Remember the metal bed I bought off of Craigslist for my son’s room a couple of months ago? I pulled the big, blue tarp out of the garage one sunny Saturday and finally got around to painting it.
Almost every time I post about any painted furniture, I get some emails asking how and why I did what I did. (Do I use primer? How do I prep the piece? What kind of paint do I use? How do I apply it? Am I worried that it will chip/scratch/etc.?)
To be honest, I’m sometimes embarrassed to even answer. My “method” is usually just to go for it. I believe in using what I have when possible (this often goes for the paint and/or brush) and finishing a project in the fewest steps I can to achieve the look I want. Is it perfect? No way. Is it good enough for my house that’s full of kids who love to jump on furniture when I’m not looking? Absolutely.
Although they say design is in the details, I feel like the details—and trying to get everything exactly right—can completely sidetrack some people and they end up never getting their homes to look the way they envision. My advice? Relax. Try making a change to your home that you’re afraid to make. Paint a piece of furniture. It’s not the end of the world if it doesn’t turn out exactly right. As I like to say, neither you nor that blotched end table will likely be around in 100 years. How’s that for a pep talk?
Okay, so back to the bed. It wasn’t disgusting, but it was a little grimy from sitting in storage. It obviously had a few different layers of paint that I could’ve worked on stripping, if I had the time or want-to. (Again, it’s back to that getting past perfection thing.)
Instead, I accepted the #BountyChallenge sponsored by Procter & Gamble and The Home Depot (who also sponsored this post) and gave the bed a good wipe down with Bounty and an all-purpose cleaner. Sometimes, all you need is the motivation to get a project finished and some really good paper towels…
Once it was all cleaned up, I used my new favorite blue (by Valspar).
After the first coat dried, I did a little light sanding on the spots where I got carried away with the spray paint and wiped it clean again before applying another coat.
I love this! My next messy project might be my son’s bed which happens to look exactly like this one, but it’s a rusty brown.
Thanks!
Amy
Cleaning and organizing our basement would be our next project! Thanks for the opportunity….
Cleaning our patio is def the next messy project!
Love it. Especially the mix of bedding you used. Where did you find the duvet and matching sham? Thanks for sharing, liz
It’s from Target. (And, I promise a full post on bedding soon!)
The orange bedding is by Nate Berkus for Target… I almost got it for my bed but we just don’t need a comforter like that in the California summer and I don’t have any more bedding storage room!
The bed looks fabulous! Your spray paint method is the one I use when I paint something. It always seems to come out great. My newest project will take place in the next few days. I’m going to attempt to paint a good piece of furniture we have. The wood has yellowed over the years and it bugs me. This time I won’t be spray painting. :)
Messy project i have to handle is real messy…i have bought a plain rug from ikea and i need to paint/stencil it.i live in a townhome that doesnt have a garage or a drive way… how much mre messy can it get… will the mess be cleaned up witth bounty? i hope so…
The bed turned out wonderful! Love that blue. My next messy project involves lots of paint and drop cloths. alliemurphy@yahoo.com
O my how I love the bed and how your son’s room is coming together! I tend to be a bit like you when it comes to doing projects, I just go for it and they are never perfect, but I am usually Happy. My next project is my basement storage area, it needs purging, cleaning and organizing!
Wow, I love that color on the bed! I need to tackle the basement playroom!! It is a mess and needs a total overhaul! preppy mama@gmail.com
The bed looks great! I definitely love the bedding! My next messy project will be finishing my raised gardening bed and planting.
I need to clean my screened in porch
Love the bedding combo! My current messy project is our bathroom remodel. Tile, plaster, and inches of concrete create quite the mess!!
dannettedelamatter@live.com
Cleaning the garage is next on my list!
Cleaning the basement fridge.
blocktrial9@yahoo.com
This is just what I needed to see since I have a metal bed frame waiting to be painted! The blue looks awesome!
Just bought a new house. The screened in porch has not been touched this year and is full of dust, dirt and spider webs.
I’m planning on painting my kitchen table with black chalkboard paint. I thought it would be kind of fun. I’m going to paint the chairs off white and distress them a little bit (give my kids a jump start on them!). Love your bed. I used the same spray paint and color on my son’s bed. :)
Painting our kids bunk room!
I have promised my kids we’d turn our woodshed into a playhouse. It needs a lot of work, and a lot of cleaning!!
We’re going to wallpaper our toddler’s new room and paint dressers!
cleaning and stripping the deck stain and then painting the deck.
Cleaning out my garage
We are working on repainting two antique mirrors in a high gloss black for the bathroom. I think this would work perfectly! Nothing like some spray paint to get a smooth glossy finish!
We’re moving into a new home that has some build-in shelving and I would love to use a remnant roll of wallpaper (from our current master bedroom) to wallpaper the back of the build-in. It definitely won’t be perfect because the remnant roll is narrow and short, so I”ll have to do the best I can with matching the pattern! But I think once the books and other trinkets are in, no one will notice!
Hi Emily,
I love your blog! My husband and I just bought our first home a few weeks ago. We have been slowly painting each room and making it our own. The towels would come in handy for nearly every cleaning project we have (including lots of paint spills!! ;o)) and the home depot gift card would help towards updating all of our lighting fixtures in the house. :o) If you choose us for the giveaway (PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE!!!), you can email me at kmmakos@gmail.com.
Thanks!
Katie
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I love your site. Have gotten many fun project ideas. My next messy project will be cleaning up after we have 2 skylights installed next week. I’m sure that fine drywall dust will be everywhere. kjh531@comcast.net
I need to clean my refrigerator, I’ve been putting it off for too long!
I totally agree with your method! I always just go for it. It is never perfect but it always turns out fine. Love the bed, love the bedding! Great job!
My next messy project is our screened in porch. We will be painting the floor, cleaning the dirt and grime from the walls, and painting the ceiling. Thanks for the great inspiration!
Jenny
http://www.ashtonsebastian.com
Cleaning the flower pots that I never got around to last year.
As soon as we arrive home from our missions trip to Central America we’re hoping to tackle our kitchen renovation. But let me clarify: its our hand-me-down kitchen renovation, which I am thrilled about. My inlaws redid their kitchen so we got the old cabinets- pure joy for this owner of an 1860 home that has 5 doorways and no functional countertop space(how can you with 5 doors breaking up every inch of space?) We’ll be closing off one of those doorways and making a kitchen that can actually serve our family. Im very excited! :)
I need to sand and stain my late grandma’s buffet I was given!
completely get letting go sometimes and just “going for it”. That is a fun blue that you used on the bad. How’s your little man enjoying his new digs?
Your son’s room is beautiful, love your blog, daily read! I plan to paint the top of a small accent table purchased at HomeGoods!
Thanks
Annette Lewis
I am totally a non-perfectionist, and I so agree it keeps me trying new things! My life is a messy project! 2 girls 2 and 1. I use ALOT of paper towels
Leslie Whitehead
lesliewhitehead17@gmail.com
The bed turned out great!
My whole house is a messy project, but to narrow them down, I’m currently fixing and refinishing/recovering a dining chair(painting it a fun lime green with a teal fabric on the seats), refinishing a midcentury end table (stain), and I’m about to spray paint a dresser/armoire for our living room a bright happy yellow.
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I have a desk/table to paint. Maureen ssdmmf@yahoo.com
I love the color and the bedding what a good combo ! I like your tips for painting just relax thats what I do :)
Oops…I forgot the project part. I need to paint a huge old coffee table that I got from CL !
Love the bed! I just purchased my first home so there are so many projects the home depot card could go towards! We are ripping out a pink bathroom next so I’m sure it would come in handy!
Love the room. I hope to find a metal bed and do the same. As for my next messy project… I have so many with a new house that needs a complete overhaul!
Love his room! My next messy project is turning our laundry room into a space I’m not horrified to look at. I think last update to that space was in the 1970s.
Thanks!
Love the bedding and the bed frame!
My next messy project is painting two 1960’s style bedside tables for my guest room. They have only been sitting in their orangey oak glory for, oh, TWO YEARS without paint. Gotta get on that!
Wonderful boy’s room (love the fabrics and colors!). My next messy project involves paint and drapery panels.
Sadly, our next dirty project is just the house in general…it needs a deep clean before baby #2 arrives in a couple of weeks!
I have several picture frames/vases I need to paint, and that will no doubt be messy, but I do have to say that we are still cleaning up from our last project … removing our popcorn ceilings. Now THAT was a messy job!
I have 5 boys so I’m always working on a messy project of some type! I think my next project will be repainting my dining room bench and chairs…they have taken quite a beating from those boys :-)
I’d definitely be cleaning everything in our new house! Kate kategriffith (at) yahoo (dot) com
My next messy project will be painting the interior doors of my house black. All the walls are shades of white so I am excited to see the contrast. However, I will have to have MANY paper towel rolls handy for any drips or spills. Wish me luck!
We are about to tackle a semi-renovation in the bathroom. Lots of messes to come and tools needed!
I want to install a light above our game table where there is currently no light. I’m pretty sure it will be a big mess since no project around here ever goes as planned :)
Love your son’s bedroom.
I have been painting stained trim and doors white. Still have four rooms to do. Also, need to finish painting an end table.
Painting my patio furniture. All of the posts I’ve seen about patios have me inspired. New cushions, paint and wha-la! new space. Love 409 too!
My next messy project is painting my pantry – I’m dreading all the tiny nooks!
I totally need to tackle my deck, clean and stain it. I have put it off long enough.
Love the color you chose! It looks great. Next big project: packing up my house to move next month!!
