I recently became interested in abstract art. Like the DIY kind. I’m not a ‘real artist’ so as to not offend ‘real artists’ but anyone can create a basic piece of abstract art and get their creative juices flowing. It’s actually very relaxing to create a sea scape or other kinds of simple abstract art…
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10 Painting Hacks
This post is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group® and Glad, but all my opinions are my own. #pmedia #pressnsealhacks http://my-disclosur.es/OBsstV I do a LOT of painting. On any given week, I will probably have painted at LEAST once, most likely more, and sometimes I painted all week. It depends…
DIY Stair Wainscoting
I finally finished the hardest thing I have ever worked on– DIY stair wainscoting. Whew–guys, this was HARD to do. However, it was much, much harder because of one thing that most of you won’t have in your house–this angled wall that my stairs wrap around. If your stairs just go straight up a wall,…
French Grain Sack Chair
I recently gave this chair a makeover to go in my guest bedroom. It used to look like this: And now it looks like this. I wanted to do a more neutral, classic style to go in the guest bedroom. I love the French grain sack chair style so that’s what I was aiming for….
Rustic Painted American Flag
This post originally appeared on the DecoArt blog June 2014. It’s the season for being patriotic! This rustic painted American flag craft I did is super easy and turned out so cute. It’s very rustic looking, but the only thing old is the wooden box its in. You could recreate this even if you don’t…
Dark Gray Painted Chair
Big news guys, dark gray is IN. It’s hot! It’s trendy! Go paint everything dark gray! Okay–if you say so. But seriously, I have noticed a big increase of the amount of dark gray I’m seeing in the new houses being built around me, and having such a light color schemed house I am inclined…
DIY Grid Wainscoting
I recently completed a huge, exhausting project–my guest room makeover. My husband thought it would be awesome if I did board and batten around all the walls except for having one wall be a feature wall with grid wainscoting. So in case you were wondering how to do it, here it is: How to make…
Gold and Peach Votives
Wedding season is almost upon us, and I have a super cute and easy wedding DIY for you! I’m so into the colors peach and gold right now and I love everything with a little sparkle, so I thought a great craft using these elements would be glittery gold and peach votives! Aren’t they so…
Navy and Pink Guest Room Reveal
Is it weird to get excited about a room? Well I am weird and I get excited about rooms. And houses. And yards. But this room—I am so excited about this room. It’s the big reveal day! We have an extra bedroom upstairs that is currently serving as a guest room. Which meant that it…
Chalkboard Coasters
Want a quick and easy project that also makes a great gift? Chalkboard coasters. I got these wood sliced coasters at World Market awhile back (but you could easily find yourself a log and saw it up) and grabbed some of my DecoArt chalkboard paint. I just squeezed some of the paint onto the coaster…
DIY Doorway Trim
I recently gave my entry a makeover. I added some beautiful board and batten which you can find a tutorial for here. (It’s a little different in the tutorial, but it’s not hard to figure out how to adjust it.) But at the end of the board and batten is a large doorway that leads…
Heart String Art
I didn’t even mean to call it ‘heart string art’ but there it is. That’s what it is. Ha! I was challenged by Valspar and Porch.com to use the Pantone color of the year Marsala in a Valentine’s Day project along with one other mystery item, which turned out to be a chevron stencil. As…
