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How to Create a Pottery Barn Knockoff Chaise in Minutes

April 11, 2019

Sharing one of my favorite Pottery Barn knockoffs for our patio. Every spring when the Pottery Barn catalog arrives I scan each and every page. I fold corners, snap photos and/or tear my favorite pages from the 120 pages of swoon-worthy furniture and accessories.

But when I saw the Pottery Barn double chaise it was love (and inspiration) at first sight.

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Nevermind, I don’t have a pool in my backyard. And, I have dogs that will use my knockoff chaise more than any family member. But we did have a backyard makeover last year that was worthy of a chaise.

Here’s my one-minutePottery Barn Knockoff Chaise.

We purchased two chaises from Costco a few years ago and while rearranging the furniture on our patio I just smooshed these two chaises together and all of a sudden I was channeling Pottery Barn on the patio!

And, the best part of this Pottery Barn knockoff is the cost is way less and pushing to chaises together means I still have the flexibility to separate them. Or, in our case, I moved them to the front deck where our Berner enjoyed the knockoff chaise.

The lesson? Never overthink a solution. I moved the chaise from the front deck to the back porch and back again. Flexibility is the key to any knockoff.

Pottery Barn Kitchen Table Knockoff

March 14, 2019

I was this close to selling my kitchen table on Craig’s List when I saw this table on Pottery Barn’s website. In just a few minutes of side glances over my shoulder and back at the screen I knew I had a PB kitchen table knockoff in the works!

I looked at this table, zoomed in on the base and looked over to my World Market clearance table. This white PB kitchen table turned out to be the inspiration for my Pottery Barn kitchen table knockoff I finished last summer.

My veneer-ish, shiny black table was mix-matched with the shades of blue. I was so close to trading it in for something new.

I painted my round table with this Benjamin Moore color. It is Mascarpone and it is a favorite white at my house. The hardest part about this creamy white is spelling it correctly. I have to Google it everytime.

And, this Pottery Barn kitchen table knockoff is one of my favorites! My kitchen table went from a shiny, veneer-ish finish to a creamy color to brighten the space.

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I think this table is the longest I have kept a piece of furniture free from new paint. Yes, I do touch it up, but I have not wavered in my decision to paint it a different color. I love it!

Dining Room Table is Our Giving Tree

September 5, 2018

Do you know the book, The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein? The classic children’s book was described as one of the “most divisive books in children’s literature.” I sided with the tree. And, I bet our dining room table wood too. Did you see what I just did?

Our dining room table is our 2018 version of the giving tree.

We found this table at a furniture store in Denver. We purchased it when we moved from Westerville, Ohio to Colorado. My traditional, cherry stain furniture did not work in our brownstone in the suburbs home.

My husband and I equally loved this dining room table and like proud parents we were happy to show it off to friends and family.

Like most dining rooms, however, the dining room table was located in the least used room for it’s designated purpose, but this table carries the load for our family. Literally.

Over the years, the dining room table turned into the catchall for tennis racquets, shopping bags, sweaty uniforms, and mail.

the giving table.

Dining Room Table

During the holidays, we cleared the table’s clutter and dust and topped it off with a layer of furniture oil. Seasonal tablescapes were created over her rough edges. Friends shared their interest in our table if we decided to sell our possessions and move into

… a tiny house.

But, it turns out there is a twist in The Giving Tree analogy. Maybe, we gave a little bit of love back to the dining room table.

Let me explain.

During our first Thanksgiving, with a dozen relatives squeezed around our table, we discovered that the rough edges and bumps on the surface were a bit of a challenge for the dining experience.

It turns out the glasses wobbled.. like Weebles.

My husband panicked and had plans to order a glass table top. Over my grey roots (see what I did there)? On that Thanksgiving night, I fell more in love with our table; it wasn’t perfect. The design to create a table for a Colorado home, it turned out, could not keep a wine glass level. The glasses wobbled. Kind of like grandma after her second glass of Chardonnay. Grandma blamed the table.

Maybe it was the table. Our table.

My husband suggested a glass top for the table. I suggested bubble wrap placemats. It turned out, the table’s imperfections became the best conversation starters with a table full of guests (and drinking glasses). And, just like the book, our dining room table gave us a little bit more.

