Cool, not cute! (the making of a boy’s teen room)

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This week, my son and I will be working on a special feature wall in his teen bedroom remake. With him gone over the weekend, I decided to roll up my sleeveless summer sleeves and dig in DEEP, morphing his room from cute to cool. It’s quite a process, this age leap.  No box, drawer, […]

Patriotic projects for SNS 140

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Welcome to Saturday Nite Special #140, the multi themed DIY link party!  * Home Decor / Gardening  * Crafts, / Sewing / Recipes / Printables / Blog tips * Theme of the week Every Fri 7pm  to Sunday 11 pm Pacific.… continued …Patriotic DIY projects are a wonderful way to honour where we live. This […]

Don’t be in such a rush

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There was a time that I moved into a brand new home. While that was an incredibly exciting time in my life, I soon found how tricky it was decorating it to feel ‘done’. Builders grade is not exactly character filled. Being there for several years, I went through two phases. Pink (seriously, I even […]

Herb garden, old kettle style

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old kettle herb garden

Growing a small indoor herb garden has intrigued me for awhile. So last time I picked up a few plants for the garden, a few fragrant herbs made their way into my basket as well. Where to put them? Didn’t have a clue. I just dug around in my junk storage stash and came up […]

7 junk styled bulletin boards – part 1

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… continued … In my church, there’s a really lovely area downstairs called the Soul Cafe, with the neatest sage green walls. In between each window that lines the main wall is a nice sized section of wall, begging for some attention. The idea of creating bulletin boards for each ministry was implemented. The idea […]