For those of you who cry or hyperventilate at painted wood...look away. Consider yourself warned. I did it. I painted my great-grandfather's desk. Calm down. Relax. Allow me to...
Living Room Desk Before & After
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Guest Room Dresser Before & After
I have been painting up a storm this week and it's been a blast. I love playing with new products and I've recently discovered some amazing ones that I can't wait to share with you. One...
A Veruca Salt Moment
You know the moment. "I want it now." This moment has to do with my True Value bathroom makeover. (If you weren't aware, I won a $2500 gift card for the DIY disaster in my 1940's bathroom. You can...
Staging my home…for ME!
This is a crazy idea for me at this stage in my life. I'm always staging for blog photos, magazine photos, HGTV.com photos and in between the staging, my house is totally un-staged. I'm...
DIY or LSEDI?
Translation: Do It Yourself or Let Someone Else Do It? The bunk bed debate made me think about this. I always...well...almost always want to do things myself. I don't know if it's...
Tiles and Tap Shoes
The marble hex tiles for my bathroom were delivered last week. Is it strange to be in love with tile? I actually hugged it, made sure every person who entered my house saw my new...
Casualty of Business
I am blown away at all of the links for the Copy Me challenge! All of the ones I've looked at are ah-ma-zing! You are all sharing projects inspired by me and my style and I've had a...
I suffer from SDAS – Short Design Attention Span
Mitzi left this comment today: "Marian, I think a lot of your readers, including me, would like to know how long it takes you to upholster a chair, such as the one in this post. I have a feeling you...
The Angel & the Devil
You know those two voices on your shoulder? Yeah...they're whispering to me. About my corner cabinets in my dining room. Sorry for the picture. My old 28-80mm lens finally totally crapped out...
My House – Before & Afters of 2010
While everyone else is organizing and freshening their homes for the remainder of the winter, I'm still in the thick of decorating for Christmas. I have to work a year ahead in my freelance...