I am finally making some progress dressing the walls of my poor, naked guest room / nursery (full reveal coming soon!): For some time, I’ve been planning to put two 16×20 frames above the bed, but I was lacking inspiration until I saw these on Restoration Hardware (as you can see from the crib and decoupaged antique map I did,…
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We moved into Maison de Pax one week before Littler Pax was born, and he just turned one. Amazing. We decided to have a “backyard barbecue” for his party: I found these darling invitations on Paperless Post: And I thought they were perfect. I wanted something that said “boy” and “casual” without being too cutesy. In an effort to pursue…
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This diy mercury glass tutorial is a fun way to change up items around your home or thrifted purchases. I’m sharing my step-by step tutorial to achieve the mercury glass look! I recently had to try my hand at the Krylon Looking Glass spray paint that’s become so popular… and I love the result. DIY mercury glass tutorial I have…
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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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