Category Archives: Home Sweet Home

Curtains for my craft room

Posted on Thursday, August 6, 2009 by Regina Lord

My craft room is the hottest room in the summer and the coldest in the winter.  I thought maybe if I could finally put curtains up, it might help keep the morning sun from warming it up so quickly. One … Continue reading →

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new recovered lamp shade

Posted on Thursday, July 2, 2009 by Regina Lord

I found this old lamp shade at the thrift store for a whole 1 dollar.   Perfect for a lampshade recovering project ~ great size and lines too.  The fabric I bought ages ago and had just enough to try this … Continue reading →

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Holiday Garland # 1

Posted on Friday, December 12, 2008 by Regina Lord

I saw these very cool origami stars on Zen Crafting via crafty crow (Have I mentioned how much I love Crafty Crow?  Awesome website, and the kids love it too).  Anyway, not only did I happen to have the exact … Continue reading →

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Craft Room Redo

Posted on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 by Regina Lord

I spent some time re-organizing my craft room over the weekend.  I took 2 very large bags and a box of stuff to the goodwill.  Even after that, I STILL have too much crap.  But, I’ve only finished phase one.  … Continue reading →

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China Cabinet: A Peek Inside

Posted on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 by Regina Lord

Here is the whole thing.  Eight feet tall, 6 feet wide.  Sanded, primed and painted. It is packed with all of my cookbooks, some dishes, an archaic stereo system and a special kid’s section.  The bottom cabinets store books and … Continue reading →

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China Cabinet: Painted Knobs

Posted on Monday, August 18, 2008 by Regina Lord

I FINALLY finished painting my China cabinet.  A few weeks ago actually.  It’s been so nice to look at considering we had been looking at THIS for the last 10 months. It was the windowed doors that kept me at … Continue reading →

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10 Days of Happiness- Day 8

Posted on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 by Regina Lord

1. purple sage, 2. gold blossom lantana, 3. confetti lantana, 4. peachy pink bouganvilla, 5. Flower unknown, 6. Mexican bird of paradise, 7. trailing purple lantana, 8. yellow cat’s claw vine, 9. fusia bouganvilla All of the blooms in my … Continue reading →

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10 Days of Happiness- Day 2

Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 by Regina Lord

Thrifted vintage pillowcases make me very happy, as you may have guessed.  But, a novel idea came to me the other day, to use them as actual pillowcases for pillows!  On the bed! Yeah, brilliant I know.  It makes me … Continue reading →

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Master Bathroom: Part one

Posted on Wednesday, June 25, 2008 by Regina Lord

So now we have moved on to our very teeny master bathroom.  It has basically been a empty closet with pipes for the last year.  When we moved in, it had brown tile that looked like it had been done … Continue reading →

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The Kitchen:part 1

Posted on Friday, April 18, 2008 by Regina Lord

Here it is, the famous before shot.  I love before shots.  An excellent reminder and proof of all our hard work. It’s not horrible and we definitely could have lived with it if we had to, but we plan on … Continue reading →

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