I recently stumbled across this picture of coffee beans that appeared to be painted. I searched further, hoping for DIY instructions or at least where to buy some but was disappointed – it was just a photo with filters applied so the beans appeared blue. Inspired by the photo, I was determined to recreate the look with paint and coffee beans. […]
Last week I made some Metallic Painted Coffee Beans; easy to make, inexpensive, and smell lovely. I was inspired when I stumbled across this picture of coffee beans that appeared to be painted. I clicked on the photo in hope of some DIY instructions, but instead found the beans only appeared blue due to some fancy photo editing. I was disappointed, since I […]
A little paint and elbow grease is an inexpensive way to change something that doesn’t fit with the decor of your home and seems dated into something that looks like it was MADE for your house. Last week I posted on how to strip polyurethane coating off of a console table. The poly coat was THICK, but came […]
Years ago, we were given an older console table. At first, I wanted to replace the worn out hardware because the color matched our old house. But, due to age, the table had faded around the hardware, making it making it almost impossible replace without a visible shadow of the old. We recently moved, and the color no […]
We moved into a newly built house last December. All walls were white and there were no window treatments. Endless possibility, with potential for big expense. The first room we decided to decorate is the dining room. Its long and skinny, with windows on 3 sides. It is my favorite room in this house. My normal tendency is to go conservative and use neutral colors, […]