This was a first-time DIY for Mr. Pax and me… One of the first things we loved about our 1940 colonial was the beautiful moldings. Unfortunately, though, they are not in every room in the house. In fact, most of them are limited to the living room. As I indicated in my very first post, we decided the dining room…
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“Peter” (aka my guest room whose decorations were repeatedly robbed by other rooms in my house) has finally done some taking of his own. This fabulous little memo board started out like this. A little rough, but for $3 at my local thrift store, I couldn’t pass it up! I originally painted it using MMS tricycle milk paint (leftover from…
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As I confessed in my very first post, I tend to be a little obsessive compulsive. As proof, I just did this: An entire new coat of paint on every surface of our master closet walls (please excuse the patchiness, it’s still drying)… even though I know 50% 80% of it will be covered by our shelving units. Really. They…
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Poor guest room… practically naked: I did finally dress the windows in these fabulous ruffled curtains, but the walls have stayed empty for a full year. Yikes. At first, when I found this fabulous gray (Agreeable Gray by SW, for the record), I thought I would put my old-school tin tiles in there, but they found a home on the…
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Learn how to make a giant DIY vintage map. You can follow this tutorial exactly to copy the RH Paris map for a fraction of the cost or you can use this same technique for any map. ________________ I have a slight obsession with Restoration Hardware (I’ve already knocked off one of their cribs). And, since we lived there, an even…
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