One of the projects on my DIY list is do something with my craft room/guest room/furniture graveyard room. I want the room to function better as my sewing and craft room and be inviting or at least not horrendous for my guests who sleep there. I have friends coming to visit from Germany and would like to have the room done before they come.
My current design process for this room isn't working. I walk into the craft room, look at the jumble, think about rearranging the current furniture and take measurements. Then I get upset because everything can't move where I think I want it. Finally I run out of the room screaming and stuff my face with chocolate.
Rinse, and repeat several days a week.
My problem is I'm to married to the furniture that is in the room and most of it isn't working. I decided to take a different approach to decide how I want this room to function and look like. I did a virtual shopping spree for the entire room. What would I choose for my craft room if I didn't have to worry about budget or size or hefting furniture up a flight of stairs?
Since I use this room mostly for crafting and sewing, I focused on that function for my mood board. I'll make a guest room mood board later. Then I'll see if there are elements I can marry from the two boards to come up with a workable plan.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Retro Mod Craft Room
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Thursday, February 7, 2013
Industrial Chalkboard Table
How I envy Lilyfield Life! She found a dining room table in
her neighbor’s garbage and snatched it up before the trash truck could take it
away to the land fill. She worked some magic with chalkboard and red paint (two of
my favorite things) and turned that trashy table into this industrial beauty.
I wish Husband would let me do the same to our dining
room table. It was his parent's table and has seen better days. He won't let me paint the beat up old thing time warn patina. We compromise with an small army of table cloths.
What do you think? Painted wood tables - yay or any?
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Tuesday, February 5, 2013
I Marched in the 2013 Presidential Inauguration Parade
My feet hurt. I was tired. My hands in their
it-was-supposed-to-be-colder-than-this fleece gloves were starting to overheat.
My frustration grew. I could not always hear the cadence from my band to stay
in step due to the drum corps in front of us, the echo from the buildings, and the parade announcers over the loudspeakers. Out all of the parades I have ever
marched or will ever march, this parade had to be perfect.
Then I saw it. I sucked in my breath like an excited child seeing
for the first time what Santa placed under the tree on Christmas morning.
The Presidential box.
I am marching as an ally in the Lesbian and Gay Band
Association (LGBA) marching band. Two hundred and fifteen people strong we are
the largest civilian marching band in the 2013 Presidential Inauguration
Parade.
Everything I was feeling vanished except patriotism, pride
in my band, and the profound responsibility that I am there for something
greater than myself.
Photo courtesy of MSN
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Friday, February 1, 2013
Painted Thrift Store Bathroom Mirror
My upcycled mirror! |
True story.
With a little spray paint love, this pealing gold paint and
not in a good way mirror is going to add a little more fun and a lot more less
builder standard to my guest bathroom.
I bought the mirror last fall to replace the giant builder
mirror in the bathroom. Builders use these giant mirrors to make bathrooms look
bigger (with varying degrees of success) and to sometimes cover up quickly done
or not painted very well walls (as least this is what I am finding in my own
home. *sigh*)
I'm giving the new bathroom faucet a thumbs up in this photo NOT the enormous mirror.
Let’s paint this guy!
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Wednesday, January 30, 2013
DIY Goals for 2013
It's a new year and time to make those yearly goals. Last year I was waaaay too ambitious with my DIY goals. I made 30. I didn't leave room for life getting in the way and boy did it. I only finished 12 of my 2012 DIY goals.
I supposed I could cheat and make my missed 2012 goals my 2013 DIY goals but there are a few items I'm not sure if I want to do like building a fireplace mantel. I want to live sans mantel for awhile to test the waters.
Crazy, I know.
This year I think it might be best for me to make a few more general goals than a long list of specific goals. That way, if life gets in the way or I get my fantasy dream job as a Caribbean beach Quality Assurance Tester which requires Husband and I to dump everything in snowy Ohio for warm beaches, I won't feel like such a big fat failure at the end of the year because I didn't meet a long list of goals. I'm the Queen of Overscheduling. *royal wave*
General
1. Concentrate on projects using the items I already have. I'm not saying I won't buy any new materials or components to complete the project if that's what the project requires but I really need to knock the growing list of projects off my Someday list.
2. Find/create storage. We're pretty good about purging and donating the stuff on a regular basis so things don't pile up. But there are some things we like to keep around, like say food but only one designated cabinet in the kitchen for it. I have some stuff stored in plain sight (aka no place to call home) as a temporary thing for far too long.
I supposed I could cheat and make my missed 2012 goals my 2013 DIY goals but there are a few items I'm not sure if I want to do like building a fireplace mantel. I want to live sans mantel for awhile to test the waters.
Crazy, I know.
This year I think it might be best for me to make a few more general goals than a long list of specific goals. That way, if life gets in the way or I get my fantasy dream job as a Caribbean beach Quality Assurance Tester which requires Husband and I to dump everything in snowy Ohio for warm beaches, I won't feel like such a big fat failure at the end of the year because I didn't meet a long list of goals. I'm the Queen of Overscheduling. *royal wave*
General
1. Concentrate on projects using the items I already have. I'm not saying I won't buy any new materials or components to complete the project if that's what the project requires but I really need to knock the growing list of projects off my Someday list.
2. Find/create storage. We're pretty good about purging and donating the stuff on a regular basis so things don't pile up. But there are some things we like to keep around, like say food but only one designated cabinet in the kitchen for it. I have some stuff stored in plain sight (aka no place to call home) as a temporary thing for far too long.
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Friday, January 25, 2013
One Small Green Change: Down Winter Coat
I came home from 40 degree (F) Washington DC (more on that later I promise) to -9 degree Columbus. BRR! The light winter jacket I've making do with this year because my good wool coat is a bit too snug (ahem) just isn't going to cut it no matter how many layers I wear under it.
I need a new heavy winter "play" coat. Something I can wear sledding, skiing, and trudging through snow to the mailbox. Wool is warm and more eco friendly but once it gets wet, you stand a good chance of getting hypothermia on the toboggan run.
In my opinion a wool outer layer isn't practical for a winter ski coat since shushing snow can soak your coat.
Who am I kidding? My ski coat gets wet more from falling and skiing on my face in spectacularly graceful ways than from kicking up snow and outperforming Shaun White on a snowboarding half pipe.
Anyway. I need a new warm heavy winter coat that isn't too bulky to play in the snow. If it can be made from more eco friendly materials that would be awesome. I want this coat to perform well and last. I am willing to pony up the cash for that (although if I can get it on sale that will be the icing on the cake.)
I need a new heavy winter "play" coat. Something I can wear sledding, skiing, and trudging through snow to the mailbox. Wool is warm and more eco friendly but once it gets wet, you stand a good chance of getting hypothermia on the toboggan run.
In my opinion a wool outer layer isn't practical for a winter ski coat since shushing snow can soak your coat.
Who am I kidding? My ski coat gets wet more from falling and skiing on my face in spectacularly graceful ways than from kicking up snow and outperforming Shaun White on a snowboarding half pipe.
Anyway. I need a new warm heavy winter coat that isn't too bulky to play in the snow. If it can be made from more eco friendly materials that would be awesome. I want this coat to perform well and last. I am willing to pony up the cash for that (although if I can get it on sale that will be the icing on the cake.)
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