Turnaround Tuesday: Jamie from Happy House, Happy Home

Welcome Jamie from Happy House, Happy Home!

Jamie is a fellow newlywed who married her husband just this past August. She lives in Seattle, WA with her husband and their 3 puppies/2.5 wiener dogs (read the story behind the 2.5 here). Jamie says that they painted the entire downstairs of their house the weekend they moved in, because she could just not stand those white walls...Girl, I totally understand.

When Jamie emailed me the pictures of one of her first big DIY projects, I was floored. I mean, hello! The girl chose to sand, paint, and re-stain a piece of furniture all in one project. I still shy away from sanding anything. Needless to say, I think her refinished antique table was a huge success! Check it out for yourself...

 Jamie's Mom had this antique table in storage and offered it up when 

Jamie was looking for a place to toss all their "stuff" (keys, mail, etc) on. What a great find!

The first step for Jamie was to buy all of the necessary supplies:

• Elmer's Wood Filler
• 3 Cans of Rustoleum 2x Coverage Spray Paint in Heirloom White
• Minwax Wood Finisher Stain in Cherry
• Minwax Polyutherane 
• Hand Sander in medium
• Spray Paint Gun Attachment (which Jamie says was a life saver)
• Electric Sander
• 80, 120, 160, 200 Grit Sand Paper for the Electric Sander
• Painter's Tape

Next, Jamie sanded the legs of the table by hand and then the table top and bottom shelf with the 80, 120, 160, and 200 grit sand paper. Yep...she sanded that baby 4 times!

Then Jamie spray painted the legs of the table with the Rustoleum spray paint in Heirloom White. And don't forget that spray paint gun attachment...

Next, Jamie used the wood filler to fix any gashes or cracks in the wood. Be sure to allow time for the filler to dry.

Jamie then stained the table top and shelf. Then she stained, stained, and stained some more making sure that the wood filling matched the rest of the table.

After that she applied a coat polyutherane. She allowed it to dry. Lightly sanded again, and then applied another coat of the polyutherane.

And finally, Jamie went back and fixed any mistakes or imperfections in her spray paint job. 

After lots of hard work, Jamie and her husband were finally able to enjoy their new table. So gorgeous isn't it??

Great job, Jamie! It looks fantastic. Thank you so much from being a part of Turnaround Tuesdays. If you haven't checked out Jamie's blog before, be sure to head over there now and show her some love!

Psst--If you're interested in being a contributor for Turnaround Tuesday, please contact me at carlyhoneyandthemoon [@] gmail [dot] com

All images from Happy House, Happy Home xo

Turnaround Tuesday: Michaela from Michaela Noelle

Hello, to all the sweet readers of Honey and the Moon!  Carly is so adorable and is such a wonderful blogger. I've so enjoyed getting to know her over the past month or so!  I'm thrilled I'm able to share my bathroom on her fun series, Turnaround Tuesdays.

We've lived in our ranch style house for about 10 years now and have done work in every other part of our home, except for the bathroom.  That is, until this past spring, when I finally had enough of the flowered wallpaper!  What took us so long, you ask?  Fear.  Fear that the wallpaper wouldn't come down easily and fear we'd have to hire someone to come fix the walls after we tried to do it ourselves.  Well, my friends, wallpaper is hard to get down, but we sure did it {my mom and I}.  

Here are some before pictures:

Horribly embarrassing, I know.  So we started the adventure in removing the wallpaper.  At first, the process was slow, because we didn't know what we were doing. I spent 6 hours and got about a third of the wallpaper on that back toilet wall off.  Then we regrouped, got educated- thank you internet- and came back with a plan.  

Here's what we learned:

• Score the living heck out of the walls with that round scorer you can find at Home Depot.  I went around 3-4 times the entire bathroom scoring.  It took a long time, but helped so much because that way, the water can penetrate through the little holes
• Mix hot water and laundry detergent or dish soap together in a spray bottle.
• Spray the walls 3-4 times, waiting 10 minutes between each round.  This will ensure that the water solution is getting through the holes and lifting the glue.
• Start at a corner and just peel back the edge, ripping slowly and pulling at a diagonal.

