Favorite Furniture Makeover Posts of 2018

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Welcome back my Beauties!

Can you even believe that we have reached the end of the year already.

It's been a whirlwind to say the least.

I have lost a best friend and traveled overseas.

My daughter graduated from high school and we had lots of adventures. 

I always almost forget to do these end of the year posts but I am so thankful when I do.

It's always such a good reminder to live life to the fullest.

Even though I still haven't had time to write up the post about our trip to England yet, it was one of my all time favorite parts of this past year.

I have dreamt about it for years and being able to take the kids to experience it was a dream come true. 

This was one of my absolute favorite pics of Russ and I.

It was a few weeks before our 25th wedding anniversary and one of our daughters snapped this on their phone of us walking along the shore of Seven Sisters Cliffs.

I have dreamed of seeing these Chalk Cliffs for years.

It was one of those moments where you actually get to feel your dream come true. 

I am a gypsy soul at heart and the more I get to see of this Beautiful world the fuller my heart.

But enough about that..Now its time to talk about my favorite makeovers this year.

Before and After Vintage Umbrella Hall Tree Makeover 

If you click on all the highlighted links you can see befores.

This one was outdated but transformed to timeless with a bit of paint.

Custom Blue Empire Buffet Makeover 

This by far was a close second to the most difficult makeover.

It was a beast and if you click over you will see WHY it was such a labor of love.

Roadside Rescue Emerald Green Dresser makeover 
Now this..this probably took the most manual labor to overhaul. If you click the link you will see what I had to go through to transform her.

Roadside Rescue Vintage Bicycle Advertisement Dresser 

This was one of the most fun for me because having found it for free and it being in such bad shape I really couldn't make it worse.

So I had fun with a vintage advertisement to bring it back to life.

Persian Blue Hall Table Makeover 
This piece had such intricate details but was in such poor shape I had so much fun painting to bring it back.

Updating Husbands Plain Dresser to a Fabulous French Beauty 

This one..Oh my... I had so much fun.

Head on over to see how easy it was to transform.

Before and After Persian Blue Library Table Makeover

Another piece that was in such poor shape but had so much detail it needed to be saved. A little paint and some sanding brought her back.

This was another fun one. It was beat up but some paint and a fern transfer and its took on a whole new life.

Vintage Small Dresser Makeover using Paint and Transfers 

This little beauty may not look like much but if you check out her before you will see how beat up she was and how a couple coats of paint made her new again. 

Small Dresser given a Regal Makeover 

This was the one that I went WAAAAY outside my comfort zone on.

She was so beat up but had the most amazing details and hardware I had to find a way to bring her back!

Updating a Waterfall Chest of Drawers 

And last but not least. A fun vintage transfer that took a very plain boxy dresser to a new level.

Persian Blue Vintage Farm and Floral Dresser Makeover

So there you have it.

My favorite makeovers of 2018.

I hope you enjoyed looking back as much as I did,

and I hope you had some good moments in 2018 to look back on as well. 

I know in years past it was much harder for me to find the Good Things with everything that was happening in my life.

My wish for 2019 is that you find the Beauty where you can; 

and if you can't find it...You make it.

Until next year.

Have a Beautiful day!

Favorite posts of 2017 from ArtisBeauty.net

Happy New Year, my Beauties!
Well....almost.
I wasn't going to do a "best of" but I am glad I finally got around to looking back over this past year.
I actually hadn't felt like I had accomplished much this year,
as I seem to be in a continual mode of trying to play CATCH UP with everything else going on. 
But once I started looking back it felt good to see how much I had accomplished over this last year.
I will show you a highlight below and all you have to do is click on the link for each picture if you want to see the full transformation.

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One of my personal favorites was this 
Emerald Green Roadside Rescue Dresser Makeover
If you read the post you will see that my husband had actually been out on a walk when he spotted it out in some ones trash and quickly ran home to ask me if I wanted it.
You can guess what that answer was!

Next was this free dresser from a friend of mine that became MY new dresser for my bedroom. This
Mid Century Mod Dresser Makeover 
was done specifically for me to KEEP.

