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By Andrea, on January 26, 2012
No, not those candidates!
This is about bedroom politics. Bedroom paint, that is.
There is a broad field of candidates…
The candidates’ names and platforms are…
1 -Bedford Gray, Martha Stewart Living – too light
2 -Cobblestone, Martha Stewart Living – . . . → Read More: the candidates
By Andrea, on October 16, 2011
Let me tell you how I got to this wonderful chandelier transformation…
It started out like this…
I bought 2 cans of Rustoleum’s Universal Metallic Paint & Primer in One in Champagne Mist from Home Depot and took to the garage and used . . . → Read More: making the chandelier – behind the madness
By Andrea, on October 16, 2011
Finally, I’m bidding good riddance to the old brass octopus in my dining/living room and saying hello to my brand new chandelier!
Let’s start with a little chandelier retrospective. I started with this…
Bought this…
Spray painted to turn into this…
. . . → Read More: chandelier transformation
By Andrea, on October 8, 2011
…the old brass octopus…
Notice the burned out bulbs that I never replaced because this thing is so hideous.
…and say hello to my brand new chandelier!
Sort of…
Sigh. Assembly required.
I suppose it’s for the best, since . . . → Read More: say goodbye to…
By Andrea, on October 6, 2011
Here are a couple of paint colors that I’m considering for my bedroom…
Why yes, I am feeling a little bold, now that you mention it!
But not just bold…neutral. Gray is the new neutral. At least in my world.
Originally I . . . → Read More: the new neutral
By Andrea, on October 3, 2011
Who doesn’t go impulse shopping for chandeliers on the internet in the middle of the night?
I sure do!
Last Thursday evening, I set out to do some updates to my blog. Amazingly enough, I somehow ended up at HomeDepot.com. Strange how those things happen.
Ultimately my e-wanderings took me to the chandelier . . . → Read More: a little impulsive chandelier shopping
By Andrea, on May 4, 2011
I cannot tell a lie.
I cheated.
What did I do?
I hired someone to paint my bathroom.
True confessions of a DIYer.
Facts are that there was a teenage hair dye explosion a while back and there’s a graduation party coming up in about 3 weeks, and I couldn’t live with the . . . → Read More: i cheated
By Andrea, on January 9, 2011
Over at Nesting Place, the Nester came up with a brilliant idea – house goals!
Given that I work full time and procrastinate, leaving me with limited time and energy, I thought that house goals would be perfect for me.
So here are my 2001 house goals…
Repaint the stairway wall Paint the . . . → Read More: house goals – 2011 edition
By Andrea, on August 22, 2010
Do you have a project that was just your favorite ever? I’m sure most of us creative types do.
That’s the question that Donna over at Funky Junk Interiors was asking this weekend.
And even though this may not have been my best design ever, or my hippest project ever, it certainly stands . . . → Read More: best. project. ever.
By Andrea, on August 17, 2010
Recently, a dear friend who lives in New York came to visit me in Ohio.
After his visit, because I have a collection of masks like this…
And this…
He sent me these…
He suggested that I frame them, which I thought . . . → Read More: when you said to frame it, is this what you meant?

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