I made a spring wreath today for my front door.  Want to see? It was pretty easy, once I worked out a few details.  These were the basic supplies: 1 large styrofoam wreath form Burlap  Fabric Quarters I started by cutting out strips of burlap, roughly 1-1/2 inches wide.  There was no need to be [...]

You can read about Part 1 here. This project has been a long time coming:  a tile backsplash in our kitchen. Bionic Man has plenty of tile installation experience.  He tiled both the kitchen and the bathroom in our Connecticut Cottage.  He had promised me a tiled backsplash at least two years ago, but I [...]

This week, the Bionic Man had to go on a short business trip.  As soon as he exited the house, I decided to throw out all the other things I’d been planning this week, and paint my kitchen.  An alarming declaration, I know.  And why is it that any temporary departure of the Bionic Man [...]

Do you think it is possible that I could use too much canvas to decorate my house?  I’m on my way to find out, right now.  Testing to proceed in T minus 3 hours.  I found a sweet sale at Home Depot on canvas drop cloths.  2 for $9.97!  My great room is about to [...]

This post is my entry for Here are some cheap, easy things I did to improve the ambiance (do I dare say that about a bathroom?) of a small powder room in our house.  I made no changes to the existing wall color or fixtures, because that would have taken more time and money than [...]

I’m going to show you how I acquired this collection of apothecary jars (AJs) for less than $20! How to Make your Own Apothecary Jars a tutorial Disclaimer:  Someone, somewhere, has probably figured out how to do this already.  In fact, Martha Stewart is usually way ahead of me.  Mine may be the 80 millionth online [...]