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The Ridiculous Redhead
August 24, 2012
Before & After, Furniture, Kelly Sherman Design
eco-friendly paint, green nightstand, nightstand makeover, painted furniture
So a little while ago I told you about a nightstand makeover using cobalt blue paint that was for sale in my Etsy shop. It was sold soon after. The new owner then asked if I would be interested in finding…
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The Ridiculous Redhead
August 22, 2012
Before & After, Green Ideas, Kelly Sherman Design
So as previously mentioned, I was gifted with an assortment of beautiful wine crates that someone didn’t have the heart to throw out. I jumped at the chance to give them a second life. Slowly I have been going through…
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The Ridiculous Redhead
August 16, 2012
Before & After, Furniture, Kelly Sherman Design
real milk paint, steamer trunk, trunk refinish, tung oil
While at a garage sale (my friend / wedding officiant was having, of all places) I found this very sad little steamer trunk. Time had not been kind to it and I wasn’t sure if I could do anything to…
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The Ridiculous Redhead
August 15, 2012
Garden, Green Ideas, Recipes
fresh herbs, herb dip, herb spread, low calorie
I love growing new things in the garden. There is a certain romance in the seed descriptions that gets me excited for all the great things I will make to eat. I dream of how the plants will be fun…
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The Ridiculous Redhead
July 26, 2012
Before & After, Furniture, Kelly Sherman Design
bent plywood, bent wood chair, organic cotton, PolyWhey, Swanky Swell, thonet chair
While a good part of my job in the furniture makeover itself, I also spend a lot of time finding cool furniture. Now I get to go to thrift stores and garage sales and call it work. I also have…
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The Ridiculous Redhead
July 24, 2012
Before & After, Furniture, Kelly Sherman Design
PolyWhey, side table, wine box, wine crate, wine crate table
Recently a friend of ours showed up at our house with his parents’ truck. Inside were a bunch of wine crates that had served their purpose of protecting the wine bottles during shipping and had been headed for the trash.…
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The Ridiculous Redhead
July 18, 2012
Garden
donating food, extra produce, Gardener's Market, Lunch Break, organic gardening
Your local grocery store has a large variety of fruits and veggies all year long. If you need a tomato in January, no problem. We have all become accustomed to just walking into the store and picking up whatever we…
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