Diy drum shade

Hello everyone! Today I thought I'd share how to make a super easy drum shade using some fairly inexpensive materials. I can't take credi...

I've been stalled in the kid's bathroom by mirror trim that I know exists somewhere but is currently hiding from me. I mean, I can find a trim solution easily by walking through Home Depot and Lowe's but I'm pretty determined to do this under 10 bucks so that's where I'm getting stuck. Our local ReStore is all out of trim so no luck there and I know I saw something I could use at a store somewhere in the past month but I can't remember where it was. This is where decorating on a slim budget…

{{don’t judge this room, it’s a work in progress..haha}} Welcome to another week of my 52 Projects/52 Weeks Challenge….visit my 52/52 Challenge Gallery (above) to see what I’ve done and check out my Notebook on Springpad to see my ‘to do’ projects. So happy to share this DIY Drum Shade project with you! I had a...

DIY Drum Shade: When we bought our house a few years ago, the dining room had a white ceiling fan with gold accents and tan blades. It's definitely not the most hideous ceiling fan in our house, but my wife and I have always hated it for several reasons. A) gold is…

I’m blogging with a fury today. When I say that one reason I blog is because it’s therapeutical (word? not a word?) for me, I mean I blog because it’s therapeutical for me...gathers my marbles, mends my wits, gets out the jitters… We were involved in a big fender-bender last night, the kids and I. A man driving a big pick-up truck with a trailer drifted into my lane while I was stopped at a red light, side swiped the entire side of the pick-up behind me, hit the back corner of our van, and…

Learn how to create a beautiful DIY drum shade chandelier for your bedroom. Step-by-step instructions for a rewarding project.

Thank you for all of your kind comments on my dark ceiling! Yesterday I gave you a sneak peek of my new drum shade, and today I'll show you how I did it. About 7-8 years ago I purchased this vintage chandelier at a thrift store. It was a little more pricey than I would normally pay, but all of the crystals were there and I knew this wasn't something I would come across often, so I snatched it up. In our old house it hung in our kitchen eating area, and when we moved to our current home I…

Some lighting fixtures NEED updating. Boob lights - er, flush mount ceiling lights TOP the list. Use these DIY ideas for your flush mount lighting fixtures.

The view sold me on my 450 ft2 NYC rental studio apartment, but the ceiling light fixtures, those "boob" lights, were anything but inspiring. Being a renter, I…

The view sold me on my 450 ft2 NYC rental studio apartment, but the ceiling light fixtures, those "boob" lights, were anything but inspiring. Being a renter, I…