Now for the fun part! The large glass door..... While that is NOT a picture of our bathroom..it IS a picture of our exact shower door. I felt this picture gave you the best view of the shower door as our bathroom is so small it is difficult to capture it fully. It is called a Maax Halo Sliding Shower Door. While I LOVE this door my husband said if he had to do it over again he would have talked to a local glass company for their suggestions....this door is very heavy and was a beast … [Read more...]
House Reno Series Part Two – The Master Bathroom
This is a series of blog posts sharing the entire home renovation of our ranch style home. Click here for Part One: http://midwestcottageandfinds.com/my-home/house-reno-part-one-master-bathroom/ Prior to laying our floor tile we added heated flooring..This was one of the BEST choices we made...Living in the Midwest the winters are brutal and starting your morning on a heated floor changes your attitude with that first step. We went with Sun Touch Floors from Home Depot. It is a matting … [Read more...]
House Reno Part One -Master Bathroom
When we started our home reno last year we knew we would be living in the house while having the work done. Because of this we needed to have a strict plan on what areas were to be demoed and completed first. We started with the master bathroom. This is a VERY small bathroom...looking back I am glad most family and friends said "I never even knew you had a master bath"...well that was by design.....I kept it hidden because while functional it was UGLY....Very Ugly.....But it was what we … [Read more...]
Paint your piece in The Barn
You have asked for this workshop at The BARN and here it is...Paint your Piece!! You know you have that piece of furniture that you have always wanted to rehab, makeover, refurbish......but where do you start? What color? Chalk Style Paint or Milk Paint ? Stain or paint? Let's get these questions answered for you and start and FINISH that project in ONE day.....I am opening up my workshop for a Saturday Paint Fest - February 17th 9-1..... You will have access to paints, (Miss Mustard … [Read more...]
Farmhouse Clock Classes at Midwest Cottage and Finds Workshop
It has been a favorite workshop for awhile now...Miss Mustard Seed Milk Paint Classes.... I will keep posting new class dates on my facebook page-Midwest Cottage and Finds Not only do you get to learn the ins and outs of using milk paint..... You leave class with one of these.... Stop by my facebook page and message me if you are interested in a class! https://www.facebook.com/MidwestCottageAndFinds/ … [Read more...]
Shopping my own booth…..
All of you who have purchased something at one of our markets know I truly LOVE my pieces....My furniture pieces are such a huge part of what I do and I spend so much time with them as I hunt for them, repair them, paint them and then stage them for each show.....I also clean, update, shine and repair a lot of the staging pieces that sell in our booth as well............Sometimes as I am tagging items I put them away in a corner to "think about"......What usually happens is I grab a price tag … [Read more...]
Market on Moss
Thought I would share a few pictures of our last Market on Moss...It was a perfect day....and...we sold out!! … [Read more...]
Miss Mustard Seed’s Hemp Oil
Many of you know I adore Miss Mustard Seed's Hemp Oil. It's many uses are why I love it so.... It seals chalk and milk paint, it is FOOD GRADE so you can use it on wooden bowls, spoons, cutting boards and it makes old, tired wood look like something out of a magazine...... So as I was cleaning for our Easter celebration I of course grabbed my MMS Hemp Oil and started to clean up some of the wood items I have around my house...and thought I would share it with you! It was too large … [Read more...]
Fall 2015 Market on Moss
As most of you know my 2 BIG events each year are a local event started by a group of DIY’ers called Market on Moss…..This past fall event was another perfect Market day……If you are in the Peoria, IL. For the spring or fall event it would be worth a stop….you will not be disappointed! … [Read more...]
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