I dig this Cheap Wall Art @ Tidy Mom. I’ve had one of those paper mache letters for ages and now I know what to do with it!

I am head over heels in love with this Spring Mantle @ Little Big Nest. All those gorgeous empty frames, the eggs, the color? Swoon.

Speaking of empty frames, how much do you love this Foyer Wall @ Classically Amber? I predict a wall of empty frames is coming to Casa Kimba veeeeery soon.

I’m loving this slightly different take on Chalkboard Labels @ Miss Mustard Seed’s Creative Blog. She gives a great tutorial.

For all of you aspiring photogs out there, my friend Darcy of Life with My 3 Boybarians (also the genius behind Graphically Designing), is starting new photography Mcklinky day.

She’s calling it Sweet Shot Day and it’s a way for you to share your best shot of the week. You don’t have to be a pro or even have a fantastic camera. There’s no theme or limitations…just share your best shot. So if you’ve got a photo to share, be there on Tuesday to link up!

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A million thank-yous to Purple Lemon Designs for sponsoring DIY Day this week! The winner of the $40 store credit is…Nancy of Nancy’s Couture! Congrats! Shoot me an email at kimba{at}asoftplace{dot}net and we’ll get you set up!

If you’re looking for an awesome custom stamp, make sure you visit Purple Lemon Designs!

I keep these 3 things in my purse at all times:
1. A small notebook
2. A pen
3. A small tape measure

In the notebook, I keep track of all the things that I’m watching for as I shop the thrift stores and garage sales. When you’re thrifting, you need to be prepared to make a decision quickly. If you come back tomorrow, that perfect cabinet you were eyeing may be gone.

Since I know that I need a cabinet that is no more than 49″ wide and 49″ tall for my entryway, I’m prepared to make a quick decision. And since I have that teeny tiny tape measure in my purse, I don’t have to try and guess what size it is.

The notebook keeps me from making impulsive purchases that end up not working in my house. I have enough of those in the basement already. I am really bad at estimating sizes, so I need to write down the dimensions that will work in my house.

That tape measure has prevented me from making many a bad purchase. And helped me make some great ones!

What is your can’t-do-without decorating tool?

Welcome to DIY Day! Are you ready to share your latest project?

If you’re new here, every Tuesday we get together to share our newest DIY projects. I’m really flexible about what constitutes a DIY project. A furniture makeover, an outdoor project, a holiday craft, some new artwork…maybe a great recipe?

And we have a fantastic prize this week!

Kelly from Purple Lemon Designs is a long-time sponsor of A Soft Place to Land. Kelly is a super-talented designer and Purple Lemon Designs is full of custom rubber stamps and beautiful stationery items.

Small Round Customized Address Stamp

Her custom address stamps are adorable. Even your bills will feel fancy when you stamp your address with a monogram. I think these address stamps make an awesome housewarming, wedding or birthday gift.

Rectangle Calling Card Stamp

Purple Lemon Designs is doing something extra special this month. March is congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) awareness month. Kelly is donating 10% of her sales to The Parker Reese Foundation in order to raise awareness for this birth defect. You can help too! Just make a purchase!

Totally Martha Customized Printable Stationery

In addition to all of the address, wedding and business stamps, Purple Lemon Designs also has a whole line of customized printable stationery. If you love the look of personalized stationery, but not the cost, then this is for you! You receive a PDF file of your customized design and detailed instructions for printing your own beautiful stationery from your printer at home! Printable stationery starts at only $5.00!

Now onto our prize!!! One lucky winner will receive a $40 store credit to Purple Lemon Designs! Maybe you’ll use it to purchase a Polka Dot Address Stamp, a Scrolling Bookplate Stamp or a Business Thank You Stamp.

How can you win? Simple. Just link up a post to DIY Day this week and you’ll be entered to win!

Now let’s see those projects! Please…

1. Include a short description of your DIY project in parenthesis after the name of your blog. This helps people browse the HUGE number of projects. And you get MORE clicks!
2. Link to your specific post, not the main page of your blog. I HATE having to delete these. It makes me feel like a big meanie.
3. Link to this party from your post so everyone can get in on the fun.

