Last week I posted on my latest adventure with beadboard wallpaper – my kitchen backsplash. Well, I got inspired and decided to re-do the art above my stove.
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How to Paint Unfinished French Doors
Nearly as soon as we purchased this house, we talked about adding french doors to this entrance.
Thirty pretty panes letting in the light and airiness.
A less expensive way to add French Doors to your home is to purchase unfinished ones.
50 Shades of Green: The Dining Room
Paint Me a Family Room
I think I’ve mopped 20 times in the last week.
And written “wash me” in the construction dust covering the first floor of our house.
Tips on a DIY Whitewashed Brick Wall
I’m no sure if it’s more appropriate to call this project “whitewashing” or “faux painting”, because it certainly involved a bit of each.
In my research, all the “whitewashing brick” tutorials featured porous, red brick – not my flat-slabbed industrial, gray brick we found on the backside of our fireplace.
So I turned to my long-standing sound credo, let’s just wing it.
The Porch Floor Gets a Facelift
Although we haven’t been doing a ton of house projects lately – we’re in the throes of the dog days of summer, are we not? – we have been making quite a lot of headway on our porch.
I want our porch to become a cozy hangout place. While it’s too small to use for major entertaining, I can see us using it on summer and fall nights, or drinking my morning coffee on the weekends.
An Easy Approach to Word Art (and a New Stove!)
Installing a Beadboard Porch Ceiling – Part 2
Quite a while ago (last fall) we ripped out our porch ceiling and started installing a beadboard ceiling.
Velveeta-Orange and Pepto-Pink Guest Rooms
Once upon a time one of our guest rooms was full of bumpy, crazy walls.
So I went to town with a giant vat of spackle.
