Paris Chic Dining Room Walls
Chris Smith recently followed one of Melanie Royal's free recipes that can be found on the Royal Design Studio website. This was taken directly from Melanie's Paris Chic. To begin, walls were base painted with Benjamin Moore's Linen White. Stripes were taped off at 12 inches apart and the entire wall was glazed with Benjamin Moore's [...]
Recycling My Blouse
I bought this blouse two years ago and have probably only worn it twice. Feeling the need for something new, but also feeling the pinch of our economic times, I decided to give this blouse a new lease on life. I bought a package of Rit dye in Cocoa Brown. Gee, I can't even remember the last time [...]
Stenciling With Modellos
Sometimes it is just easier to use a Modello™ for a stenciling project than a stencil. If you are not familiar with Modellos™, they are one time use stencils that can be custom ordered to the size you need. To learn more about them, visit Melanie Royal's website. Susan Siefer of MadPatter Productions recently had [...]
Graffiti Artist Faces Jail Term
I was quite shocked to read in the Sunday Boston Globe that graffiti artist, Danielle Bremner of New York is expected to be sentenced to six months jail time this week, after pleading guilty to spray painting her moniker (known as "tagging"), in alleyways behind one of Boston's toniest neighborhoods, and on trains in the [...]
A Simple Tree
I recently created this very Simple Tree for a teenaged girl's bedroom. It really would look nice in any room and I could easily see it in a mudroom with hooks on the trunk and branches for hats and coats. To create a Simple Tree of your own all you need is an overhead projector and a [...]
