2018 Year in Review of Repurpose and Upcycle

I can’t believe it’s December 31st already. Where has this year gone? This has been a year of change for us.  Mostly good change, but still change. The biggest change was deciding to sell our home and “downgrade” to a home almost 1000 square feet smaller. My motto was, “less of life, more of living.”  So far we have been very happy with our decision and haven’t looked back. Speaking of looking back, I want to share a few highlights from this past year.

It all started when a little over one year ago I “stumbled” upon a home that both the hubs and I fell in love with.  We knew we had to have it. The only problem was, could we sell our modern farmhouse builder grade home  before our “to be” home would sell? Six long and emotional months later we finally did! Things seemed to fall in place. 

Let’s go back to the beginning of last year. I created more posts around crafting than I ever have. Like how to age a terra cotta pot with paint and then how to age a pot with texture.

I created some fun free botanical printables and shared how you can too!

Oh and then there was that time that I decided to blow up the kids! LOL. What I mean is how I made oversized engineered prints and shared all about it.

Then I found out my love for fabric tape! I’ve shared a few posts below that I used it with.

• How to Keep a Duvet Cover in Place
• Easy No Sew Pillow Covers
• How to make a No Sew Roman Shade or Valence

Then there was our move……

I shared a few spaces that I created shortly after we moved in. You can see all our room transformations in the Rustic Beach Cottage category HERE. 

Shortly after I felt a little more “settled” in our new home, I decided it was time to get back to the basics and create more furniture flips.

I tackled Lime Washing a coffee table, refinishing an old steamer trunk, a french farmhouse dresser makeover to list just a few. 

As we near the end of the year I want to focus on where I’m going in the year 2019. I need your help with this.

My plan is to focus on more “how to videos” and more informational posts about the whys and the hows to paint, refinish and update spaces. Is this something you would like to see?

I realized not long ago that I’ve created more content on sharing the steps of my projects but not necessarily sharing how to re create them. I want to share all the knowledge I can with you guys (mainly sharing all my mistakes so maybe you won’t make them too:).

Please tell me and help me to know what kind of content you want to see this coming year. I’m all ears!

As always, thanks for following along. This little blog would not be here if it weren’t for y’all following along!

Lindsey**