We are finishing up the basement. Lots of paper towel needed in that cleaning project
Most projects out here are “MESSY”, I also have a gaggle of children! I really need to get into my boys’ rooms and clean them up, paint, etc. I LOVE your cow hide rug! Just bought one for myself (for this Mama’s bedroom) :)
Going for it is the best way to do anything.
I’m going to spray paint a kitchen step for my kid… Spray painting can get messy if you’re not careful!
my next big mess project is taking down the wallpaper in our only full bath. Yikes!!
I have a credenza in my basement that needs a facelift!
My next big messy project is sanding and staining an old dining room table to become my new desk.
My messy project is refinishing my kitchen table! It needs a facelift. :)
We need to update our plantation shutters so badly!
I need to finish my kitchen backsplash! shannonduff17(at)hotmail(dot)com
I have thought this a million and one times when reading your posts but don’t think I have ever commented on it…I love love love your blog! Your posts are always so refreshing, honest, humerous, fun and approachable. You have fantastic style but my favorites are the behind-the-scenes images with your family – the “real life” stuff that makes the projects worth doing in the first place. Your comment about neither me nor my less-than-perfect projects being around in 100 years really resonates. I have so many projects I have been putting off until I have time to “do them right” – yeah right! So I am off to spray paint some vintage fretwork chairs that have been sitting in my basement collecting dust forever!
Thank you, Abby :) Good luck with your chairs.
My next project is to tackle and organize my catch all closet!
I’m getting ready to paint my adirondack chairs on my beach house porch! ugh!
Pink floral border in son’s room! Ugh,
All of my windows! We haven’t clean them since we moved in three years ago and they are definitely in need of a good scrubbing. marie.burdine@gmail.com
I’ll be re-doing some more chairs from my collection of rescues!
I need to clean so many things but I really need to get to my deck so that we can enjoy it while it is so nice out.
Cleaning out our basement is high on the list! Love the bedding combination! Can’t wait to read more about that later…
My next project will be helping my 85-yr-old grandmother by painting the inside of her house. Nothing has been painted since my grandfather passed almost 20 years ago and now that she is getting older, we’re not sure how much longer she will be in there. It works out though because I love my grandmother and I love repainting and re-doing spaces!
I need to stencil my newly framed peg board for my disaster craft sewing table before my baby arrives…I’m really cutting it close!
I love the cowboy fabric on the bed pillows! Such a great mix of patterns! My dishwasher is getting repaired and reinstalled today, so that is my next messy project. Cleaning up! Thanks!
A sewing-cabinet-from-armoire is my project! Thanks!!!
Your ideas and thoughts are always wonderfully inspirational and encouraging! Thank you!
I loved the color that you used on the bed and I will be copying your idea and applying it on some metal dining chairs that I have in my office. And, of course, using my Bounty paper towels which I always have stockpiled in my laundry room.
My laundry room is a disaster! It needs some lovin’.
Oh boy, I have so many projects going on but I’m thinking about either painting the bathroom vanity or cleaning up and refinishing a set of lockers soon.
The basement is a disaster! Time to clean it up!
Got to get my basement cleaned!
Our next big cleaning project…the basement! I love your blog…thanks for do many wonderful and doable ideas!
The garage!!! :)
I am actually going to be getting 2 metal beds for my twins for their big kid beds… so this was perfect timing!!!
Ha ha! How about my half painted bedroom – half gold, half a lovely gray chosen thanks to your inspiration. Can’t wait to finish this next week!
I’m planning to repaint our porch swing–last time I did it with a brush, but this time I plan to spray it. I’m going to need a big tarp!
I would love to find a metal bed like that! So cute. :) I need to paint my porch swing. I plan to use all the leftover cans of white spray paint I have around here. :)
My next messy project will be cleaning and painting the campaign style dresser I scored off Craigslist!
I have lots of summer projects on my list since I’m a teacher and have some free time right now. But one that I want to tackle is reprinting and distressing my guest bedroom set that I had growing up. It’s white and I would like to paint it gray, distress it and add some funky updated hardware. I love your blog and your style, the room turned out great!
Jordan
jxmcdowell@gmail.com
My next messy project is the family car! I rarely go back to the third row of seats. I don’t want to know what goes on back there. But I’m sure it could use some Bounty and elbow grease! Oh the shame. Lforstmeier at gmail dot com.
Working on a bookshelf, that I am spending to much time stressing over perfection! You have inspired me to finish it today!
I’m planning on building a slim console table to act as coffee station in my kitchen! I love all the pattern mixing in your son’s room :)
We need to powerwash the outside of our home. It’s overrun with bugs and dust and soot from the foundry one block over.
Thanks for the giveaway op!
My messy project the the garage – no car can park in it and it’s a bit hard to see the floor, but we plan on cleaning it out next week.
In just a few minutes I am going to paint a thrift store computer desk AS Paris Grey, except fot the desk top and keyboard slider. This is going into my daughter’s college apt. Just last weekend we painted ger childhood white princess-y need the same Paris Grey and it went from childish to cool.
Thanks for reminding me about a good clean up before starting, I’m so ready to get this done before it gets too hot, I might have started slapping on paint w/o thinking!
(My older daughter has the exact same bed only we spray painted hers white – 20 years ago!)
Love how that room turned out! And I love your down-to-earth approach to design. It’s beautiful.
Everything I tackle in my house is messy. I have three little ones and I’m currently sick as a dog expecting my fourth. I’d love to finally tackle and paint bunk beds for my two girls.
My kitchen needs a good wipe down for sure!!!
The bed looks amazing. My next project is some patio furniture, that gift card would be so handy. Hugs, Marty
I need to paint the living room and kitchen, including the ceiling and all the trim. And clean the garage.
I would like to finish our basement and make it into a playroom/computer room. We would have to finish the floors, put up drywall and get rid of a lot of clutter. It will be messy and a lot of work.
kellywcu8888ATgmailDOTcom
I’m planning to tackle a backyard makeover this weekend — in the Florida summer heat, at that. There will be lots of sweat, dirt and Bounty paper towels!
I love that color!! I have a garage full of yard sale finds that I’ve been working on, little by little. Plenty of options!!
Ripping up our gross carpeting!
I’m working on my entire currently being renovated house! Right now it is a huge mess. Can’t wait to get in and fix up furniture and CLEAN the entire house.
kimmiller19ATgmailDOTcom
Can I just say that I love your DIY philosophy?!!
Painting an old bathroom vanity this weekend!
Amen sister! Perfection is not going to happen in my house, ever. So I might as well soldier on and make it a happy place anyway. :) I love the bed as well, that color is great!
we’re planning to paint our house soon. scary and satisfying to do yourself…all at the same time. thanks for the chance!
Paint the pantry and all new containers- not a big project but what a pain to pull everything out,
I plan on completely gutting and redoing our master bathroom next – talk about messy, but so worth it in the end!
We moved into our house in November, too late to tackle the much neglected yard. Well now it is a very overgrown much neglected yard. My summer project is getting it under control!
My next messy project is cleaning out the fridge!
We plan on fixing some wood rot on the exterior soon!!
We just finished a back patio remodel. I’d probably use it to wipe off the patio furniture, repaint it, and help offset the cost of buying additional furniture. Happy to share a finished product picture if I win :)
Betsy
I am doing a kids bathroom remodel next… help me.
We have no kitchen right now. Hopefully the cabinets will be installed tomorrow. So many projects go along with that like the new trim and paint! So excited for it to be finished!
Painting the master closet and installing the Ikea organizer I bought for it, is on the top of my list!
I move into my first house in 2 weeks and can’t wait to paint all the walls!
I have an old dresser (mine from when I was a kid) sitting in my garage (getting filthier by the second) that I’ve been dying to paint. I just need to do it!!!
I’ve been planning to paint our kitchen table and night stands!
Love your philosophy. I’m too impatient when it comes to the prep steps. I want to see the results!
I recently used oil based paint for the first time to paint bathroom cabinets. It got especially messy when i tipped over the can of paint. Sigh.
My next project is to make a play table for my toddler. I’m going to use the same oil based paint because it is so darn great for furniture.
Our garage needs a MAJOR overhaul!
Thanks!
Emily
Our garage needs a MAJOR overhaul!
Thanks!
Emily
My husband and I have decided to scrape the “popcorn” off our ceilings. Heaven help us! We may need more than 2 rolls of Bounty paper towels!
Need to clean/organize the garage,…. What a mess!
Cleaning my (boys!) bathroom! You said messy, right?
Our next messy project is painting our kitchen cabinets.. Lots of sanding gets messy fast! I do love that new blue bed, looks perfect to me :)
Our next messy project is painting our kitchen cabinets.. Lots of sanding gets messy fast! I do love that new blue bed, looks perfect to me :)
I need shelves above my washer and dryer in my laundry room. What a fabulous giveaway. I am sure that the gift card and paper towels are going to come in handy, thanks for asking.
My next messy project is to paint my daughters bedroom set. It includes a tall dresser, bed & vanity. It was my MIL & then my husbands & now my daughters. My MIL stripped it when my husband was little & never reprinted, so now it is time.
I am thinking a really light grey. Her room is a light green & pink combo. I can’t wait for it to be done!
I LOVE the room!! The combination of bedding and pillows are fantastic!! My messy project: painting my foosball turned (hopefully soon) coffee table in the kids’ gameroom. Looking forward to the finished product, not so much the journey!!!
Love the old metal bed. I’ve got a 1930’s era sideboard that I picked up off craigslist waiting for a coat of paint. Thanks for the inspiration to get started!
We are moving and I can’t wait to paint the kitchen cabinets in the new house!
Allison, allisonaltizer@hotmail.com
My next messy project is painting a child’s table and chair set that I purchased at Goodwill. It’s perfect for my little one year old, but just needs a little TLC!
