Not A Recipe Post!
What? No recipe? But this is Bakeaway Girl , not So You Think You Can Pinterest ! I know, I know. But it's been absolutely beautiful outside here for a little while, so I took a little hiatus from my kitchen and tackled a few projects that needed to be done in a backyard. Living in a cute upper floor apartment, I don't have a backyard, but my parents do and my mom enjoys having me spend time there (even if I smell like polyurethane). You see, last summer, I decided to dive head first into the world of DIY and take this... Light wood, green paint (yuck!) To this... Darker stain, wine-colored paint (ahhh :) ) The man at the hardware store laughed at me when I told him what I was trying to do. He said I should start small for my very first wood project. As per usual, I smiled politely and ignored him and did what I wanted to do to begin with. He might have been right, but I think our dining room looks fantastic! So this summer, I set out to refurbish a