Archive for June, 2011

** I LOVE Chelsea from This Fresh Fossil. Her blog is one of my all time favorites. I encourage you to book-mark it! I personally asked her to come guest blog while I’m on vacation, hence her longer post. She’s a keeper! **

Before I introduce myself, let me just say how totally awesome Allison at HOH is? Whenever I need a laugh or inspiration for a cheap and fun project, I always head over here and am never disappointed! I love her great ideas and projects – like her awesome dollar store wreath (which taught me a valuable lesson: when hot glue gets hot, it melts! Imagine that, right?!), which sadly didn’t work out so well for me, but was a  fun (and cheap) project!

Anyways, I’m Chelsea and I run a blog called This Fresh Fossil where I spill the beans about how we’re transforming our fossil of a house into a fresh home that we love. My trusty sidekick Tom and I both get into lots of shenanigans as we remodel our home DIY-style on the cheap! We’re always up to something – just ask our friends our neighbors (they’re used to it by now!).

We’ve done everything from installing doors and new walls to tiling countertops and backsplashes (and even dug up a buried patio!) and we share the details – both the good and the sometimes unavoidable bad – with you every step of the way. We love trying our hands at something new and aren’t afraid to learn-as-we-go!

Since it would take forever to list all the projects we’ve tackled in our casa thus far, I’m going to take you on a quick house tour – and 99.99% of everything you see was done by yours truly (and you can find more details and how-to’s for everything right here on our blog).

Living Room Before:

Living Room Now:

Dining Area Before:

Dining Area Now:

Kitchen Before:

Kitchen Now:

Office Before:

Office Now:

Master Bedroom Before:

Master Bedroom Now:

Basement Before:

Basement Now:

Guest Bedroom Before:

Guest Bedroom Now:

Guest Bathroom Before:

Guest Bathroom Now:

Backyard Before:

While we love what we’ve done to our house so far, we’ve still got quite aways to go. Our next big project is going to be converting this boring bedroom into a sweet whimsical nursery for our little family member that will be joining us in the Fall!

So for inspiration, tips, tricks, free art, and some laughs, hop on over to This Fresh Fossil – we’d love to see you there!

And thanks so much for hosting us today, Alison! I hope you are enjoying a nice and well deserved break!

Hey friends! I’m currently in St Louis, Missouri on our big vacay! Tomorrow we’re checkin’ out The Arch, then we’re off to Chicago. Any recos on fun quick stuff to see or do (or eat!) in Chicago will be greatly appreciated!!

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Holy cow, I could NOT narrow down my favorites this week. There were so many excellent posts. It was painful, but I managed to narrow it down to my favorite 12 from last week. In no particular order, here are the links that struck my fancy this week.

The Sunset Lane made this light fixture out of… wait for it… wait for it… picture frames! Holy cow is right! I didn’t believe it myself until I saw the tutorial. Go check it out. It’s so cool.

Learn how to make this beautiful big puffy flower pillow over at Don’t Disturb This Groove.

Check out this fab ottoman makeover by From Gardners to Bergers. Great job!

Suburbs Mama shows you how to make this stylish striped pencil skirt. Now if only I had her figure to rock this skirt in… hmmmm…. Great job on the skirt. I love it!

I am loving these little drawstring pouches from Pink Stitches. I have an illness for cute bags. LOVE them!

Wowzas! Holy Bookshelf staging, batman. The Precious Little Things in Life does a serious number on her bookshelf. If you want to know the proper way to stage a beautiful bookshelf, go see her post!

Me Sew Crazy created these adorable pom poms. My daughter would go nuts over these! I love that they are so fun and bright, yet SO EASY to make. Anyone, even you with the two left hands, can make these.

For the love, PLEASE please go to The Pear Tree Cottage and see her before pics of this living room. They will blow your mind. This room makeover deserves a STANDING OVATION.

Life in Rehab make some knock-off Crate and Barrel candle holders on the cheap, and boy are they cute! Great job.

Learn how to carve a cantaloupe from Suzy’s Artsy-Craftsy Sitcom. This carved fruit is sure to be the hit of the food table.

This. Is. All. Cake. And. Cookies. I’m not joking. How CUTE cute cute are these baskets of “burgers and fries” from Crafty Cupcake Girl’s Baby Shower Creations?!! They are made from cupcakes, icing, and sugar cookies. I am dying. Lurve.

And this shark bite watermelon also by Crafty Cupcake Girl’s Baby Shower Creations?!! OMG, I can’t stand how fun this is. Watch out, Jaws! Crafty Cupcake Girl’s Baby Shower Creations blog is so nice, I had to feature it twice!

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