My next messy project is to clean and organize our garage. It is filthy!
Kelley
kelleytrent@earthlink.net
My next messy project is pulling out my washer and dryer and cleaning up all the spilled cat food and other icky stuff back there.
Making a table skirt to hide all of the ugly tv components. There will be glue and a staple gun involved but hopefully not too messy:-)
Visiting Mexico and needing to clean out a bodega that has lots of stuff that we never moved back to the states three years ago! Watch out scorpions- here I come!
Susancintron@redonewhat.com
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love this because my next messy project is exactly this! painting an iron bed frame for my new apartment. planning to go for MAGENTA paint! eeek excitement!
The blue bed is perfect!
My next messy project for this weekend is painting a faux bamboo desk and chair purchased a couple weeks ago off Craig’s List! I have many other projects to tackle if I am the lucky winner of the Bounty towels and Home Depot gift certificate:)
I have an old table I found at Good will. Its an extendable table with a pedestal. Unfortunately, it looks like it has about fifty years of spilled food on the top of the pedestal. Super gross!
I have to clean and paint a desk I found on craigslist. Its a little dirty but has nice lines. gutierrez.ariana@yahoo.com.
I’m thinking about painting the back of my cabinets!
I have a list a mile long of projects I want to tackle soon, and I’m starting with any I can do without spending any money. I completely agree with you about using what I have whenever possible!
Looks great and I love the mix of patterns you used! :)
And I am always cleaning up our kitchen and dining table!
~Stephanie
Love the new bed and color!
My family is moving the next couple of weeks and a few extra dollars spent at Home Depot and Bounty paper towels for cleaning will definitely be in my immediate future! Nothing would make my husband happier than “found money”. Ha! Here’s hoping it’s me!
Whitney
Love that blue! My new apartment has orange countertops and brown cabinets.. I’m definitely painting those before the month is over!
That room is amazing!!!!! I need to do a major basement clean, so a Home Depot card would be amazing!!!!
I love how real you are! I need to do a bunch of painting – mostly trim and doors.
I love how the bed turned out! Such a fun color! My husband and I just finished painting an old metal bed also, and it’s amazing how a can of paint can transform an old outdated piece. I have too many projects I want to start, but probably next would be updating some outdoor furniture.
I’m supposed to be working on the landscaping. Messy yes it is, and your post reminds me that I don’t have to get it perfect. I haven’t started yet because I’m half convinced I’ll put the wrong plant in the wrong place and it will die. I need to remind myself that I can always dig it up and move it around if I have to!
Oooh! That looks so pretty! We’re trying to update our 20 year old bathroom that has never been touched on a budget. Oh…and it is carpeted (gross!). 20 year old bathroom carpet. But we’re not quite to where we can replace the floors. Working with what I have, and lots of deep cleaning!
My next messy project is going to be painting/redecorating my foyer. I am probably the messiest painter you will ever meet :-)
Would love to win! My next messy project is re-doing our kids’ bathroom. Painting the walls and vanity, adding trim to the mirror, putting up wainscoting and adding hooks for towels.
I would love to use the money to update my living room with new paint, window treatments, pillows, and accessories.
Alison
Up next is re-painting our front porch – it is a huge job, and I expect it to be very messy!
Definitely could use a HD giftcard with a renovation that we’ve got going on…our next project is painting a bathroom vanity in our new master bathroom!
I will be painting my daughter’s Jenny Lind crib. Possibly with chalk paint, probably with spray paint.
abinersmoothie@gmail.com
Now that the sun is shinning in Oregon and the rain should be gone we have to repaint/stain the front poarch.
Traci
brynsonsmommy@yahoo.com
I want to paint a side table in my family room, it’s a heavier arts and crafts type table that is not in great shape and is not solid wood so not worth refinishing. Not sure if it’ll look too heavy painted. Hmmm.
I’d also like to use chalk paint on something – try something completely new!
kpwl.lee@gmail.com
So many things I need to paint! Headboard, stools, chairs, sideboard…and I would love to paint my kitchen cabinets but am scared to attempt that one. They would look a million times better, but only if they were done RIGHT.
I love paint. And I love Home Depot…sometimes I just wander aimlessly, gathering inspiration.
theamazingnic@gmail.com
I love the color of the bed! I want to paint a desk in my daughter’s room. Yes, I’ve been afraid because the desk is NEW. It’s a crisp white and I want so much to paint it pink. yikes!
I am getting ready to paint a french door that’s been sitting in the garage for months. Lots of cleaning before we can even start painting!
I need to spray paint a metal bed frame, too! Thanks for the kick in the pants I needed to get myself going.
We’re moving in 2 months time to a new house (squee!) and our old black metal patio chairs desperately need a clean and respray in places. Can’t have horrible looking chairs on a nice new patio now…
Lindsay James
I have 14 doors that need to be cleaned then painted, yikes that’s a lot of papertowels!
I have the patio furniture to clean up, sand off and definitely repaint.
Definitely the windows in our house and repainting the borders.
I am planning on painting my kitchen cabinets.
Lucy (learnold@bellsouth.net)
I have a lot of messy projects on my plate as we are renting out current house and moving to a new one next month. I see a lot of painting of walls, doors, and trim in my future!
I love your go for it attitude, I am trying very hard to emulate it. I came back from vacation to dead plants also and I tried to be as forgiving as you were! i am cleaning out pots and replanting.
I think you are giving me motivation to either 1)clean out/re-do my pantry (definitely a messy situation in there!) or 2) paint a console table in my foyer that for some unknown reason I have been afraid to touch! (Maybe I suffer from decorating paralysis! Thanks for the nudge and the and the chance at the Bounty/Home Depot giveaway!
Moving bedrooms around to make way for twins arriving in November! We have lots and lots of painting to do!
Laura L.
Hey Emily!! I came across your blog the other day and have loved reading through it. I absolutely love the bed redo and have the perfect brass bed up in our attic that I might try to tackle soon. It would be perfect in a fun color for a guest bedroom! Thanks for the inspiration :)
Audra @ http://www.keepinupwiththejahns.blogspot.com
Redoing the kids bathroom. The walls are bumpy and I hope to find a really fun glow in the dark wallpaper. We have family in Japan. And, all of their kid’s bathrooms are done with glow in the dark wallpaper. Subtle design with the light on. Genius at night when dealing with a boy who doesn’t want to turn on the light when he has to go!
Kimkovacs76@gmail.com
We are going to build an outdoor bench for the table we just built. Stain and sealer are certainly somewhat messy jobs! :)
ajsegnere@gmail.com
I’m going to paint the entire interior of my house during my “staycation” next week. Nothing like a week of change!
We recently received an old oak dining table that was headed to the trash from a neighbor. I plan to repaint/refinish it next.
cleaning my basement, painting my kitchen table, drywalling and painting the stairs and hallway…… and the list goes on.
I’m planning on stenciling a wall for the first time, so I’m sure I’ll need lots of paper towels! Also- I have that exact same nightstand! Same color, same knob… love it!
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I need to re-do my kitchen table and chairs. I hope I’m up for the task!
I need to re-do my kitchen table and chairs. I hope I’m up for the task!
You have inspired me to finally finish a set of drawers I bought at a garage sale for $6.00. I want to clean up the dirt and grime, apply a new fresh coat of paint and find some cute knobs. Thanks for the inspiration.
Love your blog!
Love this as inspiration for my son’s new “big boy” room! He’s two, so he’s my “messy project” 24/7!
Hi Emily!!
We’re trying to sell our house/move…can’t tell you how much the Bounty paper towels and HD gift card would come in handy!!
Fingers crossed!
Hi Emily, I would tackle all the pollen that has settled on my front verandah. Every year I need to do a spring cleaning on the verandah and then a second one after the pollen has finished settling on everything leaving a very thick yellow coating on every single surface.
Martha
Ontario
moverton@nrtco.net
Bought our first house together as a married couple…so making the house our dream house is our next messy project!
I have two small vintage tables that were my grandmother’s. I had planned to stain them, but I haven’t taken the challenge as of yet. Maybe painting them each a bright color will be the answer. As a novice, I know I will be using plenty of Bounty.
Thanks for keeping the comments open. My husband & I would love to clear up, repaint, organize, clearn & re-purpose our office space. Esp now that we have the summertime free to work on it! jen at jgaisser at nd dot edu :)
Oh so many things! I’d love to take on a painting project or two. I’d definitely need some Bounty (and that gift card) for it!
My next messy project will be to re-paint our bathroom!
My next messy project is painting my sad looking metal garden chairs and a table. Perfect timing for painting in sunny california!
I need to clean out our rats’ cage. Yes, pet rats.
my next messy project is a move in 3 weeks! sooo many things to do in the new house–looking forward to the challenge. the gift card & Bounty would be great! i love love love the room & bed–great job emily!
My next messy project is redoing a hutch from my great aunt house. Lots of sanding to be done!!
The screened porch! So we can enjoy the backyard with the children. Wipe away the spiderwebs and spray down the windows the kids love to do that and bounty will come in handy.
The bed looks great!
Lori B
twochairsonthebeach@yahoo.com
I hope this contest is open to us Canadians :) My next messy project is to help my sister paint her entire upper floor and some furniture!
Hello! The next space I want to tackle is our “the men room” (I’m outnumbered 3:1 at home)! I would love some brackets to hang my husband’s guitars, drywall anchors and shelves for finally hanging the photos of our boys, and storage for books – to create a book nook inspired by yours!
My next messy project is a thorough wipedown of our mudroom. Crown to baseboard! My husband put up board & batten and built an awesome bench (which I said I would regularly “wipe down”…guess how many times that’s happened?!). Its gonna take some major elbow grease unless I just want to re-paint everything (I don’t)! Perfect for a bounty clean-up :)
My girls have twin metal beds very similar to this one, and I’d love to paint them a fun color!