So I finally learned how to put on eye-make up! Wanna see? I don’t usually put on makeup in my kitchen but my bathroom was a mess. Just being real.

I used Mac Cosmetics in the video, but since this isn’t a Mac commercial, I feel comfortable telling you that you can find similar products and colors at the drugstore. I love Mac Cosmetics but there are perfectly good, less expensive brands out there. Here are the products that I mention in the video:

Mac Paints Eye Shadow in Stillife (I keep calling this a primer in the video. It’s actually an eye-shadow that I use as a primer.)
Mac Eyeshadow in Chamomile
Mac Eyeshadow in Mulled Cider
Mac 217 Blending Brush
Revlon Liquid Eyeliner in Bronze Shimmer
Cover Girl LashBlast Mascara in Black

Do you know how to put on eye shadow?

Did you see the 11 winners from last weeks DIY Day?

The winners of the fantastic giveaway from My Design Guide are:

5 winners from the commenters:
Kim Wynn
Amanda
Linda K
Laura
Camie

None of you have blogs, but I have emailed you all.

5 winners from the linker-uppers:
Rebekah @ All Thingz Related
Sherral @ Craft for Sanity
Richella @ Imparting Grace
Jessica @ This Blessed Life
Candace @ Crafty Sisters

All 10 of you will receive a $50 gift certificate to My Design Guide. Congratulations!!!!

1 Grand Prize Winner! You will receive a complete room makeover!
Beckie @ infarrantly creative

Congratulations to all of the winners! If you didn’t win, make sure you check out My Design Guide for online design consultations.

Let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith,
having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience
and having our bodies washed with pure water.

Hebrews 10:22

photo: cayusa

Each week, I get to share some of my favorite finds from you crazy-talented people, most of them coming from DIY Day. But I’m only human…I find my eyes drawn to certain types of projects. I can’t help but to link to every treehouse and play kitchen post. I’m a sucker for them. So this week, we’re doing something a little different.

My friend, Kimm of Reinvented, is here to share HER favorite projects from this week’s DIY Day! I adore Kimm. She has been a blogging friend for a long-time and since I got to hug her at Blissdom, she’s a real-life friend now too.

Her blog is written for all of us who want to have a beautiful home without spending buckets of money. She knows her way around a can of spray paint and each week she hosts Trash to Treasure Tuesday. It’s a fantastic place to see what all the Internets are doing with their attic/thrift store/trash picking finds.

Enough of my blathering, let’s see what Kimm has to say!

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Hello friends and fans of Kimba! I am so excited to be here today to share my favorite projects from Kimba’s weekly mob scene, I mean, DIY party.

I {heart} this frame made from unfinished wood and fabric scraps, from Stories By Me. Love me some fabric scraps.

Would you believe that Melissa, at 320 Sycamore, cut a coffee table in HALF to make this fabulous bench? YES. SHE. DID.

Jessica, from A Few of My Favorite Things, is a genius, I think. What an inspiring photo collage.

Are you a fan of dollars? Trees? Topiaries? Well, then you’ve got to try this topiary made from Dollar Tree supplies, from Cleared For Takeoff.

This wreath gives me HOPE. Hope that spring will someday come to Ohio. Jen, from TaterTots and Jello crafted this wreath from plastic bottles. Oh, to think like Jen does, that is my dream.

Or, to sew like Heidi from Heart and Home. I think it’s good to have GOALS.

Thanks for having me Kimba! I’ll crash your party any time, girl, any time.

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Thank you, Kimm! I love your recap! Make sure you check out Reinvented. You’re going to fall in love.

I’ve been crazy-busy this week so I will be announcing the winners from the DIY Day giveaway on Monday…that means you have a few more days to get yourself entered to win 1 of 11 prizes from My Design Guide. You don’t have to link up to win this week so go leave a comment on the DIY Day post!

I have a new thing going on at A Soft Place to Land. It’s called OpenSky and I’m all a-flutter about it!

What is OpenSky, you say? OpenSky is a different way to shop…They call it relationship-driven shopping. At OpenSky, you can find shops owned by experts that you know and trust and see the products that they love, use and recommend.

I’m tickled that they asked me to be a part of their mission.

