I forgot painting with red was so challenging. I covered up the Pepto Bismol pink primer with a true red color this past weekend, and realized red is very unforgiving. I ended up needing to paint two coats, which was a huge pain because it was super humid so everything took at least 12 hours to dry. I didn’t have enough paint to give the
Reversible Painted Rug
A few weeks ago I shared a painted rug project that was super easy, fast and inexpensive. I figured at $59, why not try something else on the reverse side?! This would extend the life of the rug because I could simply change it up as my mood strikes me, and if I screwed it up it wasn’t a huge investment. Since the recent drapes
How to Paint a Rug
During my latest post about our dining area progress I showed what was the first step in my first ever rug painting effort. Many years ago I painted a few canvas rugs, but painting on actual fabric was a new experience for me. I read about it over at Tatertots & Jello and it looked pretty straight forward and I’m happy to say it was! I’ve been
Our Piano is Pimped Up!
I recently wrote about an old piano that was left behind from the previous homeowners that I painted white. I really liked how it came out, but after a few weeks I decided it needed a little more fine tuning (pun intended). Here it is in its original state. As you can see, the walls are brown, the floors are brown and the window covering
I Painted Our Piano Bar White!
Yes indeed, I took the plunge. A while back, I wrote a post about how we repurposed this piano that was left behind when we purchased our weekend home by the sellers into a piano bar. If you haven’t read it, here’s a link. If you’ve been reading along lately, you’ll know I’ve been trying to turn our boring brown space at the
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
Come cozy up to our piano bar
When we purchased our weekend cabin several years ago, the previous owners left behind an upright piano. After living with the space hogging, rather unattractive behomoth for several years, we decided to try and sell it. No luck. Then we just wanted to give it away. No luck with that either. We tried flyers, calling schools, you name it. No one wanted our piano, and she was