I used a screw driver to really scratch it up good as well.

I used Christmas Red acrylic for the base color and then just went a little nuts making it look like a bit of an old mess.I used my stamps and some Antique White for the lettering.. One down, fifty to go!.

…and then I’ll go and change my idea, of course.That’s how these things work.. Oh well, you can never have too many cute signs!.Subscribe by email to receive free posts straight to your inbox, or follow along using any (or all!)

of the methods below!I added a door knocker on to our mudroom door the other day..My mom sent it to me a year ago when we moved in and I hadn’t gotten around to drilling it into the door, so it just sat in a drawer, waiting.. Well, I really wanted to see how it would look with our nice weathered brass kick-plate.

Funny, I never noticed how terrible the door knob is until now.

Anyway, the point is that the new door knocker looks great!.Dessert Recipes Page.Oh, this dining room.

It’s been driving me crazy for a few years, but we finally found the time to get it properly-ish taken care of and now it’s just pretty much the apple of my eye!I’m pretty sure it was never meant to be a dining room and probably never has been one in the history of this house, but a “real” dining room is something that I’ve wanted for a long time.. And.

my beloved 150 year old family dining room furniture deserves a happy home, so here’s how we made that happen, in grey and white so it could play nicely with the living room which is right off of it!.First, let’s start with some “before” pictures from before we moved in, when we were having the house inspected, and some from this first few months we were here too.