Ideas to make your home brighter & your heart lighter
If you hang around here — or around me in real life — you know that I’m just a little bit obsessed with painted furniture. My garage looks like a cross between a thrift store and a paint supply store. Projects, paint and paintbrushes everywhere! Paint is like makeup. It can camouflage even the worst [...]
I’ve been making some changes to my laundry room since my dad built a pedestal for my washer and dryer. I showed off some of those changes last month, in my laundry room makeover post. In that, I mentioned that I had a creative idea for covering up the electrical panel in the laundry room. [...]
I’m excited to introduce you today to Annie Omar, the founder of Maison Blanche Paint Company. Annie will be one of the presenters at the Southern Bloggers Conference (scheduled for Oct. 12-13 in Raleigh), and her company is also one of our fabulous sponsors. (That means free La Craie “The Chalk” paint for everyone who [...]
If you follow Atta Girl Says on Facebook, you may have seen my plea for help on deciding how to paint this adorable child’s desk set I recently picked up a a friend’s yard sale. Before, after getting a good rinsing in my driveway: Frankly, I loved all the suggestions you offered on Facebook — [...]
How do you like my fancy fromage tray? This was once a butt-ugly 70s metal and wooden tray purchased at Goodwill. But I saw potential in it and decided to buy it and spruce it up. Before: Isn’t it ugly? I decided to spray paint the metal tray with chalkboard paint. A couple of coats [...]
