Flippin' Crazy

On a side note, my cat is really flippin' cute. She is my decorating side kick. I love this little fur baby more than I do my pink tool belt. Ok, who am I kidding? It's a tie.

I can't remember if I talked about this in a prior blog entry or not, but if you need to recover something or you need a sizeable amount of fabric, do NOT go to the fabric store and pay $$ per yard. The easiest, most cost effective, way to go about this is to purchase either a fabric shower curtain or a table cloth and use that. This works because there are so many different styles and designs to choose between and a shower curtain, for instance, gives you over 60" of fabric for less than $25. Target has a great selection of both shower curtains and table cloths. I had purchased this table cloth from Crate and Barrel's store because I loved the design. I have been using it as a table cloth for a few months but I have found I'm not a table cloth kinda girl. Since I needed to recover the dining room chair seats, I decided to use the table cloth. At least it's not going to waste, right? And I get to use my new staple gun. Before and after:

My black and white guest room is still a major work in progress but here is a sneak preview.

So the old staple gun I was given by my father finally kicked the bucket. The stupid thing is jammed and I can't figure out what the issue is. Not to mention it was so loud that every time I shot a staple my cat thought a gun shot was going off and bolted under the bed. Last night I said enough is enough and went to Lowe's and purchased the Arrow Heavy Duty Electric Staple/Nail Gun for $29.95. It's wonderful! And quiet! And electric! There was a project I was itching to do and I needed a staple gun in order to do it. It also is a brad nailer but only 5/8" nails so I don't know how often that will come in handy as I would use the air compressor nailer to do any type of crown molding/baseboard installing. Anyways - my project. I have learned two things that are the simplest ways to get more bang for your buck. 1) The first is if you need a large amount of fabric, buy a SHOWER CURTAIN. It's cheap, you get a lot of fabric, and you can find a multi...

I wasn't very specific with photos and what the process was like renovating an entire kitchen in under $1,000.00. So here we go: The kitchen before was a nightmare. The house was originally built in 1905 but the kitchen was last updated in the 70's. There were no appliances, vintage steel cabinets and orange walls. Here are the befores: First thing to do was hang the new upper cabinets I purchased from Habitat and painted white: Then we removed the lower cabinet that was already there so that we could lay the luan needed in order to tile. In order to get the new dishwasher to work, half of the wall had to be removed on one side of the room so that the electrical work could be done. Next we tiled and painted the room: Months later, it was time to install the lower cabinets: Finally, during the home stretch came the countertop, sink, appliances, basically putting humpty dumpty back together again. Here she blows - a...

I am in LOVE with www.houzz.com. I live on this website; constantly looking at new design ideas. I definitely need to upgrade houses soon because I have ran out of rooms to decorate and I can't afford to redecorate the same ones over and over again. Anywho, below are some of my favorite designs I've found on that website. One day they will be in my 10 bedroom, 10 bathroom, house. With a pool. bathroom design by toronto interior designer BiglarKinyan Design traditional bedroom design traditional spaces design by san francisco interior designer Fiorella Design traditional bedroom design I love this grey color for the walls. And I love the use of artwork to decorate the hallway. Love love love. contemporary staircase design by san francisco architect Dumican Mosey Architects These moroccan lights are beautiful! mediterranean powder room design by phoenix architect Carson Poetzl, Inc. traditional powder room design by new york...

I'm not a wine drinker but I like cool and interesting accents to my walls. I saw this in the Lowe's Creative Ideas magazine and have added it to my to do list. Assemble the Shelf •From a 1"×8", cut to length the back A; from a 1"×4", cut shelves B and the top shelf C to length (Cutting Diagram, Cutting List). •Drill ¼" holes 1/2" deep in the shelves for the retainer pins (Wine Rack). Sand the parts with 220-grit sandpaper. •To locate the repetitive pin holes in the shelves, make a pin-hole drilling jig. Use a scrap from the 1"×4" and a piece of ½"×1½"×24" poplar. Cut the ½" poplar to fit the edge and end of the 1"×4" to make positioning cleats and nail them in place. The cleats locate the jig in the same position on each shelf. Tip:Drilling holes of equal depth is easy if you use a piece of painter’s tape as a flag on the drill bit to indicate the hole depth. Place tape 11⁄4" from ...