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. The stencil is from Trimbelle River Studios. The room doesn’t have much in the way …
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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 of materials and tools. The House of Mythical Creatures is on hold for the week. It’s …
Yellow 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. My office is another story. edited 25.june.2008 to correct image links
Family 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… It’s time to get scanning. I’ll leave the hassles of getting an elderly scanner to …
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Birdfeeder 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 nasty cheap little hex wrench thing. The animation of the assembly of the birdfeeder on …
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Purple 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 the stripes and dots. It’s not as hard as I thought but not easy either. Mostly …
Stenciling 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 to stay boring. So I finally found a stencil that I wanted to use in …
Stenciling 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 well enough and I don’t expect to try to wash the panels. By the time …
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Feeling 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 winter. We finally found a gazebo/screen house that was small enough for the spot between …
New 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 metal. Ring clamp for holding onto things and not sanding my fingers, and a pair …
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