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How to pick paint colors FINISH FACTS ABOUT PAINT COLORS What’s the right paint finish for your room? That depends on the room and the look you want. There’s a water-based latex paint … The post How to pick a paint color appeared...

I love using spray paint! It’s a quick and easy fix for castoffs found at thrift stores or curbside. You can easily change your color scheme in any room with the help of a few blasts of air from a can! Check out these great projects I’ve made ove...

Hi Everyone! I received a really sweet surprise in my inbox this morning that totally made my day! It was an e-mail from one of my blog readers, Wendy. She wrote to let me know that she had used my DIY Decorative Books tutorial to make some of her...

Welcome Paint Lovers to this week’s Power of Paint Party… a party all about paint and only paint! What a great paint party last week.  We had lots of painted furniture, home décor, Valentine’s goodies, pretty kitchens and more.  If you miss...

Here is a funky nail paint for the time you are up for some fun. :D I just painted my nails with "coffee bean" but then i saw this Incolor Star shine NP that Revs had gifted me along with my giveaway goodies and layered it on one of my fingers. &n...

  We are only into early February and I am already wishing for Spring to come!  Do you see the gray skies above in the photo of my backyard? This has pretty much been our entire winter this year here in Alberta. It has been snowing almost every...

Happy Friday Friends!  Can you believe it’s February… goodness.  Well you know what time it is, time to reflect back on what happened here during January.  So in case you missed anything… Click here to read more...

  Hello Friends! I’m super excited to share my latest project with you today! Isn’t it sweet? As you may know I love doing photo transfers! They are one of my favorite ways to unwind after a long, hard day at work! For this reason I...

I’ve been hard at work turning a couple of old pictures and mirrors into pieces that will match our shiny new nursery.  I don’t want too many different colours going on, so with the pink and grey walls and white … Continue reading...

Interior paint Adapt the exuberant decorating interior paint ideas at Charleston farm house to bring touches of bohemian color and pattern into your home For over 50 years, from 1916 on wards, Charleston, a farmhouse on the South Downs in...

Whilst out house hunting I spotted this wonderful cupboard in a kitchen and just had to share it. Here’s a close up of it.It is made up of old wine boxes. One of the joys of house hunting in France is that sometimes you see the unexpected.And s...

  Today I have a great collection of 8 repurposed sewing cabinets to share with you. These are fairly easy to come by at thrift stores etc.  If you are looking for one, don’t forget to ask your friends and family on Facebook or Twitter...

Welcome Paint Lovers to this week’s Power of Paint Party ~ A Party all about Paint and only Paint! I’ve got a little party update for you guys.  I’m changing a little something.  I’ve been doing the Power of Paint Party Spotlight on Saturda...

Happy Monday Friends!  Hope you had a great weekend.  I don’t know about you, but just about the time when February is upon us I start to get Spring Fever.  I long for warm weather (every day) and days at the beach.  So over...

How is she getting so grown up now? My sweet little girl turned 9 yesterday! Aack! Of course, her room is now needing to grow up with her!  So, for Christmas and her birthday gifts we are re-doing her room.  She got a new duvet c...

I love the start of a new year…it always feels like a fresh new slate!  I’ve been pulling things off shelves and have made several trips to the store to pick up more organizational products.  I’m a huge fan of anything that helps...

Today I spent the afternoon making a grain sack table. Yesterday I met up with Linsey from The Farmhouse Porch and Anita from Cedar Hill Ranch for lunch and some shopping at Old Town Spring. I had promised myself before we went that I was going...

OK, so I’m delaying things until I get paid, but in the meantime I’ve got one book from the library about reupholstering to look at (which I haven’t yet actually opened), I’ve ordered the foam to replace in the arm … Con...

Ray has been at it again ! He has just transformed what was a new staircase into a masterpiece. He used Chateau Grey and Scandinavian pink. If anyone else has anything to share please let us know...

We were fortunate enough to acquire a rather nice drop leaf console table the other day.It has some rather nice edges, a drawer on one side and a fixed / false drawer on the opposite side. It took ages a … Continue reading →...