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Here is my top five tutorials that caught my eye this week. Meridian Road did this fabulous Pottery Barn knock off Typewriter Key Art piece. I am really not into the beach decor usually but I love this burlap starfish.  There is something about the simplicity of this that speaks to me.  I am actually {…Read More…}





Bird Above my Door

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Eons ago I posted about adhering fabric on the walls similar to wallpaper using starch. I made a fabric tree that hangs in my son’s bedroom. To see how to adhere fabric to your walls without any glue click here. Using the same technique I adhered little birdies above my doors in my kitchen. My {…Read More…}





Freshening Up My Master

I told my husband I wanted to redo our master bedroom and he about had a heart attack.  We have kind of lived in a construction zone with the mini remodel of our bathroom and moving the laundry room upstairs.  So in order to preserve our marriage and my husband’s sanity I decided to just {…Read More…}





Stained and Painted End Table

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I’m linking to the CSI Project Paint Challenge… I often get emails from my readers with pictures attached asking if I think they should paint or stain a particular piece.  I will post my thoughts on that later but here is the best of both worlds…a little paint and a little stain. This end table {…Read More…}





Painted Bread Box

I have been wanting one of those corner built in bread boxes in my kitchen for a while.  Since it isn’t a high priority on my spending list I thought I would make do with what I could.  So I was thrilled when I got this breadbox for $2 at a yard sale a couple {…Read More…}





Guest Post: Twice Lovely

I have a special guest here for you to oogle over.  Twice Lovely rocks the furniture refabs!  Another creative blog to follow peeps!  Please give a warm IC welcome to Ann Marie. Take it away…   I want to thank Beckie for inviting us to do a guest post on her blog!  I’m a long-time {…Read More…}





Standstill

Do you want to see what she ended up looking like? Click here for all the details, including how I made the hardware look like they were antique silver (and it did not include spray painting them). I interrupt this normally creative blog to give you a dose of a day in the life of {…Read More…}