So today, I’m giving you a sneak-peek at my OpenSky shop. It’s a little sparse right now, but there will be more products added in the coming weeks.

I’d love it if you would stop by and take a peek around. While you’re there, you can see my little video welcoming you to my new shop. As always, it’s the real me.

I went to bed last night with an urn-full of sticks on my hearth.

I like decorating with sticks. They’re easy. And free.

And I woke up this morning to an urn-full of blooming sticks.

Totally kidding. But they’re pretty good fakes, I think. And when your front yard looks like this, sometimes a girl needs to dream of spring.

The Nester has another great idea for decorating with sticks.

Has spring sprung in your area yet?

There’s a TON of great projects DIY Day this week! And make sure you leave a comment so you’re entered to win one of 11 (yes, ELEVEN) prizes from My Design Guide!

This giveaway is now closed. You can see our winners here!

Welcome to DIY Day with My Design Guide! Today we have a 11 (Yes, ELEVEN!) fantastic prizes from My Design Guide and you DON’T have to link up a post to win!

My Design Guide is the brainchild of Champe Granger and Roger Bouchard. They are experienced home renovators who LOVE a good bargain (my kind of people!). They created My Design Guide for people who want real, professional, custom interior design, but don’t want to pay a lot for it.

My Design Guide offers online design consultations for simple things like paint selection and window treatment recommendations, all the way up to complete custom room designs! They can help you with your project whether it’s big or small.

Their design consultations include gorgeous 3D pictures that show what their recommendations will look like in your room. Here’s one of my favorites:

Family Room Before

Family Room After

One of the things I love best about My Design Guide is that their designs are based on products from affordable stores that we all know…Target, Ballard Designs, Pier 1, Walmart, Overstock.com and others. At the end of your consultation, you’ll receive a shopping list with every suggested item on it. It will contain prices and links to the stores where you can find the products.

And even if you can’t afford the specific item that they suggest, you can use it as inspiration to do it yourself or find something similar at a thrift store.

Bed & Breakfast Guest Room Redesign

I know you’re all itching to hear about the prizes! There are 11 (yes, ELEVEN!) of them! 10 lucky winners will receive a $50 gift certificate to My Design Guide. That would get you a Quick Room Fix, a Bathroom Redecoration, a Paint Selection, or you can upgrade to a larger package.

Five (5) winners will be chosen from the comments section and five (5) will be chosen from those who link up a post to DIY Day!

And the GRAND PRIZE of a complete custom 3d room design (that’s a $249 value!!!) will be randomly chosen from all the linker-uppers and the comments! Anyone can win!!!!

So how can you win?

1. Link up a post to DIY Day this week.
2. Leave a comment on this post telling us what room could use a little help from My Design Guide.
3. Visit the My Design Guide Gallery then come back and leave another comment telling us which design you really love.

Now let’s see YOUR projects! Please…

1. Include a short description of your DIY project in parenthesis after the name of your blog. This helps people browse the HUGE number of projects. And you get MORE clicks!
2. Link to your specific post, not the main page of your blog. I HATE having to delete these. It makes me feel like a big meanie.
3. Link to this party from your post so everyone can get in on the fun.

Any mom of boys in cringing right now. All those teeny, tiny pieces on the floor…getting lost in the carpet…getting mixed in with other toys. Argh.

This may not be the prettiest post I’ve ever written, but it may be the most practical. My boys have recently discovered the wonderful world of legos. That means that I’ve discovered the wonderful world of missing legos and stepped on legos (ouch!). I had to find a way or organize and store all of the parts.

My boys are still young so they like to build the actual “thing” on the lego box, so tossing all of the legos into one big box isn’t an option. And keeping the big boxes that are 1/100th full of legos is also not an option. The boxes get destroyed and can’t contain all those teeny, tiny piece anyway.

So what’s the solution?

Ziploc bags! The gallon size bags are plenty big enough to hold all but the largest lego sets and the instruction book that shows you how to put together the Super Galactica Battle Star Android Cruiser Ship. (I made that up.)

And a whole bunch of those bags fit in one metal storage bin.

But what do we do with all of the itty bitty pieces that I vacuum up…step on find on the floor?

