PAINTED VANITY

This was once a tall dresser. I had my husband cut out the middle section so that it could work for a vanity.

I painted this with Amy Howard Dunavant Green chalk paint and applied several coats of Polycrylic on the top surface.

The knobs are from Hobby Lobby.

The window film is from a U.K. company, Blossom and Brush.

RAINBOW TABLE

I was given a small coffee table to paint for a fundraising auction for our local Habitat for Humanity.

The side pocket is on with velcro.

The first step was to sand the table and paint it white. The rest of the steps can be found in the following video.

SILHOUETTES

My son, Ryan, has no children—yet! He does have two dogs, though, that he treats as children.I thought that Riggs and Rey deserved a place in the silhouette gallery—at least until they are replaced by humans.

The first step was to take photos of their profiles. That sounds easier than it actually was.

I then printed off their photos in the size that would fit into the frames I wanted to use.

Then I painted the paper heads black.

I used a glue stick to adhere the painted heads to heavy drawing paper and trimmed them to fit the oval frames.

STOCK TANK POOL

I often come up with brainy ideas that require a lot of work from my husband, and he typically grumbles at the first mention, warms to the idea, and then tackles it with amazing enthusiasm.

That is how it went with the stock tank pool! First he gave me all the reasons it was not a great idea. When I didn’t budge, he eventually flipped.

He dug the area out by hand—which was not that easy with Tennessee clay dirt.

Grandson Jett offered to help!

The area was leveled with sand.

Once my husband caught my vision, he was full-speed ahead. A deck was framed the same day.

A lot of people just use the tank as is, but I ordered a liner from Amazon. It was for a four-foot deep pool, so the liner went over the outside the extra two feet. I also ordered a pool pump from Amazon.

I line the edges with pool noodles, slit down the middle. They need to be replaced a couple times a year.

This has been the best investment! The kids love it so much, and I love having the water feature outside my kitchen window.

The tank with the liner, pump and sand cost about $700. The deck, of course, was extra.