Ideas and Projects for Making Your Home Comfortable and Inviting
Posted in Organization, Paint Projects, Shopping on Nov 10th, 2009
I LOVE the difference a coat (or three) of paint can make! Here is the BEFORE again of the cabinet we bought for our daughter’s clothing (a chest of drawers just couldn’t cut it!):
And here is the AFTER:
The only “antique” parts of this cabinet are the hardware (which I didn’t touch) and the doors (which [...]
Posted in Paint Projects on Sep 4th, 2009
A few years ago I visited a sweet, new friend and mentioned how I loved her round kitchen table. It had an iron base with a wonderful pine top. I could see the indentations made by over-zealous pencils doing homework in the soft wood, but the size and color were wonderful!
A few months later, my [...]
Posted in Paint Projects, Toolbox on Aug 17th, 2009
There is no way to sugarcoat the job of stripping wallpaper. It is plain, unadulterated drudgery. As I stated in the previous post, the only fun part of stripping wallpaper comes when you are finished, and you are not staring at someone else’s idea of beautiful. (Or maybe you are not staring at your own [...]
Posted in Paint Projects, Toolbox on Jul 29th, 2009
Stripping wallpaper is not an easy, clean task. Most people dread it–especially if someone else hung the paper and did not prepare the wall with primer and/or sizing first. In the happy land where I like to live, previous homeowners make it easy by first sealing drywall with a good quality primer/sealer before the paper [...]
Posted in Little Things, Paint Projects on Jan 14th, 2009
Finding home accessories can be a daunting, expensive task. Rather than shopping at traditional stores, consider options closer to home. Start snooping and see what you can find. Garages offer wonderful treasures–if you just use a little imagination and elbow grease. If you don’t have a messy garage, ask a relative (parents are a good [...]
Posted in Just Thinking..., Paint Projects on May 27th, 2008
One of the best, fastest, and least expensive way to add warmth to any room is to use paint, but one of the toughest decisions is choosing a color. In the selection process, be aware that deep colors have different effects in different rooms. You will often read that deep colors make rooms feel closed in–not [...]
Posted in Paint Projects, Patio Projects on May 20th, 2008
I walked outside a few weeks ago and was pretty disgusted with the state of our deck. Pots that had been abandoned last fall had sprouted major weeds. Squirrels had left piles of dirt around those pots after retreiving what they had deposited there last November. Dead leaves, wet and decomposing, had gathered in the [...]
