Furniture Friday #13 and Features

So glad to be back on this rainy Thursday afternoon.  Missed all of your fantastic projects while I was gone.  A couple that really stood out, were from Mak and Jill.

Mak and Jill have been friends for a long time and are specialist in Annie Sloan chalk paint.  

Here are some amazing pieces of theirs from Furniture Friday 2 weeks ago.

Now time to party!!

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Ready Set, Go!!!

Liebster Blog Award #5

I feel so honored when I get an email that say's I've been given the Liebster Blog Award.  This award is given to bloggers who have less than 200 followers.  I've been honored to receive this award 5 times.

Most recently I was given the award by Susan @ Simply Vintageous.  If you haven't checked out her blog please do, she has really cool projects, a few really cool ones involving graphic pattern and painters tape.

To see how the award works and to check out other bloggers who have passed this award to me click here.

xo,

mONICa

I'm Back From Vacation

I guess catching up is not as easy as I thought it would be.  I'm gone for a couple of weeks and blogger has totally changed on me.  I still don't feel caught up.  I have tons of pieces to complete and the weather has not been cooperating (we are actually getting April showers).  May 1st is the deadline I've given myself to get back into the swing of things, so please be patient with me until then.

Our trip to Kentucky was awesome.  I got to visit some friends in Northern Kentucky, it's always lovely to see faces that you dearly miss.  There was a tornado there a few months ago and fortunately not too many were affected that I new, but unfortunately some of the people they know were affected.  They took me to go see one of the areas where it hit hardest.

After visiting the Cincinnati area, we headed toward Lexington where our dear friend let us visit her horse farm.  It was gorgeous and the weather was perfect.

We visited the Lexington Cemetery and saw some really old grave sites, including a civil war monument.

We also saw many historical homes and plantations including the Waveland Museum.

and no Kentucky trip is complete without visiting the Bourban Trail.  Our stop, Woodward Reserve Distillery.

We had so much fun, and the food was great.  We had everything from Fried Green Tomatoes, to Chicken Pot Pie,  

We made it to Kentucky without even hearing one Banjo playing. Lol! Must be a California stereotype.

Well, I've got a few new projects so stay tuned, we should be having some decorating fun shortly.

xo,

mONICa

Kids Beds- Before and After

I love my kids beds, especially because my husband found them in a neighbors front yard for FREE!!  All they needed was a paint job and some 1 x4's for mattress support.  

Here is what they looked like before

My first step was to degloss and add a dark gray spray primer

Then I painted in a butterscotch yellow.  Rustoleum Sunny-something.  I can't remember, but it definitely started with sunny.  

I continued by rubbing off some paint with paste wax and sand paper.  I think distressing is the best option for 3 year olds as I'm sure they will add to the distressing.

Can you tell that I love gray spray primer for distressing?

xo,

mONICa

Ultra Cheap Kids Room Art (Even if You Are Not An Artist)

Last week I showed you my kids finished bedroom.

Today I'd like to show you how I made super cheap art.  No I am not an artist, well at least in the drawing sense.  I found a way to do something cute, easy and cheap.  

All you need is a canvas (got mine at Michaels with a coupon), spray paint, and a paint marker.

Spray paint the canvas in a color of your choice.

Then take your handy dandy paint marker

and draw whatever you like.  Yes, even stick people would be cute.

I chose a car and some flowers.

Thats it.  Quick, easy and cute, even your kids can do this.  The best part is that if you ever want to change it, just spray paint over it in another color and start fresh with your stick art.

xo,

mONICa