Friday Guest: Lisa from Shine Your Light

Happy Friday!  I have been busy with my friend in town this week.... we went blueberry picking, fed the calves, went hiking, had ice cream, made blueberry crisp, had some wine, had a girls night.... all in all it has been a loaded but fun few days!  Anyone have any fun weekend plans?  I do!  Mine involve working on some projects around this place.
Today I have an amazing guest for you today!  I am a huge fan of Lisa's from Shine Your Light.  She is one of the sweetest, most genuine, down to earth, and gorgeous bloggers I know!  She is a mom before anything, and has one of the biggest hearts imaginable.  She shares awesome home projects on her blog (as she is about to share with you today) but one of my all time favorite features of hers is "Mangia Mondays" where she shares recipes and hosts a recipe link party.  Many of the recipes she shares are some that I pin to my recipe pinboards because they look so good!  and doable, even by my hand.
I also am a huge fan of her before/after parties.  At the beginning of each month you link up a project you want to work on and hope to finish that month.  At the end of the month you come back and share your finished project!  So fun and it motivates me to get crackalackin! Lisa is here to share with you an array of fabulous projects done with my favorite- PAINT!  Take it away, Lisa!

Hi Primitive and Proper Fan Club!  I am so excited to be here today because I just might be Cassie's biggest groupie.  In addition to being an amazing mom and one of the kindest bloggers I know, is there a more talented, creative or fun blogger on this planet?   This girl rocks - thanks so much for having me, Cassie!

I'm Lisa and I blog at Shine Your Light.  I am happily married, but I confess that I am having a passionate, wild love affair --- with paint.  I know all of you that work your magic on old furniture share this love affair too!

Two years ago when my husband and I were house hunting, I managed to talk him into buying a house that needed a good dose of TLC.  Our realtors thought I was nuts when we would look at houses and I would proclaim them "too nice", but there was just something about bringing an outdated, drab house to life that really lit my fire.  Can you see the potential?

Until we can afford to some major renovations, I have been on a mission to make our house prettier with the power of paint.

Here's our foyer before we moved in...

…and after I painted the trim and walls, added board and batten, and stripped and restained the stairs and bannister.

After I recently spazzed out and spilled paint all over the foyer floor, 

I discovered even the hideous tile looks better with a little paint on the grout!

{Someday I will joyfully take a jackhammer to that tile, but in the meantime, at least the eye isn't drawn to those dingy grout lines anymore.}

In this house nothing has been spared from a fresh coat of paint -

the pantry:

door hardware:

garage stairs:

the inside of closets:

all that sweet orange oak and peach walls:

a beat-up kitchen table and chairs, that I was inspired by Cassie and all you amazing readers to make over:

….even the curtains get painted around here!

I hope the magic of paint in my house inspires you to look at what you have in a new light and see the potential!

Thanks for letting me dish with you today, and thanks again to Cassie for inspiring me every day with her furniture makeovers, home decorating and joy for living!

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