I’m finally finished with the bench makeover, but the process was not without a few mishaps. As a reminder, this is what the bench looked like when I bought it. (Well, this is the product photo from HomeDecorators.com. I didn’t actually assemble before painting.) In real life, the wood was even orangier than I expected. Luckily, I […]
Decorating 2.0: Our family room
Every few weeks or so, I’ll be sharing a room of my house along with my plans for sprucing it up a bit. The execution will be ongoing beyond a few weeks, I’m sure; decorating seems to have no end point. Next up: our family room. I’ve been working on our living room for the […]
Trash to treasure: Monogram wall art
I’m in love with monograms. It’s true. It might be my secret, subconcious mission to incorporate one into every room on our house. I’m well on my way to acheiving that goal and here’s one more. Remember this cutie? My 70-cent little kid side table (in pieces) from the clearance racks at T.J. Maxx? I wasn’t […]
Another great find: Mid-century dresser
In addition to the finds I showed you earlier this week, I finally finally finally found a new dresser for Dan! I have been searching on and off for a few years, but until now, what little I found was wrong. Wrong size, wrong style, wrong price. Poor Dan has been using a dinky, too-small […]
Pillows with piping: Not as scary as it looks!
Wonderful news, everyone! I learned how to sew piping! Well, actually there wasn’t much to learn, but I was intimidated. It looks hard. It looks fancy. I thought I needed a special piping foot for my sewing machine, but it turns out you can get away with using a zipper foot, which is pretty standard […]
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