First, before I tell you what this blog post is about, I have to tell you a funny little story. I received an email from a customer asking if I would take less than the marked price for a chair that was listed on Craigslist. They stated the reason was because the chair looks scratched. Haha...it's called distressed! I beat that chair up on purpose! And once I was buying a cabinet from a sweet elderly woman and her daughter said, "please don't tell my mom you are going to paint it." Yes, ok, and I won't tell her that I am going to whoop it's tail with chains and add chicken wire where the glass currently is either! Speaking of Craigslist (nice transaction, huh?) #Hashtag was contacted by a young couple through Craigslist who recently purchased their first home. They were looking for interior designers to take the dream of a completed move in ready house and make it reality. Hey, we can do that! With budget in hand, Kasey and I went to Chicafila with our tiniest of kids and drew up a plan. The only way for us to stay within their budget was to #Hashtag the heck out of this house. And believe me...we did! For all the new readers, #Hashtagging is taking something old and making it desirable or repurposing an item, like fence wood on the wall as art. I could write a whole other blog just on #Hashtagging. One day.... Stage one was painting the living room, kitchen, dining, office and master bedroom. We complete the fence wood wall in the entry way. (Shout out to Cristi for killing the cutting in) Here are photos of the process through stage one.

The girl likes to paint!

It was probably going on the 14th hour at this point. We added an accent color to sunken wall.



Entry way fence wood wall.



Entry way before fence wood wall was complete.

Had to show this guy...say goodbye to everyone little weird light thingy!



These two pictures were on the listing website. Let's hope we can do better than the way the house was staged to sell.

After 14 hours of working, stage one was complete...on to fun part or so I thought, SHOPPING!

Let us bow our heads in silence and honor the death of yet another panel of old fence wood. Ok, moving on. The temperatures have been less than 100, school is starting in 2 weeks, and Kerby Lane is offering pumpkin pancakes....it's the wee hours of FALL!

In my house, fall comes to the kitchen table and the porch. I started with the porch first. I picked up some little pumpkins, gave them a modern facelift, added an antique scale and I think the reclaimed fence wood shelf looks pretty cute. $45

After Brandon & Kara moved into their brand new home, they contacted me about adding reclaimed fence wood to their entry way walls. Weewhoo! Yes ma'am, I was all over this project. First, we needed to collect enough distressed wood to cover both walls. Easier said than done. A friend who is a landscaper came through for us and the project began.

My husband, Cody, and I loaded up the truck (our Ford Flex) with the miter saw, sander, nail gun and the air compressor...off to Dripping Springs. Cody did bring the optional fan, however I repeat optional;) We set up an assembly line of cutting and sanding. In order for the wood planks to fit end to end, they must be straight. Sanding down the edges eliminates the splitters and sanding the front of the wood takes off some of the sun damage and chemicals. If you wanted to go a step further, you could then put a stain on the planks.


Here's what I learned: 1. Don't start at the top. The above picture was the first planks I nailed up and eventually took them down because the planks were not even with the rest the wall. 2. Hey, start at the bottom and complete each line before moving on to the next even if it means running outside to make new cuts. 3. If the edge of your wall is visible, you may have to sand them again. 4. Four people working together is the perfect team.






The men naturally took over using the power tools while Kara and I naturally told the men where to place the wood. It took us around 4 hours to finish and clean up...and stand in awe.

One day after running errand I came home to this cute little guy made from old barn wood!!! $20