my wooden spool dilemma

By Karah | October 22, 2012 - 7:08 am | diy, furniture, nearly free, our curacao space, paint, rooftop bedroom, sisal, unfinished projects, upcycle

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Hey, hey! Happy Monday! How are you? I am great! I am gearing up for company to come visit. FUN!! That’s one thing about living on an island. We get our fair share of visitors. :) Luckily, we mostly like them all. ;) We had about a year there where we had at least one week of company every month. I became quite the tour guide. Hence my knowledge of the top 10 free things to do in Curacao. I’m ready to get to doing a few of those again soon. You know how it goes, don’t you?!? You have these really cool things to do in your town, but you don’t usually do them unless you’re showing them to visitors. Or you have this really cool room in your house … or on the roof as it may be … and you don’t spend as much time up there as you could. Because it’s always there. I’ll just go up tomorrow. Or next week. Or sometime soon, for sure! :)

pallet art {tutorial}

By Karah | October 20, 2012 - 7:08 am | paint, pallet projects, stencil, upcycle

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Ummmm, have you ever totally meant to do something for months and just never did? That’s what happened to me here. I wrote a tutorial of the very first pallet project I made for a guest post and never came back and gave you guys the how-tos. And the guest post was in January. :/ Ack! Anyhow … here’s the story of my very first pallet project. Well, for the blog anyway … me and pallets go way back. ;)

month in minutes {august 2012}

By Karah | September 5, 2012 - 7:08 am | annie sloan chalk paint, annie sloan dark wax, aqua, autumn decor, blog room, coffee table, dumpster diving, floating shelf, habitat for humanity, home decor, laundry detergent, month in minutes, nearly free, old wood, organization, our curacao space, paint, repurpose, restoring old wood, rug, sanding wood, scrap wood, spray paint

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Holy cow, how is it September all ready? It boggles my mind how fast time goes by. Just boggles it I tell you. ;) (What does that even mean?) Here’s a look back on all that we accomplished in August, a little review of the month in minutes. And I’m going to mix it up a bit and add categories … then you can easily find the types of posts you’re looking for. You’re welcome. Let’s start with Projects!

old door {upcycle} how to make a wood coffee table tutorial

By Karah | August 24, 2012 - 7:08 am | before and after, canon 60D, carpentry, coffee table, couches, diy, door decor, furniture, home decor, imperfection, inexpensive alternative, intentional imperfection, living room, most popular, nearly free, old wood, repurpose, sanding wood, scrap wood, scraping wood, tutorial, Uncategorized, upcycle, wood salvage

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Happy Friday!! How was your week? I feel like I came back to the island from our trip to the US ‘swinging’, so to speak. Just ready to get things in order and become more productive and efficient in everything. And get focused on my personal priorities … which definitely includes learning the ins and outs of our new camera!! So I can take better pictures of our current favorite project, our new coffee table that I made from an old door I pulled out of a dumpster.

restoring {old wood} scrape, strip and sand

By Karah | August 17, 2012 - 7:08 am | carpentry, coffee table, diy, dumpster diving, free, home decor, home improvement projects, imperfection, living room, message center, nature, old wood, paint, quick tip, restoring old wood, sanding wood, scrap wood, scraping wood, unfinished projects, wood salvage

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I have just finished my second old door project around here, and after my DIY day by the pool with my girlfriends I’ve started looking more constructively at how I work with old wood. It was fun to be with my friends, and showing them new things, and realizing that what seems second nature to me might be new to others. So, here are some of my thoughts as I work with old wood. Some are technical, some are personal preference, some are physical and some are mental tips. Hopefully you find some, little bit of it useful.

how to make chalkboard paint

By Karah | April 25, 2012 - 7:08 am | chalkboard paint, crafty, dumpster diving, home decor, message center, most popular, nearly free, office, paint, quick tip, upcycle

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Hello, hello! How are all of you fine folks today? I am finally feeling like I’m getting caught up from the blog move. I still have a bit of a headache from all of the coding. But, I’m spending less time on what I call “back of the house” blog things and refocusing on what would then be “front of the house” blog things. Like projects and post ideas…so many fun things swirling around this little brain of mine to share with you. :) So, let’s start with what I think is a REALLY fun one.

old door {message center}

By Karah | April 17, 2012 - 11:31 am | carpentry, crafty, dumpster diving, free, home decor, message center, office, organization, paint, upcycle

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Well, now that I’ve actually made the door-turned-something-or-other into said something-or-other, it really doesn’t open and close. But, metaphorically speaking, I still like the title. After all of the contemplation, and many an hour at work on the probably should have stayed in the dumpster found door, I decided to make her into a message center. And, I am down right smitten with her. (Thank goodness, because she did not come easy.) I don’t know about you, but I am a lister. If I were a DJ, my name would be Sir Lists Alot. If I were on Grey’s Anatomy, my name would be Dr. McListy. If I had my own reality tv show, it would be called The Real Lister of Curacao. I know, I know … it sounds riveting. ;)