I'm finally getting around to painting this table!

We are having some fun in the sun today!

Does anyone out there change their furniture as much as I do? 
I'm pretty sure I'm always looking for something new. 

Today I'm finally finished decorating the den. 

I've been growing sage in a pot in my garden for years. It comes back every year, thicker and stronger. 

As it begins to get colder I cut some of it down and brought it inside. 

The sage is a beautiful green and the only thing better than the way it looks is the way it smells.
I put a mason jar inside this galvanized oil can and filled it with water hoping the sage will last a long time indoors. 

Paired with pumpkins, it makes a gorgeous fall centerpiece for a harvest table. 

You can also make a sage wreath and I will show you how by visiting here. 


Can you tell which of the pumpkins is real and which is fake? I know it's hard!

Before it freezes I'm going back outside to see what other greens I can bring in.

This week I showed you my daughter's kitchen renovation project.

I've written several times about my super talented married daughter Kasey and her DIY home improvements before.

Sometimes you just need to go with your gut... even if it wasn't in the plan. 

Over two years ago I embarked on the opportunity to open a booth in a shop in town. 
It was a scary thought... I had been running a successful blog for 3 years already but could I actually sell the items I make? 
Was the risk of rent, advertising, business cards, and supplies going to be worth my investments? 
I wasn't sure but I did it... I took a risk. 
And so my tiny little Homeroad Shop began. It was literally just a hole in the wall but it was mine and I was darn proud to be a shop owner.  

As time went on an opportunity to move to a larger space in the same building came up. More rent, bigger space, more inventory...
But I took another risk. 



A whole room with four walls... filled to the brim with my pain…

"What are you going to do with that glass vase?"

That was the question I got while carrying this large vase out of work...

My tiny craft room got a little make-over, a little paint and unique storage for crafts...

These 20 year old oak cabinets were a wreck!

This 2 sided hanging Bistro sign was made from pieces leftover from some of my favorite finds.

There was the table that I couldn't fix so I took apart and used the top to make a beautiful side table.

One of the legs from this table is the cross bar for my new sign.
The plaque that says BISTRO... is the footboard from this old bed.

I attached the table leg to another piece of wood that will screw into the wall. This made the perfect, perfect sign hanger!

I painted this piece black and white washed the hanging sign so it would look like bleached oak.

I printed out the word BISTRO on my computer, used carbon paper to transfer it to the wood and hand painted in the letters. 
I sanded up the whole thing to distress the letters and give it an antiqued look.

This is going to be a 2 part project... at least
First, I found these awesome, very old, oak bed parts on the side of the road.

I swear I don't make this up, people throw out great stuff!

My husband was even with me, he didn't want to stop but I won.

Very, very, old and awesome but all I really want is the parts from these beds.

Especially those spindle tops!

Rest assured those headboard and footboard pieces will be showing up as awesome signs one of these days too!

I have this big project I want to do, it has to do with painting kitchen cabinets.
Not all of them mind you, in my kitchen that is way too big of a job for me.
I have this desk area that I want to make look like a built-in hutch.
And here is where the bed comes in...
I chopped off the top of the bed spindles and made bun feet for…

You may remember the old ladder that I  jammed into the back of my car.

The piece I hadn't used yet made a great craft organizer... 

I began by "sewing" on the chicken wire using jute twine with a large needle I made out of wire.


Each shelf has a special use.

A magnetic washboard...

Clip on memos...

Rusty metal spikes are wedged in between the shelves to act as ribbon holders...

A basket for "stuff"...

And a bar across the top of the shelf hangs hooks for whatever you want to hang...