home art: March 2009

OMG!!!! (Squealing like a 13-year-old girl!)

THEY. ARE. COMING.Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! Finally the day has arrived! Yes, I squealed. Blew out my hubby's eardrums. My girlfriends and I are already planning how we are going to purchase the front row seats. Who do we know? Who can we bribe? Who can we steal borrow from? We will get them. Oh yes, we will.OK. Done. Back to our scheduled programming. Check out my five dollar projects below

Five dollar Spring projects!

Hope your weekend was GREAT! It snowed here today. Ugh. So it was fitting that I worked on Spring projects, eh?I'm joining Lindsay over at Living with Lindsay for her Five Dollar Challenge -- check out her site, so much fun!Money doesn't grow on trees?? No one sent me that memo. I should clarify -- one of these projects was FREE and one was only two bucks. Just sayin'. Let's start with one of the

How to install a dimmer switch.

If you read this blog waaaay back when, you know how much I luuuuv me some dimmers. I think lighting is one of the most inexpensive and easiest ways to create a mood in your home. And I just cannot express how much a dimmer switch will change the lighting in your room -- for as little as $7.

OK, now STOP shaking your head, thinking, "This Chick has gone and lost. her. mind. I cannot (and will

Four ca-ute projects under $5!

And three were under TWO BUCKS!! Awwwww yeah...And yes, some involved spray paint, of course. Remember the little tool box from the previous post? I got it for $3.99 at Goodwill and about peed. my. pants. when I saw it. I have been looking for one forever! (OK, just a few weeks, but...whatever.)I printed out my stencil:After I spray painted the whole thing brown, I added the stencil to the front:

You know what Spring means!!

Fresh air coming through the windows?Nah.Tulips finally poking out of the ground?HA!Short sleeves and capris? Snort.Noooooooo sillies -- it means we can spray paint outside again!!!!!!!!!!WOO-HOO!So let's get this party started!First of all -- a few of you have asked how to spray paint. My best advice is to use many thin coats and use very short bursts. Don't hold down and spray back and forth --

My most favorite room.

Our son's room is hands down my favorite room in our house. It was the only room in the house where I truly started from scratch -- every single thing was new. It turned out better than I could have ever dreamed -- and was truly a labor of love. We love it -- it is a bright, serene, classic space.A few of you have asked about it here and there, and it is a gorgeous day today, the sun was shining

My priorities are whacked.

Exhibit A: My cell phone. It’s broken. I mean, broke. Like hanging on by a wire, broken. If I open it, it dangles on the wire…Yes I taped it. I’m putting off buying a new one as loooooong as possible.You see…I want new bamboo shades for the family room.Exhibit B: My half of the closet. This is just half of my half. And I wear about one tenth of what is in here. And that one tenth, I wear over and

How I stencil

I have seen some lover-ly signs out there that I've been wanting to steal copy for awhile now. I'm amazed at how detailed some get -- most ladies I have seen trace the letters on and then fill them in with paint by hand?!I am NOT that good.I usually make my own stencils, and have them throughout our home -- they look like the vinyl wall words unless you are right up on them.On a quick trip into

Giveaways, Contests and Facebook! (OH MY!)

I've been so excited to tell you about my new advertisers! Three lovely ladies have joined me here and I couldn't be happier. AND a couple of them have something for YOU too -- keep reading.Sacks by Syndy has the most adorable bags -- and you will fall.over.dead. at her prices. I mean, seriously. I loooove this one -- I'm a sucker for the pink. ACK! I love it: She also has diaper bags and these

Using Ballard Designs as inspiration

I saw these beauties in the latest Ballard catalog the other night and fell. in. love. I wanted a ton of them to place throughout the house...and then I looked at the price and kinda blacked out for a bit.The cheapest one is $50! The tallest one is up to $189! What WHAT?? (And it's only 18 inches tall!) So I started thinking and realized I could totally make these myself.My best friend makes so

How to deal with soaring ceilings

When we were shopping around for our home, we knew we wanted to build, and finding the perfect model was TOUGH. We are picky, me especially. I wanted something different. When I found our model, I knew the instant I walked in that this was the one. Our entry, living room, stairway, loft, master bedroom and bathroom and are all open to the top of the house, I've figured at least 25 feet at the

All about molding!

I haven't done a molding project in a while and my molding mojo was a callin' -- I took this opportunity to take pictures a long the way to show you how to pick out, cut and hang molding. (LOTS of pictures ahead!) Picking out moldingI use a ton of thin, picture frame-type molding. I use it for accents everywhere. (Click the picture on the side to see!)I've found that the easiest stuff to use is

Don't be afraid!

Of this. I used to sweat a little at the thought of actually sewing something. Then I realized there were things I just had to sew if I wanted to make them myself -- like pillows. Hemming tape doesn't quite do the job on these. DANG IT.So years ago I bought that little Shark sewing machine and it is AMAZING. At the time, it was only $20, now it's about $30. It is tiny but does a BIG job. It's

Little bit of Spring!

I don't usually decorate too much for Easter/spring -- the sad thing is it's only because the colors don't "go" with my house. Sad, sad, sad. But that's how I roll. You know how I am with Kleenex boxes, so you shouldn't be surprised.This year I decided I'm going to amp it up a bit. I saw these little whales birds over at Amanda's place (I thought they were whales when I first saw them and so did

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