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DIY Live Edge Coffee Table

August 27, 2018

Have you seen those edgy coffee tables in catalogs this season? I used to call it a chunky edge, but apparently, it’s referred to as a live edge table. And, the best part of this table is it is so easy to build a DIY live edge coffee table!

live edge coffee table

I love the look of a live edge coffee table, but the sticker shock shut down that idea. My husband suggested we make it ourselves. And, so we did and it turned out to be a low effort DIY project. How is this possible? How do you get that chunky edge?

It’s all about locally sourcing the wood slab. Yes, you can find a raw edge wood slab, planed and sanded. And no one needs to know except us.

We found our Russian Olive “species” at a place in Denver appropriately named Denver’s Wood Slabs. Most of the wood slabs sold at Denver’s Wood Slabs are domestic hardwoods salvaged from Denver and surrounding areas. It’s nice to shop locally and not buy an engineered slab It’s like a little piece of Colorado history in our family room.

Russian Olive Live Edge

Our job was to find the perfect stain and meticulously apply layer after layer of stain. My husband shared a little tip for staining wood; always start with a pre-stain wood conditioner. I purchased the smallest can of wood conditioner here and also found it at Home Depot.

I can’t believe I just discovered this product. Wood conditioner goes on like butter and allows the stain to soak into the wood with a smooth finish. I love this stuff!

Together, over the course of several nights, we applied about five coats of stain. We completed a light sanding between coats and patiently waited 24 hours to apply the next coat of stain.

I finished the coffee table with two coats of a water-based clear coat. It took about a week from start to finish to stain and seal the table.

The live edge coffee table holds up well I would say.

We purchased the coffee table legs on Etsy.

Absolutely in love with this live edge coffee table! It would be fun to run down there and see if I can take a few scraps for future fun projects!

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Favorite Piece of Furniture

June 27, 2018

HI Everyone! Do you have a favorite room in the house? Maybe a favorite coffee (or tea) mug or a favorite piece of furniture? I have favorites of all the above, but today is about my favorite piece of furniture in our house. Hands Down! There is one piece that we love the most and gets the most love! And, it turns out to be the entire family’s favorite too! In fact, whoever gets home first if the first to claim it. And, you the best part of this piece is that there is no television in the living room.

And the favorite piece of furniture, no television required, is this Crate & Barrel Chaise. You can find it here. And, we got it on sale during the C&B Labor Day sale last year. Seriously, it’s my favorite piece of furniture. It’s comfortable, stylish, flexible and the perfect spot to catch a small nap in the late afternoon sun.

It’s a favorite place for our dog Tanner. I used to shoo him off and now I tell him, “You earned this Tanner.”

You might say this chaise was the trigger to update the entire room.

And, those views of Colorado sunsets. It’s why we put this favorite piece of furniture in front of the windows.

Here are a few details about the rug and that hutch. That hutch had three makeovers in as little as three weeks.

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The Painted Hutch

June 14, 2018

Hi everyone! This post is about the ongoing transformation of my living room hutch. Collective eye roll from my family. Ironically, I don’t think anyone in my family noticed the living room hutch. I am on hutch 3.0 at our house. Here is what Hutch 2.0 looked like after I painted the exterior of the hutch but before I painted the interior hutch 3.0. Stay with me! It’s a fun sneak peek of the painted Hutch 3.0.

Paint the Hutch AGAIN

May 9, 2018

My family knows me well. Apparently, after I paint a piece of furniture; its only a matter of time before it ends up in the annual community garage sale. So when I painted the interior side of the living room hutch the bets were placed. I was in love the finished look of the previous all black hutch to a new white interior. It was all good in the hood. It was an easy paint transformation and I was content until …

Seating Arrangements Home Tour

April 27, 2018

Hi Everyone! My camera broke over the weekend. After 10+ years and thousands of “good enough” photos, the shutter shut down. I learned (learning) how to take photos in manual mode with that camera. I shared my crazy Continue Reading

Pottery Barn Bar Carts for the Home & Patio

April 16, 2018

Hi everyone! Is it warming up where you are this week? We got some much-needed snow on Friday and the temps quickly warmed up for the rest of the weekend. We spent the weekend at college fairs for our son. And, all of this college talk got me thinking about cocktails on Friday (Thursday)! And, with our renovated backyard, I have my eye on a few Pottery Barn bar carts for the home and patio.

Up until last summer, I never thought about bar carts. I remember my mom used aluminum, folding television trays for her bar cart so guests wouldn’t stain her newly installed Formica countertop.

