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Milk Crate Shoe Organizer

April 8, 2013 in Bedrooms, Building and Repurposing, Furniture Makeovers, Living Room

I’m on a milk crate roll! First the milk crate wine caddy, then the milk crate dog bed… and now, a milk crate shoe organizer!

Milk Crate Shoe Organizer

Confession – I may… or may not… be hoarding a stack of milk crates in my shed. Ok, maybe that was a non-committal confession, but the first (half) step is admitting you (may or may not) have a problem, right!?!

Today’s post will be short and sweet… less babble, more pictures. Sound good? Yeah, I thought so.

I had this idea over the weekend and in a matter of minutes, realized it was PERFECT for what I needed!

And for those of you with elephant memory, you might have noticed that my antique armoire has been replaced with a pie safe. My Mom brought it up this weekend for me to use. She’s owned it since the early 90′s… and as it was born in the 90′s – it of COURSE started out with heart cut-outs! My Mom gave it a facelift a couple years back and swapped the hearts for squares. (…and she’s given me permission to give it an updo! So stay tuned for that!)

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Milk Crate Dog Bed

April 1, 2013 in Do it your Dog-Gone Self, Furniture Makeovers, Gettin' Crafty, Pups

It’s no secret that I love dogs… as in fall to my knees babbling baby-talk when Fido sports some puppy-dog eyes and flashes some droopy jowls my way. Yeah… That kind of love.

I was lucky enough to stumble across some antique milk crates last year and have been ~~hoarding~~ storing them in my shed ever since. (Houston, I have a problem.) I have a few throughout my house as decoration and even have two stacked in my bedroom as a TV stand. …and yes, I still have an entire stack in the shed. Don’t judge me!

Long story short, I broke out some power tools and turned an antique milk crate into the cutest little dog bed you ever did see! My pups are too big, so this fun milk crate dog bed is available in my Etsy store.

Here’s a quick photo collage to give you an idea of how it all went down:

Trust me, the saw will work a LOT better when you use a blade specifically made for cutting through metal. I learned the hard way, even managing to snap my wood-blade. Whoops!

With a little more magic, I whipped up this cutie-pa-tootie:

The bed is cushioned with a removable pillow. Plus, the pillow cover zippers on and off, making it a cinch to toss it in the washing machine!

I just love the stamped letters on this crate. If only I was from Forestville, Connecticut!

I’d love to hear what you think – would your little pupper-nut look overwhelmingly cute in this milk crate dog bed?

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Rustoleum Cabinet Transformations Kitchen Makeover

March 31, 2013 in Kitchen

Last week I shared an updated on Christy’s kitchen makeover. This week, I thought I’d stick with the theme and share my Mom’s Rustoleum Cabinet Transformations Kitchen Makeover!

I only wish I had BEFORE before pictures… as in when she first purchased the house, because WOW – it has come a long. way. Really long way.

Have you heard of Rustoleum Cabinet Transformations kits? They’re sold at your local hardware store and can be tinted to a number of shades. First and foremost – let me say – I have not been compensated by Rustoleum to write this post… nor have I received a free Cabinet Transformations Kit. My Mom bought hers at the local Lowes (and actually bought ANOTHER kit recently to makeover the kitchen in the 2nd home she just purchased).

She used the LINEN shade and top-coated with the included glaze.

The kits make painting your cabinets SO much easier. Trust me. My Mom and I painted my kitchen cabinets the “old fashioned” way a couple years ago. Man I wish we had this back then! Her cabinets look amazing and were so much easier.

I thought I might just let the photos do the talking (cuz Lord knows I talk enough…), so here you go:

Kithcen Before and After Well, what do you think?! Pretty great right!

Those cabinet beauts are courtesy of Rustoleum Cabinet Transformations in LINEN and the included glaze top-coat. I absolutely LOVE the finish that the glaze provides. I think it looks so professional!

Since finishing this project, my Mom also used the kit to refinish a bathroom vanity and storage cabinet. PLUS, as I said earlier, she just purchased another kit to refinish the cabinets in a home she recently bought.

…apparently she’s a fan!

If you’re wondering what shades are available, I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised. Rustoleum has a pretty great selection to get you started. In the image below, the left side of each door shows UNGLAZED and the right side shows GLAZED. You don’t have to do the glaze if you don’t want to, but I love the way it brings out the nooks and crannies of the wood.

If you’ve been thinking about refinishing your kitchen cabinets, you might want to give these kits a try. So far, they’re doing SO good for my family!