I have found my new favorite paint! Krylon Looking Glass spray paint. This stuff is like magic. You can actually create a mirror-like finish! I had no idea mirror paint even existed until I saw this idea in this Budget Living book (which, by the way, is a great little deco book, even if it is […]
$100 Bathroom Challenge: No-cost vintage boxer wall art
When I saw this “positions in boxing” graphic in an old 1931 encyclopedia I had, I knew I had to use it somewhere. I just love old timey illustrations, so I scanned it and printed it out onto some thick red wrapping paper (both sides are red — the Container Store good stuff!) Still a little curly, […]
$100 Bathroom Challenge: Painting the vanity
It was time to tackle the blue elephant in the room — the vanity. I chose a color called Dark Granite by Olympic. I wanted a dark brown, but didn’t want a chocolate brown because I was afraid it wouldn’t look right with the floor. Before I’m not sure what the previous owners of this house […]
Fence-be-gone
The above is actually the “after” photo, if you can believe it! I know it looks pitiful, but it did look worse. Before This small section of fence at the end of our driveway was falling down. Before The gate was always getting stuck when you needed to open it and swinging open when it should be closed. […]
Visit the aquarium: WPA poster
I was looking for something to fill a space in our hallway when I remembered this woodcut poster I found a few years ago in the Library of Congress’ Prints and Photographs Online Catalog. I loved it, but never really found the opportunity to use it anywhere before. I cropped the image, cleaned it up a bit […]
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