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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 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 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 December 5, 2007
One afternoon, I got the inspiration to paint another quick & easy chalkboard project. (To be honest, I was procrastinating about some less inspiring household projects when I had this brainstorm.)
My last chalkboard project was my kitchen pantry cabinet doors.
I decided to add a splash of blackboard next to my kitchen . . . → Read More: another chalkboard project
By Andrea, on May 8, 2007
After reading my blog entry about Message Central, my mother commented, “The cabinets look really cute, but you know me, I couldn’t handle the chalkdust.”
As they say, Mother knows best!
After only one day of 2 kids drawing all day on the new chalkboards, I couldn’t handle the chalkdust either. Fortunately, my . . . → Read More: mother knows best
By Andrea, on May 5, 2007
I finally gave up on trying to find the perfect blackboard tiles & decided to paint our pantry cabinets with magnetic paint, followed by chalkboard paint, hoping with each stroke of the roller that we don’t sell the house before I do an extreme kitchen makeover (i.e., a major kitchen remodel to make . . . → Read More: message central mission accomplished

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