Archive for March, 2009

This week I thought I would explore the world of tiles, faux tiles as well as stenciling on real tiles. A very economical way to liven a plain backsplash wall is to create your own, customized faux tile. Denise Kilpatrick, of Stencils by Denise, created this wall of tiles using stencils she designed herself. The illusion [...] Read more...

This past weekend I had the pleasure to join forces with four other decorative artists and friends in my area for a play date. We have decided to meet once a month (give or take) to play with products and create some new samples to show our clients. This month we chose Faux Marquetry using [...] Read more...

When I took this small bookcase from home years ago to use in my dorm room, it was already old, and had been painted a dark brown color for as long as I could remember. Since then, it's followed me to an assortment of dorm rooms, apartments, and houses. Eventually, I had it stripped, and [...] Read more...

Many of us have one of these storage armoires somewhere in our homes. Come on, fess up! It's just one of those plain white fiberboard units from a box store that you assemble yourself. My tiny home is short on storage so this was a quick fix to help bring all that white to life! [...] Read more...

Hop on over to the Fashion DYI blog for some great free St. Patrick's Day stencils and ideas for projects, compliments of Lorain Blanken. [...] Read more...