DIY home projects that made for a lot of comments...{who would think}?

Yesterday I shared with you a recap of my favorite top diy home projects.  How about I share with you the MOST viewed posts on my blog to date! Then go on to the most commented posts.

Thanks Rosemary for the inspiration on this post!
This is not something I would have done or thought to share.

Our Home tour with 8,099 views to date.

You may view that post 

HERE

I keep this post on my sidebar and I still get a lot of views.  Perhaps you may want to put a little home tour post together of your own. Everyone loves Home tours!

{thank you}
Now I will go on to show some more of my MOST viewed posts.

Second, was my Chalk paint posts,

that you may view

HERE

Next, and surprisingly was my recent

Holiday Magazine copy cat challenge...

 It sure was a HOPPING party.

You may view that party post

HERE

Then there was our 2011 Christmas mantel....

View our Christmas mantel 

HERE

Now how about I share with you some of the most commented posts.

Some I am not including, if they are NOT project related, etc.

I have blabbed about a lot of things and have had thought provoking coffee talks, that have also gathered a lot of thought and comments.

Some are redundant and are the same as most viewed, so I will go to the next ones...

My Trash to treasure project received 116 comments.

You may view that in full 

HERE

My Mod podge project

91 comments

You may view the tutorial and post

HERE

Whimsy in the garden was a big one too...

Funny to see how much has changed since then...

this post received a 114 comments.

I was only blogging for a few months when I posted this.

It sure was a a lot encouragement for me.

You may view that post

HERE

Summer Love..

92 comments...

I am starting to see a trend here...y'all really like my outdoor posts!

Some of my tablescapes have also received a lot of comments,

this Vivacious red being one of the tops..

You may see that post'

92 comments

HERE

I think this one shocked me the most...

at 90 comments on a lampshade that took me all of 5 minutes to come up with.

To think I was almost embarrassed to hit publish on this one.

You may view that post and tutorial

HERE

I have to say this was a lot of fun digging back in my archives.

Hope you newbies of mine had fun looking back too, these are posts you have never seen before, and some of them are from my early on days of blogging.

Fun to also see my photography improve some, and my decor LOL!

This table here was a little wire rack I purchased at Walmart and spray painted it.  It did me good for the time I had it!

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Decorating with Burlap!~Newbie party Started....

It is pretty apparent that Burlap and grain sacks are all the rage in decorating, well one of them anyway!

They add texture, color and visual interest to just about any room. My Mom sent me this link today, and I thought it was great to share with my friends.

I did a little project of my own as well with some FREE burlap bags my FIL gave me.

I mentioned to you, that they are rice bags,and that you should check with your local grocer to see if they would throw you a few.  I thought about coffee sacks as well...it certainly does not hurt to ask, and FREE is always a good.

Not Your Momma’s Gunny Sack Anymore…BURLAP

by: Karen Olsen

Burlap is making an appearance all over the home décor scene. It’s rustic, textural and charming all at the same time.

Here are a few ideas on how to use burlap in your home.

Window Treatments/ Shower Curtain. A natural or dark-colored burlap drapery over a white sheer curtain provides a rich contrast. The open weave allows the light to shine through.

What a neat idea this is..so easy too, just buy some cheap canvas squares, wrap and tack the back.

Very pretty!

Ottoman


Runner

Lamp Shades

Sources where the pics where copied: Living Better at age 50+

And now onto my own new Burlap project.....

 I love the vibrant colors in these rice bags...

 These were the before if you recall.  

I used Annie Sloan chalk paint, painted and distressed them.

For A FREE project, I think they turned out pretty good.

I have plenty more where these came from, so who knows what else I will come up with next.

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How I love doing lampshades.....

It's time for a fun quickie here. We all love a quickie  right?....wrong??maybe??.....You may recall this past year I have been into embellishing lamps. It is the cheapest quick fix to a different look.

Since painting my stools and really having that Country french look, I decided a new lampshade was in order.

First let me take you through a few embellishments, just in case you are new here.

This one seemed to be a big Hit during the Fall.

Then we had the Pretty poppy one in the Summer

Then there was this crazy one...I still like it though..so I guess that is a good thing

There are a few more, but you get the gist.......So now onto my Recent one.

Pretty self explanatory here. I bought the harlequin ribbon, and black trim half price at Hobby Lobby...also the green rose.

Hot glue gun is my friend.

Pretty fun though to change up a shade for a few bucks and a little bit of time.
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