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Beadboard Wallpaper in Masterbath

May 4, 2010
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I’ve been at it again.  My love for beadboard wallpaper has not slowed down and I’ve finished up the masterbath water closet.  Amazing what this stuff does to add architectural details to an otherwise bland and boring little space.  I love the crisp whiteness against the blue walls.  Instant appeal!
Here’s how it started.

All blue, but [...]

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The Alabama Chair or How to make Your Hubby Smile

April 29, 2010
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You all cheered with me when I found this cute chair a couple weeks ago yardsaling for $15. Didn’t really know where I’d put it, since I don’t have spare room around my house. But, I couldn’t resist and brought it home anyway.

And this recent conversation with my hubby prompted a FUN chair [...]

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The Down & Dirty on the Stair Project

April 13, 2010
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Here’s how it all started.   Ripping that carpet off, one step at a time.  Unearthing all the ugliness that was hiding beneath.  Our builder certainly never meant for these stairs to be shown, that’s for sure.  And like I mentioned, if I had any delusions of something nice lurking beneath this mess of carpet, that [...]

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A Salon Wall

March 25, 2010
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Those salon walls have been grabbing my attention lately and since I have decided to do some tweaking in my living room, this seemed like the best place to put one of these gallery style art walls.  I loved reading all your comments from my post on Tuesday. It seems that most of us are [...]

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Furniture: Updating with Black Spray Paint

March 1, 2010

Back in 2002, I was on the cutting edge of the black painted furniture craze, when after doing a kitchen renovation at my house in Georgia, I painted my kitchen chairs black (which I shared about 2 years ago here).  And I haven’t looked back since then.  There have been many more furniture transformations using [...]

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Subway Tiling: My DIY Tutorial

February 23, 2010

The glamorous life of a DIY diva! What we do in the name of blogging.  This is my best friend at the moment, the wetsaw.
Are you ready for the how-to’s on the subway tile installation?

This is my dad’s wetsaw, which I borrowed last time I was home in Atlanta. I knew that I would need [...]

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Master Bath DIY Subway Tile

February 22, 2010

In case you missed it, I spent last week tiling around our masterbath tub with subway tile. And boy, and I’m glad to be done.  Mind you, it really wasn’t a hard project, just took some planning ahead and figuring things out before I actually got started, but the planning paid off and [...]

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