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DIY Home Decor Tutorial: Another Fresh, Fun Painted Furniture – How To Paint a Console Table

I warned you that no piece of furniture in our house was safe from my paint brush, and apparently I wasn’t kidding! Today I’m walking you through yet another fresh, fun DIY painted furniture how to via a beat up old Craigslist console table that was in serious need of a Cinderella-style makeover. Plus, I’m talking all about my anxiety when it comes to choosing the perfect paint color and how this project helped me find a new cottage-perfect paint color I absolutely love!

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DIY IKEA Hemnes Coffee Table and Media Console Hack

We haven’t done an IKEA hack in a while, and definitely didn’t intend to do another one any time soon, but thanks to a inspecting every inch of our house for weeks on end now, no piece of furniture in our home right is safe from my paint brush! So today we’re sharing a super easy IKEA coffee table and media console hack with a DIY furniture makeover tutorial that can be applied to upgrading any old, beat up piece of furniture around your house.

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DIY Home Decor: Easy DIY Nightstand

Oops, we did it again! And by again I mean we gave our affordable wood IKEA nightstands another easy, fun DIY makeover for our cottage-cozy master bedroom! Not only are we sharing the before and after and the story behind this makeover, I’m also sharing an easy, step-by-step tutorial for painting wood furniture and achieving the perfect finish without the fuss! If you’ve ever wanted to try your hand at painting furniture, but have been too afraid of failure to try, this one’s for you. We’re makin’ it easy breezy!

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DIY Painted White Cane Chair Makeover

We’ve been loving cane chairs as of late, specifically cane chairs with white frames and natural cane backs, so we took matters into our own hands and gave an old OfferUp desk chair find a DIY paint makeover with a farmhouse feel, and it became one of our favorite furniture flips we’ve ever done!  

Outdoor Teak Furniture Restoration Tutorial, tips featured by top US home DIY blogger, Love and Specs

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Outdoor Teak Furniture Restoration Tutorial

Outdoor living season is here, and what better way to celebrate than to restore your beat up outdoor teak patio furniture to its former glory? We’re teaching you all about teak wood furniture restoration and the best way to make your teak patio furniture shine so you can take the party outside!

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DIY Rocking Chair Makeover

It’s outdoor living season, people so we’re showing you our DIY front porch rocking chair makeover project and how we took these beat-up old chairs from someone’s trash to the painted treasures they are today, complete with step-by-step instructions and some seriously hilarious stories.

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Been cooking up something special for 2023! 💕@olcartier #baby #babygirl #babyblog
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Game. Changer. 🥰 This was my first request when we talked about the shower with our builder @hill.farm.design & now that we’re in here, I can confidently say that it was 100% worth it! #bathroomdesign #bathroomremodel #bathroomdecor #bathroomrenovation
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It’s the heated shower bench for me 🧖‍♀️ Our new primary bath is finally finished & you can just find me here for the foreseeable future, k? 🫧 #bathroomdesign #bathroomrenovation #bathroomdecor
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#Ad The perfect celebratory cocktail! Chris is whipping up his special NYE cocktail, the Pomegranate Paloma Spritz with his favorite tequila, @lobos1707 Joven as the star of the show! Screenshot the end of the vid to save this recipe that I 100% think you need in your life, or find it below.  You can find Lobos 1707 Tequila & Mezcal at your local @totalwine or buy online with link here: https://bit.ly/ShopLobos1707 (linked in bio) #Lobos1707Holiday #Lobos1707NYE
POMEGRANATE PALOMA SPRITZ
To cocktail shaker add:
1 oz grapefruit juice
.25 oz pomegranate juice
1 oz simple syrup
1.5 oz Lobos 1707 Joven Tequila
ice
shake vigorously
rim glass with black salt
add pomegranate seeds to shaker
add mixture to glass
top with sparkling Rosé
garnish with dehydrate grapefruit wheel
Put on your party hat 🥳
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Our NEW fun, totally free 2022 Holiday Phone Wallpapers in collaboration with the incredible @rhianawni are on the blog ready for you to download, share with friends & enjoy & I hope you love this vibrant, festive set as much as I do! Happy holidays, friends!🎄
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Making a beautiful, moisturizing soap at home is almost TOO easy using the method I shared on the blog & it makes such a fun holiday gift idea for friends, neighbors, fam, teachers & anyone else in your life who likes a good pamper sesh. Head to the link in my bio if you need a fun, easy, zen holiday craftivity in your life rn 🧼🫧 #holidays #christmasdiy #diygifts #homemadesoap

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