Happy June, Friends! Ah...warm weather, sunshine, summertime on the horizon.  I'm so excited. This week, I spent a lot of time on the beach and walking along the waterfront...drooling at the boats. We don't have one anymore and boy do I miss being out on the sound. I'm a huge fan of having my toes in the sand, but there's something about being surrounded by water that is so freeing and relaxing.  I miss feeling the swell of the ocean under my feet.

We installed peel and stick carpet tiles on our concrete floor and it was an easy DIY. We didn't use glue or adhesive, so it wasn't messy or stinky.  Quick, budget friendly, doable in a weekend and perfect for our basement. Several months ago we had a flood. And it was awful. As you can imagine. Normally, I'm a huge fan of water. I mean, I live on an island. I'm surrounded by and it and adore it in my pool, at the ocean and falling from the sky during a summer thunderstorm. I'll even go as far to say it's pretty in snowflake form around Christmas. But in my basement? No. It was a disaster.

I gave a unfinished wooden thrift store box a makeover using three different, simple techniques. Use them separately or combine them, like I did, for a dramatic new look. Ok friends, are you ready for a little before and after fun to kick this holiday weekend off? Gee, I hope so because today I'm joining eleven of my Do It Over Designer friends as we share our DIY projects.  Talk about a crafty party! Now, normally we don't have a theme, but this month our lovely hostess, Ann from The Apple Street Cottage suggested that we each feature a wooden DIY and I was all in.  I love a challenge.  Plus, I already had a wooden treasure that desperately needed a makeover.

Sometimes when I find a food I love, I binge on it for weeks at a time. There's something about it that tastes so good, I become a little obsessed and add it to my menu reguarly. Like chocolate covered blueberries, homemade chicken soup or French toast. Then almost as unpredictably as it started, my fascination disappears and I move on to some other delicious obsession. I find that I craft in a very similar way. Pom pom trim anyone?

Ah spring...don't you love this sunny time of year? The flowers are blooming, the trees are budding. And people everywhere are cleaning out their closets and donating lots of goodies to the local shops. That's my favorite. Well, that and those mystery filled piles at the curb on Sunday nights. It's like a treasure hunt for second hand lovers. Like me!

I gave my bathroom vanity a budget makeover without using paint. Instead, I used fabric and wallpaper to turn my boring cabinet into a charming country cottage style piece in no time flat and for under $10. Way back when, if anyone had told me that fabric would play a major part in my decorating, I would've laughed. Paint and wallpaper, sure. My mom was a huge fan of both. I grew up in a house plastered with paper , flowers and bold colors. But fabric? Eh. Sure, there were heavy drapes and my mom had patterned couches - big surprise - but I was more enamored with the murals of ancient Rome on the wall, than the solid colored curtains. Of course, now, everything's changed. Fabric is my muse.

Broken couch? No worries, you can fix the wooden frame yourself with this easy DIY. Our corner support brace snapped, but with a few basic tools, our sectional sofa was good as new. Oh boy, I have a lot of DIYs to catch up on. We've been so busy doing things around here, I haven't had enough time to share it all. However, as the projects have started to slow down, I can finally tell you about all the renovations and redos. Some of them were planned. Others...well, sort of just popped up. How nice of them. So what am I going to start with today? How about one of those little pops. An unexpected sofa repair.