Tag: All-Tutorials
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How to Decorate a Halloween Mantel With Thrifted Finds
Thank you so much for all of your sweet comments about my Spooky October Mantel. I’m so thrilled to share that my mantel was also featured on The Inspired Room and Carter’s Cottage! Thank you, ladies! Now, I’d like to say that I had a grand plan and knew exactly what I was going to…
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How to Rub’n’Buff Raised Letters or Numbers
So, when I told you about my thrifted mantel clock makeover, I may have left out one little thing. I had a little mini-fail right in the middle of the project. I’ve never used Rub’N’Buff before, and when painting the little raised numbers on the clock face, it all went wrong. Not once, but twice!!!…
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How to Take Apart a Battery Clock Movement
Yesterday when I told you about my thrifted mantel clock makeover, I mentioned that I disassembled the “clock part” so that I could sand and paint the clock, and I thought that you might be interested in exactly how I did that. So, technically, the part of the clock that makes it go is called…
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How to Build a Faux Vintage Door
Faux Old Vintage Door in the Garden Faux Vintage Door on Piano Mantel You know how a while back I decorated my piano like a mantel with foxgloves and pinwheels? And I used an “old vintage door” for the background? That’s a little picture there of it on the right. You can see the chippy…
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How to Tear Out a Stone Indoor Planter Box
I have to be honest, I’m not sure that those indoor planters that so many 50’s-era ranch houses have were ever a good idea. They’re never in a spot with good light. They’re never in a spot that’s great to water in. They’re permanent, so you can’t just dump them out when they get yucky.…
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How to Make Halloween Chandelier Shades
Add a fun Halloween touch to your chandelier with these easy-to-make decorated mini-shades for your chandelier or wall sconces. You Will Need White or off-white chandelier shades sized for your chandelier 2 yards black eyelash or fringe trim 4 yards black ric-rac Black fabric paint pen or permanent marker Hot glue gun and glue sticks…
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How To Sew an Easy Throw Pillow Cover with Pom-Pom Trim
How To Sew A Throw Pillow Cover In 10 Easy Steps I admit, I tend to change my mind frequently. My husband would call it fickle. I just call it “ever evolving design tastes.” Whatever you call it, it means that I really love decor that has built in flexibility such as pillow covers that…
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Eight Ways to Embellish Red and White Christmas Ornaments
A fun collection of Scandinavian-inspired ornaments you can make with simple craft supplies.