Love love love! My next messy project includes windows!
Keep up the good work.
Deirdre ddesrosiers721@hotmail.com
Sanding and painting my Adirondack chair.
Thanks!
Shawna
skromann96@hotmail.com
This is a great reminder of how to not be too terribly anal this weekend when I paint our end table, actually. Also going to be a messy project :)
belle.hineman@yahoo.com
We recently moved into a new house, so it seems there are projects everywhere! I think my next project will be to paint the master bedroom.
Hanging 5 ceiling fans…talk about messy my hubby has to go into the attic and attach the boxes.
Love the cowboy pillows!
My next project will be the upstairs large closet. 60+ year old home and it still has the original wallpaper. I just put things in there that I didn’t know what to do with otherwise. I haven’t cleaned it out over 10 years….. Little embarrassed to admit that.
Our next project is painting a yard sale bedroom set. It needs a good cleaning first before we can get stared painting.
Painting every room in our new house once we close next month.
We need help with our garage AND storage area! Too much clutter, not enough paper towels. :(
Laura H.
tippy104@verizon.net
My next messy project will be removing wallpaper. :(
I am going to refinish a desk as soon as we get into our new house
Love your bed. The blue is great. Believe it or not, I have been seeing the iron painted beds on Pinterest and I also bought one on Craigslist. Its out in the garage and need to be painted. My husband told me it needed to be sanded first, wait until he finds out it really doesn’t!
ake care,
Gretta L
MList@rochester.rr.com
My next messy project is turning our old nursery back into a home office. Can’t wait!
Lacy
Lacyhmcmahon@yahoo.com
My next messy project among the thousands of things on my to do list, is cleaning my boys room from top to bottom. I am in the middle of a room makeover for them and I am finding things that are just plain nasty!.. Oh the things kids like to stash.. This giveaway would be great for me!
Jeanna77713@gmail.com
Getting ready for a new baby so the next project will be painting the nursery and bookcases to put in his room. Need to clean all of the baseboards before we start painting.
michelle.mcdevitt@gmail.com
We are turning the girls playroom closet into a small office for billy. I keep putting it off b/c we have to remove ALOT of toys and crap from the closet, but it will happen soon.
I LOVE your house! I wish you lived closer so you could help me with mine! Hope y’all are well!!!
jess
I plan on tackling our spider-webbed garage with the ShopVac. How do those things come back over and over again!?!?!?
Jenna
j_schauer@sbcglobal.net
http://mylife-bydesign.blogspot.com
Removing 30 year old wall paper that has been painted over several times. Ugh!!!!
Going to redo French cane back chairs for my kitchen
What a great boys room! What color is on the walls? I have a boy the same age and need to redo his room. Thanks!
Jennifer
I have two pieces of furniture for a guest bedroom, a dresser and desk that I want to redo in Annie Sloan’s chalk paint very soon.
sandram@wilsonhouston.com
Although I know I will put it off until September, my next big project is to reclaim our dining room. Our son has been using it as his ‘homework room/office’ for the last 8 years, and soon he will be going away to his dream college. Many late nights he was holed up in there, doing calculus problems and writing essays. It is full of books and supplies and college apps and computers and looks nothing like a dining room! Like you say, Emily, the rooms in your home should be used for what you need them to be. Soon it will be time to entertain in there again. I will be an emotional mess when I tackle this project, but I am one proud Mom.
Ooops..forgot my email! nancytex2@gmail.com
Love this giveaway! We are about to paint our living room and remodel our fireplace, so I can definitely see some Bounty and Home Depot trips in our future! Love the bed, btw!!
My next project is building a hall tree angelgenius27(at)yahoo(dot)com
Building storage in our basement! scg00387 at yahoo dot com
I will be painting two older wicker chairs and a table. I just have to ecide which color!
I’m currently in the middle of a wallpaper disaster in my bathroom. Trying to remove wallpaper that simply refuses to come down. Boo.
toreycervantes at gmail dot com
It’s a toss-up between the garage and the basement. If only it was something so much more exciting!
Renee
mom2rek3 at yahoo dot com
oh I so agree with you. My mantra now Done is Done. My next project is to move our home office. it was our dining area in the kitchen. I want my dining area back. so paring DOWN, reorganizing, and making it work. Done is done! thanks for the chance.
I have to get a ton of cleaning done for a move next month! Love the blue painted bed for your son’s room :)
Brandi
brandi32L@yahoo.com
Our next project: Nursery!!! We could sure put that giftcard and those paper towels to good use! Fun giveaway!
Lindsay
hautewivesclub(at)yahoo(dot)com
I just sprayed a metal bed in our guest room….next up, spraying the old rod iron lamps in the guest room to coordinate with the color scheme.
I have this old armoire that I have been dying to sand/paint for a long time. I need to air out the old drawers first…but then it will sanding/painting time. I’m so nervous, but you have motivated me to get going on this project and start enjoying the finished product! I’m going to take your advice and RELAX!
Love the bed and bedding!!! My next project is giving the master bedroom a redo. Planning on new flooring, painting and definitely new curtains and bedding. Thank you for all the inspiration!
Finishing off the garage and turning it into a family room for our family of 8!
sierradfoster(at)yahoo(dot)com
Hey Em! Great giveaway! Thinking of finishing up some paint jobs around the house, which always require paper towels for clean up! Would love to find a second in the near future to get together and chat about your bloggy business. Might be interested in pursuing that myself? Email or msg me =) I’m pretty flexible in the summer.
I would clean out my garage! With two babies in three years, we haven’t yet found the time to tackle this huge project. :)
I’m working on painting and recovering some chairs.
i need to repaint the dresser that my husband uses because it is a hand-me-down from my grandmother and currently has flowers on it :)
I’m painting a hideous chest with chalk paint, my first attempt. As you say, this will look better no matter what I do to it!
My messy project is ripping up carpet that was glued to the our basement concrete floor. Oh, how the previous owner poured. on. the. glue. Heat gun and gas mask, here I come :-)
We sold our house and are living in a condo until we move later this year. The patio cement flooring was recently redone and it’s very private, yet so plain! I need to make it “summer ready” for my family. I’m thinking table, chairs, vases, lighting etc….Wish me luck :)
vac 924 at gmail dot com
Um, STILL painting the interior of our house…trim is the worst! :) I hope to finish the big hall and then finish up the kids’ jack and jill.
For any ocd’ers out there- I purchased an antique iron bed that really did need a lot of sanding/smoothing – I took it to a man that sandblasted it and then sprayed it for me and the price was quite reasonable.
Oh, I need to finish whipping my patio into shape for summer entertaining … Bounty would definitely come in handy!!
A little chest that I found on the curb that is in PIECES…I have to first put it together and then paint it…but your little “go for it” pep talk has motivated me!
nanetteromo@comcast.net
Rearranging the kitchen cabinets and fridge–at least its cold inside the fridge on a hot day?
Laundry area is my next project!
Emily,
First time I’ve left a msg., but I’ve been following for a while. Love your blog & the bed looks great! My next messy project is cleaning my front porch & sprucing up my entry.
Thanks 4 all the ideas :)
Stephanie N.
bfnagel@nycap.rr.com
laundry area is my next project!
I’ve been contemplating making an upholstered headboard. The Home Depot gift card would be perfect for that project!
My patio doors need a good cleaning and the floors need to be repainted. I think at one point they were a light blue but now it’s a grayish brown. I love the mixed textiles on the bed!
I’m planning to make an upholstered headboard for my guest bedroom redo. The Home Depot gift card would be perfect for that project!
I need to clean up my tiny third floor patio. I’m in Seattle and the sunny days are few so I should get on that…
At the end of this summer, I plan to clean up and re-paint all of my flower pots to match our patio furniture and our other outdoor decor. Trisha
Tkonechne@hotmail.com
Working on putting new window frames around the exterior of my windows – lots of chaulking to be done- and paper towels to “burn” through in the process!!
I’m priming and painting cabinets this weekend–definitely messy!!!
I am hoping to paint our bedroom this weekend. With a toddler in the house. So obviously that is a recipe for disaster and mess! :)
My next project is painting my outside wood furniture!
I love the bed.
Thanks:)
My next messy project is painting and staining a nightstand for my son’s room. I plan on staining the top to highlight the natural grain in the wood and then painting the remainder or the nightstand Urbane Bronze. I hope to get started this weekend!
The room and bed look fab! Our next project is cleaning out the garage and garage fridge!
I enjoy reading your blogs! Thanks!
I need to refinish our office chairs!
Cleaning out and organizing the garage! Yuck! I’ll need those paper towels :)
Love the bed!
Thanks,
Jennifer S.
stitesjennifer@aol.com
I need to refinish our office chairs. Thanks for the chance to win!
jessica(dot)trygstad(at)gmail(dot)com
I need to remove popcorn ceiling from my bathrooms!
Tracy
miskelly.tracy@gmail.com
I have some old metal patio furniture that sat at my parents house for years. I’m ready to tackle it with spray paint and freshen it up for my new patio.
Next project is to repaint a bedroom. Love reading your blog and love your ideas. Thanks!
jvecchione@gmail.coom
Painting the dining room. Paper towels would come in handy and the paint is a home depot color! Thanks, Jen
We just finished remodeling the main floor, so now I need to tackle the basement which looks like something straight out of “Hoarders”!
Painting a dresser. Love your blog.
I’m getting ready to paint some container for my daughters bathroom. She could also use more storage solutions.
I’m pinning your bed! Love it!
