I have a thing about hanging posters and prints on walls. Maybe it's because I've moved more times than I can remember, in my life, or that I went crazy as a pre-teen with posters on every square inch of my bedroom walls, but it's definitely something that I avoid. I've tried to get better with hanging things up on walls and displaying things more permanently, though. After all, it's not good to enter in to anything thinking that it will just be temporary/won't last. I'd just put up a few of ...
beforeandafter
Renovation / Redecoration : Kitchen Cabinet Painting
Renovating for family is always a tricky business. It's easy to get a client that's sought you out to take your advice seriously—after all, it's your advice and opinion that they've hired you for. It's harder to get yor Mom to see you as a professional. I'm glad that I'll always be my Mother's little girl—but after all those years of school she helped to pay for, and all the years of work experience—it still took some convincing to get her to let me paint over her dark navy walls and darker ...
Living Room Before & After – New Curtains and Rug
Here is proof that a few changes can make a huge difference. We didn't change anything too major - just some soft furnishings. Using our new Laura Ashely NX800 Brother Sewing Machine, we put together some new curtains for our living room with fabric from IKEA. We also bought our rug from IKEA. Here is the sewing machine extraordinaire, incase you haven't read my review post - As you can see, we have some awful checkered linoleum floors and some rather plain curtains. Of course, with the ...