We swapped Daniel’s office and the guest room last summer. I fixed up the new guest room right away, but I wasn’t inspired to do anything with Daniel’s home office until recently. I’m sure you’ve seen those big black and white (cheap!) engineering prints from Staples all over the internet lately. I got it in [...]
Happy Halloween! My pumpkin is ready to welcome trick-or-treaters. This year I painted it gold before carving it up. Now it looks snazzy in the daylight too. You know the smell a pumpkin makes when it has a candle burning inside? I love that smell.
Naturally when I discovered porcelain chalkboard paint I had to grab some. The inventor must be some kind of genius. Now I have the most amusing coffee mug ever, and you can have one too. This is a much easier version of the hand painted mug project—no drawing or painting skills required! you’ll need: a porcelain mug (mine [...]
I’ve been wanting to try porcelain paint for a while, and it’s just as amazing as I anticipated. You have to give it a try. The holidays are coming up, and hand painted coffee/cocoa mugs would make great gifts! Supplies: porcelain mug (mine is from CB2) Pebeo Porcelaine 150 outliner (available at Dick Blick) There are transparent [...]
Maybe I’m crazy, but wouldn’t it be fun to have a wall covered in old propellers? The wall would be even better if the propellers were attached to little motors so they could spin slowly! (If they were spinning too quickly the propeller wall might be considered a safety hazard.) (These are just a few [...]