My next messy project would be to paint my kitchen cabinets! maggiojulie@hotmail.com
Thanks for the inspiration and the advice to relax! I want to take on painting an old dresser to re purpose as a tv stand and to paint the kitchen chairs.
My sons room redo is next then to tackle the garage!
The bed looks great! I painted my sons metal bed last year, I’m glad I’m not the only one that paints like that! We just bought a house full of popcorn ceilings, ugh!! So scraping those will be our next messy project!
Our next messy project is painting our kitchen table. We spend a lot of $ at our local (4 miles away) Home Depot. A gift card would be lovely!
JM. @ jkmay1@carolina.rr.com
Love painting furniture. This looks great!
My next project is the armoire, annie sloan chalk paint!!
I love that if I mess up, it’s ok. I can paint over it!
love the blog :)
annieblaylock@gmail.com
Love those cowboy pillows! Such a great rustic-chic look to the bed. I was just telling my hubby this morning that cleaning out the garage needs to be tops on our summer to-do list. We’ll probably need more than two rolls of Bounty for this messy project, but that would definitely get us started! :)
My back deck and garage need a thorough cleaning! Thanks for a chance at a fantastic giveaway!
Kara
I need to clean out and set up my daughter’s 1/4 finished nursery. She is already 5 weeks old, it is time to get going!
Have a great weekend!
Jenny
http://www.simcoestreet.blogspot.ca
I love the difference the paint made on this bed frame. I just did the same thing on a metal futon frame, I went from black to cream and I love it. My next big project is to tackle the great room walls. Thanks for the chance to win this great giveaway!!
I would love to put up some blinds and a new light in the kitchen!
Emily
emspencer06@yahoo.com
It’s true. I think I get stymied by thinking it needs to be perfect, when really a little imperfection is what makes it so personal. I am painting my kid’s bathroom this weekend…something bright!
4campers@sbcglobal.net
I adore your sons new bed and bedding! Looks like a magazine picture. My next messy project is painting the trim around our bedroom window. It’s only been a year and a half:)
I’ve decided to paint my dinning room chairs pink.
Getting some college apartment furniture ready for our sons is my next project.I’ve been putting it off to do it perfectly so this post was meant for me to read today. Great job on the room. You gave me the courage to START!
Not exactly messy, but a pain in the butt, my next project is taking apart and repairing my son’s bookshelf. He broke 3/5 of the dowels on it, so I need to take it apart, take a dowel to the store, get 3 more measured and cut, bring it home, drill it, and then rescrew it together (littlesillysally at gmail.com)
I would also love to paint my metal bed. Looks great
We just bought a home built in 1954 and it is FULL of projects! The first I would tackle is the bathroom. The ONLY bathroom our whole family will be using. I would love to win!
I am working on cleaning up some outdoor furniture.
carlotta@trendpublishing.com
caulking the woodwork in the hall and foyer! Thanks for the chance to win!
It drives my husband nuts, but I have exactly the same philosophy for projects around our house…and for the most part people don’t even notice, and if they do notice the imperfections it’s usually cause I complained about it ;) As for the most recent project that was today. Even needed a quick wipe down before I got going. I’m painting a free-to-me desk for my office! Thanks for the great blog! kim@auroradecor.com
My next messy project will be repainting patio furniture!
I love it, Emily!!! I was excited when you shared this find and I love it in blue. All the patterns and color on the bed are great too. I’m so with you on your paint philosophy. I am so much happier when I take the risk and try it, as opposed to worrying about whether it will be perfect and putting off taking the risk. — As for what I’d be cleaning with Bounty — it would be the dust and grime in our storage room. We’ve got lots of cleaning & organizing to do in there ASAP. Have a great weekend :)
– Lora
We just bought a new house and I’m going through lots and lots of paper towels wiping down shelves and drawers! Would love to win!
how about re-finishing my kitchen table!!
It’s garage cleaning time! That gift card sure would help me to get it organized!
Redo the bathrooms! Fun but messy.
For my sister’s wedding, we used 15 ornate frames to hold the table numbers. To give them new life, they all need to be spray painted yellow to start my long overdue gallery wall in my dark blue, glossy hallway!
It looks amazing!! I love that color (I actually have it, which is so unusual for me). My plan is to paint the trim in the kitchen and the master bath – we also have to paint the kitchen but we’re taking things one very slow step at a time.
I really want to paint my son’s desk and dresser…he says blue! :)
Great job! I have a metal finish bed that I wonder if this would work on? My next or current messy project is not one but two bathroom remodels almost at the same time. Lots of plaster & lathe and sheetrock mess to clean up. Oh yea, I’m also taking up linoleum off of tile. Bounty will help with it all!
We’re painting the nursery for our first baby! Somehow painting a room always means we end up with paint all over the carpet (in spite of dropcloths), ourselves, and the kitchen counter.
My next messy project is cleaning and refinishing my back deck.
Bonnie
bonnieleecurtis@yahoo.com
My Next messy project is de-cluttering my closet! Can’t wait to organize it.
Getting ready to work on our grungy garage, would love to win!
A very messy garage….Yuk! Been dreading it for weeks!
LOve your style and your blog!
Susan M.
suznewz@gmail.com
I love the bed. Nice job! My next thing to do is paint the porch rails. An all day job…..ugh!
I’m a teacher on summer vacation with a four-year-old son and a puppy. My son just ran into the dining room and said, “Don’t come see…” in his sweetest voice. Every project is a messy project around here.
I love the bed. I just finished a gallery wall with mismatched frames (betcha can’t guess where I got that idea) and the next step will be spray painting them. Thanks for letting me know I won’t be a “bad decorator” if I skip a few steps!
I have an investment property that we bought in poor condition (my 5yo calls it the ‘burnt kitchen house.’ The walls are unbelievably grimy… not only is there a bit of smoke/soot on the walls near the kitchen, there is an appalling amount of gunk on the walls from dirty handprints, going down the stairs, etc. I need to clean the walls BADLY or I’ll never get new paint to stick! XXXJust_venitaXXX@yahoo.com (remove the Xs)
Hey Emily! I have a few furniture-painting adventures I want to get into myself: a pretty little demilune table in our guest room, a chest of drawers in another spare room, and a desk. I’ve never painted a stick of furniture in my life, but you inspire me! Sun Yellow, here I come! :)
A.K. thisismyalternateaddress@yahoo.com
Hi, Emily! Thanks for yet another giveaway! Next week I’m cleaning a bunch of baby stuff that have been sitting in the garage. I’m giving it to someone expecting a baby, and I wouldn’t feel right if I don’t wipe it clean. My email is linawilliams7@gmail.com. Thank you!
My next messy project is to paint stripes in our entryway just like you did in your breakfast nook. I’ve been wanting to do it for at least a year. Might as well try it!
Kim Y
kayoung02@sbcglobal.net
I’m planning on painting six chairs and an old door! What a great giveaway! Fingers crossed.
Joyce
joycemcb@rochester.rr.com
I plan on repainting my screened in porch that does not have an outside access to help with scrubbing all the dirt and grim that has taken over the once white railings and wall.
Natalie
natalie.c.dennis@gmail.com
Hi, Emily! Thanks for yet another giveaway! Next week I’m cleaning a bunch of baby stuff that have been sitting in the garage. I’m giving it to someone expecting a baby, and I wouldn’t feel right if I don’t wipe it clean. My email is linawilliams7@gmail.com. Thank you!
My next messy project (I’m hoping anyway!) is landscaping the side of our house. I’ve been wanting to do this forever so I’m hoping to get it done soon!
Can’t wait to get started on our sofa table! We recently moved and the color is no longer working in our new home. Now to decide which color!!
Love the new bed:)
Love Bounty and looking forward to a messy bathroom remodel! Thanks! Kristina.craig.plus5@gmail.com
Emily, I just love reading your posts. They give me courage to attempt new things in our house. Our next “messy project”…moving (hopefully sooner than later, if we can get our house sold). I know we will definitely be going through the Bounty paper towel rolls then. Thanks for the inspiration. Hope to see you guys around Belmont sometime soon :)
My master bath needs some tlc
Retiling the kid’s bathroom! Love the bed!
Love the blue color!
I’m still landscaping my yard and I’d love to buy and bunch of new perennials for the front.
Finally ready to repaint our bath room vanity after 6 years!
rhaines1@sbcglobal.net
The bed turned out great! I also recently got up the courage to paint and refinish some pieces of our wood furniture in preparation for an upcoming move. The furniture looks great but not perfect and as you said I had to just decide that it is okay, especially in our house full of kids! My next messy project is pulling down some old fruit wallpaper off of plaster walls from the kitchen of our “new to us” 105 year old parsonage!
Thanks for all of your very practical inspiration especially for creating a lovely family home!
-Nicole
nicole22roy@gmail.com
We moved into our “new” 1924 bungalow yesterday. What doesn’t need doing. I have some furniture to paint!
cathycomm@aol.com
I love it! It looks so nice. I have so many projects I would like to begin that I don’t even know where to start. I have an entry table I would like to paint a lovely kelly green, several rooms that need to be painted, and some wood trim I would like to paint a soothing white. Oh! I also have an outdoor patio set that is begging for a sunny yellow. Guess I’ll need a lot of paper towels!
painting my hallway
My next messy project is to redo our patio furniture. Right now, it’s covered in chipped black paint. I’m excited to paint it a fun color. Can’t decide between aqua and lime green.
Stephanie
steph0828 at hotmail dot com
Love the room. My next project is to repaint our outdoor furniture that’s covered in chipped black paint. I’m thinking aqua or lime green. Should be fun.
Stephanie
steph 0828 at hotmail dot com
Note: tried to comment earlier, but I don’t see it so I’m commenting again. :)
My next messy project is painting our master bathroom.
