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!

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:)

Since Kasey & I have started #Hashtag our friends have been giving us "junk" (not junk to us) and they say, "Let's see what you can do with this!" Here is what we do. We use every little piece. Bring on the challenges! LOVE sign made from fence wood, picture frames, antique baby carriage, a measuring stick and chair rails. 2ft by 3.5 ft $49

Lamps can complete the perfect room you have been working on forever! The older lamps have so many details. I wanted to have all different shades, so on the tall seaside colored lamp I decided to keep the original shade and upcycle it. I cut off the fabric, tore it into strips then tied it around the metal frame.. Then used left over lace to create a layering look. I like it...but yet no room for it:)