PB DIY

Did I allure you with my PB reference? Maybe I did for you PB (aka Peanut Butter) lovers or dare I say PB (aka Pottery Barn) lovers out there. Here is a project that I am sure you DIYers could do! Just look how easy this could be done and at a fraction of the cost I am sure. Especially, if you had one of these bad boys around the house. The Bridgeton Armoire is "Oh, so fabulous!". However, the price tag comes in at roughly $1300.
When you open it, you have all this great space.

Closed, it looks like your typical Armoire. Just think, if you had kids you could lock this bad boy up and they would never have the key to the "magical adult stash/juice"

1- You could easily buy the wine racks to screw/install in the top.

2- A top shelf could be inserted. I am sure an existing armoire you have around the house already has one. Although, you may have to buzz some of the width off depending on the size you wanted.

3-Install another shelf and a puller tray. Which would be quite easy. Pretty much the same concept as a roll out desk keyboard holder.

4- Last shelf would be installed and the grid system to hold the wine bottles. And viola, you just made yourself a PB Armoire.

Come on, what are you waiting for! Go make one! Find one on Craigs list.

If you want more details or you are not a DIYer and want to purchase this gem, you can go here and images are from pottery barn.com

Fairytale Playhouse

I remember as a little girl making "make shift playhouses". My grandmother would save big boxes for me and I would make \my own cool playhouses. Of course lets remember they were BOXES and not this. My grandmother would help me cut out windows and cut out space for a door. I stumbled across this today and told my husband if we ever were to be so lucky to have the chance to build one of these.... It would be awesome. I can imagine how creative a kid could be if they had one of these. I know I would have spent hours in this if I had one. Is this not soooo cool? They did an awesome job.









That concludes our darling tour, for more on the playhouse go here

Before and After

Okay folks. I have to admit I was lazy last night. What good does it do for me to show you guys the finished product pictures if I do not show you the before pictures. I decided tonight I owed you some before pictures to get the full effect. The two top pictures are the BEFORE pictures. The camera does not do a great job showing the color change. The BEFORE was very, very light builder beige. This color like I mentioned last night is "COFFEE". The collection is from Eddie Bauer Homes and you can find it at Lowes.
Before






I spotted this rug at Target and thought it would warm up the space a bit more. I loved the pattern. The rug is made of wool and seems to do the best with our animals!
One day I promise to stop taking pictures on my blackberry and actually use my camera. Then maybe these photos would come out better for you to see!





Here is a closer look at the pattern of the rug.

Trimming it up

One of our latest projects involved dressing up our bare stairwell. The stairwell started out with your builder basic white. We dressed up the walls with "Coffee" and painted the bottom white before adding the white trim work. I have to say I was very pleased with the way it turned out. Mill work can make a world of difference and this project was a mere $300.00.

DIY Elbow Grease

With a little DIY Elbow Grease and a can of paint you can transform a space pretty easy. You all knew that right? Of course you did. Painting is not some new invention that none of us do not know about. I'll start sharing our journey of "do it ourselves". A common phrase here at our house. My husband is quite handy I must say. I scored BIG. Of course I love him for many more reasons, but I must say that one is icing on my cake! This man can figure out how to do almost anything! Let us begin the journey with the office.
What is behind these doors?


It is your basic builder beige. In our case, your basic flat CANVAS TAN by Sherwin Williams. Not too bad for a total blank palette. Nonetheless, B-O-R-I-N-G.




Enough torture right? Lets see what a less than a day can bring.