Well, I’m starting off my first full work week of the new year sick in bed! I am itching to organize and get to work on some of the plans I drew up over the holidays, but those will all have to wait…hopefully for just a day or two. Until I’m back on my feet and working on projects again, … Read More
LED Christmas Tree Candle Hack
Last year, I must admit that I was decorating for Christmas mostly because it was just the right time of year to start decorating for Christmas. I only put a fraction of ornaments on our tree and I didn’t have the creative capacity to work through figuring out how this home would best be dressed for Christmas. We had only lived … Read More
Instagram Q & A | Home Stuff
A few weeks ago, I invited my followers to ask questions on my Instagram Stories. I was initially planning on just answering them as they came in, but as I was flooded with over 100 questions, some of them with answers that would take longer than a 15-second frame, I decided these would be better answered in blog posts. I … Read More
Laundry Room Makeover | Part 3 | Tools & Tips
In part one, you saw the inspiration and progress for the laundry room makeover. In part two, you saw the reveal. Now, it’s time to get into the nitty gritty details of the tools and products I used. First of all, the kind of bead board I used was a thin, tongue and groove plank bead board from Home Depot. … Read More
“boxwood” recipe & glass hardware
I had in mind just the color of green I wanted for the kitchen island and butler’s pantry – the color Boxwood I developed for the MMS Milk Paint line. Of course, it goes beautifully with my color palette, because I created it! I looked through four different paint decks and didn’t find a perfect match, so I decided to … Read More
a simple fix to a fuzzy situation
You know those annoying little things around your home that you just live with, because you figure that’s just the way they are? Like a chair with a leg that wobbles or a remote button you have to push at the top right corner to make it work, or the oven you have to set 20 degrees higher than the … Read More
customizing paint colors for your home
When I painted my home office, I mentioned that I used Benjamin Moore’s Stonington Gray mixed at 50% and I got a lot of questions asking what that meant. I explained it years ago, but thought I would do a refresher post, explaining why I love to customize colors on the paint deck. I do acknowledge that sorting through a … Read More
Thrifty Painting Tips & no spend February
I’ve put in a lot of miles on a paint brush and roller over the years and, during all of that painting, I’ve picked up a couple of small, money-saving tips. First of all, it’s worth investing in sample pots of paint (about $5/each usually) to make sure you get the color right. This is one of those things where … Read More
