I say, you can never have too many pretty storage boxes. My mom gave me these unfinished wood boxes we found in her basement. I sat on them for months (well, not literally) because I didn’t really know what to do with them. That was until I saw this: A vintage hatbox I spied at […]
Bedroom details: Pillow + foot stool
I’m not a fan of a thousand throw pillows on my bed; one is enough. I made this pillow with a couple of fabric sample swatches I had been hoarding for just this purpose. It’s a simple square cover with an invisible zipper on the bottom. I made it to fit a down pillow insert […]
Twin quilt progress report: Assembling the quilt top
I’m making good progress on the twin-size quilt I’m making for Elise. The quilt top is complete! I’m trying to keep close track of the time I’m spending on it. (You know, just for fun.) It’s easy to say quilting is time consuming, and it is, but I wouldn’t want that statement alone to be […]
Turning a negative space into a design feature
This was bothering me. This weird triangle of negative space between the curtains, exposing the wall, the trim and the top of the blinds above our bed. I know this is not the type of thing that normal people worry about, but it was shouting out to me every time I saw it. It’s the […]
Repainting vintage cast iron register
I stripped and repainted the register in our bedroom. And I loved the process so much, I did it twice. Well, that’s not true. The part about loving it, I mean. The part about stripping and repainting it twice is totally true, unfortunately. This original cast iron register had been painted sloppily a thousand times. It had […]
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