Next, was my Bohemian Budget Bathroom Makeover
We have lived in our home almost 20 years and after all that time I finally couldn't take the golden oak cabinet any longer. 
Also I could kind of trust the kids to maybe not decimate it now that they were older, LOL!

By far, my favorite makeover this year has been my corner area where I Created an Eating Nook with IKEA benches
As I said before, we have lived here almost 20 years and this corner has been a pain for me for just as long.
I was so excited to finally figure out a way to properly use this space.

I know from looking at this little table it doesn't seem like that big of a makeover but if you click on the link you will see what a little BEAST this free table was.
This Simple Stenciled Side table Makeover 
had me testing my nerve and even gave me a few splinters.

I really liked the transformation on this, because it took it from outdated to SOLD in about a day.
You will see what products I used to transform it when you click on the link for my
Farmhouse Rolling Kitchen Cart Makeover
and see how I even used a LAXATIVE for a great finish! :)

And last but not least,
even though I had many more furniture projects this year,
this
Farmhouse Table and Bench Makeover 
was one of my most recent, and I was thrilled with how easy it was able to go from orange and outdated to fresh and fun.

As always, I am so thankful for all of you that have been following me along all these years.
These last few years have been a little bumpy with my mom and all and recalculating and making more time for the things I want out of life, but I am always so incredibly grateful that I always have had all of you BEAUTIFUL people who encourage me every day with your kind words and interest in what I do.
May the new year bring many blessings to all of you,
and may you look back to see all the good things in your life!
As always, Have a BEAUTIFUL day and a wonderful NEW YEAR!

Art Is Beauty Favorite Posts of 2015

Welcome back my Beauties!

Today I am going to show you my personal

favorite posts of 2015.

I normally wait another week or so to share, but I figure just like

me you guys are going to be Busier and Busier leading up to the New Year,

so I would show them to you now.

(kinda like opening a Christmas present early!) 

Its always fun to do this post because I get to walk down memory lane and see all the work

I put in this last year.

Sometimes I forget how much I have accomplished in a year,

and this is a nice little reminder.

So here they are, in no particular order.

Choosing a favorite of a bunch of favorites just seems too overboard. :)

#10

Faux ShipLap for under $30

#9

Gross to Grand Chair Makeover

#8

"Estherbelle" Vintage Dresser Makeover

#7

 Build it Yourself Farmhouse Coffee Table

#6

Old Coffee Table turned Upholstered Bench

#5

 DIY Build it Yourself Industrial Table

#4

 Finished 1/2 Bath Makeover

#3

Teal Buffet Makover

#2

 French Gray Cedar Chest Makeover

 #1 

 Before and After Creating my Art Studio!

 So there you have it.

I had so much fun this past year,

and I can't wait to see what the NEW YEAR brings.

I want to thank you all so much for 

joining me on this wonderful adventure

of mine and always being so Kind and Thoughtful with 

your comments.

I hope you all have a Beautiful Holiday Season!


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The Best of ART IS BEAUTY 2013. Art, Projects and Life

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Good day my BEAUTIES!! Its that time again! 

A time for a walk down memory lane. 

Its funny how you don't think you have really accomplished that much 

until you look back on the year and see all the things you have done,

where you have been, what you have celebrated and have that 

wonderful feeling of fulfillment knowing you are least TRYING 

to live your life to the fullest.

SO instead of me blathering on and getting sentimental of the past year,

I will just show you some of the highlights of the past year.

First of all this was a project that I did for me and had NO IDEA, the amount of
people that would see it. It was one of my most shared posts ever and was featured on many pages and websites. It blew me away. As is with life its those unexpected moments. You are plodding along just doing what you love to do and all the sudden you have a Popular Post happening.
You can see the "how to build a farmhouse table" by clicking HERE
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The next project was one of my favorites! It was a beast when I got it, and I honestly had my moments where I thought I might not be able to TRANSFORM this one. But by putting my MIND and my BELT SANDER to it, I was able to turn it from a hideous broken and beaten dresser to this BEAUTY!
You can see the post with the Transformation of this CUSTOM SEA GLASS DRESSER Here.
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Another of the more popular posts was this Dresser, I again got to work with my very talented niece who is also an Artist, to makeover this dresser for an Auction. (This dresser is really special for me, because it was the week before my nieces son died and so it will always stick out forever in my mind, of the time I had sitting and painting with her telling funny stories about Ethan. Little did we know a week later he would be gone.)