In full disclosure, I intended to share a variety of sites with bar carts, but I could not move my mouse away from Pottery Barn. It turns out, Pottery Barn has a nice selection (and price point) so today is all about the Pottery Barn bar carts for the home and patio.

No affiliate links, just a good oldfashioned helpful link. Oh, and many of these are on sale.

Pottery Barn Bar Carts

The Tristan Metal Bar Cart has come along way from my parent’s metal t.v. trays.

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When pulling a few inspirations for bar carts, never start with Pottery Barn, because it just sets the bar high (no pun intended). But stick with me, because I found a few options if you are in the market for a bar cart. Let me know which ones caught your eye. I’ll share my favorite bar cart at the bottom of the post.

It’s hard to call the Chatham Outdoor Bar a bar cart, but it pulls up on the website when I search bar carts. This one is on sale on the website. See the link below.

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Don’t want that large of a bar cart? It’s kind of pushing it by describing this one as a bar cart.

This option for a bar cart includes a removable stainless tub for drinks. It’s also at Pottery Barn and it is on sale here.

Mobile Bar Carts

If you have a small budget or a tiny living space (or postage size deck) here is a smaller and more affordable option. My daughter had her eye on this bar cart for her tiny (Denver) apartment.

My only issue with this mobile bar cart is with our 90 pound-ish Berner. She requires a generous turning radius to navigate tight corners and this bar cart might take a spin on those wheels.

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Here is the Abrego all-weather wicker cart. This one is $699 which sounds like a typo. I think I could rig up some wheels on an oversized basket and call it an all weather-wicker bar cart. Judge for yourself.

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The Abbey Oval Bar Cart is a little fancier than my tastes, but it would be darling in so many homes. Again, my Bernese mountain dog could upend this cart with a slippery paw. She is a hot mess most days. Which explains why I need a cocktail by Friday.

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I will be back to share more affordable options for tiny spaces and budgets. Do you have a favorite Pottery Barn bar cart?

My favorite cart is the Chatham Console. It’s narrow and lighter which makes it easier to relocate in or outside depending on the time of year.

Look what showed up in the mail today; the Pottery Barn catalog. The summer catalog had a few additional options for bar carts too. Now, I may need to sit down with a glass of wine and peruse the catalog.

How to Make a Faux Fur Side Table in Minutes

March 8, 2018

Do you love the faux fur/flokati movement? For the purposes of this post, I am referring to it as faux fur, because it rolls off my tongue easier than flokati. I love the idea of faux fur accessories! Over the course of last year, I purchased and returned faux accessories and rugs multiple times. The side table selected for the faux fur makeover was next to the stairs behind a table in our living room.

I was in a constant purchase-return-purchase cycle that likely got me flagged at several discount home stores for excessive return activity.

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New Dining Room Hutch

March 2, 2018

One of my favorite things to read is the Pottery Barn catalog. Seriously, it takes me longer to read a Pottery Barn catalog than the latest issue of People magazine. After 30 minutes I have pages torn out or tagged for inspiration. But with tuition and mortgage payments and the startup costs with my husband’s digital health company, the catalog usually ends up in the recycle bin. But, not last month. Last month I found my new dining room hutch.

The dining room hutch on my wish list since we tore out 1/2 a wall between the dining room and kitchen.

And, the irony is I didn’t find it in the catalog, I found my new dining room hutch in a hallway next to the bathrooms at Pottery Barn with a hold tag.

So I ripped the hold tag off!

Just kidding! I did not rip the hold tag off!

But, the story doesn’t end there at the store. No, I went home and checked out the details (price) and dimensions. And that’s when, in the final hours of a Sunday evening, in the top right-hand corner of my screen was a 24-hour flash sale

with a bonus round of **FREE SHIPPING.**

Sometimes non-essential dreams do come true.

I think this is where the term angel investors originated. #wink, #snarky.

Because once the hutch was in my shopping cart I got my sign from the angel investors; the Bowery reclaimed storage hutch was back ordered.

Backordered status translates to no credit card charge until the hutch shipped from Chicago.

I had time to pay it off before it shipped.

I now refer to this as mom’s angel investor club (entirely different meaning in my husband’s vernacular).

So the best part of this new dining room hutch was that it fit perfectly in my little dining room niche AND It paid in full before it shipped.

The dining room hutch was made from reclaimed wood with rough edges and dark brass hardware. It matched the industrial vibe and the existing dining room table we found on clearance years ago at a furniture store in Denver.