The next messy project I’ll tackle is wiping down my 1 year old and her high chair after she “feeds” herself!
Vjamieson5@hotmail.com
Hi, Emily! Thanks for yet another giveaway! My next big project is to clean the garage (boring, i know). I would rather do it in the winter, cuz I’m afraid of all the spiders that live there now, but it looks like it can’t wait. My email is linawilliams7@gmail.com. Thank you!
My next project is the playroom. It has been the catch all room for a couple of years. It will be a lot of work.
Deborah
jasdeb@embarqmail.com
This is perfect timing! One of my July projects is to spray paint my great-grandfather’s metal bed for my oldest son…I’m thinking red. Thank you for the reminder that it doesn’t have to be perfect!
Amy J.
amybumjack at yahoo dot com
Our next messy project …. well there’s plenty to choose from at our house! But the top two are redoing the table top on our 8ft outdoor table and new crown moulding in the kitchen/den where we just finished installing a wood plank ceiling. Both involve paint and lots of sawdust!
We are moving into a rental home so basically life is a total mess right now. Dreaming of our future home and all that I would tackle with that Home Depot card.
painting a master bathroom vanity–starting tomorrow!
Our project this weekend is to clean out our garage!
Awesome bed… I painted my toddler son’s bed frame the same color. I am with you in the “wing it” approach to spray painting for sure. Next project: not fun, but scrubbing and reprinting all the trim in our house. Going to do some fun things with our doors/ doorways, too. Will need approx. 1 million paper towels for this!!
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I have a table that with two drawers that I want to paint and put in my dining room. I suffer from wanting everything to be perfect so I often keep putting off projects when I’m worried about how it will turn out. I started sanding this table at the end of last summer and that’s as far as I’ve gotten. Thanks for the great post!
Heidi
echotwins@aol.com
My next project is to paint my daughter’s bed…silver aged finish. Hope it turns out as well as your bed!
Lisa
jimlisav@verizon.net
I have switched to Bounty after being a lifetime user of Viva. They have made some huge improvements to their paper towels and I love them!
I am going to use Bounty to wipe down an old farmhouse chair before I paint it black. :)
Staining our new 6 foot privacy fence is next up on the project list!! Just finished a mud room redo now onto the outside for summer!
The basement it is a disaster.
You have inspired me to tackle painting a side table for the kids bath–found the perfect yellow paint but it definitely needs some scrubbing/wood filler and sanding first–but the thought that it doesn’t have to be perfect makes me feel more confident!
blessed2be@hotmail.com
I need to tackle painting our front door. It’s been calling me name for quick some time.. just need to find the time to do it! LOVE the painted metal bed!
Messy project for me: several! putting them all off because I procrastinate! 2 nightstands that need to be painted, another nightstand, a kids shelf and an ottoman. ugh!
As for your bed– love the color! You really lucked out on CL with the metal bed! Those are hard to come by ;( As alway~ great great job!
Hope you have a great weekend ;)
My messy project is to clean out my daughter’s bedroom (with her help!) before she leaves for college in August.
I love your color combinations!
ebmusser at hotmail dot com
oops, my email: b8sfamily(at)gmail(dot)com~thanks, mom23
Although I’ve been putting it off for about a year now, I MUST tackle the caulk in my bath tub. It’s a nasty mold color and half of it is peeling off. It’s not a big deal, but it does require scraping off all the nasty caulk, cleaning the area well, and reapplying new caulk. The most difficult part? Keeping everything completely dry until it dries and hardens (about 24 hours). It’s a must-do, a MESSY must-do, but one I really need to do soon.
phall0106 at yahoo dot com
My next messy project is painting all the trim in my house!
sllizarraga@gmail.com
My next messy project is recaulking all the areas that the previous homeowner tried to do on his own, but wasn’t quite up to the task. There are many places!
Oh, where to start! I keep staring at our outdoor picnic table that needs a good sanding and coat of paint. That is where we will start!
What a great giveaway! …. my next project is painting our family room …
I love the bedroom! My next messy project is to pant my kitchen in white. Love your blog.
veromartinez@sbcglobal.net
Ugh…the basement :(
I love the bedroom! My next messy project is to pant my kitchen in white. Love your blog.
veromartinez@sbcglobal.net
The outside patio – gets dirty so easily!
The outside patio needs a good cleaning!
My little family just bought our first home and had our third baby all in the same month and all while doing project after project to make it livable! Next up on the never ending list is painting the huge front door. I especially like how you talked about not worrying so much about perfection…I needed a pep talk:)
We need to finish painting our kitchen cabinets! We started six months ago…but then we had a baby!
Love the look of the bed and room. My next big project is painting the entrance from the garage and the ugly builder wood steps with a chevron pattern. Wish me luck!
Not sure if my comment got published.
I love the look of this room so boy with style! My next project is painting the garage entrance and the ugly builder steps with a chevron pattern. Wish me luck
Repainting the iron table we have on the deck.
jslbrown_03 at yahoo dot com
My teen daughter has been begging me to get rid of her antique iron bed. It’s over 100 years old and has the most amazing french white chippy finish (which is what my daughter hates!). I can’t imagine painting over it…until now. You have inspired me to take a chance! Think I’ll go with an apple green or a coral (just to pump up the girly factor!). Thanks, Emily!! :)
Loved your project! I need to tackle the garage clutter! :0 Thanks for a chance to win!!
Michelle
lattemichelle(at)gmail(dot)com
I have two dressers that I need to paint for my boys room and I’m going to try the oil paint method. Hoping for good results!! Rachel P.
swagbooties@yahoo.com
My next messy project is cleaning and painting my outdoor furniture. Bring on the Bounty!! The bed looks amazing!
Ive been wanting to tackle my old dresser for awhile…it could use some fresh paint!
My next messy project is painting our dining room and recovering the dining room chairs! Can’t wait to get started!
I love the painted bed! My next messy project will probably be getting rid of the mold in our bathroom.
Thanks for hosting a giveaway!
Aubrey
aubreysue@live.com
I have to remove all the weird plastic ‘rattan’ from the chairs in our screen porch and redo the chairs. That gift card would sure be helpful along with the Bounty!
I need to paint the cabinets in my boys’ bathrooms.
Painting the exterior of our house (in 100 degree weather). mdewing@sbcglobal.net Michelle
Love the blue! I need to refinish and paint several pieces of big furniture (table, armoires, bed). Not excited for the work ahead but hoping it will be worth it in the end. Thanks for the inspiration crme4@yahoo.com
Love the blue! My next messy project…sorting, shredding & filing 2 yrs worth of paper work. Ugh. Prayers gladly accepted :)
My husband and I are going to attempt to build a console table for our TV to sit on. I always use a dry paper towel and then a slightly damp one to clean surfaces that I’ve just sanded before I start painting.
My next messy project is putting new fabric on seat cushions from an old outdoor iron table/chair set that was my in-laws, and painting the iron from black to pink!
Gigi
Love the pep talk about “just get going” — I’m ready to tackle some old wooden folding chairs that need a new coat of paint
Thank you! I LOVE how real you are and the spirit of just getting it done, I have the same attitude a lot of the time and then feel guilty for not always doing projects the “proper” way :).
My next messy project is re-staining an oak table and chairs….to look less oak-y ;).
Cleaning out all of my window sills. They will need lots of paper towels and elbow grease:)
Traci
Itsme.traci at gmail.com
My next messy project is painting a metal bed much like this one. Can’t wait to get started!
Really like the makeover and the collected look of your bedding selections.
I’ve got a vintage desk that is begging for some love. The plan had been to paint it but I really think it would look better restained. It’ll be my first time staining so fingers crossed.
my husband is really excited to tackle some bookcases!
We are cleaning up the attic!
I appreciate your comments that we don’t need perfection. After many years of tryiing to be perfect, and never succeeding, my new mantra is “we don’t need perfect. I’ve never met a perfect person”. My next project is stripping and refinishing an oak kitchen table. I expect this to be a messy job and will need lots of paper towels!
Your bed looks great. I love the color!
Painting my boy’s room!
I am planning to re-do our basement which needs to come out of the 1980’s and become a hang out area for our teenage daughter and friends.
My deck
Hi! We’re pressure washing our brick patio, it needs some tlc!
Thanks, Sandra
sks1124 at hotmail dot com
Awesome job on the bed. I plan on redoing my kitchen floor next.
My next messy project is our storage room in our basement. Hmmm…I think it will take more than a roll of paper towels for this one!!
My next messy projects will be refinishing my kitchen table and my husband’s bachelor-era coffee table!
Hi Emily! Your blog has quickly become a favorite–I’m always glad to see a new post. I decided to comment not (only!) out of desire for giveaway but to say I LOVE your son’s room. I think you achieved a really great balance in decor. Not too juvenile or theme driven; instead, stylish AND practical. Love bedding & the Indigo Blue bed frame!
I use Bounty towels every day so what mess do we NOT reach for Bounty–I have lots of projects going this summer and I think Bounty has been a part of every one…most recent was wiping out old dresser drawers with vinegar. Next project to tackle with Bounty will, like your’s, involve clean up and paint!
Thanks, Susan. So glad you’re enjoying the blog :)
New floors for the kitchen and entry…that Home Depot card would come in mighty handy!!
The next project for me is to repaint and restore the old wrought iron and glass table I have on my side yard. Beautiful table, but needs TLC.
jslbrown_03 at yahoo dot com
I am about to refinish a beautiful dresser I bought at a garage sale. It is painted white, and the paint is chipping off. The dresser needs to be stripped and re stained. Lots of paper towels are in my future along with a bit of sanding, cleaning, and then re staining. I love doing projects!
Working on making an old window into a picture frame! It is full of dirt all in the corners!
