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Tag: do it yourself

July 9, 2013July 9, 2013

Faux Finishing 101

My bathroom cabinet was at that awkward age — not old enough to be interesting or antique, but too old to be pretty. It was ordinary stained wood, with white paint splatters here and there from a paint job before we moved in. On top of that was a coating of that lovely combination of […]

Posted in Other work. Tagged do it yourself, faux finish, painting cabinets. 1 Comment
January 17, 2013

The Garage

Our house in the Panhandle was an old two-story farmhouse that had been moved into town sometime in the 1940s and rocked with big pieces of rock and driftwood. The mortar between the rocks was covered with a large bead of mortar, giving it an unusual look. Like happens in a lot of small towns, […]

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