I wrote a tutorial on making dining room chair slipcovers years (and several dining sets) ago when I was a contributor to Cottages & Bungalows magazine. It's so neat to see how far I've come...
HGTV Cafe Curtain
As a freelance writer for HGTV, sometimes I'm assigned specific projects and other times I'm asked for project ideas that fall under a broad category. When I was asked for kitchen window treatment...
$100 Shopping Credit to Pine Cone Hill…
I have the honor of being a guest over at Annie Selke's Blog Fresh America today. Annie Selke is known for her flawless taste, fabrics, Dash & Albert rugs and Pine Cone Hill Bedding, so I...
Better than Drop Cloths…
My family room has been undergoing some changes over the past few months...years, really. It's been one of those slow makeovers that has happened (and is still happening) as the money and time are...
The totally wrong way to hem curtains
I took the tree down a couple of days ago and it left me staring at my unhemmed curtains that I finished about two years ago. I came to the realization that I am never going to hem these...
shortcut to hemming curtains
When I was a newlywed, I traded my mom my rollerblades for her sewing machine. I wanted to learn to sew and make things for my house. And she wanted to...well...rollerblade. I don't know if she...
How to Make Slipcovers – a five part video slipcover tutorial series
A little over a year ago I made a five-part video slipcover tutorial series. I used a wing chair as an example, but you can take these skills and make a slipcover for any piece of furniture. I've...
the most frequently asked question
I get a lot of e-mail and comments asking questions, but the most common one I receive is, "Where did you get your curtains?" Since I originally posted about them over a year ago (Has it been...
monogram tea towel pillow
Some of you may have spotted the new Martha Stewart line by Plaid available at Michael's. It's been quite the buzz on the blogs lately. Several bloggers, including myself, were asked to...
Can you help a blogger out?
Alright all of you wonderful readers out there...I need your help. Remember those mossy green pillows I purchased at TJ Maxx a couple of weeks ago?I used them on my living room sofa and now I...