Tearing down our shed (aka opossum abode). I have a pic of a Momma and her babies peeking out from under it. Main problem is…the floor of the shed has a 6″ diameter hole in it. I am petrefied to go out and retrieve a shovel for fear of an angry Momma coming up out of the floor!
source.summit@yahoo.com
I pinned your bed several days ago (really love the colors)! We’re planning to paint our bathrooms this summer, very messy!
shannoncarman at yahoo dot com
My next messy project will be cleaning my garage. I will need LOTS of Bounty paper towels for this one!
Kalan
horn2107@hotmail.com
Our next project is to add a paver patio off our screened in porch in order to enjoy our summer in the south. We can’t wait to host our family for backyard barbecues!
OUR GARAGE!!!! We have stuff out there STILL in boxes from our move – TWO YEARS AGO. #procastinationiskey
I have tons of furniture painting on my list! Now that our landlord painted and re-carpeted our apartment, I plan on going crazy on a lamp, dining table chairs, and anything else that gets in my way! :)
We are ripping out the hall bath which our 5 kids use. I hope it gets done quickly as we will be down to one bath.
jenny.glade@yahoo.com
i would love to redo our dining room with a new light fixture and coat of paint on one wall for a dramatic and modern effect
pokergrl8 at gmail.com
My next project is to paint my bathroom.
rounder9834 @yahoo.com
Power washing the house. Uuggghhh!
german21158@yahoo.com
Painting an antique chest and creating a big girl room for my 2 year old!
Stovallta@yahoo.com
Painting an antique chest and creating a big girl room for my 2 year old!
Stovallta@yahoo.com
Cleaning the windows in my garage– very dirty!
-Kara
cunninkc@yahoo.com
My next messy project will be cleaning out the garage!
I love your blog! My plan is to tackle my kitchen cabinets and paint them all! I have heard and am learning that it is going to be a lot of work, but I am looking forward to the end result. In the mean time, here goes nothing! Aaaaaaaaaaah! :)
emilymcsloan@yahoo.com
I have a 6 month old boy and can’t wait to do a big boy room! My next project is to re-paint our kitchen table. I messed up when I first painted and have just been keeping a tablecloth on it, but it’s time to fix it so we can really enjoy it!
I’m working on reprinting my porch and restraining the floor, I hope it doesn’t get too messy!!
My next messy project will be painting my daughters nightstand. I live in the north so I can only paint furniture in the warm months so it feels like forever since I painted my last piece. I need to get motivated. I really love the bed you painted and the reminder to just go for it. I have been hestitating to paint some drapes because I am afraid, but I should just go for it. Thanks for the push.
I recently found your blog and really like it, thanks for all the inspiration.
Tammy @ thecoloreddoor.blogspot.com
Oh, I always have a ton of projects! I need to finish the board and batten in my laundry room, make some shelves and tons of other things!
theturquoisehome@gmail.com
My next messy project is to chalk paint the dresser in our entryway. The minor rough-up sanding is already done!
My next messy project is that SAME BED but my daughter wants it purple! I’ve been watching to see how yours turned out. It looks awesome!
I also need to paint some doors in the house.
Michelle E.
edvikm2001 at yahoo.com
My next messy project is moving. Ugh.
Next messy project for me is painting a bed for my son’s “big boy room”!
Love your blog ! I am tackling my master bedroom closet after 13 years of just primer on it…some spots had just bare dry wall ! I have one more wall to go-we had to move out a dresser first ! Then I will pull up the carpet and use the carpet squares I got from Home Depo to finish the floor
I’m about to tackle some painting in our kitchen!
Gretchen.a.kim(at)gmail(dot)com
Silver leafing an old buffet, i hear the process is messy, but results are worth it! Amy raney, asikora1@aol.com
Love the bed! Thanks for the giveaway! I would use bounty to help clean up my basement that just flooded! The GC would come in major handy as well!
Thanks,
Rory Reding
redingr@ccf.org
The bathroom that my boy/girl twins share! It’s a mess and I’d love to make it a nice gender neutral room for the kids to use.
We are about to move out of our military base housing. So my next messy project is cleaning every little corner of this house for our big check out inspection. If I miss the top of a door, it’s $10, one shelf in the fridge is $35 etc. So doing all of that with a toddler running around, should be fun!
~Jessica
lewis(dot)jessica1@gmail(dot)com
My next messy project is to spray an old table that will be used in a guest room – just waiting for the rain to clear up!
Messy project = my basement. Dust galore, dirty walls — need I say more?
Lots of cleaning and then LOTS of painting. So two starter rolls of Bounty ;) — AND a gift card to my favorite home improvement store should get me off to a grand start.
A desk that is in dire need of some paint!
Ha ha! You have the same technique I do…go for it! I am actually going to spray paint a little outdoor table that I “curb dived” a couple of weeks ago! It needs a new top but I need to tackle the base first so I can be sure that I know the direction I’m going. The bed looks great!! renae_reis(at)yahoo(dot)com.
My next messy project is finishing the built in’s I started 8 months ago…I feel shamed just typing that!
I am about to tackle the baby boy nursery! YIKES! All repurposed furniture that I have pulled from relatives houses and our own house! :) Painting, spray painting and sanding all before baby arrives. Nothing like waiting until the last minute but it happens when it’s your third! :)
Repainting our bathroom will be a messy project that we plan on doing this summer!
Cleaning my apartment kitchen before moving into my home!
I just love the bed and the mix of linens you used! As for a big mess – I need to paint and decorate our guest bath. We’ve been in the house for 4 years and I haven’t touched it yet…
Cleaning our storage room. Thanks!
We would LOVE to tackle painting our kitchen cabinets this summer…but we have been saying that since we moved into our house 4 years ago. Hopefully fourth year is a charm!
I really NEED to scrub down my patio furniture. It is covered in dust and pollen!
Love the start of your son’s room!! :)
bennette1@gmail.com
We just moved into a new house so you name it and we are doing it! Finishing painting the dining room this week, moving on to the office, fireplace and then finally getting our bedrooms in order!
Well timed topic! We just moved into a house that did not meet my standards in the cleanliness department. I have had to get over my perfection and realize that clean was good enough, immaculate was not going to happen anytime soon. I had motored through 409 and paper towels like nobody’s business! My messy project is the leaky shower and outdated fixtures. Love the blue bed! My son would love it!
Shari M.
we are thinking of building me a standing desk since they are supposed to be so much better for your health!
jessicarwarfield at gmail dot com
Great color! Looks great!
http://erinstaussdesign.co/
Funny you posted about this today as I just finished putting together a wrought-iron bed for my son that I bought on CL in the winter. FINALLY! I hope to finish a few more projects this summer. The messiest being painted another CL find – a little chest in my entryway. Thanks for the inspiration!
I love that bed! Great color! My next (and current) messy project is our deck. We’re removing the old paint and redoing it.
My next messy project will be moving into our new house this week!! I’m sure we’ll be using A LOT of paper towel and we already have a home depot list going…sprinklers, trash can, cabinet hardware, LOTS of paint!!
Cleaning out my garage!
My next messy project is fairly boring: cleaning walls to prep them for paint. Love your philosophy, Emily!
alas….. I am going to be tackling the total cleanup of some antique hooks and knobs I am looking to repurpose with my pallet tops….. perhaps some cleaned up knobs for a box? or some hooks for coats and cloaks! : )
I am looking to clean up some antique hooks and door knobs to repurpose for cloaks and small handmade boxes….
carol b fromourfrontporch@mchsi.com
My messy project is the side of the garage! I am wanting to put in a stepping stone garden…I am so excited to get started but I know it will be a messy project because of the cleaning, hauling and planting but what a reward it will be when done!
What a great giveaway!!!!! Thank you!
My next project is to tackle the grill before the big holiday weekend.
My next project is to clean the grill before the big holiday weekend.
Amy
AHuber269@yahoo.com
Where to start! As a military family just moving back into our house, we are going to simultaneously paint the garage & tackle a bed frame just like the one you did. Then, we are tackling the laundry room.
I’d scrub down our bathroom and finally getting around to paint it! The bed looks great and I wish I had your eye for matching colors and design!
Im in the process of repainting our dresser, first color wasn’t right, neither was second, I’m hoping the third go will be it!!
Meg
So many projects. Moving into a new build in a couple months, designing a nursery for our first baby (due 2 weeks after the move, fingers crossed we can get it done in time).
Thanks!
Dayna
dnteakell@yahoo.com
At my house, you name it and it probably needs cleaning. Lately we have been working on our garage. Our goal is to donate as much as we can. Goodwill has been our best friend. All of the shelves need to be sprayed down and wiped clean. The garage door touch pad always looks like we live in a coal mine. I don’t know how it gets so dirty! Of course the backdoor has fingerprints galore…so ya…this project will keep us busy for a couple of weekends! ;) I’m looking forward to pulling my car into a clean, well organized garage!
I have started slowly (b/c its so time consuming) restoring some milo baughmann dining chairs. I have been using coke to remove the rust and therefore have already gone through plenty of paper towels and thats with only 1 chair down and 3 to go!
My next messy project is the garage! Top to bottom!
Crystal O.
before we left to go on vacation, our kitchen sink flooded and ruined the cabinet (and everything stored underneath) and buckled the flooring. we are on vacation now, and when we get home, that is what we have to tackle. :/
I’m in the middle of a messy project. I decided a wicker chair had to be a certain grey color. I thought I was crazy at first, but I have become addictive to painting the chair with a tiny paint brush.
rachel.o.mcdowell@gmail.com
The bed looks great! Next on our list is cleaning the patio and deck so this gift card would help!
