Transforming your furniture with paint!

Paint!  It's amazing how with just some paint you can turn an ugly duckling into something beautiful!

I have a few pieces of furniture that I am planning on painting and have been looking around at all my favourite blogs to find some inspiration and ideas.  I thought I would share them with you too!

Here are just a few of my favourites:

Barb over at Hodge:Podge re-invented the Ikea rast dresser using silver leaf and paint.  Amazing!

Laura from Top This Top That turned an old pedestal table from "Drab to Fab" using chalk paint.

Jesse from Good Girl Gone Glad transformed a cabinet she's had for 7 years by painting it and using a stencil pattern she downloaded online for free!

Jen from iheart organizing kept to her budget to create herself a workstation.  She took her living room console table, added glamour with  white paint and glass knobs and it became her desk.

Mallory and Savannah over at Classy Clutter painted this freebie dresser into something elegant and beautiful...you won't believe what it looked like before!

Ashli over at Mini Manor not only used paint to create a white desk, she actually used an old laundry cabinet that she had kicking around, added a table top to it and voila she made herself a desk!

DaNita over at Delightful Order transformed this cute little side table with 3 cans of spray paint!

Jeralyn over at Lemonade completely changed the look of her wooden kitchen cabinets.

Lindsay over at Southern Lovely took a $20 thrift store find and painted it a bright, lovely yellow for her daughter's room.  She has vision...when I saw the before picture I was shocked!

Jaime Lyn over at Crafty Scrappy Happy did an amazing job refinishing this old dining room table (that had been sitting outside at her mother in-laws!) and painted the 4 chairs.  Just love this.

Carrie over at Lovely etc. picked up this little cabinet at a yard sale and completely made it her own.

Kate over at Centsational Girl gives a great tutorial on how to paint using two tones.

Marina over at Yummy Mummy Kitchen completely changed a basic wooden coffee table she found on Craigslist into a stylish and modern bench.  All she used was paint and fabric.

Lynda at Focal Point Styling refinished a 10 year old rattan patio set in espresso.

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More Kitchen Cupboard Organizing!

I'm continuing on with organizing my kitchen cupboards.  I started with the pantry which you can read about HERE.  Now I've moved on to the rest of the cabinets.  I am about three quarters of the way to having a fully organized, functional kitchen!  Yay!

Just a reminder, this is what my kitchen looks like:

As you can see I am blessed with lots of cupboard space!  I guess I wasn't use to it because I sure wasted a lot of it...but not anymore!

Here are a few before and after photos:

1. The cabinet that use to hold large bowls and an asparagus cooker (it was a gift) is now my baking cupboard.

2. All the large bowls and serving dishes have been moved down to the awkward corner cabinet.  Before, this cabinet was filled with random things, ie: bread maker, roasting pan, serving dishes etc...it didn't make any sense, basically if I didn't know where to put it, into the corner cabinet it went! Eventually I'd like to put in some kind of a tiered lazy susan here.

3. Things that don't get used as often have now been stored in the cabinet above the fridge (such as the wok, juicer, food processor etc..

4. Which created less clutter in this cabinet:

5. All the vases have been moved to above the microwave:

6. My cookbooks have been moved down to a shelf that I can easily reach:

7. The cabinet next to the stove with easy access to cooking oils and spices is now de-cluttered:

8.The crazy messy cabinet with teas and hot chocolates now have water bottles and jugs:

And just a reminder of what my newly organized pantry looks like:

Side Note: Did anyone notice my little pug in photos 5 and 7?  He was a gift that my parents gave me for Christmas one year because I love pugs.  Let me introduce you to Horatio:

Unfortunately, my hubby hates pugs!  So alas Horatio is confined to the cupboard.  But he likes to sneak out every once in a while and surprise Michael in different places, like the fridge or his pillow!




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