We keep a small Tupperware container for “extra/found” pieces. Then when the boys wants to put together a lego set, they grab the bag they want and the container of extra pieces. They’re good to go!

Finding a simple, cheap and practical way to store toys in our house makes me less grumpy happy. I’m thinking there is an application for girls toys here too. Barbie clothes? My Little Pony parts?

We use this same technique for storing puzzles when the boxes start to fall apart. Just cut the picture off the lid and put it in a Ziploc bag with all the pieces. Problem solved.

Do you have any simple ideas for toy storage? I’d love to hear them!

Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the Lord is good and his love endures forever, his faithfulness continues through the generations.

Psalm 100: 4-5

photo: Richard0

I have another HUGE thank you for some more sponsors of ASPTL.

You can find all sorts of custom stamps and stationery at Purple Lemon Designs. I have a stamp from Purple Lemon Designs that I use for my etsy shop and I love it! There are also personalized address stamps and wedding stamps that would make fantastic shower gifts!

Purple Lemon Designs is offering a 10% discount to ASPTL readers through 2/28 (that’s Sunday!). Just enter the code KIMBA into the comments when you check out and you’ll receive a refund for the discount.

YouCanMakeThis.com has hundreds and hundreds of downloadable patterns and How-to ebooks written by over 200 different designers. Their patterns and ebooks provide detailed, step-by-step instructions for making fun projects in a variety of DIY categories.

Take a look around YouCanMakeThis.com and try your hand a new project. There are even some great freebies over there!

Juli Koroly of An Eye for Art creates beautiful oil portrait sketches in 6″x6″ or 6″x8″ sizes that are easy to incorporate into your home. Wouldn’t you love to see your babies captured in a beautiful oil painting?

She is generously offering all of my readers 20% off any order AND free shipping! You can either order through her Etsy shop and use the code KIMBA, or you can email Juli directly at msboo42 {at} sbcglobal {dot} net. This would make a fantastic Mother’s or Father’s Day gift for someone you love!

Did you know that tickets for The Relevant Conference are going on sale on Monday at midnight? And the first 50 tickets are at a special early-bird rate.

I’ll be there! Will you?

Subway style family rules @ Decor Allure (She included a great tutorial!)

Embroidery hoop monogram @ The Scrap Shoppe Blog

A branch of whimsy @ Tortoise and the Hare

A stunningly creative dining room table makeover @ My Dear Trash

Have been by to visit Purple Lemon Designs lately? Her etsy shop is full of adorable custom stamps and stationery. The owner, Kelly, is an awesome designer and all-around cool chick.

Purple Lemon Designs is offering readers of ASPTL a 10% discount on any purchase until February 28th (that’s Sunday…so hurry!). Just enter the code KIMBA in the comments section when you check out and you’ll get a refund for the discount.

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A huge thank you to Lisa Leonard Designs for sponsoring DIY Day this week and providing 2 awesome prizes!!!! The winners are: Heather from My Frugal Family (from the linker-uppers) AND Heather of Sprittibee (from the comments). Congratulations! I will be emailing to put you in touch with Lisa Leonard.

I received a bunch of emails and comments from people asking what color paint I used on the walls in my Good Enough Mudroom. It’s my new favorite paint color, Eddie Bauer Pecan from Lowes. (No they’re not paying me to say that.)

photo: Hooked on Houses

I was introduced to this glorious color by Julia from Hooked on Houses. I emailed her to ask what colors she used in her family room and her dining room. Turns out it was the same color…Eddie Bauer Pecan! I would never declare my love based on a picture online, since colors vary so much from monitor to monitor. But when I came home with a sample, I was smitten.

And when I put it on the wall? Full-blown adoration. It’s a beautiful, rich neutral that feels substantial but not overwhelming. If I had to choose, I would say it’s a cool color. It looks so beautiful with white trim, but I love it against my cherry cabinets too!

If you’re an house blog reader, then you probably know that a certain little birdie swears that Tobacco Road is the most perfectly beautiful paint color. Now, far be it from me to start a paint color rumble, but Eddie Bauer Pecan makes me say Tobacco Who? I’m just saying. {Smooches to My Favorite Birdie…and a little paint for your hair.)

