Ikea Frame Hack

Fall is here! 

Well, football and school are here but the summer weather is still in full swing. But who cares, I'm going to get the house ready for all those cool nights and warm colored leaves. So first up is changing out our living room decorations to something a bit more "festive" :) 

So I bought this frame from Ikea a couple of weeks ago for a different reason. But then it wasn't the right size so I figured I'd come up with another use for it. It was the perfect size to replace the butterfly collection we had on the mantel before, but the clean white wasn't really meshing with everything else. To fix that I found a piece of scrap wood from the old horse barn on our property, and luckily is was just enough!

Then I measured, and cut the board in to 4 strips. 

Then angled the corners so they fit together "seamlessly".
Then I clamped the strips to the frame and flipped all of it over so we could see the frame. 

And finally I just pre-drilled and screwed the frame to its "new" face! 

So, there it is! My first Ikea hack!! And my first fall themed post for the year :) 

I love the way the old boards look with all of the other decor. And even though my cuts were a bit wonky and the boards didn't line up perfect, I think that just adds to the character of the wood!
This was a 2 hour revamp of our mantel so I can't wait until I really get to sit down with new decorations to give this room that cool autumn feel!

How are you welcoming in this cooler season?

Before & After Hoosier Cabinet

So, I've been saying I was super busy lately. I showed y'all the whimsical chairs last week and I'm pretty sure that one of the pictures had this hoosier in the back ground. This cabinet has been floating around for a few months now. It came with my studio and I've always wanted one, but sadly we don't have the space. So I got to fix it up and give it to my brother for his new house!!

Basically this cabinet was totally falling apart. It had about a million layers of old paint and lots of water damage. It took hours of sanding and lots of sandpaper. 

The hardware was pretty bad too. Rusty beyond recognition and painted over multiple times. So after sanding those down I realized... the top hardware didn't match the bottom. For a quick fix I just got some silver spray paint and gave them all a quick once over and WA LA! Uniformity.

We chose the color based off what would go best with the awesome counter top. It was pretty dinged up, but it just added some awesome character too it. We couldn't do a white because the top had yellowed too much and we really wanted for it to be a statement piece.

 I LOVE the blue and green together. Once I got it finished I wished that I could keep it. I guess that is the life of a furniture lover in a small two bedroom house. Maybe one day I will be able to find another hoosier and have a spot for it too!

I just can't get over the transformation. I mean, its already gone to it's new home but I still want it in my house! I pray the furniture gods appreciate my love for them and one day will grace me with an awesome hoosier for myself.