Afterward, we sanded the walls down to remove any imperfections.  We had a lot few, because when we first started we were using metal scrapers.  Oops! So after 2 days of removing wallpaper and sanding, then we primed (2 coats) and painted (2 coats).  

Here are the results:

I made these vases out of old clear bottles I found in the recycle bin.  

I did puff paint designs on them, then spray painted the outsides white.  

To find out more, go here (:

This painting was found at Z-Gallerie and was the inspiration for the whole space.  

We drew the wall color and everything from this piece of art. 

We found our accessories at Pier1 Imports

I picked up four small canvases and painted them as wall art for behind the door {okay I may have used stencils}.  Then we hung these fun towel hooks underneath the canvases.

There ya have it, folks!  Our newly finished bathroom.  Every time I walk in to the bathroom, I like it even more and also can't believe it ever had that busy wallpaper.

Thanks for having me, Carly!  Merry Christmas to you and all your readers (:

Isn't that such a fantastic change? I seriously wish I had some of Michaela's wallpaper tips whenever I was taking down wallpaper in our old dining room.

Thanks to Michaela for stopping by, and if you haven't checked out her wonderful blog, please be sure you do!

Psst-Tomorrow I'll be posting more master bedroom redo details like I promised. I know they're a little later than I said they would be, but you'll still come back and check, right??

Pure Project #12

Today, I'm linking up to Lauren's Pure Project #12 over at Pure Style Home. Lauren's challenge for this week was simple; pick greenery or flowers and put them on your table to enjoy! 

Last week my sweet husband brought me home a bouquet of some of my favorite flowers in my favorite color...yellow! So, I created two little arrangements with the flowers left from that bouquet along with some flowers from a nice neighbor's yard.

 This little arrangement is on our dining room table.

And these little vases and flowers are in our bedroom.

They definitely really add a little light and happiness to my day! xo

Giveaway from Dreamy Whites

Thanks to the lovely Tina of Rubies Place I recently found out about this fabulous giveaway and beautiful blog. If you haven't been to the blog Dreamy Whites you must head over there now...you will most definitely be in for a huge treat. Maria has an absolutely gorgeous, to die for home...seriously...check out these few images...

 The dining room/living room areas

Maria's daughter's bedroom

Gorgeous right? What's even better than Maria's house? The giveaway that she is currently hosting! The lucky winner of this giveaway gets to choose the duvet of their choice from the Annette Tatum Home Collection. This is an extremely generous and beautiful giveaway, so head on over to Maria's website to enter the giveaway and while you're there be sure to stay awhile and be inspired! x

THANK YOU!

A HUGE thank you goes out to Brenda from Cozy Little House for featuring me in her weekly "Welcome Wagon Friday" post! I have already received so many kind words from some of Brenda's blog followers and I cannot wait to get to read about and "know" all of you a little more! 

Be sure to check out Brenda's blog! She has a gorgeous house with what I would call a country, Americana style that I just love! She's also a Texas woman like me, so she already has a special little place in my heart ;) Thank you again Brenda!

 Image from Real Simple. x

Isn't this bedroom just gorgeous? I love the mix of the whites and blues, and the floral sheets with the bold printed blanket. I wish I could spend this weekend curled up in this bed but unfortunately this weekend will be a busy one. I have tons of school work that I need to get workin on and a garage sale that I'm helping work tomorrow...hopefully I'll find some goodies at the garage sale! I will for sure let you guys know if I do.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and I'll "see" you all again on Monday! x

A Beautiful Day in SO MANY Ways!

Today has been a very good day so far and here are just a few of the reasons why...

First off, to begin the day I woke up to a comment from the lovely Nellie at McCarthy Designs saying that she had left me a little something over at her blog and to my surprise she left me my very first blogging award! What a great way to start the day huh? I was so excited to see this!

I want to say a big THANK YOU to Nellie for passing this award on to me! Nellie has a beautiful blog and always posts such great things. I always love seeing what she's doing in her own home as well. Part of this award is to share seven things about myself and I think I'm going to take the route that Tina from Rubie's Place did with this one...

1. My favorite color: My favorite color often changes but for awhile now it has been the color yellow.

2. My favorite book: This is a tough one. I guess I'd have to say Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte.

