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Your Designs This Time – No. 28
Welcome to Your Designs This Time – No. 28. If you are new here, we’re so happy you stopped by and to our old friends who have been here before, we are glad you are back! We love see what projects are shared each week. It is so inspiring!
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Loving the look of this barn box makeover Lindsay took on! 
This fall mantle Marie styled is perfectly put together!
You KNOW, this thrifted fall decor makes my budget friendly house happy!
And how adorable are Courtney’s coastal mod podged pumpkins!!! What a great way to use non-traditional fall colors to tie in with your own décor!
If you were featured, be sure to grab a button and thanks again for sharing your projects! It’s always so hard to choose because SO many projects are fabulous! 
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Weekly Calendar Printables
Younger siblings can be so annoying sometimes. You know how they like to nag and bother you, right? My sister has been asking me to make a weekly calendar for her for weeks like I have nothing else to do. Well, being the good big sister that I am, I finally conceded, just like the time I actually played Barbies with her for a few minutes, instead of just decorating the Barbie dream house. The things we do for our family…
These printables are free of charge and for personal use only. Download this printable from THE GALLERY.
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Numbered Wooden Crates
Do you ever have a storage situation that involves just shoving things behind a closed door and calling it day? No? Me either.
Just kidding! This post is technically re-post. I had actually shared it last year, but the content was lost during the Great Blog Deletion of 2013. Oops! It was one of my favorite organizational updates we did in our last home, so I figured it was a good one to share again.
Previously, our “storage solution” for shoes had been an old laundry basket and a broken down woven basket well beyond their years in use. It always looked like a disheveled mess and obviously needed some help. (The whole closet needed help, but that is another post.)
I found these great wooden crates at Michael’s and ended up paying less than $8 per crate thanks to some lovely 50% off coupons. Yay for good deals!
We used Minwax Polyshades (in Antique Walnut I think) to stain each of the crates. My hubby was recruited to do the dirty work, while I took a photo.
Once everything was dry, I printed out the number 1 through 4 onto cardstock, cut them out, and traced each one onto the front of the crates. Using a small paint brush, I filled in each number with chalk paint.
Then came the fun part of sorting and purging our shoes. You can see I had a little helper.
That is Maverick, one of our two golden retrievers that we lost to cancer this past year. I never realized how hard it would be once they were both gone. So many times, I still catch myself watching how I stand up from the couch, because they always loved to lay next to our feet. Or calling them to go up to bed every evening. It’s something I still do or think about most nights. Crazy how these furry guys and girls have such an impact on our lives, even with the simple everyday things.
Ok, back to the project. After I had everyone’s shoes sorted, we put them back into the closet arranged on a custom made shelf for the space.
It is amazing how much easier it find your own shoes when you don’t have to sort through 3 other people’s loafers.
So, that’s our shoe storage story. We can’t be the only ones who crave a little organization in the shoe department. How do you store your kicks? Boxes, baskets, bins or something else?
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Pick My Seat
Literally. I need your help. I know that’s kind of a weird title, but you will understand it better as you read along. Promise.
You may or may not remember our Revamping the Breakfast Nook post. We are coming along in this room slowly, but surely. The newest addition is this painted, round, oak, pedestal table. (Holy adjectives!) Isn’t she purdy?
We actually found this table on the side of the road. It was a bit beat up, with a crack in the pedestal that needed repaired, but it came with all of the essential hardware. So, we decided to load it in our Jeep and bring it home.
After a little TLC in the form of wood glue, sanding, priming and painting, she was as good as new. Here she is all decked out with a little non-traditional fall decor. Looking good!
The chairs are the same ones we had with our previous table. But we’re now thinking that maybe it’s time to change things up, since we have this nice, “new” table to enjoy. Here are some of the choices we are considering.
1. If we keep our current chairs, the plan would be to paint them white, like these from Overstock.
2. I really like the clean look of this type of upholstered chair, and the removable cover means that we could keep it clean from the grubby little hands that would be touching it during meals.
3. This chair (technically, the same chair as #2) is slip-covered, so it can also be washed if it gets dirty. The dressed up look is definitely a favorite and would add a bit of relaxed elegance to the breakfast nook.
4. I’ve been toying around with the idea of buying something similar to these chairs. I love their vintage, industrial feel, but I wonder how comfortable they would be.
5. This one borrows its look from the classic bentwood café chair and the curved lines could work well with those of the new table. The sale price is also pretty appealing.
We’d love your input on finding the perfect dining chairs. There are tons of great options out there and these are just a few that we feel could work for us. Which chair is your top pick? Do you have any experiences with the choices listed or recommendations other than these? Let us know!
