Many of you know that Cutting Edge Stencils is a sponsor of Domestic Imperfection. It all started when I won one of their stencils in a giveaway and used it to create the paisley stenciled table, which became the project that got my blog off the ground. I have worked with Cutting Edge ever since (almost three years!), they are a fantastic company and my biggest cheerleader.
So recently Cutting Edge launched a new company called Paint-A-Pillow.
I know this is going to come as a surprise, …
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DIY Gold Sunburst Mirror
Ever since I started remodeling the guest room I've known exactly what I wanted to put above the bed....a wooden pallet sign with a song verse on it. More specifically, the beautiful and terrifying chorus from Oceans by Hillsong ...
Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders
Let me walk upon the waters
Wherever You would call me
Take me deeper than my feet could ever wander
And my faith will be made stronger
In the presence of my Savior
But as soon as the stone wall went up that …
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How to Make Personalized Sharpie Mugs
If you've ever used pinterest, then chances are you've seen these "sharpie mugs". The idea is that you buy a cheap plain mug, personalize it with a sharpie, and voila! Crazy easy personalized coffee cups. Now, I've been DIYing for a while now and I can tell you one thing for sure...if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. (You can actually apply that to life in general, not just DIY.) I mean, sharpies are great and all, but they're not magic. They may be nearly impossible to get off a …
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Rustic Christmas Art
It's hard to believe that Christmas is only a few weeks away...where did time go? If it wasn't getting dark crazy early and making me feel like I'm cooking dinner at midnight I almost wouldn't believe it.
Today I have a simple Christmas craft to share with you. It's the only one I have planned for the year because I'm not one of those organized bloggers that's good a planning ahead. Also, I'm busy turning food into a human...that's a legitimate excuse, right? It feels legitimate to me. Here …
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Cowboy bedding and the opposite of buyer’s remorse
Some things in life should be really simple. Deciding what to make for dinner, Christmas shopping, and buying bedding should all be things that you just decide on without taking up too much time or energy. Something like buying bedding, for example, should not require an entire blog post. But alas, here we are...I'm up at midnight writing one and you're voluntarily getting sucked into my drama.
It started a while ago when a reader sent me an e-mail. She said that she had been shopping for …
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Tomato Cage Tables
Sometimes I get the itch to try a project just for the heck of it. Even if I think it will fail, or look horrid, or be a total time-suck...I just want to give it a shot. These tables are one of those projects.
I've been wanting to bring some gold into the house somehow, and I figured guest room bedside tables would be a great way to do that. The first thing that popped into my head was a gold wire table, mostly because I've seen them all over the internet (Pinterest) and they are stuck in my …
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Upcycled Giant Chalkboard
A couple of years ago I made a chalkboard for my kitchen/dining room area.
I use it every single day for my household to-do list. It's probably one of the things in my house I use most (that's not an appliance, computer, or sink). Recently the boys have taken an interest in it, and each day they drag their little step stool over to the chalkboard and go to town writing all over my list. I let them too, because seeing their little doodles and chicken scratch letters is way better than …
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$30 Giant Map Decor
Remember this big Texas map?
It only cost me about $30 to make. It wasn't some once in a lifetime garage sale, antique store, or curbside find either...I'm can tell you exactly how to make it for the same price. Adam and I made it about four years ago (pre-blog) for above our sofa, and it's been hanging there until I recently moved it to the guest room.
So the first thing I have to share is where we got the map. It's from a government website, the Texas General Land Office, which happens …
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A Completed Wall + Office Organization
This is my first post with the BHG Live Better Network, and the challenge for October is to get your home "holiday ready" using Better Homes and Gardens products. Now, by that I'm pretty sure they meant holiday decor, but I'm not much of a seasonal decorator and to me "holiday ready" means getting the guest room ready for holiday guests. So I've been chipping away at the to-do list, and am excited to show you my completed wall!
As a reminder, this is what the room looked like earlier …
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Easy Fall Wreath
According to the calendar summer is over and fall is upon us. Although Texas has cooled down a bit (thank goodness), it's still summer here. It's hot, everyone is in shorts and flip-flops, and I haven't seen a single colorful leaf or consumed anything pumpkin flavored. We even went to the beach this weekend. And while enjoy living in a state with endless summers, I'm ready for fall. I want to wear a sweater, sip hot coco in front of a fire, and jump watch my kids jump in a pile of leaves. But …
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Sewing a Euro Sham Pillow with Flanges
 Today I have a simple tutorial to share...
