Tag: diy

Empowering Projects

How to Turn a Thrift Store Fixture into a Wood Bead Light

Confession: I get more excited about beautiful light fixtures than jewelry. Pearls? Meh. Diamonds? They’re alright I suppose. A beaded chandelier? Now you’ve got my heart racing. A few months ago, I stopped by Fable and Flame, one of my very favorite local shops. I like to visit (without kids)

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Crafts & DIY Projects

Easy Upcycled Pumpkin Lantern

All of the poor, brassy light fixtures left in piles at the thrift stores make me sad. I’m always checking them out at our local Restore, wondering what I can do to retell their stories. I picked one up for $5 the other day, thinking I’d use the “guts” of

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Adding Character to Your Home

Why Painting My Kitchen Cabinets Set Me Free

When we bought our house two years ago, the kitchen was painted a burnt pumpkin orange and the previous owners had installed a black, ivory and gold backsplash that, though nice, wasn’t what I would have picked.  Everyone who saw the kitchen said it was pretty but it didn’t feel

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Adding Character to Your Home

The Time I Ripped the Carpet Up

Friend, I have a confession: This beautiful photo by my good friend, Stacey Reid, though one of my favorites, is not an accurate representation of how I do pregnancy. I thought that by my second pregnancy, I would be a little better at the whole making a human thing. I’d

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