Showing posts with label our home. Show all posts
Showing posts with label our home. Show all posts

Monday, February 4, 2013

a picture an hour.

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hope you enjoyed a little peak into our day.
it was snowy and cold outside which makes it so cozy inside our home.
the smells of coffee, bread, and spagetti filled our house.
little nash laughs  and keyboards tapping.
a productive love filled day.


stillbeingmolly

Thursday, January 31, 2013

painting our chevron wall - thrifty thoughts

when we updated our house this past year I was wanting 
to do some sort of design on one wall.
wallpaper can be expensive.
we have one wall that i used wallpaper on and i 
didn't want to have to spend that much again for another wall.  
i thought about buying a stencil but then i came across this design that i liked.
my biggest challenge was talking robert into it because 
i needed him to draw the design i was wanting 
and i needed him to figure all the dimensions out.
i needed his engineering expertise and his ability to use one of his fancy engineering programs.
you should see some of his drawings that he has to do.
he totally impresses me.
so i knew he could make a drawing of what i wanted and figure out the dimensions for me.
a few weeks of nudging and asking and it was done!
next up.  taping.
since he is so good at dimensions that was his job too.
:)
it was a long job.
in fact 3 rolls of painters tape long.
he is a gem.
and finally. painting!
a little trick of the trade for you...
if you are painting something like this - paint the base 
coat again over the tape before you put the actual color 
you are going to use for the final coat.
this basically creates a seal and if there are any bubbles in the 
tape or spots where the paint can sneak under...the base coat 
will go under creating a seal and not letting the final color seep through.  
thus creating a perfect line.
and here it is!  a long process but after you are finished 
you never seem to really care how many hours it took. :)

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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

lighting revamp - thrifty thoughts

here is a super easy project i did a few months ago.
you know the a-typical lighting that is in dining rooms and entry ways when you buy a house.
well we had those in our home.
nothing fancy and pretty standard.
and of course with that matte black finish.

i wanted to change them but not have to fork over the money to do it!
i actually have had my eye on some new lighting for our kitchen - i have
been holding out for those!
so i went on a little searching spree for a color i liked
and something that would go well with the rest of my home.
purchased it.
and spray painted till my heart was content!
spray painting is so easy, fun, quick, and cheap.
and before you know it you have a totally different look.
quick satisfaction!

here is my finished product.

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