3. My favorite movie: Another tough one (can you tell how indecisive I am?), lets see...my two favorites; When Harry Met Sally and Freedom Writers.

4. My favorite actor: I can't lie, I love me some George Clooney.

5. My favorite actress: Right now it would probably be Katherine Heigl...I feel like we probably have very similar personalities. 

6. My favorite food: Chips and queso!! (Does that even count as a food?)

7. My favorite place I've visited: I'd have to say either Colorado or Florida...I know they are both extremely different but I love the beauty in both.

The second thing that helped to make my day today was that my package from Anna at Lona de Anna came in all the way from Australia! Some of you may remember that a little while back I won a giveaway from the beautiful Anna; my prize was a gorgeous pair of handmade drop earrings made from Swarovski crystals and pearls. I was so surprised to see that Anna had also included another pair of beautiful blue earrings that will be just perfect for spring. Anna is such a sweetheart and if you haven't checked out her beautiful and inspirational blog yet, it is a definite must! My husband isn't home today, he's on one of his 24 hour shifts at the fire department, so I wasn't able to get a good picture of me wearing them but I will post one as soon as I can! Here are some pictures of my gorgeous prize...

My gorgeous Swarovski and pearl drop earring.

These are the gorgeous and very springy, blue drop earrings that Anna included as a little surprise. :) (Sorry if the picture is a little blurry, I didn't realize this until I uploaded it to my laptop and my camera battery had already died.)

And finally the sweet little note that came along with my package. Thank you so much again Anna! I love both pairs of my earrings so much and I cannot wait to wear them.

And finally, the last great part of today...spring has definitely sprung here in Texas! It seems as if the harsh, cold winter days are gone and the sunny, beautiful, and sometimes rainy days of Texas springs are here. I love the winter, I really do, but this one was especially cold and dreary and it's really great to see the sun again. The best sign of spring's arrival...

These beautiful flower and leaf buds that are appearing on the bare branches of the tree in my front yard! (Once again, sorry about the quality. This picture was taken on my phone.)

I am sorry for the rather long post today, and one that has nothing to do with decor at that but I just wanted to share the beauty of my day with all of blogging friends. I hope each and every one of you is having a great day as well...you deserve it! xx

Lona de Anna Giveaway

It seems that many of my favorite bloggers are currently in the gift giveaway mood...hey, I'm not complaining...I just hope I win something with all of the goodies that are being spread around! Anyways, the lovely Anna from Lona de Anna is giving away a gorgeous pair of handmade drop earrings made from a mix of Swarovski crystals and pearls. 

Image from Lona de Anna x

You want them don't you? Well, so do I! Head on over to Anna's blog for your chance to enter the giveaway!

Beautiful Bloggers

I have only been blogging since late December but I have already received so much support from so many people! I just wanted to say a quick thank you to all of you who have stopped by and left a sweet and encouraging comment..I'm new to all things design and while I have always known what I find inspirational and beautiful it is great to see that many of you agree with me. I also wanted to give a quick shout out to two special blog friends who have been great, constant encouragers; and the beautiful blogs that they both run are definitely worth a look!

The first is Anna from Lona de Anna. I found Anna's blog through several other blogs that I read and was instantly inspired when I saw her posts; it also encouraged me to know that she was relatively new to the blog world as well. I emailed Anna asking for advice as I began to start my blog and while I honestly wasn't sure if she'd respond back I thought it would be worth the try. To my surprise Anna emailed me back quickly with words of advice and tons of encouragement. Thank you Anna for all of your kind words through out my short blogging days! Each and every one of you should head on over to Anna's blog to check out all of her beautiful posts, there isn't a day that I am not inspired by her.

My second blog friend is Tina from Rubie's Place. She is a relatively new reader to my blog but from day one she has been such a joy to hear from. Tina lives my dream life in a small country home that is decorated in a simplistic, yet gorgeous way. She has exquisite taste and great crafting abilities; as well as, three adorable and crafty daughters. Head on over to Tina's blog and stay awhile, you'll be glad you did.

Once again thank you to everyone for stopping by and checking out my blog, I hope that you will continue to. I appreciate all of you. Have a great day and don't forget to stop and enjoy the beauty of life!