I have long admired french gilded chairs and when I see them in magazines and decorator books, they always catch my eye. But where would I run into such a piece to call my own? I did see a gilt french baroque sofa upholstered in hot pink velvet once in the markdown section of the local Salvation Army.Like a moth to flame I raced over towards it only to see a big red SOLD tag on it.Then I knew, I just had to keep my eyes open for one to come along again.In the meantime,...
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Friday, July 29, 2011
someone stole my bike
Last year I found an old bike at the swap shop at the New Hampshire dump. I took it home and spray painted it.....I wrapped it all up in tape and paper and plastic and sprayed it Krylon Ocean Breeze.We brought it home to our Boston home. It got a new basket with some flowers.It looked so cute out there.It spent its winter outside, keeping the pink swing company.Spring came soon enough.An American flag was in the basket for Memorial Day and the 4th of July.I grew used to...
lavender hallway
Long skinny hallways with lots of doorways. Ugh.It started off as a basic beige color and then I used some leftover Concord Ivory paint from BM.That added some zip, but that was not the look I was after...so finally I took the plunge and picked out a greyish lavender.Lavender is a tricky color, but one I wanted in my home.This old sheraton style table I bought years ago at an auction was about to get anAnnie Sloan Old White chalk paint job. The brown finish was pulling down the dusky...
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
pretty chintz fabric in bookcases
Can you say Gorgeous? Well that is how I feel about how the bookcases came out after I lined them with vintage chintz drapery fabric on foam core boards. I measured each shelf and cut a piece of foam core slightly smaller than the sizeand then wrapped it like a gift and secured it with special duct tape on the back.I cut it right on the carpet with a box cutter type blade and a straight edge.You can do this if your carpet isn't a million dollar type carpet and doesn't have a...
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