I finally have a place to store the dishes after we tore out the cabinets when we removed the wall. Continue Reading

Black and White Hutch Makeover

February 6, 2018

We all know the power of paint. But, painting involves a cluster of color choices. It’s a familiar stage of analysis-paralysis. I had just ordered a navy wool rug and knew the contrast would drive me crazy. I hopped on my favorite search engine (Pinterest) and found a few paint ideas where I didn’t have to pick a side of the color wheel. Turns out I was not the first person to figure a way to how to create a black and white hutch with paint.

I loved the idea of all white dishes and accessories in my black hutch, but do you know how many shades of white there are in the kitchenware section at HomeGoods? My family is adding a collective eye roll right about now (if they read my blog).

Black & White Hutch Makeover

Last week I shared the state of my black hutch here.

I had my go-to gallon of Mascarpone paint and counted the hours before my favorite husband left for his annual college guys’ ski trip.

I do not like an audience when I paint.

God bless the paint department at Home Depot. I could not pronounce or spell Mascarpone.

Here was my black hutch before the addition of white paint. Sadly, the hutch was in a post-holiday funk. Try to ignore the rug’s reflection in the mirror. In the photo below it’s hard to distinguish between what is in the hutch and what is a reflection.

The all-glass sliding doors and shelves made it all the more challenging with the decor.

Sidenote: I just noticed the tennis ball all under the hutch.

I started in the upper left corner of the hutch with an angled brush and roller. If the white paint looked terrible I planned on repainting the back panel with leftover black paint from this epic paint can spill.

It turns out the research on Pinterest was worth the time. I had made the right decision and was thrilled with the results of the black and white paint in a hutch! Whew! Yay! #whewyay

I circled back with my roller and painted the glass shelves. If I didn’t like the painted shelves I knew I could soak them in the kitchen sink and scrape off the paint. At this point, I think I will paint the upper glass shelves too. Thoughts?

Black and White Hutch | After

Ironically the only issue with the black and white hutch is my white accessories looked lost inside the hutch.

Stay tuned for the accessories portion of this project. Of course, now the rug is bugging me. It’s always something.

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Looking for Inspiration to Paint the Black Hutch

January 30, 2018

Oh…I need a little help with my hutch. I am in painting holding pattern. Do I paint our black hutch? My entire family would say, “no” and my kids would add hashtag suburban mom probs (with an eye roll). Our black hutch looks good against the Revere Pewter walls, but the all black hutch looks lost against a two-story wall. So I decided in order to end the January holding pattern I needed a little inspiration to paint the black hutch. If I found the inspiration I was looking for, our hutch was in for a new year makeover.

Here’s the current state of our black hutch.

Oh and the clock and the miscellaneous Christmas decor on top? I’m working on that too.

Here’s a photo from last year after we painted our dining room and took out this half- wall. Our original plan for our hutch was to relocate it again in order to build a dual sided fireplace between the living room and the family room (behind the wall where the hutch resides).

That is until the first quote to build the two-story fireplace arrived in our inbox with a price north of 55k.

I knew this hutch was as close as I was going to get to a dual sided fireplace.

This hutch has relocated around the main level many times. Dining room, hallway, living room.

It looked nice in the dining room, but we decided it looked better in the living room against the two-story wall (where my dual sided fireplace was supposed to be). Clearly, I’m over that dream.

I turned to Pinterest for a little inspiration and typed

“black hutches before paint.”

The initial search came up with black hutches on Pinterest. The black hutches looked amazing; with all white dishes and greenery. But, the practical side of me doesn’t want to store all of my white plates and bowls in the LIVING ROOM. I mean it’s enough effort to get someone to unload the dishwasher. Can you imagine if a family member had to walk the soup bowls seven yards into another room?

I would forget what I was doing in the living room by the time I got to the hutch.

I briefly considered buying more white plates and accessories.

Inspiration to Paint the Black Hutch

And then I found these ideas on Pinterest with black hutches with painted white interiors. This kitchen shows a row of built-in cabinets, but the white background in the hutch caught my attention.

And, then I saw this black hutch with a white interior. And, I knew this was the direction to go. And, if it looked really bad, I only had to paint the interior back to black. How fun is the library ladder against the black hutch?

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Black & White Hutch Makeover

Black and White Hutch | After

“black hutches before paint.”

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