Y'all know I'm addicted to blogs, right? I love to find cool recipes, decorating ideas, confessions...the whole bit. My new blog love is Lori's awesome blog called Frugal Farmhouse. She has a tutorial on her blog right now showing you how to cover your floors with plywood and make it look like old painted planks.
She buys a 4x8 sheet of plywood, cuts it into 8" widths and glues it to the subfloor. Then it's painted and coated with varathane. How cool is that??? My entire second floor has carpeting that needs ripped up and thrown away. I'm currently working with the man to get him on the plywood bandwagon!
Here is a pic of a an old drop leaf table that she spruced up with paint. Lori is so generous to always include all of her how-tos and give links to vendors.
Spend some time on Lori's blog. You are sure to be inspired. She has a huge list of other blogs that she visits. And her older posts are well worth spending time reading.
One more thing. I recently found this beautiful shop called Hand and Cloth. I love what is being done here. I have some Christmas presents on their way!
"Hand and Cloth is a social enterprising ministry in India that provides a living wage, school scholarships, and a loving community to young women at risk of prostitution and trafficking. Each young woman is paid per-piece to stitch kantha dorokha, a traditional two-sided blanket made from recycled sari material. Hand and Cloth provides school fees and tutors for the young women and also offers regular Bible studies. The young women live together in a community outside of the red light district, where they sew together, share meals together, study together and pray together."
Tomorrow I will be driving up to Frederick to get my hair cut and colored by my baby girl. I'm excited to get the gray covered. I'm dragging the man with me so he can see what E and I have been gushing about for months. The Temple is AWESOME! If any one reading this that lives somewhat close to Frederick MD needs a cut and color, please call and schedule an appointment with Elisabeth! She is doing a great job and I am oh so proud of her!!!
Have a great weekend ~ love Tracy
