Happy April, friends ~ Like many of you with extra home time during the COVID-19 pandemic, our family is embracing the opportunity to tackle projects large and small around the house. Perfect for me because I absolutely love house projects; not so perfect for my long-suffering family. I've ...
Furniture
This Isn’t What I Pictured
"When things go wrong as they sometimes will, When the road you're trudging seems all uphill..." One of the things we learn early in life is things don't always turn out the way we plan. As a young girl, I received a beautiful, two-foot-high blonde "walking" doll for my birthday. The box ...
A Blue Master Vanity
Sometimes the reason we procrastinate when it comes to home design is our inability to make a decision. This was certainly the case with our Master Bath Vanity. (I'll admit, though: 10 years is far too long for decision debt.) **This post contains affiliate links; however, all recommendations ...
Vintage Army Dresser
**This post contains affiliate links; however, opinions and suggestions are wholeheartedly my own. It's always fun to venture into new territory with painting. When asked to transform a basic 6-drawer dresser into a unique piece suitable for a young boy's Vintage Army-themed room, I jumped at ...
Painting Large Bookshelves: The Paint Tent Method
**This post contains affiliate links; however, opinions and suggestions are wholeheartedly my own. Painting my enormous library bookshelves presented a challenge in more ways than one. You can see my Full Reveal here. First, these shelves consist of three large parts which are extremely ...
Painted Bookshelves Reveal
**This post contains an affiliate link; recommendations are wholeheartedly my own. One of the benefits of tackling a huge painting project is the tremendous reward. A few weeks ago I dove in to paint this three-piece bookshelf inherited from my sister. A massive unit with lots of ...
A Blue and Cream Office
**This post may contain affiliate links but all recommendations are wholeheartedly my own. We completed our Office Makeover this week! Our planning, labor, and styling the last few weeks transformed this hard-working space from dark and dated to bright and welcoming. There are so many ...
Snack Hutch Makeover
Around our house, back-to-school means a return to scheduled bedtimes, intentional meal planning, and time-saving systems to make our morning routine flow smoothly. I am ALL about smooth mornings around here. Here's what I believe: No one should leave the house in the morning feeling stressed, ...
Painted Gold & White Metal Desk
This little jewel has quite the story. Discarded at a local dump as a rusty, unattractive, past-her-prime heap of metal, a friend of mine saw her last fall and thought of me. What this friend didn't know was that her text that day was an answer to a prayer. A prayer I had ...
To All the Dressers I’ve Loved Before
I've spent hours this summer going through old All Mimsy Home blog posts, editing and updating photos that did not transfer well from Blogspot to Wordpress, and learning new information about optimizing my presence in the blogosphere utilizing social media and other means. I know, I know...I ...