To be honest, I don’t have a project because I always buy new. It has always seemed intimidating to me to tackle a project like this because I didn’t know what I was doing. After reading your blog, you make it seem so accessible that even I could do it. I think I’ll start with spray painting and see how it goes!
lmatzko@yahoo.com
To be honest, I don’t have a project because I always buy new. It has always seemed intimidating to me to tackle a project like this because I didn’t know what I was doing. After reading your blog, you make it seem so accessible that even I could do it. I think I’ll start with spray painting and see how it goes!
lmatzko@yahoo.com
I am trying to tackle my kitchen by DIY. I could sure use that gift card!
id love the chance to finish (many)unfinished projects! ;) but, I do have a couple spindle beds for boy for his first bed! what a great inspiration to paint those beds a fun color!!
i have (many)projects that need finished! ;)but i have two spindle beds for my boy that need to be painted for his big boy bed. what great inspiration to paint them a fun color! Michelle.hoard@yahoo.com
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The “cleaning closet” which is actually the steps leading to our dirt floor basement. It hasn’t been updated in 30 plus years and is in desperate need of cleaning and paint! Sounds like the perfect project for Bounty and Home Depot!!
I’m moving at the end of the month, so the entire move should be a messy project!
My next big messy project is painting the dining room and all the molding :)
so many projects to tackle… probably the powder room… it’s the one room we haven’t touched since we moved into our house three years ago! thanks for the giveaway!
Cleaning my screen porch to get it ready for my daughter’s birthday party.
My next project to tackle it the repainting of my wrought-iron and glass table that is on my side yard, needs TLC bad.
jslbrown_03 at yahoo dot com
My next project is throwing a 4th of July party. I’m sure it will be messy..
Love the bed!
Love how the bed turned out! My next messy project is – I hope – re-tiling our bathroom floor… but, everything else in the house keeps breaking and pushing that down on the priority list. Maybe this gift card would allow us to get a handle on the other issues so we can get to the fun stuff!
We’re planning to add-on some form of patio to the builder-basid concrete box for our back porch. Then I will clean up after installing new landscape. ;)
The molding around the garage door in garage …..ready to make the entrance prettier to exit and enter :)
Love the bed , great job!!
need to clean the hardware on my mid-century console. Bar Keeper’s Friend and some Bounty ought to do the trick. Love the bed!
need to clean the hardware on my mid-century console. Bar Keeper’s Friend and some Bounty ought to do the trick. Love the bed!
We are getting ready to tackle our DIY kitchen renovation project! I can’t wait!
Have been redoing my new closet room….which will include my Grandmothers crystal chandelier as soon as I can tackle the intricate cleaning so Bounty would be great for the delicate rubbing and rewiring it with the help of Home Depot.
Can’t wait for the sparkle to shine through out the new room.
We are getting rid of carpet and installing tile !! With boys and dogs this is going to be fantabulous!
looks great! next project is the back porch!
looks great! next project is the back porch!
I need to work on our laundry room, paint, moulding, light fixture. I spent so much time in there that I might as well make it my happy place!
My next messy project is painting a small bureau I inherited from a friend who moved to NYC. She had spray painted it silver in college. I stripped it THIRTEEN years ago and it has sat since then, naked and vulnerable. It is the perfect size for some extra storage in our bathroom.
So fun! I have an ampersand to spray paint!
I have a craft room that is in desparate need of a good clean-up!! I can envision what it looks like – once it’s clean – but getting there is the problem. I LOVE Bounty – it’s the only paper towel I use in my kitchen and that gift card would go a long way in making my craft room ready for crafts!!
my next messy project is reclaiming the guest room also know as the dumping zone.
the bed looks awesome!!
veronica
veronica.l.odell@gmail.com
My next big project to tackle is our office/junk room/lose a small child in their room. I need to turn it into a bedroom for our German exchange student we will be hosting. I would love to be able to DIY a headboard and cool memo board for her and the gift card would help me do just that. The Bounty paper towels is the cherry on top as we already love their select a size option.
becky@imelt4you.com
Getting ready to move…so I will have a whole new house to tackle. Nursery is first!
Painting the kitchen cabinets is next… I’ve pinned about 4,566 tutorials. Now I just need to do it :)
I need to paint & change the hardware on a small Ikea dresser I bought recently!
My list is long but first messy project is cleaning my house after the renovation is complete which can’t come soon enough!
i have a few metal folding chairs I want to paint and replace the cushions.
lucindaperry@yahoo.com
Possibly redoing my daughter’s dresser. Hope to get to that soon! Thanks for the giveaway!
I need to clean and paint our exterior doors. They are crazy dirty and scuffed up! Great giveaway!
April C
ajcordova at gmail dot com
i would make a headboard and paint it
Love the bed! I’m getting ready to spray paint some of our outdoor furniture…trying to buy some time before purchasing new! It will undoubtedly be a messy undertaking!
Oooh, I love that blue. I want to paint some furniture, and that color will be in the running.
My next messy project is restoring a beautiful antique dresser that my grandma had. She died last fall and must’ve had faith I could do it justice becuase she specifically left it to me. Hoping I can prove her right!
Erica
erica007@sbcglobal.net
midway through painting metal furniture — porch chairs — and cleaning off the porch they’re on. Cross fingers for me that mine turn out as nicely as your bed did! Andrea (aorzoff at n m s u dot e d u )
We are always grabbing Bounty towels to clean up our patio table outside after a fun picnic lunch. Your bed turned out great!
~Sarah
My next “messy project” is refinishing our current dining room set! I cannot wait to re-stain the table top, paint the base a flat black color, paint each of the 6 Queen Anne chairs to match the base, and reupholster each seat! I’m surely going to need plenty of Bounty paper towels for THAT project!
Ready for a major overhaul of the kitchen. It is way past due and needs some serious scrubbing.
My utility room! I have to clean the windows! :) Love looking at all your great posts!
WOO HOO! for getting it done and not caring about perfection- I am SO one of those readers that always emails you with those questions lol. My messy project I am tackling next- painting the inside of my cabinets. its going to be SO MESSY. and SO TIME CONSUMING.
The bed looks fantastic and long live spray paint!
Sarah
Sarahm.ochoa@gmail.com
I am re-doing my master in a self-imposed ‘one room challenge’ and will need plenty of elbow grease, Bounty paper towels and more than a few supplies from HD to get the job done! What a great giveaway.
wow seriously I only buy Bounty – they are the BEST! Our next messy project is going to be rebuilding our deck! Messy and expensive! Love the bed and all the bedding in the boys’ room – gurl you got skillz!
redoing coffee table with six cubbies, cannot figure out how to get inside of these to paint
mrs.maison@gmail.com
I tend to get overwhelmed with “what if it looks like I just did it…” Somewhere I have the notion that my items need to be done by someone else to be valued. Thanks for reminding me once again that the love you put into them…is the greatest value. That our children can say…My mom..or “we” did it. Thanks again for the post. I am not off to finish bathroom cabinets….must paint. :) kendall.reaves@gmail.com
my next messy project is going to be my husband’s office. It is a total mess since we moved in our house a year ago and we need some major organization to happen in there!
thehacketts@charter.net
My next messy project is refinishing a hutch from my husband’s side of the family. It needs a lot of work!
My next messy project will be painting 2 rooms plus a small hallway, in the upstairs of my house, that is covered with ugly dated wood paneling. It’ll be messy as I plan to use a paint sprayer… Oh, and did I mention that the ceiling is even worse — it’s tiled (the kind that was probably made using asbestos.) Oh yeah! GO CATS!!!
We need to paint our concrete front stairs/porch area so they are not slippery, the gift card would be great to help out with the cost of the Behr concrete/deck restore kits!
Looks so great Emily! I have been slowly working on my 10 year old boy’s room and it is taking me forever to get finished! My messy project would be getting new shelving and organizing my pantry. Hope you had a great 4th!
I am painting a dresser and side table. Love your bed frame.
Linda
Actually, I just finished about three messy projects! We spent two days cleaning all the windows in our 80 year old house! (floor to ceiling type) Then it was painting the shutters (louvered) for those same windows. Yesterday I worked on a project for my niece who is an elementary school teacher. I have a set of four drawers left over from an old waterbed. They were in great shape and I couldn’t bear to just throw them out. I painted one of them black, cut a piece of durable scrap wood to fit over the opening of the drawer and then put cotton batting on the wood and covered it with cloth. I attached wheels to the bottom and new drawer pulls to the front. It is now a seat with storage for a child. She loved it and I will make three more for her. I am going to try to upload the picture. Hope it works. https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=150b100801&view=att&th=13fafd7848ac33bc&attid=0.0&disp=thd&zw
I just purchased lumber to make my daughter a platform bed. Ana White has the best plans!!
It looks GREAT!!!!!! My next messy project is…as you’ve probably figured out by my emails…my bedroom :)
~Hannah G. Campbell
hgcampbell98@yahoo.com
Love the way the bed turned out, and I completely agree with the just go for it approach. My next messy project is replacing baseboard.
I’ve never tried to paint anything, but after I found this beautiful fireplace mantle and had it instaled I now need to sand and paint it, and I’m a little nervous about getting it right. Not to mention and what color to paint it. I know white would be the easy route and look crisp with the black slate surround, but feel like I should try to think out the box….it’s only paint right?? Lol….we’ll see…might send you a photo of my attempt….Michelle B Micaella27@Yahoo.ca….it’s a canadian yahoo..
I would love to update our neglected bedroom with a planked wall! Or spruce up our front porch with paint!
Janabergen@hotmail.com
Jana
I would never have thought of that.The online Bed Shop.It looks great.
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You made this looks so easy and it looks perfect! I’m getting ready to paint my bed from brown to white this weekend, and have a few questions if you can email me!!:)