How to Paint the Perfect Little Girls Room

With a little imagination, you can create the perfect little girls room with paint in no time.

This themed room is suppose to look like the outside of a doll house. The walls are painted with a pale pink, then with a darker shade of Pink Folk Art Paint, that you can buy at Michael's or Jo-Anne Fabrics, horizontal free formed lines were created to appear as if they were siding on a building. Then with light green Leaves were applied, then tulips were sprinkled in to give a light delicate feel that will get any little girls imagination going long after she's asleep.

To top off this doll house room painting, hang watering cans, and umbrellas from the ceiling.

For a mininal cost, this painted room idea can go along way.

Cabinets Re-Finishing | Easy Update

There are easy ways that you can cut corners when you are remodeling your home. One of the best ways is to salvage you old cabinets and give them a new updated look, with half the cost.

Here's the cabinets before they were painted. Still in good condition, solid wood, but the style of the counter top and fixtures really dated this bathroom.

My client loves hand painted furniture so I took clues from what she had around her home already, as inspiration for the bathroom vanity.

After a few coats of paint, some decorative painting, these once dated cabinets got a much needed update with a price tag that can't compete with re-finishing a vanity.

Stay tuned to more posts/tutorials on the very popular idea of using the cabinets that you already have.

Embossed Painted Stairs: Adding a Special touch to a dull area

Sometimes hallways can't always shine the way the rest of your homes decor shines due to the lack of wall space and floor space. These home owners, wanted to add something extra to their hallway, and add some pizazz.
This was an interesting challenge. Since it's an older home in the Homeland area in Baltimore, I didn't want whatever we decided to do, jump out and clash with the style of the home. The final result was to do an embossed painted look, that picked up the banister colors. When you look closer there is a hint of gold to add some light in this somewhat dark hallway.

It was a happy ending for this hallway and an interesting way to surprise any guest when they arrive.