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Falling in love with a chandelier that goes with a design mojo can make it harder to move on when the chandelier doesn’t quite meet the practical requirements of the space. It’s important to think about the practical requirements first, so that you don’t fall in love with a fixture that won’t work.
Color analysts look at what you are wearing, buying, pinning, sharing, posting, and saying about those colors. When color experts get together to talk about color trends, we aren’t talking about selling anything. We talk about what’s happening in politics, environment, science, and the general mood of the country and the world. And colors are a physical representation of feelings.
Every DIY project needs a plan. When we paint, we have a painting sequence that has proven successful. Here’s how to paint a room.
While I’ve loved our house numbers, I have never been quite satisfied with the lack-of-background to make the numbers pop against the yellow house paint. So I decided to make a little flower box to display the house numbers.
If you need to remove rust from metal, I have two ways to easily get rid of it.
A little cabinet from Habitat for Humanity ReStore can have a new life as wall art. A little bit of paint, a few tools, and a shopping trip to Habitat for Humanity ReStore can be a magical combination for a creative DIY soul. The variety of items and the endless opportunities to create new uses for those unique treasures makes my heart happy.
When we moved into this home, the armchair was already here. It was the previous owner’s armchair, and her family had lived in the home since it was built in 1903. The armchair has a long history in this home.
I selected a material mix based on cat claw repellent nailhead trim plus claw-loving natural colored twine. And this time I chose a darker stain for the wood.
