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Grain Sack Chair

I’m still plowing through my list of freelance articles (all 30 of them), so today I worked on a tutorial showing how to reupholster a small armchair. See that yellow French chair under the window? That was my subject. It took a couple of hours to get her all stripped down and ready for a nice new look. I decided to leave the wood frame as it was. It was a pretty, dark wood and there really wasn’t a reason to paint it. (See…I do leave some things alone! Well, I did reupholster the chair, but you know what I mean.) …and here it is in all of its grain sack glory… …with a little surprise on the sides and back… The full tutorial will be available on HGTV.com in a while and I’ll link to it when it’s live. I also still

February 27, 2013 89 Comments

Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint

Thank you, Arkansas

At the risk of sounding like a total dork, why is it pronounced Ark-an-SAW instead of Ark-KAN-sas? Just curious. I went on another whirlwind weekend trip to teach some workshops and do a book signing. This time, I went to Fayetteville, Arkansas. I knew nothing about Arkansas, so I asked the ladies in the workshop (and we had one gentleman) to teach me some things about the state. I learned that they are crazy about their Razorbacks, Arkansas is home to the Ozarks and they have lots of chickens and cows. The last one was my own observation. I only got to see a fraction of the town, but what I saw of Fayetteville was very charming. Can you tell that I’m enjoying my little grass-roots tour around the US? I am. My host was Kelly of The House Special Interiors. It is a beautiful shop with a little bit

February 24, 2013 37 Comments

Furniture Feature Friday – Favorites & a Link Party

I’m not a scrooge when it comes to Valentine’s Day, but to me, it’s just overpriced flowers and way too much candy for the kids. We make a point not to go out to dinner and we don’t exchange gifts or anything. It did happen to my husband’s day off work, so we spent it shopping at Home Depot and had a nice lunch at Olive Garden. Works for me. Anyway, here are my favorites from last week. The folks over at Living Vintage built this amazing mudroom that looks delightfully old and worn. I love that they celebrated the knotty wood and imperfections in the flooring. I think it looks amazing. There’s a great tutorial on wet sanding over at For the Love of Wood that is definitely worth checking out. I’ll have to try this technique! Lastly, I couldn’t help but share this lovely painted pie safe

February 15, 2013 6 Comments

Furniture Feature Friday – Favorites & a Link Party

February 14, 2013 26 Comments

Before and Afters

how things change

When I have trouble with decorating a room, I don’t ignore it. I don’t shut the door and focus on rooms I do like. Instead, I decorate and redecorate and redecorate to the point of ridiculousness until I get it right. The best example of that is my bedroom. Since I’m walking you through the current makeover, I thought I would share how it’s changed over the 6+ years we’ve lived in this house. (My husband says I need a picture of him pulling his hair out somewhere in this post, but I never took one of those…) This is what it looked like when we moved in… The mauve walls and border were there when we bought the place and the red and yellow fabric was a carryover from my last house. The furniture pieces were mostly freebies and yard sale finds. To help you with the

February 12, 2013 138 Comments

Furniture Feature Friday – Favorites & a Link Party

I was looking through the links from last week and I had the urge to look for French chairs and Empire dressers on craigslist. I surfed around and found a pretty Empire dresser for a good price about an hour away. I was asking my husband about the distance for pickup and he leaned into me and said, “Let’s just focus on one thing at a time.” I’m feeling the itch to paint some furniture, and I’ll get to for some of my tutorials, but I do need to work through those before I can work on getting pieces ready for the Lucketts Antique Market. Anyway, here are some pieces that caught my eye from last week… I think this table by Tiffany of The Crafty Woman is so pretty and clever. It’s actually pieces of wood cut in a herringbone pattern and stained. Tedious work, but an awesome result.

February 8, 2013 15 Comments

Furniture Feature Friday – Favorites & a Link Party

February 7, 2013 37 Comments

Before and Afters

Fabric Wall Treatment

Today was a jam-packed DIY filled day and I have pretty pictures to show for it… I got my fabric yesterday and I couldn’t wait to play with it…well, work with it. It is my job after all. This project was something I wanted to do anyway, but it was for an HGTV.com tutorial, so it got bumped up the list. Don’t ask me how I did this project, yet. I wrote a full tutorial and it will be available soon (a few weeks probably) and I’ll link to it when it’s live. So, can you start to see my vision come to life from the bones of the room I showed a few weeks ago? I love how the wall treatment works with the bed. …and the chandelier is just waiting patiently on the chair that’s waiting patiently as

February 7, 2013 169 Comments

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