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{nifty thrifty sunday #55}

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Welcome to this week’s {nifty thrifty sunday}!

Today is my little brother’s 23rd birthday, but we won’t celebrate until tomorrow. He’s a golf trainer and works a 6 day week, which includes Sundays. So we’ll have to wait until tomorrow to congratulate him and dig into some delicious cake. ;) Happy Birthday little brother!!

Thank you all so much sharing all of your amazing projects last week! I can’t wait to see what you’ve been working on!

Here are some of my favorites from last week’s {nifty thrifty sunday}:


{1}
 Scout’s Stitches: Pumpkin Spice Cardigan Tutorial

{2} Home Sweet Homemade: Monarch’s Metamorphosis

 

{3} Bliss Ranch: Kodak Dresser

{4} Bird on a Cake: Earth Day Cupcakes

 

{5} Simple Girl: Birthday Cake in a Jar

{6} About Crochet: Tutorial for the Gerry Flower

 

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{floral friday #55}

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Happy {floral friday}! I hope ya’ll will have  a wonderful start into the weekend and have lots of fun plans for your days off!

Today’s flower is the pansy. I found these little beauties at the flower market last week and just had to get them to make our balcony look a little more like spring. ;)

A few more facts about pansies:

  • The name pansy is from the French word pensie, meaning thought or remembrance. {source}
  • The leaves of the pansy are edible, have a minty flavor and are high in vitamin A and C.
  • These flowers are used to make syrup; to flavor honey; to garnish green salads, punch bowls and sugar bowls; and as candied caked decorations and dye.
  • The delicate, sweet fragrance of the pansy flower is most evident in the early morning and at dusk, with the yellow or blue pansy flowers emitting the strongest scent. {source}

 

I’m partying here! ♥

{nightstand makeover & DIY chalk paint}

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A few weeks ago, while going for an after-dinner-walk, the hubby and I found a set of nightstands on the side of the road, set out for trash, that looked like they’ve been around since the 60s.
Even though they had been rained on a little and one of the bottom doors was missing, we each snatched one and happily headed home with our finds.

Since we wanted the nightstands to be matching, we decided to take the functioning door off as well and have open shelves on the bottom.

After taking the bottom door off and thoroughly cleaning the nightstands, we applied a fresh coat (or two) of paint. I thought these $0 nightstands would be the perfect project to try out a DIY version of chalk paint.

To mix the DIY chalk paint:

Dissolve 1 part of plaster of paris with 1 part of hot water
& then mix it into 3 parts of latex paint

We still had a bucket of white latex paint on hand from when we moved into our apartment and added a few drops of turquoise acrylic paint to it to get the desired color.

The paint works like a charm, is really easy to apply & dries very quickly, so you don’t have to wait too long to apply a second coat.
The best part about the chalk paint is, there’s no need to sand or prime. Just clean your piece of furniture and get to the fun part! ;)

I did apply a coat of wax after everything was dry, to protect the paint and make it easier to clean the nightstands.

A couple days ago, we finally found some wrapping paper that we thought would match perfectly and were finally able to finish our project.

And now I finally have a place to put my books (and yes, I’m re-reading The Hunger Games right now! ;) ) and little knick-knacks that I keep by the bed.

Unfortunately I couldn’t stand back far enough to take a picture of the whole bed, so I had to piece the pics together. .  But, there’s a king-sized bed in between our new nightstands. ;)

I’m partying here! ♥

{nifty thrifty sunday #54}

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Welcome to this week’s {nifty thrifty sunday}!

How is everyone’s weekend going? Did you do anything fun so far? ;)
Thank you all so much for stopping by to share your creativity! I can’t wait to see what fun projects you’ll link up this week!

Here are some of my favorites from last week’s {nifty thrifty sunday}:

{1} Too Much Time: Planting Dresser

{2} Eat Cake for Dinner: Peanut Butter & Honey Chewy Granola Bars

 

{4} A Rosie Sweet Home: Reversible Baby Jacket Tutorial

 

{5} Burton Avenue: Easy DIY Distressed Laundry Sign

{6} Something Swanky: Snickerdoodle Pudding Mousse

 

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