Habitat Heroes.

I just wanted to take a second to let you all know about this awesome link party that my friend Julia at 551 East Furniture Design is doing. The basic idea is that you find an old piece of furniture, restore it so it's beautiful again, and then donate it to Habitat for Humanity or back to your local thrift store so that others can have beautiful pieces in their homes, at a price they can afford. What an awesome idea! It gets even better though, after you've restored a piece and donated it, link up a post about it and you'll be entered to win a whole bunch of gift cards to awesome places like Anthropologie and Hobby Lobby. There are other cool aspects, like being featured on one of the 4 different hosting blogs; you can find all the details here.

So if you have the time, this is a great way to brighten someone else's day and to do something that will make you feel warm and fuzzy inside and get you into the holiday spirit. The link party lasts all through November to give plenty of time for sanding and painting.