Over the weekend, I finished up the plumbing access panel at the bottom of our stairway. It’s the design dilemma that’s been driving me crazy, the one thing holding up the completion of this project. My initial thought was to embrace it. Showcase it. Make it look like a feature instead of an oddity. But that […]
Fixer upper dollhouse: Prepped and primed
I started fixing up the dollhouse I found at Goodwill last month. Looking better already, right? This is one of those basic dollhouses that probably isn’t intended to be painted or decorated, but it had so many battle scars, something had to be done. I couldn’t wait to rip off that ugly contact paper and start cleaning […]
Thrift store makeover: Nautical print
Wow, I totally did not intend to blow off last week, but a bad cold knocked me down for a few days. I hate that helpless feeling of having a thousand things to do and no energy to do them. Anyhow, I’m back today to show you a small painting project. Let’s get to it. […]
Simplify: Living with too much stuff
Something came over me about a month or two ago. I’m not exactly sure where it started. Maybe with cleaning out Elise’s closets before I painted them. Slowly, I started tackling one small space at a time. A drawer here, a box there. Removing anything expired, unnecessary, redundant. If something didn’t belong, I moved it to a […]
Stairway update: Hmm, yeah, this isn’t working…
You might be wondering why I haven’t done any stairway updates lately. The project has been in limbo. Mainly due to this: A plumbing access panel for the bathroom on the other side of the wall. I thought I knew what I was going to do with it. Since it was sort of framed, I […]
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