Archive for 2013

Merry Christmas and see you next year!

Hello, everyone! I'm signing off until the new year. Thank you, thank you for making the internet a friendly place and being such kind a...

It's fun and easy to make these traditional paper ornaments, and there are lots of tutorials out there. I posted a how-to in 2006 and d...

I made wee origami Santas. Each guy is folded from two 1 1/2" squares of red paper. Have the kids tuck one inside your Christmas cards ...

If you need a holiday time-waster to finish out the work day, make some music with the Festive Funk Machine , created by the online printing...

I never thought I'd say it, but I'm kind of getting into brass. Metallic anything is in style right now, and in my cave of a house w...

Months ago we bought a $10 table via Craigslist to hold up a lamp in the guest bedroom. It was in sad shape: So I decided to give it a quick...

Guys, look, it's coming along! Here's the current state of our parlor. The rug I've been waiting ages for finally came. I love i...

Need to add a little Christmas cheer to your desktop or phone? Check out these freebies posted by kind designers around the internets. Above...

I tried out Emma's directions for how to make an origami diamond from two squares of paper. Each half is folded separately and then the...

Today I'm sharing some free, printable holiday gift tags you can download. Help yourself to these typographic designs . I had fun tryin...

Since we moved in months ago, I've been looking for a bench for the entryway. Preferably something that would match the style of the hou...

Here's a closer look at the Rookwood fireplace tile I'm debating, as seen in yesterday's photo . I thought about decorating the ...

The dining room needed drapes to soften things up, so I enlisted my mom (Grandma G in the comments around here) to pretty-please sew me some...

Designers, have you visited Graphic Burger yet? It's a site full of terrific free Photoshop mockups you can insert your own designs int...

I heard through the grapevine that the previous owners of our 1899 house spent ages removing wallpaper (though they didn't get as far as...