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the jewelry of the house | grandeur hardware
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Grandeur Hardware. As always all words and opinions expressed are honest and my own. The projects on our house slowed down a little bit over the holidays, but...
my antique pencil box & what is in it
I have shown the antique pencil box I've been using since this spring a few times here and there and I'm almost always asked about it as well as the contents, so I thought I would write a post...
walking again
"Me thinks that the moment my legs begin to move, my thoughts begin to flow." - Henry David Thoreau As some of you know, I broke my foot back in May. While it was a frustrating inconvenience...
customizing a boring sketchbook/notebook
Over the Christmas break, I wanted to take some time for creative play. It's a meandering that doesn't have a real purpose but almost always ends up being productive. I was eyeing my sketchbooks...
new antique fireplace tools
The first thing I bought specifically for our house was a pair of antique "cannonball" andirons. My mom and I went to an antique store as a diversion from a tense period of waiting for our offer to...
making & using paint sample boards to select colors
Yesterday, I worked on making some paint sample boards to nail down the colors I've been mulling over for the main living areas of our house. Usually, I would just slap a swatch on the wall, but...
Feels Like Home
Marian’s new book on customizing your home is
now available!
Miss Mustard Seed’s YouTube
This channel shows a progression of my business from my early years of painting and refinishing furniture and dealing antiques to my current passions of art, painting, and design. I just love all things creative and I love encouraging and inspiring other to discover and use their creative gifts.
Free Art Classes
While most of the world was under stay-at-home orders in the Spring of 2020, I connected with my online community by offering live art classes every Friday for a few weeks. It was such a pick-me-up for me each week! I received wonderful feedback from the class participants who joined me live or have taken the classes since, so I decided to put them into an online course format and offer them for free. Sign up and learn to paint with oils in nine classes that cover everything from making a color chart to painting a grazing cow…
Recipes, projects, and decorating ideas for Winter
Marian’s Home Tours
Maryland Home
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We just moved into our new-to-us 1970 brick rambler in Maryland in September 2022.
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the jewelry of the house | grandeur hardware
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Grandeur Hardware. As always all words and opinions expressed are honest and my own. The projects on our house slowed down a little bit over the holidays, but we're starting to ramp up again with more wallpaper removal, a few new...
Artistic Endeavors
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my antique pencil box & what is in it
I have shown the antique pencil box I've been using since this spring a few times here and there and I'm almost always asked about it as well as the contents, so I thought I would write a post sharing about it. I mean...any excuse to write about art supplies... It...
Creative Business
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feels like home book launch team
Thank you so much for all of the enthusiasm and support for my new book, Feels Like Home! Writing a book is such a long process and you never know how it will be received, but the feedback I've been hearing on the sneak peeks and previews have been so positive and...
Furniture Makeovers
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my French dining room chairs
If you've followed me for while (even through this most recent move out of our MN home), you know that I'm pretty game to sell just about anything. I can't tell you how many times Jeff has come home to an empty space where a piece of furniture once sat. He's gotten...
Slice of Life
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walking again
"Me thinks that the moment my legs begin to move, my thoughts begin to flow." - Henry David Thoreau As some of you know, I broke my foot back in May. While it was a frustrating inconvenience during packing and a move, over time, I found the greatest loss for me was...
Tutorials
I love learning and sharing what I’ve learned with others. Since 2009, I’ve been writing and filming tutorials on everything from furniture refinishing and slipcovers to woodworking and crochet. What would you like to learn to do today?
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