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A Budget Friendly Cottage Dining Room Redesign..The Big Reveal!

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Lisa Hogan

Hi Everyone! I hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July weekend. We didn’t do too much this Independence Day. I spent most of the weekend painting my kitchen cabinets (more on that in a future post) and we also went and ordered a laminate floor for the livingroom. It looks like this weekend will consist of ripping up rugs, moving furniture outside, praying it does not RAIN and attempting to lay our own laminate floor down. Keep your fingers crossed! Anyhoo, today I wanted to share pictures of my “complete” cottage inspired dining room. “Complete”. Hmm. Who am I kidding? No room in my home is EVER finished. My homer is always evolving and probably will for years to come. My husband and I … Continue reading →

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Extreme Makover! Thrift Store Diningroom Chairs Edition!

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Lisa Hogan

Hi Everyone, I have been very busy the past few weeks working on projects. I am in the midst of a design project and planning a huge yard sale but I wanted to take a few minutes to share my latest redesign with you. I’ve been wanting to swap out the chairs in my diningroom for quite some time. I created these toile inspired slip covers about 6 years ago when we moved into our house. They were a nice cover up for the left over, cheap metal chairs I had from a K-mart kitchen set we purchased years ago. I think they are pretty but the slip covers have some stains and tears in them from years of celebrating the holidays. I really wanted to … Continue reading →

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"New" Cottage Inspired Lamp Makeover

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Lisa Hogan

I have been sprucing up my livingroom and needed a new lamp to go on the left side of my couch.I hopped on over to my local thrift shop and picked up this one for a mere $2.75. I liked the shape of it and it would compliment the lamp I have on the opposite side of the couch. (Pictures of that will be in a later post) I gave it a coat of silver paint and pulled a lampshade I’ve had sitting in my closet for months and covered it in a soft rose fabric embelished with ceramic rosettes I’ve had in my craft supply closet forever. Here’s my “new” lamp…. well, new to me! I will be posting pics of my livingroom re~do … Continue reading →