DIY kitchen decor

Martha Stewart Stencils

I am so happy to show you this quick and easy kitchen canister revamp, using the new Martha Stewart stencils available at Michaels.  I am sure you have seen the beautiful projects out there debuting this new line.  I showed you my stenciled cork board, here.  This time I used the adhesive stencils, and loved

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Upcycled Newspaper Crafts

Beautiful addition to my growing upcycled newspaper/magazine decor projects… a trivet.  I must admit, it began as a place mat project, but stopped trivet sized once I realized it was going to take for  freaking ever to make four big ol’ place mats out of coiled squares. Instructions: Coiling the paper is no different from

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Remember my retro kitchen chair/table set? Well, since that project, I have painted the walls a lovely robin egg blue that has been begging for decor to wear. Nothing is quicker and easier as far as adding color to a room then fabric panels. I literally wrapped the canvases with the fabric sheet like I

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All I can say is EASY. Seriously. I can’t believe how easy this project was, and it adds a lot to my retro kitchen decor. I had everything on hand, so it was basically free. Yay!! Krylon spray paint in “ocean breeze”. I didn’t even primer it. Just taped off the hardware and spraypainted. Here

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Here is what I did today. I got this tin recipe box for $1 at a garage sale. I went at it with embossing powder, scrapbook paper and a rocking drawer pull to give it a grungy retro look. Goes great with my kitchen, if you remember the table and chairs a few posts back.

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Found this tray at Goodwill marked $1.99. It gets better. It was red tag 50% off day. And the tag was red. Nice. I popped the back out of it, attached some funky fabric from my remnants stash, and added decorative tape for the red plaid border. Finally, I stapled some rope to the back

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