You can see the 

full makeover by clicking on the link.

Tree of Life Auction Dresser

One of the BEST EVER parts of the year for me, was our 20th anniversary trip to Ireland.
Never in a billion years did I ever believe that the job I love so much would allow me to take the hubby and I here for our anniversary. I still get emotional when I think of what memories we have.
Just like missing people you love, I miss this place..My heart physically hurts when I think about it.
It was so Beautiful and beyond my wildest dreams that I have now had to think of
new dreams to start dreaming about!! :)
You can see consolidated posts on our adventure by clicking the links.
Ireland part 1
Ireland part 2 
Ireland part 3
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As I have said before, its funny how you are just going along, minding your own business and along comes a piece of furniture or an opportunity.
The day I got this buffet, I was offered a chance to be on our local TV station
to show the perks and ways of UPCyCLING...
I had to get to work on this makeover and quick, as it was going to be in the background of the segment I was doing.
Never in a million years did I think doing this job would bring me to being on Television..(even if it was really only 15 minutes of fame :))
Super Shabby Buffet makeover and 15 minutes of Fame!
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Now, I loved this project because it was a challenge. I will admit, It took me longer to complete this than a dresser that had been beat up and broken. But it was because I was nervous about painting on Laminate and because I was putting my own original artwork on it and didn't know if other people would like it. It was another one of those "putting yourself out there" kind of  moments,
and no matter how many times you do it...its still Scary.
Laminate Furniture can be BEAUTIFUL too!

Now not scary, was totally glamming up this beat up boring cheap desk. It
was a last of the year project and I just wanted to have FUN!
I think you can tell..I had fun with this makeover!
Peacock Blue & Silver Vintage Glamour Desk Makeover

What better way to end a BEST OF post but with my best rescue yet!

We rescued a Beautiful Senior dog, named Smooches and you can see the post by clicking on the link below.

My best RESCUE yet!

We are still so in love with her its not even funny.
If you had told me a the beginning of the year that we would have adopted a dog 
by the end of the year, I would have laughed in your face and told you no way.
Funny how life works huh? 
Don't forget to say YES in this life.
I am trying to say YES more in my life and I can
see looking back how much it changes your life.
Instead of  "NO" I can't fix that,
or "NO" I am too scared to go on TV
I decided "YES" I can!
I hope you guys start saying YES more TOO!
Until next time, I hope you 
all have the most BEAUTIFUL NEW YEARS!
Hugs,
Karin

Round up of Amazing Furniture Set Makeovers!

So you know I have a deep love of making over Furniture sets. I mean you have seen the Many Dining room table and chair sets I have tried to bring back from the edge of the landfill. So when ever I need INSPIRATION for what I will do next I head on over to HOMETALK.

Hometalk is Awesome!  If I’m not painting furniture or redecorating my booth for the bazzilionth  time, then I’m hanging out on Hometalk.  Once you set up an account, you can scroll through the thousands and thousands of home and garden projects and pin them to your own boards for future reference.  You can ask question, flip through makeovers and clip to a clip board to your hearts desire.

Speaking of which; When I was asked by HOMETALK to curate a board for Furniture set Makeovers, I couldn't say NO! Never mind that we are flying out this morning for Ireland for our 20th wedding anniversary. Hometalk has been there for me since the beginning, and the least I could do was be there for them.

So without further ado...Here are some of my favorite Furniture set makeovers.

This Beautiful set by WHITE COTTAGE BOUTIQUE.

 

This AMAZING farm table makeover made from Pallets by HOUSE MADE HOME

Check out the legs on this gorgeous French Beauty by VINTAGE CHARM RESTORED

Want to see MORE Gorgeous Furniture Set Makeovers

Head on over to my Hometalk's Best Furniture set Makeovers Board

 While your at it why don't you join me there and we can be friends there too!

Have a BEAUTIFUL day!