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114th Power of Paint Party… Apple Green

February 21, 2012 By Maryann @ Domestically Speaking 15 Comments

Welcome Paint Lovers…

I’m desperately trying to finish up the final projects to complete the family room. So last week when we were having some lovely warm weather I broke out the spray paint.

I bought this chair at a garage sale for $1 about 4 years ago when we moved out here. It has lived in almost every room of our home at some time.

A couple weekends ago we made some major changes to our Ikea Bookshelves Entertainment Center (that I hope to share next week), so I figured this chair deserved a paint job and pop of color in our family room would be great.

Apple Green is such a happy color!

So what have you been painting?

Power of Paint Party Rules:

#1… This is a PAINT party… so pretty please, link-up only paint related projects. I HATE deleting!

#2… Please put my nifty POPP button (you can find it up in my menu bar’s BUTTONS) in your blog post or a link back to this party somewhere on your blog… that way others from your blog can check out all the paint projects too.

#3… Share the Love… visit the other paint pals.

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113th PoPP Spotlight

February 18, 2012 By Maryann @ Domestically Speaking 5 Comments

Happy Weekend Friends ~ We’re officially on vacation mode in our household. My kiddos have this next week off school and we’re heading off for a little get-a-way.

What a great week of paint projects. Thanks to all who linked up! Let’s check out this week’s awesome Power of Paint Party Spotlight…

This pot is adorable and she has a great tutorial on how she transformed a clay pot into this beauty.

Love a cream’ified kitchen!

Great tutorial on how to create your own mercury glass with paint.

Great tutorial on how to build this shelf.

Pretty stencil added to a stool.

And the most clicked paint project this week is…

this beautiful blue vanity paint job.

If you missed the rest of this week’s Power of Paint Party you can check it out here.

If you were featured in the Spotlight you can grab your button here.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

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113th Power of Paint Party… Red and Pink

February 14, 2012 By Maryann @ Domestically Speaking 15 Comments

Welcome Paint Lovers & Happy Valentine’s Day!

In case you missed my announcement a few weeks ago… I started a new site as a spin-off of this party, Power of Paint. I’d love for you to submit your fav paint projects.

In honor of V-Day I thought I’d share some red and pink painted beauties…

I hope you have a wonderful V-day! When this party goes live I will have been at a basketball practice, watched my daughter’s basketball game and we’ll be off to my son’s basketball game. Perfect family night… time together & sports!

So what have you been painting?

Power of Paint Party Rules:

#1… This is a PAINT party… so pretty please, link-up only paint related projects. I HATE deleting!

#3… Share the Love… visit the other paint pals.

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112th PoPP Spotlight

February 11, 2012 By Maryann @ Domestically Speaking 10 Comments

Happy Weekend Friends!

Let’s check out this week’s awesome Power of Paint Party Spotlighted Paint Projects:

Love this nursery’s striped wall.

How to paint a backsplash.

Love this chippy blue dresser.

Isn’t this china cabinet just dreamy!

Such sweet artwork. What a great gift idea for Mother’s day or for a grandparent!

Chalkboard painted door to help keep you organized.

Great tutorial on how to make this gorgeous light… I want too!

And this week’s most clicked paint project is…

this beautified laminate bookshelf.

If you missed the rest of this week’s Power of Paint Party you can check out the rest of the projects here.

Don’t forget, I’ve got a new site, Power of Paint, where you can submit your paint projects. Please come on over and submit your fav paint projects.

If you were featured in the Spotlight you can grab a button up there in the header… and I have new buttons!

Have a wonderful weekend with a splash of paint!

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112th Power of Paint Party… A little more blue

February 7, 2012 By Maryann @ Domestically Speaking 16 Comments

Welcome Paint Lovers!

Over the last couple weeks every time I’ve been in our board & batten restroom downstairs I’ve been pondering… “should I add more blue?”

If you follow me on twitter or facebook you know that yesterday I took the plunge and went for it!

I LOVE how the white really POPS now!

Here’s what it looked like before with just the blue painted up top.

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And now…

Now… I’m sure you guys are all brilliant and would know that if this is the end result you’re wanting… don’t do it the way I did. (Of course this wasn’t my original plan… as usual!)

Painting the whole wall blue and then adding the white slats would have been WAY easier… but easier is WAY over-rated, right!

It feels like Tiffany blue meets beachy blue! LOVE IT!

Ok… if somehow you missed the exciting news last week. I started a new blog as a spin-off of this awesome party. Power of Paint is a blog dedicated to paint lovers and a place to feature awesome paint projects, techniques and tips. After you link up your paint project here, click HERE to head on over and submit your best paint projects there.

So what have you been painting?

Power of Paint Party Rules:

#1… This is a PAINT party… so pretty please, link-up only paint related projects. I HATE deleting!

#3… Share the Love… visit the other paint pals.

