My sister-in-law found some beautiful candlesticks for her decadent (and I mean jaw dropping) master bath. Their only drawback was that their zinc coloring did not suit her old world Tuscan decor. An expert faux painter she was using elsewhere in the house suggested this technique which I tried out on the candlesticks during my [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Jul 15 2009
A Very Ugly Kitchen-Chapter 4 “Countertops & Faucet”
With new floors and new appliances, the kitchen was definitely sprucing up. But as always is the case in happy home ownership land, one project begets the next. Suddenly, the sparkly new white appliances were highlighting the impossibly stained countertops as well as the old cast iron sink and dreary faucet. Cha-ching, more on the [...]
Jul 08 2009
Frugalista-Style Framing
My dear hubby and I recently went to a not-so-fancy frame shop to see about getting a frame for a painting that his Best Man had given us (and painted himself) as a wedding gift. It’s a cool, rustic oil painting so we were looking for something with a similar vibe for the frame. We [...]
Jul 03 2009
A Very Ugly Kitchen-Chapter 3 “Appliances”
New appliances were a must. We went to Sears scratch and dent outlet and found a white Kitchen Aid side-by-side fridge for a fraction of the price of the retail model. Score! Then we negotiated a great price on a floor model dishwasher. Yahoo! We were eating on dishes we knew were clean! Harder to let go [...]