We have a open floor-plan and now that the mudroom is done, I am in process of Pecan-ifying my kitchen, dining nook, family room, front hall, staircase and upstairs hallway.  Heaven help me. It’s a huge project, but I’m the Little Engine that Could (Paint). I think I (Pe)can. I think I (Pe)can.

Want a little tip about picking paint colors? Make yourself some bigger samples. I buy a sample pots and paint a whole sheet of poster board. Then I can move it around the room and see it in different lights and at different times of the day.

Don’t forget to leave a comment on this week’s DIY Day to be entered to win a $50 gift certificate from Lisa Leonard Designs! There are 2 prizes this week and you DON’T have to link up to win!

Let’s hear from you! What’s your favorite paint color?

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This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to our winners!

Welcome to DIY Day with Lisa Leonard Designs! Today we have a TWO fantastic prizes from Lisa Leonard and you DON’T have to link up a post to win!

If you’ve been living on the moon lately, maybe you haven’t heard of Lisa Leonard and her beautiful handmade jewelry. Lisa designs meaningful pieces that you treasure because each one reflects a little piece of your heart.

My hubby and sons gave me a Family Tree Necklace for Mother’s Day last year. He read about Lisa Leonard on my blog and took the not-so-subtle hint.

I know. The sweetest thing ever. And I treasure that gift.

Lisa is always introducing new pieces. The designs on the Vintage Frames Necklace are hand drawn so they’re fun and funky.

From Up Here Necklace

I don’t know about you, but I love to shop with real people that I know and love. Lisa is one of those people. She is sweet and kind and downright adorable. You can follow along with Lisa’s blog for updates on her shop and her beautiful family.

Lisa is giving two lucky winners a $50 gift certificate!! Here’s how you can win:

1. Leave a comment on this post saying something like “I love Lisa!!!” One winner will be chosen from all the comments.
2. Follow Lisa on Twitter and then come back and leave a 2nd comment. You can leave a comment if you already follow Lisa too!
3. Link up a post to DIY Day this week! One winner will be chosen from all the linker-uppers.

Now let’s see those projects! Please…

1. Include a short description of your DIY project in parenthesis after the name of your blog. This helps people browse the HUGE number of projects. And you get MORE clicks!
2. Link to your specific post, not the main page of your blog. I HATE having to delete these. It makes me feel like a big meanie.
3. Link to this party from your post so everyone can get in on the fun.

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Today’s post is proof that I love you. Hallelujah and Amen. It seemed like a good idea a few weeks ago at 3am. Now? I’m not so sure. But I’m plowing ahead regardless of my second thoughts. And I don’t have anything else written for today.

If there are any fellas here, you should probably just go check out ESPN. There’s nothing for you to see here today. We’re going into the inner sanctum of female beauty rituals. You’re better off not knowing what goes on in here.

So let’s talk about the burning question. Wax or tweeze? Which do you do?

In case it’s not obvious, before is on the left…after is on the right.

I’m a waxing kind of girl. Tweezing is a slow torture. Waxing gets it over with quickly. I make an appointment every 3 weeks or so and it costs $10 + tip. Worth every penny.

In my “after” picture it looks like my one eyebrow is oddly arched and my other is not. I know not why. They look the same in real life.

And since I know that someone is going to ask…Yes. I wax the ’stache too. The bane of the dark haired girl. One day everything looks fine. The next day, I look like Uncle Vinnie.

Your turn. Wax or Tweeze?

Trust in the LORD with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;

in all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make your paths straight.

Proverbs 3:5-6

photo: Ecstaticist

Paper butterfly wreath @ MaryJanes and Galoshes

Apparently, I’ve been living under a rock because EVERYBODY is making and wearing these adorable zipper flowers and I’m just finding out now. Where are my jelly shoes, anyway? Here’s a great tutorial from Craftaholics Anonymous.

This gorgeous guest bedroom @ High Heeled Foot in the Door makes me want to use rich, glorious color everywhere in my house.

In typical Kimba fashion, I forgot to announce the winner of the giveaway from An Eye for Art by Juli Karoly. The winner of the single custom portait is Kathleen of Fireflies and Families.

