How to Make an Old Fashioned Floor Plan with Graph Paper
I know there are a million online floor plan generators out there, but I like my old-fashioned way: my Mom draws a scaled version on graph paper, then I measure…
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Velvet Volition: Choosing Velvet for My MCM Chair
Hubs and I went to our favorite upholsterer on Monday (the same folks who recovered the gorgeous mint chair – Kessels, for Ottawa readers) and short-listed some fabrics for the…
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Could Have Been: Another Lake Superior House
We close on the lakehouse tomorrow. It will officially be ours!! It’s weird that it’s 1500km away because I’m itching to paint and decorate! Soon, I hope, soon. In the…
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How to Paint a Brass Bar Cart Glossy White
This bar cart makeover has been a long time coming. Because I found a great dining room cabinet right after buying this for the dining room, I decided to use…
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Paint a Basement Door Mint and Create a Handy Message Centre
After we spruced up the basement landing/stairwell . . . . . . the door to the basement remained sadly un-spruced. It had been painted white and given new brushed…
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My Embroidery, Now a Pillow!
Did you spot it when I showed you the bedroom switcheroo? The embroidery that almost killed me and took a thousand years to complete has morphed from a scrap of…
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