Thanks so much to everyone for suggesting I do something special with the WWI mail pouch I found at a yard sale last weekend. I called the National WWI Museum to see if they would be...
decorating for two (or more)
AKA...when the husband/wife/significant other/roomie says, "No."I get a lot of labor intensive, kinda crazy ideas that I would like to do to our house. I informed my husband a few years...
Milk Paint vs. Chalk Paint
I get a lot of e-mail from people wanting to know which paint they should use for their project...Milk Paint or Annie Sloan's Chalk Paint. So, for the benefit of everyone, here's my opinion......
the greatest tool ever made
This post does is not about pretty pictures. I am tearing my home apart to paint my kitchen cabinets and family room walls and ceiling after all. I bought some pears today for my...
my farm table & cabinet painting prep tips
I received a few comments about the farm table in my kitchen. You could see peeks of it in my kitchen accessories post, so here is a full view. (Ugh...excuse the floor!) I bought it a few months...
grain sacks and other things
If you've been reading my blog for a while, you may have noticed I kinda like grain sacks. I know some people are so over them and it's not every one's "thing", but it's my thing. I love...
Waxes 101
So sorry! I planned to have this video to you last week and I even filmed one, but I was tired and it was half-heartedly done. You deserve better than that, so I made a new one yesterday morning in...
Mystery Paint Revealed!
Jane, Lee Gamble and a few others guessed it right! Annie Sloan's Chalk Paint is the mystery paint. I received an e-mail from a reader a few weeks ago, telling me I should try chalk paint. My...
Perfectly Imperfect Painting Tips
Today the lovely Shaunna from Perfectly Imperfect and I are taking the floor on each other's blogs. We're not talking about just anything, though. We're sharing some of our best painting...
Top Coats
I have had a boat load of questions lately about top coats, so I thought I would dedicate a post to them. First of all, let me say that there are dozens, maybe thousands of techniques and products...