Building Life Together One DIY at a Time
By now we've FINALLY showed you essentially all there is to our Lord Expedit bookshelf. But I wanted to highlight one last detail. I mentioned it on Tuesday with the 'White Zone' at the top - the gallery section of the bookshelf. Now, if we had the smaller 4x4 version of the shelf, we'd have… Continue reading Simple Leaning Gallery
Remember that time I found a Pottery Barn lacquered box at the Restore?That was February of this year. A steal of a find but I wasn't fond of the red and it was a little scuffed up.I had big plans. There was frog tape and spray paint dancing in my head. I even scoped out… Continue reading Pottery Barn Box Revamp
You might recall on a previous ReStore trip I found this red lovely box. It's a lacquered pretty from Pottery Barn. Only for me it cost a mere $3. It's a bit scratched up and to be honest..... I'm not a red girl. Coral? Ruby? Maybe. Fire-engine-red? No. So of course, I turned to Pinterest… Continue reading Boxing Match
Ok, I'll cop to it, these photos are from two seperate shopping trips. But honestly, there are times where the only difference between Anthropologie and our local ReStore is the price and how much dust you'll have to wipe off your purchase before using it. But really, I'm in love with Anthro's china. All of… Continue reading ReStore & Anthro Look the Same
Yesterday we slapped some drawer liners in the old RASTafari nightstand and re-organized to make early-morning blind searches much easier. Now that the insides are spruced, it's high time to dress up the top a bit, and make it look a little more grown up. The artwork that has been on display since we unveiled… Continue reading Some RASTafari Re-styling
You know those moments. You're walking along minding your own business when BAAM you're hit with inspiration. Well while on a recent trip to the Pittsburgh Habitat ReStore I found this ugly old lamp. (At left in the 'before' part of the Pinterest worthy pic) We've all read in blogland about boob lights, right? Well… Continue reading From Ugly Lamp to Pretty Cloche
I needed a quick little piece of glassware to replace a nice yankee candle I broke, so a quick trip to Goodwill was in order. And of COURSE I left with way more than a single glass candle holder. Well I came home with two extras I hadn't planned on. These beauties may look familiar...… Continue reading Weekend Score! ~ Crystal Candlesticks
B & B Build A Life 