August 2011

How to Monogram a Cabinet Drawer with Martha Stewart Decorative Crafts Paints

August 29, 2011

I’m so excited to introduce you to the Martha Stewart Crafts Decorative Paint Line, brought to you exclusively by Plaid Crafts and found at your local Michaels. You are going to love it! The tools alone are worth running to Michaels to get – they are so ingenious and a pure joy to work with. [...]

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How to Make a Restoration Hardware Concrete Fire Column

August 26, 2011

Knock Knock…Hack Hack… that is what I have been doing the past few days to create a trio of knock-off Laguna Concrete Fire Columns. I was inspired by this one I saw in the Restoration Hardware catalog. I immediately was reminded of the building tubes I used to use to set up store displays and [...]

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How to Make a Fake Transom For a Doorway

August 22, 2011

How to make a fake transom window with a mirror and molding

I love light – lots of it and try to get as much of it as I can streaming into my house. I also love architectural details, but my house didn’t come with many so I have to add them myself. My Studioffice is in the front of the house and has two windows. The [...]

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The DIY Daily–Friday Favorites

August 19, 2011

It is Friday – I am sure you do a little happy dance like I do when Friday rolls around each week. Friday is also the day when a new post I have written gets posted on the Home and Living page over at Momtastic. This week I show a few ways that I try [...]

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How to Make a Decorative Doorstop

August 17, 2011

I was going to title this post – How to Make Something Decorative Out of Nothing but it was too long. Long or not it was exactly what I did to create 2 new doorstops – one for the bathroom I just completed and another for my guest room. I didn’t have to buy one [...]

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Decorating Details–Waste Cans and Light Switches

August 14, 2011

I am a big believer in details – the decorative details. They can make or break your best efforts when you are re-decorating all the way down to the color of the little toggle on the light switch. It matters. The details are the fine tuning and you should give them the same thought and [...]

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Some Finds and Some Favorites

August 7, 2011

As I am working on the finishing touches to my bathroom and creating a wrap-up post about it, I thought I would share some fun finds – from thrifting to clever DIY ideas I have found and included on my DIY Daily page. I think of my Daily DIY page as my personal Pinterest of [...]

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How I Transformed a Vinyl Floor for $10.00

August 4, 2011

I think I can… I think I can… I know I can… transform a vinyl floor for $10.00. I just did it and I could not be happier. Here is what my new floor looks like. A classic black and white pattern. Now if you saw the before photos in my previous posts, you are [...]

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Quick and Easy Home Decorating – Window Valance

August 2, 2011

Finally after all the hard work I have been doing in my hall bathroom, I have been rewarded – it is all coming together just as I had envisioned. No snafus or problems. Yes! I love it when that happens – which usually is NEVER – as in DIY decorating land there is always a [...]