Juli Koroly is generously offering all of my readers 20% off any order AND free shipping! You can either order through her Etsy shop and use the code KIMBA, or you can email Juli directly at msboo42 {at} sbcglobal {dot} net. This would make a fantastic Mother’s or Father’s Day gift for someone you love!

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Huge thank yous to Beth Peele of Stella & Dot for sponsoring DIY Day this week! The winner of either the GOA Pendant Earrings or the Glint Flower Earrings is Amber of {ae filkins}. Congratulations, Amber!

Make sure you check out Beth’s blog, Design A-Peele for great decorating ideas and her Stella & Dot boutique for some super-HAWT jewelry!

We have a little mudroom between our garage and kitchen. It’s our main entrance into the house. Since we moved into this house (1-1/2 years ago), I have dreamed about filling it with gorgeous lockers and cabinets to hide all of our junk. I am head over heels in love with Just a Girl’s gorgeous mudroom.

I’ve even gone so far as to pick out some awesome cabinet plans at Knock Off Wood and The Hubster is totally on-board with doing this ourselves. But we don’t have time right now. And it’s going to be a while before we do.

So most of the time, our little mudroom looks like this:

Shoes, coats and backpacks on the floor. all. the. time. It makes me crazy! I cringe every time I walk through the room…which is about 50 times a day. And I carp on the kids constantly. “Pick up your coats! Put away your shoes!” But the truth is, there’s not a good place to put away those coats…at least not that the kids can reach.

Last week, I’d finally had enough. If I couldn’t have a glorious mudroom right now, I could have a Good Enough Mudroom.

A $12.00 shoe organizer from Lowes. Is it perfect and beautiful? Nope. Is it functional and good enough? Absolutely. And there’s that little stool. Perfect for holding little (and big) hineys while they take off their boots.

The copper baskets are from Lowes too. They hold wet hats and gloves just fine. And they’re hung up with 3M Command Hooks so I can take them down in the summer. But they look kind of cute, so they’ll probably stay.

And a little mirror so I can check for lipstick on the teeth or hanging chads on my way out the door. Totally not necessary, but I like it.

The coat racks are hung at kid AND adult-level to keep coats, backpacks and scarves off the floor. I’m thinking that some of these ideas could be incorporated into an entry way/foyer if you don’t have a mudroom.

I am now head-over-heels in love with my Good Enough Mudroom. It’s not as beautiful as I would like but it’s super functional. And that’s what I need right now and I spent less than $50 on it. I’ll keep dreaming and someday (maybe when the basement is done), I’ll get my gorgeous mudroom. In the meantime, Good Enough is good enough.

What about you? Is there something in your house that makes you crazy? Are you waiting for the perfect solution when Good Enough could be good enough?

If you want to keep dreaming with me, check out these inspiring mudrooms:

Board and Batten Entryway @ Frugal Home Design
Wicked Awesome Mini-Mudroom @ The Shabby Nest (Is there anyone on earth who hasn’t seen this bit of awesomeness yet?)
The Dream Mudroom @ Just Beachy
Mudroom Organization for Less than $50 @ Finding Fabulous

Welcome to DIY Day! Are you ready to share your latest project?

If you’re new here, every Tuesday we get together to share our newest DIY projects. I’m really flexible about what constitutes a DIY project. A furniture makeover, an outdoor project, a holiday craft, some new artwork…maybe a great recipe?

Today we have a fabulous prize from Beth Peele of Stella & Dot. In case you don’t know, Stella & Dot is a modern, home-based business for women who LOVE irresistible jewelry, networking and people. And their jewelry is HAWT! I’ve been lusting after several of their pieces for months!

This Bloom Flower Turquoise Necklace makes my heart go pitter-patter.

In addition to running her Stella & Dot business, Beth also writes a fantastic blog called Design A-Peele where she shares her love of design and her passion for decorating her house (and herself!) with very little money! My kinda gal.

This Bardot Spiral Bangle Bracelet is clearly made for my wrist. Clearly.

If you’ve ever considered starting your own home-based business, like Stella & Dot, Beth would love to talk with you about her experience with the company and how you could start a new career, if you’re interested.

