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Vintage Wicker Easy Sew Cushions Tutorial
Posted by LIz
We have a wonderful porch on our 100 year old house that after my 1st failed attempt in placing furniture on it, I realized it needed vintage wicker. Once I found the right wicker furniture I then realized the cushions needed a bit of tweaking… Here I share with you the step by step, vintage wicker easy sew cushions tutorial… Sewing new cushions may not be as difficult as you think. Here are a few tips and shortcuts to make it as quick and easy as possible.
Chalk Paint Dresser
Posted by LIz
In my quest to make one of the spare bedrooms in our 100 year old house more suiting to our granddaughters, I’ve added this chalk painted dresser. Here are a few details about this vintage piece…
Using an Antique Cookstove in the Kitchen
Posted by LIz
I found this antique cookstove, with it’s tile exterior, on Craigslist, but it was a battle. A battle talking my husband into getting it and a battle getting it cleaned up enough to ever think about bringing it into our house. But now that the battles are over with a victory win, we BOTH are loving this antique addition to the kitchen in our new 100 year old house.
Here’s what happened, and how I found room for it…
A Sweet Little Christmas Diorama
Posted by LIz
I have been pinning some inspiring Christmas Dioramas this season, and believe or not, when I emptied a box of mushrooms I was inspired a little more to try my hand at making one.
The Story of the 7 Barns
Posted by LIz
Last week I showed you some fun things we did during our ‘Weekend in the Country’ time… here’s where we were headed from Hayward, WI…
This photo is from: www.lakesuperiorbarn.com
Isn’t it beautiful?
This is a huge house, (that you can rent by the week) located on the click here to read the rest of the story…
Posted in Dining Room, DIY - Crafts - Floral, Furniture, Hallway, Hardware, Kitchen, Light Fixtures, Neighborhood Tours, Re-purposing, Someone Else's House, Style and Theme, Uncategorized
Tags: barn, beams, home to cottage, HomeToCottage.com, Lake Superior, light fixtures, neighborhood, rental, repurposed, vintage, wood
Someone Else’s House: Vintage Bungalow Sun-Drenched 2nd Floor Office
Posted by LIz
Back to the craftsman style vintage bungalow… today I’m going to show you the transformation of the second floor office.
When this house was purchased late last year, the previous owners used this room as Click here to read the rest of the story…
Posted in Bedroom, Floors, Furniture, Library, Paint Treatments, Re-purposing, Rugs, Someone Else's House, Uncategorized, Vignettes, Window Treatments
Tags: bungalow, craftsman, decorate with a little bit, DecorateWithaLittleBit, Desk, Hirshfield's, minneapolis, office, Pier 1, rug, st. paul, twin cities, vintage
Our House: Wet Bar Details
Posted by LIz
Last time I showed you the fun before and after pics of our new wet-bar in the lower level family room at ‘Our House’.
To create loads of character in this corner, we built in new things, like the barn sash window and beadboard. But we also added in vintage or vintage inspired items too. click here to read the rest of the story…
Our House: Wet Bar Finished!!!
Posted by LIz
Yay! The family room is done… finally! I’ve been working away on it, little bit by little bit for most of the winter. (I’ve still got a few projects to show you, but it’s is done!!)
I’ve worked on several different projects this winter/spring, from painting, to making a canning jar chandy, to getting a new sectional and creating a huge folding screen for it with vintage plantation shutters, making a new more neutral window treatment, and re-doing a table and chairs set I found on Craigslist, and installing a wide plank laminate floor, making a sign from old fence boards, re-doing a tennis themed folding screen, making numbered pillows, confessing my secret to an easy fireplace, and having a lot of fun moving around the furniture to create a sort of ‘Ralph Lauren meets 1900 Boy’s Club’ style room.
So here’s how and what I did in, what was once, this boring corner of the family room. click here to read the rest of the story…
Our House… I Really Love Handsome Furniture
Posted by LIz
Several years ago, my husband and I were heading over to the cities. We live in NW Wisconsin, close to Minneapolis and St. Paul, but for those of you not from around here, they’re known as ‘the twin cities’… but locals shorten that to ‘the cities’.
So back to my story…
We were heading west, and driving through one of the suburbs we spotted an ‘estate sale’ sign. Those are the best sales and even though we were a day late from the opener, there still were a few treasures, and I think we got the best treasure of all… click here to read the rest of the story…
Our House: A Single Vintage Tin Ceiling Tile in the Kitchen
Posted by LIz
My friend was having a barn sale and had some pieces of a tin tile ceiling for sale.
I bought one and here’s what I did with it:
I repurposed it, and now use it for a click here to read the rest of the story…
