Home Sweet Home #361

Hello and welcome to Home Sweet Home! This week I shared Follow These Instructions. God's message never changes.

Then I shared this message To The Children of God.

Thank you to everyone who continues to join the Home Sweet Home party. I pray that the Lord's messages continue to speak to you and will bless your life. Here are a few posts that caught my eye from two weeks ago.

How To Set Up a Beautiful Home Office to be More Efficient Plus Free Printables by Celebrating Everyday Life.

Oreo Lovers No Bake Cheesecake Bars by Delightful E Made.

4 Ways to Give Others the Right Opinion of God by Soul Survival.

Sherry

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Home Sweet Home #320

Hello and welcome to Home Sweet Home!  This week I told the story of the rebuilding of Jerusalem's wall in Nehemiah.

Then, I shared the Building the Temple in Jerusalem: Ezra.

 There are so many wonderful posts each week, here are a few that I enjoyed.

A Little Box of Sunshine by Sprinkled with Color.

Meeting God in the Garden: Beauty by Sarah Geringer

Old Tools: Planing/finishing a DIY butcher block Countertop by Grandma's House DIY.

Sherry

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*New* Would you please share anything related to your home in the spirit of Proverbs 31 (such as recipes, Christian encouragement, DIY's, gardening, home decoration, sewing, crafts, etc.)
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* Please note that posts on this party come from other blogs also and that they may not agree with my own personal faith.  Take this into consideration when viewing links and use your own discernment using the Holy Scriptures as your guide.

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Home Sweet Home #204

Hello and welcome to Home Sweet Home.  This week I am reading on my Kindle and trying to Enjoy Every Moment.

I made a hearty vegetarian dish in Sweet Potato-Lentil Stew.

There are so many great ideas, great decorating, and delicious recipes at the Home Sweet Home Party each week.   You all had a lot of great post!! Here are a few that caught my eye.

Christine of Little Brags put together a great post on Decorating with Old Doors. 

Diane at An Extraordinary Day created these adorable 3-D Hanging Paper Hearts. 

Michael Lee of Rattlebridge Farm created this gorgeous Downton Abbey Inspired Centerpiece.

Amanda of Girl in Pink shared a hutch makeover she did for a  fabulous window display at a antique store in Patched up Hearts: An Outdated Country Hutch Makeover for the Downton Abbey Servant's Quarters.

I had on several occasions wanted to feature some of your entries but, you don't create a link back to the Home Sweet Home party.  So, please include that link so I can feature you too!

I am really lucky to have all of your amazing posts because, it is you who make the Home Sweet Home party so special!  You are all so talented and share such wonderful posts!  It is really hard to feature a few and, remember to be featured you must have a link back to the Home Sweet Home party.   Thank you to everyone who joins me at Home Sweet Home!  It is wonderful to have you here!

Sherry

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Stenciling on Furniture and Some DIY

A little remodeling is taking place at our house this week.  We had some of the furniture backed up to one another and pushed out of the way and I walked by this secretary and did a double take.

 There is an original stencil marking this piece on the back.  I didn't know it was there.  I suppose this was a manufactured piece and this was just a way to mark it.  It probably dates from the 1900's. Did anyone know that they marked American furniture in this way?  I don't know much about it but, thought it was neat, since these stencils are showing up  every where.  

So, I have some wonderful new furniture that is "new" to me and all I wanted in my old living room (which is now my dining room) was a new floor, BUT Hubs, who is a weekend warrior (which now, in our older age, is more like a week long warrior on "staycation") has my dining room looking like this..... 

.....I went and got some new Swiffer dusters.....and Swiffer wet mopy things.......I hope it helps.

Sherry

Transformation Thursday at The Shabby Creek Cottage 

Furniture Feature Friday  at Miss Mustard Seed

Cottage Table

I have a cottage kitchen table that I showed this makeover on last year. 

The little table was from the nineties and had a tile top.  I wanted to update it and make it into a plank top table.

It wasn't hard to transform it.  My husband just unscrewed the tile top and we put two pre-cut pieces of pine in it's place.  They were sold this pre-cut size at Lowes.

What I am showing you today is the care of the pine top.  It is getting a little scratched up, but that was my intention.  I like it rustic with some wear so, any dings it has is okay.

To care for it every so often I apply this Boos Block Mystery Oil.  It is a mixture of linseed oil and some other oil.  It is the perfect finish for this type of top.  We have set glasses on this top and it gets no water rings.  This is a old finish that has been around for a long time.  It is very durable and works great.  If you use this be sure and dispose of the rags as directed on the label.  Linseed oil can become highly flammable on rags and should be disposed of properly. 

When I applied the oil the wood soaked it right up.

This gives your plank top a lovely finish that will last for years.  
I have been sick these last few days and will continue to post a little less.  I plan to have the Home Sweet Home party on this Thursday.

Sherry

Wow Us Wednesday at Savvy Southern Style

Cabinet Makeover

The husband has been home all week and we did a little spontaneous bathroom remodel.  It was a twenty-nine year old bathroom with all original fixtures.  Today I am going to show you the makeover of the vanity cabinet.   Here is the before.  It is bad isn't it.  Most homeowners would probably pitch it.  But, we didn't plan any budget for this so we painted it.

I started with paint I already owned and this was Georgian Green a Benjamin Moore color.  It just was too yellow, maybe for another project.  I would love a chair this color. 

I started to mix my own paint with gesso.  You can read more about that here.  This color was too dark for what I was wanting.

This is what I was wanting.  This is a gray mixed with the above color. 

Here is the finished cabinet.   I distressed it a little and glazed it with a Valspar mocha glaze.  I spray painted the hardware oil rubbed bronze.  I'll put the paste wax on it later this week.  It is still a little tacky since I put three coats on it. 

 This is the only picture I have of the cabinet in place for a before comparison.  We have raised three boys and this was the one room that really took a beating.

So, it is looking much nicer.  We are still caulking and painting trim.  I will wait and show you the rest later.  We did all of the work, including the drywall with a knockdown finish.  

Thanks for stopping by.  

 Sherry

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Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps on the Porch