January 2010

My Simply Simple Slipcover

January 29, 2010

Before In the house in my head, aka my dream house- I imagine white canvas slipcovers on over-sized seating, a big stone fireplace, with white, beige, and purple accents, along with a great view of the ocean out a bank of french doors. The house I physically live in well – has blue upholstery, a brick fireplace I painted white, french doors, but they only [...]

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A Simple Pleasure

January 27, 2010

The best part of my dayis when I walk through my front door after spending 8 hours at work. Being home is heaven and I want to make the transition from the business world to my haven feel special. Crossing the threshold starts the transformation, but I like to make a celebration out of the [...]

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How To Paint a Rug on your Floor

January 25, 2010

Free printable stencil pattern for floor rug

I painted this rug on my mudroom floor about 14 years ago. I call it my antique rug nowadays as as it is getting a little shabby. The hardwood floor in this room is going to be re -done soon and the rug will have to be sanded off for refinishing. I will miss it, but I am [...]

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How-To Make a Valentine Gift Tube

January 23, 2010

How to gift wrap Hershey Kisses as a gift

I am sending this covered gift tube to my daughter, Mandy who is away at The University of Vermont. It is filled with lots of kisses – Hershey Kisses that is. I want to send her something unique and that won’t fit into her dorm mailbox. This way the mail-room will have to put a note in her mailbox [...]

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How to Make a Signature Table

January 20, 2010

This project is for all the moms out there who still have little children. I know you must be thinking- what the heck…about the table in the above photo, but it has a cute story. When my girls, Kelly and Mandy were about 10 and 12 they went out to play one Saturday morning. About an hour [...]

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She’s Got Style! Kim Johnson Gross

January 19, 2010

I have only been blogging for about two months and so many amazing things have happened to me in that short time. I have connected with so many of you and have learned so much knowledge that I never would have thought I would understand - HTML, how to optimize photos, and what an f-stop [...]

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How To Make Wipe-Off Labels for Organizing Your Stuff

January 13, 2010

When paging through the Ballard Designs catalog a few years ago I came across little enameled re-writable name plaques. They were white and outlined in black. They were Oh, so French, and Oh, so expensive! I thought of so many uses for them, but knew I couldn’t afford them. Not wanting to feel deprived of adding [...]

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How-to make a Lid for a Basket

January 11, 2010

How to make a lid so you can stack baskets

I like many of you - am in super organizing mode. The New Year always deserves a fresh start and I am going through every room of my house purging all the clutter and organizing the rest. One way I try to tame what is left is to place the stuff into decorative baskets. I use them in my pantry, [...]

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DIY Kitchen Makeover

January 7, 2010

This post is for anyone who hates their kitchen cabinets and is thinking about transforming them with paint. I should have named this post: How to add molding easily to stock cabinets and how to paint cabinets to look like new. How-To Paint Kitchen Cabinets and How-to Install No-Miter Molding without fear. When I moved [...]