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Rasterized Wall Art

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I found this fabulous wall art collage over at the amazing Ikea Hacker blog. Once you head over there you will see that each of the hanging prints is pixelated and when displayed together creates a fabulous piece of wall … Read the rest

Redo: Black Crystal Chandelier

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I love it when I see old chandeliers getting a makeover. I shudder to think how many of these old 80’s and 90’s brass light fixtures are filling up landfills. I’ll be tackling a similar project of my own soon … Read the rest

3 Unique Lamp Ideas

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You can make almost anything into a lamp. When I owned my craft store back in 2003, I used to paint designs on large wine bottles, add a lamp kit and a shade and had a wonderful custom lamp ready … Read the rest

Making a Log Bench

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Amber Lou from The Paisley Cupcake has a step by step tutorial on her blog that shows you how to make this bench. She warns you that it’s not an easy project and requires some special tools, but if you … Read the rest

4 Creative Dresser Redos

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I love seeing makeovers of old furniture, especially the ones you find at garage sales or thrift stores that might have otherwise met an untimely end. These 4 creative bloggers turned these old dressers into cool new pieces of furniture.… Read the rest

Jingle Bell Acorn

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Acorns = Autumn. Yes it’s true, tons and tons of them fall from trees each year so that cute fluffy tailed squirrels can bury them all over your yard and forget where half of them are. 🙂 Silly squirrels. I … Read the rest

Creative Clocks

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You can purchase a clock mechanism at any hobby and craft store and pretty much make anything into a functioning time piece. So whether you are revamping an out dated clock you found at a thrift store, or you are … Read the rest