I recently used Miss Mustard Seed’s milk paint to give my kitchen counter stools a makeover. In my old kitchen the black stools contrasted nicely with the all white cabinetry. But 12 years and 3 kids later, my stools were showing a lot of wear. And in my new home, with the base cabinets painted
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We spent the day in Hope, NJ, setting up for the two-day craft show that starts tomorrow. We still have some tweaking to do in the morning but here are a few shots of of our display: Hope to see you in Hope!
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The 36th Annual Hope Christmas Craft Market is only one week away and Debra and I are busy preparing all kinds of homemade items for this special weekend. We love the way this town does Christmas! Besides over 200 local artisans, there’s also food, carolers, antique shops and much more. Plenty to keep the whole
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I have a hard time parting with my magazines and love to keep and look at them for years. The hard part is knowing how to store all of them. Here’s an idea that we came upon by accident. We had been given about 300 back copys of the magazine life:beautiful a couple of years
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Elizabeth and I are at the Women’s Retreat at the Tuscarora Inn this weekend. We’ve been hard at work on our Spring display and tomorrow we’ll be doing a paper crafting workshop for the women. Here are a few pics from today: We still love to use burlap in many ways but for spring we’ve
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With the Hope Christmas Show and all our own Christmas preparations behind us, we thought we’d share some of the furniture pieces we made over for the show. I found this chair at a yard sale this summer. What caught my eye was the concentric circle design on the sides. It was a sturdy chair
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Debra and I are so excited to once again be a part of the annual Hope Christmas Craft Market in Hope, NJ. We will be back on the stage in the old Community Center. Besides over 200 crafters, there’s also various antique shops, restaurants, strolling carolers, chestnuts roasting on open fires and nearby Christmas Tree
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I’ve been waiting for the bittersweet to bloom along the roadsides to change my mantel from “summer” to “fall”. I haven’t been in a rush and life has been too full to bother much with the mantel. Mantels can be difficult to decorate and mine in particular is so prominent, visible from the living room,
I just finished a makeover of our mudroom. This 6 x 10 space is a high traffic area with 4 doors leading to the kitchen, a bathroom, the garage and the exterior. Because our driveway brings you to the back of the house, our guests come in through the mudroom, too. Over the past
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Here’s a Mudroom/Laundry room makeover that Debra and I worked on a while back. This room really gets a workout. It’s the family’s primary entrance into the home since it connects the home with the garage. This is where the family comes in, takes off their shoes, coats, bags, etc., etc., etc. before entering the