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111st PoPP Spotlight

February 4, 2012 By Maryann @ Domestically Speaking 6 Comments

Happy Weekend!

Any big weekend plans? I’m hoping to work on 2 paint projects, oh and watch that football game on Sunday!

Let’s check out this week’s PoPP Spotlighted Paint Projects…

Gorgeous zinc patina vanity…

Pretty chalk painted pot with a wax paper transfer… gotta try this!

Creamy and dreamy kitchen makeover with chalk paint!

Wow… couch turned porch swing!

Cuteness!

Love the black !

And the paint project this week with the most clicks…

This stenciled wall… can’t wait to see it finished!

If you missed the exciting news earlier this week… I started a new blog as a spin off of this party. My new site, Power of Paint, is a blog all about paint. The main feature of this site will be to feature great paint projects. I’d LOVE for you to submit your best paint projects to my new site. Up in the menu bar you’ll see the “Submit Your Paint Project” button… click there and fill out the form.

If you missed the rest of this week’s fabulous projects you can check them out here.

If you were featured you can grab a button up there in the menu bar.

Have a wonderful weekend!

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111st Power of Paint Party… I’m Launching!

January 31, 2012 By Maryann @ Domestically Speaking 12 Comments

Welcome Paint Lovers!

I’m so excited to share with you guys something that I had a dream (literally) about it. I’ve been pondering, planning and in the last week creating and building.

I’m launching a new blog… Power of Paint! I’ll still be here at Domestically Speaking with my DIY projects, home décor, etc. BUT… I adore paint SO MUCH and I know so many of you out in bloggyland adore it too… so I thought a site dedicated strictly to paint projects, tips, bargains and techniques would be AWESOME!

And I NEED you guys, since I know all you Power of Paint Party People LOVE paint too!!! The main focus of this blog will be to feature the stunning paint projects out there in bloggyland. So after you link up your paint project and/or check out the paint goodies here… head on over and submit your best paint project(s) at the Power of Paint. When you click on the Power of Paint banner up above you will be redirected to the site. You will find the “Submit Your Paint Project” in the menu bar over at the Power of Paint site. Click it and fill out the form… it’s that easy!

I’d also LOVE for you to give a shout-out about Power of Paint to your bloggy friends… I’d LOVE for Power of Paint to be the ultimate place to find the latest and greatest paint inspiration (yours!).

So that’s what I’ve been up to… what have you been painting?

Power of Paint Party Rules:

#1… This is a PAINT party… so pretty please, link-up only paint related projects. I HATE deleting!

#3… Share the Love… visit the other paint pals.

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110th PoPP Spotlight

January 28, 2012 By Maryann @ Domestically Speaking 6 Comments

Happy Weekend Guys!

Wow… what a great Power of Paint Party! We had over 100 paint projects link up this week… awesome!

Let’s check out the projects featured in the Spotlight…

How amazing are these painted faux tiled floor!

Cute shelves… check out what she made them with!

Beautiful kitchen!

Cute Pottery Barn knockoff with a great tutorial.

How cute is this stenciled bathtub!

And the most clicked paint project this week…

These cute chevron painted pieces of art.

Thanks to everyone how linked up & if you missed the rest of this week’s party you can catch uphere.

If you were featured in the Spotlight you can grab a button here.

Have a wonderful weekend with a splash of paint!

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Kitchen Nook

January 27, 2012 By Maryann @ Domestically Speaking 12 Comments

Happy Friday Folks! I’m so happy that we’re at the edge of the weekend. It’s been one of those weeks… anyone else have one of those too? I’m just thankful we have a weekend with no sporting events, birthday parties, etc.

I realized I never showed you guys my new-to-me (once again) kitchen table and chairs all together. So I wanted to share them with you guys today…

If you missed the how-to’s here are the links…

chalk painted chairs (with recipe)

removing white paint top

dark dreamy stain

Next goal… finishing window treatments. I had some dark espresso brown panels hanging there, but I’ve got some leftover drop cloth from covering the chairs that I want to use. Not sure what I’m going to do with them yet though. Smile

Thanks for stopping by & have a fabulous weekend!

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12 Comments Filed Under: diy, Fabric, furniture, HOW TO, kitchen, paint Tagged With: chairs, dining room, kitchen set, table

110th Power of Paint Party… Science Boards

January 24, 2012 By Maryann @ Domestically Speaking 8 Comments

Welcome Paint Lovers!!!

Last weekend was all about science fair projects in our house. Anyone else been knee-high in science boards, experiments, notebooks and construction paper? In our school district here in So. Cal. it’s a requirement for 4th & 5th graders… and guess what, I’ve got a 4th & 5th grader.

So as we prepped to assembly it all the Hubster suggested we paint the background of their science boards this year instead of putting down wrapping paper (like we did last year)or construction paper.

So that’s what we did… and guess what… I didn’t even paint them… even better!