The Latest Quote
I love collecting favourite quotations! And I’ve been painting them on my walls for years. My method was to transfer my quote to a transparency, use an overhead projector to project it on the wall, then trace it with pencil and paint over it with a paint pen. The quote above was painted over the [...]
The Stripes that Drove Me Nuts
I had always planned to stripe the hall, but had second thoughts (and kind of ran out of gas) last summer. Then after seeing striped walls on The Nate Berkus Show, I decided to get off my butt and paint those stripes. The hall was already a dark grey, so I started by painting white [...]
New Free Redwork Series – Finally!
The first block of this year’s free redwork series is finally ready to download and print. This year the series is called “Away We Go” and the first pattern is “Ski Trip.” Unlike past years, this will not be a monthly series. I need some flexibility…so the patterns will be posted sporadically. There may not [...]
Martha’s Room
Three out of four of Martha’s walls are painted with black chalkboard paint. In the seven months we’ve been in our home, she has had the room “redecorated” many times with everything from math computations, to a Christmas tree and fireplace with stockings, to her favourite quotes, to bookshelves… Last week her vinyl wall tattoo [...]
