So many days I’m thrifting, repurposing, refinishing, and diy-ing that I don’t get much of an opportunity to look at the many great products out on the market today. It’s good for me to do this every once in awhile to gain inspiration for myself and for me to work on my “design” skills. As [...]
Hi everyone! I hope you had a fantastic weekend! I just want to say WELCOME to all of my e.mail subscribers ~ I didn’t realize until getting on here to write this post just how many new people have subscribed and I just want to say THANK YOU, and I hope you find it worth [...]
I’m not sure how many of you knew this, but a lot of the things I’ve learned about houses is because I have a pretty fantastic Father-in-Law, Al. He has either taught me directly or inadvertantly through my husband. We took on our own custom house building adventure about 4 years ago, and we were [...]
Hey hey from Vegas!!! Yes, we’re in Vegas and having a GREAT time! I may share more about our trip later, but today I wanted to share a before and after of a recent dining table I refinished. I pretty much followed the same exact steps I did for our office desk I just finished. [...]
Happy 2013 everyone!!! Are you just as excited for 2013 as I am??? Seriously, I can’t tell you HOW excited I am. I have some great news to share very soon ~ more on that to come! Overall, it was a great start to my year and I’m definitely feeling the immediate effects of [...]
Do you ever get your table all decorated for Thanksgiving, Christmas, or other holidays and parties? Today Nov. 29th – Dec. 2 is the time to link up all of your Christmas table settings over at Kristy’s wonderful blog: Bliss at Home. I’m already inspired by the people who have shared their ideas and [...]
Ok, so I am admittedly glad that October is over, because I absolutely LOVE November and December. Ha! Don’t hate. If you missed this post from last week, would you believe that I earned myself $6?! Seriously… I have NO idea what in the world is so motivating about sticking a $1 bill in a [...]
There’s something very different about the space in our home most people identify as the “Formal” dining room. We don’t use it for eating too much, but love the extra seating for parties. This is why I opted for a Craigslist score of a black 8-chair pub height table set. You can actually see [...]
This is it. This is the day. To say I’m excited is simply a HUGE understatement. If you are reading this and not already scrolling, I have to say, I’m impressed. Lol ;-) This is the first day of an entire week of revealing all the work that has been put into the Beach House project [...]
diy upholstered headboard tips :
Hello and Welcome! I've had so many fantastic visitors p...posted on July 28, 2012
Vintage French Bed Before and After : Today I have a quick before and after for you. Family life and re...posted on October 4, 2012
DIY Upholstered Headboards : I'm SO excited to finally reveal the two headboards
that I made ...posted on July 19, 2012
About : The Story Behind This, That & Life
Around September 2010, my h...posted on May 29, 2012
<a href="http://www.thisthatandlife.com/" target="new"><img src="http://www.thisthatandlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/thisthatlife_linkbutton.png" border="0"></a>
