About a year or two ago I bought a large globe on a stand for $2.00 at a tag sale. The part of the stand that screwed into the globe was broken, but fisherman fixed it and it was fine for a while. A few weeks ago while our grandson was playing with it, it broke and this time it couldn’t be fixed. I decided
Living Room Before/After
When I first started blogging back in April, one of my first posts was about theme decorating and the pitfalls that can happen when you over indulge (like, ahem, I did!). These are pics of our weekend home which, obviously, is a log cabin. The style is quite different from our primary home, so it was natural to want to do something that highlights the differences,
DIY Wall Art
If you ask me if I can draw, I would laugh and say the only thing worse than my singing is my drawing. If you asked me to draw a person, this is exactly what you would get. So you say you can’t draw a straight line? Me either. But the funny thing about art is, rarely does it involve straight lines, so you’re going to
Staining a stone fireplace
Our fireplace at the cabin, as you can see, is stone. Initially, I was very happy with it, but as of late I had begun to feel that it was a little dull looking, and the vents really, really, bothered me. They were a bit dirty and ironically I felt that even though they were light and blended with the stones, they actually stand out
Craft Room Makeover
Not too long ago, I took a cake decorating class at Joanne’s Craft Store. One night while passing thru the store to get to the class room, I noticed the coolest looking sewing machine situated right along the aisle. It pretty much stopped me in my tracks. I asked the sales person about it, and she said it was a limited edition and would be
Anne Sloan Barn Red Dresser
Whooo Hoooo! I’m an Anne Sloan virgin NO MORE! Unless you’ve been living under a rock in the blogosphere, you know everyone has been shouting the virtues of Anne Sloan paint for quite some time. I finally had the opportunity to try this paint out for myself when I spotted this cute little dresser at a garage sale and snapped it up for $20. I
Before/After Photos of our Cabin
When I decided to do a before/after post, I had to go searching for the before pics and found them in a photo album that has those nasty plastic pages that cover the pictures which are so convenient, but not so great for the pictures. I didn’t care though…I figured the pictures were so ugly anyway, what’s a little deterioration or discoloration in the scheme
I should have taken pictures…
Lots and lots of pictures! I was never a big picture taker. Now, you’ll rarely see me without my camera. If I had taken pictures way back when, I would have been able to come up with some tutorials for the many, many projects I’ve done over the years. Here’s a very small sampling. These first two are stained glass panels about two and a