Artist lesli devito has reluctantly found herself rasing her family in an old country house. Much to her surprise, she loves her rural home and enjoys sharing her adventures with her readers. There are always makeovers to be done and animals to paint. Come along for the ride. Green acres here she comes!
Back when I was doing the Living room…I fell in love with this sofa. As a frame of reference…it costs $4,500 more than I spent on my wedding…and around $5,000 less than I spent on renovating all 3 bathrooms…AND the kitchen…bottom line…not in my price range. But GORGEOUS non the less. THE more I… Read More ANATOMY OF A SOFA “MAKEOVER”
“Sweet William” is a commission painting I did for a family that was expecting their second child, a boy…to be named “William”. The mom had seen my work for a while and had dreamed of a sweet lamb to watch over her new baby boy. for more information on My Paintings…email me of visit my… Read More SWEET WILLIAM
MY MOST POPULAR MAKEOVER OF ALL TIME HAS BEEN WITHOUT A DOUBT: THE “EASY AS PIE” FOAM CORE VALANCE Here is the Quick and Easy TUTORIAL -: SUPPLIES: 1. Foam Board, like the kind your kids use for last minute school projects, they come in packs of 3 – 20″ x 30″ pieces (about… Read More MONDAY MAKEOVER – THE easy VALANCES are still easy!
“HAPPY BIRTHDAY”!!! TODAY is a special day in our family…I call it the “FAMILY BIRTHDAY” BECAUSE..It is my Brother Ford’s Birthday, My Father-in-Law Lenny aka “Poppi’s” Birthday AND My Sister-in-Law Maura’s Birthday…!!! A VERY SPECIAL DAY!!! LOVE TO ALL!!! Now ON TO LAYING HEXAGON TILE!!! YOU MAY REMEMBER…I did the Powder Room Tile in early… Read More THE MASTER BATHROOM PART 3 – LAYING HEXAGON TILE…
SO for whatever reason, You need to change the drain in your sink I used to think that once a drain was IN..that was it…but I recently learned, while swapping out the kids vanities… that pretty much , like Abby Miller on Dance Moms says… … Read More CHANGING THE DRAIN
YOU MAY NOW BUY ANY OF MY PAINTINGS DIRECTLY FROM THIS SITE!!!!
Spring arrived and then…it snowed…again… Yesterday the kids had another March snow day and I took a day off from the Master Bathroom Makeover…Now I will get back to the floor… I have broken the Master Bathroom Flooring Project into 3 parts – 1. PREP DONE! 2. TILE INSTALLATION starts today… 3. TILE FINISHING I… Read More MASTER BATHROOM MAKEOVER – PART 2 – THE FLOOR
You can dig and dig through the archives of this blog and you will find NO photos of the Master Bathroom. That is because it/was NOT photo worthy. Not necessarily OLD and run down, more middle aged and cheap and nasty and just not worth your time. All of that is about to change. Yesterday,… Read More MONDAY MAKEOVER – MASTER BATHROOM: PART 1
THE KIDS BATHROOM MAKEOVER IS DONE!!!!! There were a few finishing touches to do and some changes I made…but I FINALLY got in there and snapped away last night!!! The little coral/orange soap-dish I got at one of my favorite Charlottesville stores “O’SUZANNAH!”…and it was the catalyst behind the “changes” I spoke of. I LOVED… Read More THE KIDS BATHROOM MAKEOVER REVEAL
Sometimes, its the little things, that make a BIG difference….like all of us having a special mug for our Coffee or Tea or Chocolate milk…Tate does not even mind that the “T” happened to be PINK! ….and that my friends is an example of a silly little thing like a splurge on Anthropologie mugs…that can… Read More MY NEW ANTHROPOLOGIE MUGS!…