One lucky DIY Day winner will receive their choice of the Goa Pendant Earrings or, if you’re not into big, glorious earrings, the Glint Flower Earrings. To be entered, all you have to do is link up a post to DIY Day this week. One winner will be chosen at random. Good luck!

Now let’s see those projects! Please…

1. Include a short description of your DIY project in parenthesis after the name of your blog. This helps people browse the HUGE number of projects. And you get MORE clicks!
2. Link to your specific post, not the main page of your blog. I HATE having to delete these. It makes me feel like a big meanie.
3. Link to this party from your post so everyone can get in on the fun.

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If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, then you’ve probably seen this stool before.

It was a thrift store find that I fancied up with bright yellow paint and some damask fabric. It’s been used in several different spots in my house over the last 1-1/2 years. But I had grown weary of it’s bright color, so it was time to rehab the rehab.

I primed the wooden frame with Rustoleum white primer and painted it with Rustoleum American Accents white paint in a glossy finish. I usually prefer a satin finish but this was a “use what you have” project.

Recovering the seat of a stool or a chair is super easy if you use a staple gun. Check out this old post for detailed instructions for recovering a seat.

It’s perfect for a new spot that I’ll be sharing with you later this week.

What about you? Have you ever rehabbed a rehab?

I have swept away your sins like a cloud.
I have scattered your offenses like the morning mist.
Oh, return to me,
for I have paid the price to set you free.

Isaiah 44:22 (New Living Translation)

photo: Ecstaticist

Today I want to say a HUGE thank you to the sponsors on ASPTL. These sponsors allow me to keep writing about all things house and home and I am so grateful for their support. And I would be so grateful if you would pay them a visit.

Crafty Girls Workshop was created by two lovely ladies, Regina and Anna, who love to sew and quilt. Their gorgeous etsy shop is full of designer fabrics, pattersn and kits.

There’s always something new in the Crafty Girls Workshop, so if you adore yummy fabrics as much as I do, check them out.

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Chelle Anderson makes beautiful hand-painted, completely custom signs for your home. Whether it’s your family name, a child’s name or a special quote, each sign is truly yours since you have a hand in designing it. And her site is full of pictures of her awesome work that you can use as inspiration!

Click here to visit Chelle Anderson and see her tremendous talent!

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Patty Henning of Fabulous Finishes is a Regional Director for Caromal Colors. Caromal Colors is a wonderful line of decorative finishing products for crafty do-it-yourself type of folks. That’s you! I used Caromal Colors a while back when I refinished a goodwill dresser and I loved it!

If you want to place an order with Caromal Colors, makes sure you use the code PattyH in the coupon code field so that you get a discount off the shipping and Patty gets credit for the sale. Thanks!

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At Reinvented, Kimm shares her love of creating a beautiful, welcoming home without spending a ton of money. My kind of girl! She loves to makeover a great thrift store find and she’ll show you how to do it too!

And don’t forget! Every Tuesday, Kimm hosts Trash to Treasure Tuesday…the perfect spot to share your latest trash to treasure makeover.

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A Big Girl Room @ this is not a rough draft (I gasped when I saw this beautiful bedroom.)

Valentine Candy & Love Note Muffin Tin @ Cathy Heck Studio (If you’ve been snowed in and are trying to come up with a Valentine’s surprise for your kiddos, you might be able to do this one without leaving the house.)

Gorgeous Cherry Blossom Pillow @ Crafty Sisters

A Valentine’s Coupon Book for the Kids @ JesseKate Designs (A gift for them and a great reminder for me to give them my undivided attention.)

New Baby’s Room @ The Joyeful Journey (Another stunning bedroom!)

Goodwill Bar Cart Turned Coffee Cart @ A Little Junk in My Trunk (Super practical use for a bar cart!)

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HUGE thank you to The Cupcake Tower for sponsoring DIY Day this week! The winner of the small Cupcake Tower is Leanne from Organize Your Stuff Now! Congratulations! Shoot me an email and we’ll get you set up.

If you didn’t win, check out The Cupcake Tower for the prettiest, most practical cupcakes stands you’ve ever seen!