I did this last month. (in one day) I made about 20 test runs on white butcher paper to find just the right color combination. And settled on this: And here’s all the stuff it took to get the paint onto the wall. …
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Passing Time Outside of the Studio
The painters arrive tomorrow to finish the great house painting project. They will be painting my office, the DH’s office, and my studio. I am working out of a little rolling cart on the kitchen counter. Severely limited in terms …
Read MoreYellow Walls
The painters are done and I have reclaimed my space. The move out and back into the studio was almost painless. Probably because I had recently reorganized all the crap and there had not been much time for cruft to accumulate. …
Read MoreFamily Photographs — It’s All Grist for the Mill
I’ve been collecting up the old photo albums and sorting the pictures. There are a number that I’d like to use in the collages. But of course I don’t want to glue up my only copy of great-grandmother’s portrait so… …
Read MoreBirdfeeder Design and a Good Use of Website Animation
I’m a fan of birdfeeders and clever product design. The Architect’s Birdfeeder, designed by Doug Patt Pratt, is good looking and an intriguing engineering solution. The key feature — it ships like flat-pack furniture but better because it goes together without that …
Read MorePurple is a Good Thing
Took an upholstery class at Pacific Fabrics over the weekend. I want to make new cushions for the porch furniture. The result of about 5 hours of work is this lovely and quite useless cushion. I like the drip effect of …
Read MoreStenciling a Three Panel Screen
In order to hide the backs of a number of monitors and computers in Jim’s office we put up a cheap three panel screen. It’s very boring thing. But… the panels are white “canvas” and that means they don’t have …
Read MoreStenciling a Three Panel Screen, Part II
More on the screen for Jim’s office. Once the stencil had had chance to dry I took the fabric panels off the screen (yeay velcro.) I didn’t do any prep work on the fabric — poly(?) canvas. The paint will stick …
Read MoreFeeling Nesty — Part I
Today we declared a scavenger hunt day. We have a list of things we’d like to have for the house but haven’t found just the right one yet. We were wildly successful. Our last gazebo was destroyed by the snow last …
Read MoreNew Tools, Continuing Upholstry and No More Room
I got tools from Rio Grande this afternoon. Clockwise from the top. Ring mandrel — very pleased with the quality and heft. Parallel pliers — thank you Sarah L. for getting me addicted to those expensive little dears. Raw hide mallet for banging on …
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