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!

I think Kasey and I are finally getting the hang of the "rotation" of our lives. Stock Austin Gift Company, fill customer orders, set up for Wimberley Market Days, then finally hit 71 Main on the way the Plano Antique Mall in Dallas. And repeat!!

While I am in Dallas, there are certain honey holes I always have to visit. Uptown Country is one of them. I picked up three chairs for a great price. Can't tell you how many requests a week we get for chairs. We have a customers request log and I am consistently on the prowl for you! I found old wood drawers to make in shelves and some items that will be a surprise!

And a trip to Dallas can't be completed with 73 trips to the restrooms. This picture was the cleanest we could find.

Ok, there could so many DIY hashtags in this post. Chalkboard paint, old shutter, repurposing...multi-functional magazine rack or recipe holder or a place for kids art work or Christmas cards ....I will leave you alone now to let your DIY creative juices work. Upcycled Shutter $40 I posted a picture I sent one of our faithful customers when I was making her shutter. Look at all the choices she had:)