Continual Closet Change [Project 3]
What do you get when you take a measuring ‘mistake’ & apply some creativity to the original design? A gorgeous framed glass door that’s so much better than a fabric cube!! I really like the lion...
View ArticleCool Lights — Bed & Dog
Got some very cool lights from overseas — a small order that took a good month to get here. But it was certainly well worth the wait! The type for my stained glass bed posts are battery-operated tea...
View ArticleLeftover Projects
Often so busy with small projects, I find I sometimes let the big ones slide the wayside. And I’ll just as often let these little details interrupt my progress on a big project — glass I got a month...
View ArticleCreative Act XXX — Stencil Blobs
My early attempts at decorative stenciling did not turn out as planned. This was not exactly as easy as the stenciling I did as a kid — of course that was using easy-to-control pencil crayons rather...
View ArticleHeadboard Glass Panel Pattern [Project 7]
Ah, finally — I finished the pattern for my bed panels. I call it Red Sun at Night. This Photoshop [Ps] rendering does not do justice to the colours & flow of the stained glass. To portray the...
View ArticleGorgeous Glass Window Shutters [Project 9]
Upon returning from Calgary [helping my wonderful sister move into a beautiful home], I was quite delighted to see this at the small window in my living room. [Well, the pieces of glass weren't there...
View ArticleGlass Planters Shine [Project 10]
It all started with the corner bookcases After cutting all the shelves, Reddie [my redneck carpenter] ended up with quite a few [like, 28 or so] triangles of finished pine. Ever since then, he’s been...
View ArticleOne Simple Goal
I learned years ago [hmm, yeah, like 20] that no matter how strong I started out on New Year’s Day, I did not keep my resolutions. And the same ones were on the list — year after year [like...
View ArticleModular Window Concept [Project 23]
Concept drawing [Photoshop] of window with modular panels made & installed separately. It all started . . . with this stunning piece of art glass — a clear ripple with green, plum, & blue...
View ArticleDowel Opening Windows [Project 26]
Number 5 window in place — only 4 more to go! The newest window addition to the porch has two small panels that open by swiveling on wooden dowels set in the top & bottom frames. My redneck...
View ArticleNet Inspiration — Admin Desk
Like so many DIYers, I get a lot of inspiration from gorgeous pictures available on the wonderful world wide net. Here’s a few that I love: Holly at decor8 has again done a wonderful job inspiring me...
View ArticleCan’t Wait to Show Start of Elegant Blue Ivory Slider Shutters [Project 30]
Yes, I prefer my windows to be undressed — I love the beautiful view [as does Lady, right] & usually my only neighbours are geese or maybe a couple deer. This summer, though, the landlord has...
View ArticleElegant Slider Shutters a Blue Wonder [Project 30]
Something radically different for me –> I love–absolutely love–waking up in the morning now! Here’s why: My view from the bed — but my photography skills cannot capture the glorious morning light...
View ArticleLi’l Glass Christmas Tree
Although I have terrific memories of live spruce & pine evergreens decorated for Christmas, I don’t have the room–nor the kids–to waste a live tree ever y year. For quite a few years I’ve been...
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