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An Arranged Marriage

December 13, 2011 Filed Under: paint, quickies, shop the house

If you paint two pieces of furniture the same color and then put them next to each other, it’s kind of like you are joining them in holy matrimony.

The yellow mirror in the office was just a temporary pop of color until I realized where I could really use a mirror.

Here are the table and the mirror before their makeovers. Remember, the mirror was $25 and I got that water damaged table for $8 so I didn’t have to invest too much money. I painted them both with white chalk paint from Annie Sloan.

And now they shall live happily ever after.

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Decorating For Christmas. Naturally

December 2, 2011 Filed Under: seasonal, shop the house

After the holiday rock decorating crisis I went through last year, I knew I wanted to keep things simple this year. So I pretty much followed three guidelines:: 1. Incorporate Natural Ingredients {less packing away after the season and they bring life to your home} 2. Winterize What I Already Have {instead of buying [...]

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Color Pop

August 1, 2011 Filed Under: about my nest, quickies, shop the house

I changed up my office just a little. Normally, it looks like this. Blue and brownish. I consider blue a neutral in this house. I added pink in the spring. It takes almost nothing to change the look of a room. I like to mix things up just for fun. It started with this [...]

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Inexpensive Wall Art

April 11, 2011 Filed Under: bedroom, quickies, shop the house

I finally came up with a solution for this wall in our bedroom. Back in February when I showed off our bedroom, I really only showed one wall. The finished wall. What you didn’t see was this wall. And yes, I like that huge sunburst mirror too. But two competing suns in one room make [...]

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Tree Stump Side Tables

March 7, 2011 Filed Under: budget living, make this, shop the house, Uncategorized

My stump table isn’t a stump at all. It’s a branch. It’s the only good thing that came from our beautiful back yard tree that fell. I knew I wanted a piece of the tree to make into a table and because of my extreme aversion to do any project that takes patience, tons of [...]

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Go Find Your Own Art

January 17, 2011 Filed Under: paint, quickies, shop the house, sisters

About a month ago while doing some inspiration browsing at Z Gallerie, I feel in love with some paintings. This one called Limecicles caught my eye first. You can’t tell on the screen but it’s pure texture. Each line of color is separated by deep ridges that you can’t help but touch and run your [...]

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How to Make a Sunburst Mirror

January 4, 2011 Filed Under: make this, shop the house

Ever since Janell made her ingeniously wonderful sunburst mirror I’ve wanted to make my own out of something unexpected. First you need a very high tech template. {Did you think I was gonna tell you to use paper towels to make it?} I folded 3 continuous half sheets of paper towel in half and cut [...]

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Christmas Lanterns and Such

December 7, 2010 Filed Under: seasonal, shop the house

I admit, I have absolutely no right whatsoever to call this project a craft. But I want to join in with Kate’s Craft party today so let’s roll with it. Like a craft, you do need some supplies:: Christmas lights and clear containers of any sort. I used some bubbly outdoor lights with green wires [...]