Chalkboard picture frames: DIY!

Today I'm going to show you how to make your own chalkboard frame! These have been all over pinterest lately, and for good reason! You can use them in the kitchen for grocery lists, menu planners, or in an office, for "To Do" lists, or just to write cute notes to your spouse on!

So to start I took the glass out on the frames, so I wouldn't need to tape it off for painting.

Ikea Rast Nightstand Hack!

Has anyone seen IkeaHackers.net? This website shows how you can take some basic furniture pieces from Ikea, and turns them into amazing, unique decor for your home! I had been searching for a long time for two matching night stands for my bedroom. I had originally planned on finding two second hand tables to paint white, but everything was either too ugly, too much money, or there was only one. Then I saw this post over at 4Men 1Lady:

Basically my dream bedroom!

I can do this...

And then, I saw these beauties for $34.99 each at Ikea:


Ikea Rast 3 Drawer Chest

And I decided to DIY my own Ikea hack!(Ok, so I really only painted them, but that still counts as a hack, right?)

Starting My Gallery Wall: Inspiration

I have been seeing gallery walls all over pinterest lately!

Like this one:

This one:

And this one, which just might be my favorite:

So I have been collecting interesting frames from thrift stores to make my own! This weekend, after setting up my new entry table, the wall above it was looking pretty bare. So I decided to go ahead and get started! 

I was a bad blogger