how to frame a baby dress
I’m still chipping away at the finishing details in the guest room. One of the details that had me a little stuck was what to hang to balance out the mirror hung by the left side of the bed, but I finally have it figured out. I’ll share my solution and also how to frame […]
index card art project update
Through the month of March, I’ve been working on the #indexcardartproject with two of my Instagram friends – @mishwooderson and @openfieldmercantile . It’s been such a great exercise for me in a lot of ways and I thought I would share my thoughts and takeaways so far. First off, if you want to get into […]
picture frame molding tutorial
While my mom was here, the biggest job on our project to-do list was wallpapering the guest room. I was planning on installing the chair rail as a part of that, but I was going to stop there and work on the picture frame/box molding with Jeff. He’s the real woodworker in our family and […]
“week” wall clock
When I was out shopping last week, I was poking through one of the antique mall booths and spotted a pretty clock on the wall. I’m not so much into clocks, but I think I’m attracted to them as small pieces of furniture. Does that make sense? I like the shape of the case or […]
antique store finds & Junk Bonanza 2019
In addition to the dresser and mirror my mom and I found for the guest room, I found a few other fun finds on our two shopping trips to local antique stores. I still need to do a lot more exploring to find “my honey holes”, but that will come with time. I lived in […]
wallpaper paste comparison
I know you’re just dying to know which type of wallpaper paste won out in my head-to-head challenge. Was it Roman 880? Was it Dynamite 780? Oh, the suspense. Oh, the drama. This is the post you’ve been waiting for all your life. Okay, not really. Wallpaper paste isn’t exciting, but I will tell you […]
guest room dresser & mirror
Last week, my mom and I needed a break from hanging wallpaper and installing box molding, so we went to an antique mall (Countryside Antique Mall) and to a local consignment shop (Kismet) to see if we could find a few things on my “wish list” for the room. One thing that was at the […]
wallpapering the guest room | pasted vs. unpasted
I have been looking at wallpaper patterns for a couple of rooms in our house for months, but I haven’t pulled the trigger on any of them for one main reason – almost all of the papers I liked came unpasted. To me, “unpasted” might as well have read “you cannot install this on your […]