the candidates

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

making the chandelier – behind the madness

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

chandelier transformation

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

say goodbye to…

…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…

the new neutral

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

a little impulsive chandelier shopping

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

i cheated

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

house goals – 2011 edition

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

best. project. ever.

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.

when you said to frame it, is this what you meant?

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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