One Room Challenge Before I even moved into the Color Filled Cottage, I started redoing the laundry room. It’s actually a laundry room / half bath, just off the kitchen and right to the left as you come in from the garage. I got started, but never finished the laundry room. (Please tell me I’m not the only one that…
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Dreaming of Yellow Kitchen Cabinets
So you think I’m going to just put up the tiles and be done with it? Oh, you don’t really know me yet, do you? I’m going “all in” on this French Country inspired kitchen. I’m painting the kitchen cabinets a rustic, textured light yellow to bring out the background color of the tile. Now don’t freak out over YELLOW…
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Inspiration for a French Country Kitchen
Love for a Tile Have you ever fallen in love with a decor item that keeps bubbling up in the back of your mind? About three years ago, I was browsing the internet when I ran across some wall tiles that had an artisan feel to them. It was LOVE at first sight. Be still my heart. Knees buckling, heart…
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How to Make a Ruffled Garland
The living room of the Color Filled Cottage has 12 foot ceilings – not what one typically thinks of as cottagey, I know, but oh so gorgeous! For this, my second Christmas in the Cottage, I’ve invested in a 9 foot artificial tree to take advantage of all that vertical space. Decorating it is both an opportunity and a challenge….
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Cutting Wood Scrapbook Paper with a Digital Cutting Machine
When I got the Cricut Maker, I was excited by the possibility of being able to cut balsa and basswood with it. But Cricut took extra time to make sure the Maker’s special Knife Blade functioned exactly how they wanted it to work and have only just released it this past week. I’ve definitely placed my order for one! (And…
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