Stage two of the Craigslist Customers...sounds like a title to a horror story. Pppsssttt...ask Kasey if she was really scared when I hid in one of the empty rooms and jumped out a scared her. Oh, good times. Remember that budget, lets just say it saved us! So many times I would find a perfect piece ..refer back to budget...and then put that perfect piece into someone else's basket because it deserves a home and wasn't coming home with me. However, I do have to say the hard work of weeding through the too expensive and "yuck that's red" paid off!

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 mean, people want to sit lately! I have had so many customer orders for chairs. All different kinds and styles...and guess what, I have more chairs waiting to be painted and recovered with new fabric. Here is the process: You want a chair...You let me know...I send you pictures of available chairs...You pick the best ones for you ...you tell me what color paint...you or I pick out fabric! And whammo, you have beautiful new chairs. Upholstered arm chairs are available too. This is what my counter looks like when I redo the fabric. This what my kitchen looks like when weird September rain happens. This is what my backyard looks like when I have ten thousand chair orders. And this is what my car looks like after a chair pick up haul.

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:)