Progress

  In spite of the storm tonight I did make progress on a project that Hubby thought up! When all is said and done this project will cost 25 cents!

  Karen

  May 10, 2013

  Chalkboard DIY, chalkboard paint on furniture, Painted Furniture, Repurposed Furniture

  Chalkboard, Repurposed furniture

• Decorating the Mantel Between Seasons

  It is that time of the year that I struggle with decorating the mantel in our den. Now that we are getting ready to sell the city house, I wanted to decorate it for more mass appeal and for my own enjoyment. I took down everything Valentine’s Day related, moved some things around then went […]

  Karen

  March 1, 2013

  Chalkboard DIY, Decorating, mantle, Owls, Reused frame, silver, The City House, Thrifty decorating, white and gray decorating

  Decorating with Items Around the Hime, Silver and White

• Visiting Facelift Furniture

  This past weekend we visited Facelift Furniture in College Station, Texas. I am so proud because I planned a trip for the social planner, Tanis and our husbands. Planning a trip is not what I am known for. Facelift Furniture is a business opened in 2011. I discovered them when searching the Internet for repurposed […]

  Karen

  February 7, 2013

  Chalkboard DIY, chalkboard paint on furniture, Decorating, DIY Painting and Glazing Furniture, Dresser, glazing, ornate chalkboard frames, Painted Furniture, Repurposed Furniture, resale finds

  painted furniture, Repurposed furniture

• Turning Trash Into a Kitchen Menu Board

  Recently my social planner, Tanis, picked up two old windows that were in a trash pile where a home was being renovated. They were already the perfect shade of red on one side and had just the right amount of peeling paint. I loved them and I know that they are going to look great […]

  Karen

  January 22, 2013

  Chalkboard DIY, Reused frame, reusing an old frame, reusing an old window, Roadside Finds, Roadside Rescue, Star Hill

• Painted Chalkboard Suitcases; Hitting the Motherlode

  Recently I made painted a suitcasethen put a chalkboard on one side. The idea was from another blog, and I loved the idea. The Southern Belle wanted the suitcase so of course I gladly gave it to her. It is now in her home in Charlotte, North Carolina. I decided when I made the first […]

  Karen

  January 6, 2013

  Chalkboard DIY, Coldspring, crafting, Decorating, glazing

  chalkboard ideas, Painted suitcases, wedding

• Finding Frames for the Charlotte Wedding

  The Southern Belle asked me to look for small ornate frames for her June wedding.  She wants to turn them into chalkboards to write menu items and information to guests.  Because the chalk boards are black, I am painting the frames white until I get instructions from the Southern Belle. Here is how the beauties […]

  Karen

  October 30, 2012

  Chalkboard DIY, ornate chalkboard frames, repurposed frame, Reused frame, reusing an old frame, the Southern Belle, Thrifting, vintage style, wedding, wedding preparation, Weddings

  Chalkboard, wedding reception