A couple of weeks ago I showed you the new bedding for my southwestern guest room, and today I'm going to show you how to make the euro sham pillows. (Those are the big orange ones in the back BTW, I know different people call them different things.) Euro shams are generally large square pillows, usually 26 x 26 or 28 x 28. They are really simple to make, and if your a beginner you can totally do this. I know that because I'm a beginner...I've …
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Nursery Sign Semi Success
So the saga of the nursery sign for my nephew continues. Â Two weeks ago I posted about my first attempt at a name sign for baby Chandler, and I ended up with a sign that was wasn't bad, but also wasn't my favorite. And then there was the fact that I couldn't bring myself to give it to my SIL because it was over eight feet long and completely ridiculous.
So I decided to try again. For the first sign I used the 12 inch letter stencils from Cutting Edge Stencils, in all different designs. I …
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Modern Southwestern Guest Room Bedding
For years now the guest room has been black, white, purple, and yellow. It's the first room I decorated when we bought our house, and while it was fun to do I stopped liking it a few years ago.
When we ripped out the carpet and swapped all the beds this summer, I decided to redo the bedroom. Because that's what I do...start projects before other projects are finished. So far I've painted the walls, papered the floor (which I still need to blog about), replaced all the trim, and bought the …
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Nursery Sign Semi Fail
I mentioned in a previous post that my sister-in-law recently had a baby, little Chandler.
Less than two years ago his older sister was born, and I made her this name sign out of an old section of fence and lots and lots of buttons. (tutorial here)
I can't very well make Mallory a sign and not Chandler, so I did a little brainstorming on how I could make one without spending days gluing buttons. Buttons would be fine if his name was Bob or TJ or something, but "Chandler" in buttons …
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Stenciled Farmhouse Table + Country Living Magazine
Are any of y'all familiar with a little magazine called Country Living? Yeah, I thought so...in this crowd that's like asking a toddler if he's heard of something called "blocks". So a few months ago I received an e-mail from Country Living asking if I'd be interested in working with them and Minwax on a project for the magazine.
Now most of the time it takes me a few days (or weeks, even) to respond to e-mails after I receive them. This one though...I was all over this one like white on rice. …
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Stenciling a Concrete Floor
My friend Abby has lived in a tiny old farmhouse for a while, and recently her and her husband renovated and expanded it to be their forever home. Their new house is fantastic...it's roomy and open without being huge. Plus it's on 13 acres...so it's basically my dream house.  I should really do a house tour of the whole thing, actually. One day, but not today... today the only part of her house we're touring in the mudroom/laundry room floor. Stop it, it's going to be awesome. Here's the …
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How to Stencil Curtains
If you love stencils then I have some great news. Every Friday for the next month I'll have a have a new stencil project and tutorial for y'all...and three of them include giveaways. Who doesn't love free stuff? So today is the first tutorial - how to stencil curtains.
You will need...
Paint (fabric paint would be best, I just used latex)
Stencil
Curtains (I made my own, tutorial here)
Small roller and/or stencil brush
Paint tray
spray adhesive
dropcloth
Step one- …
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Shopping for Southwestern
First, a confession.
I have exactly zero projects to blog about. Lots of things are in the works, but nothing is at that glorious, complete, bloggable stage yet. And while I'm obviously pretty good at just not updating the blog for weeks on end, I thought that during this dry spell I'll take you shopping with me. Online shopping that is, since shopping in actual stores with two energetic little boys is about as fun as a trip to the DMV.
So I've started in on the guest room. I know what …
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$5 Built-In Magazine Rack
 I have another bathroom "mini project" for you today, this on is easy, cheap, and useful... the trifecta of DIY goodness. It may actually cross over to superfecta status, which also includes being attractive. This isn't the most beautiful thing I've made, but it at least qualifies as non-ugly. That's a win in my book.
The only supplies you will need is a 1x2 (which is a dollar for raw and about $3.50 for pre-primed) and a yardstick (which is like 64 cents at Home Depot). So pretty much no …
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Rustic Glam Foyer Light
A couple of weeks ago Adam and I made this light fixture for our front porch...
We actually made two that day, the second was left plain (no frosted glass or metal) and was for the entryway. I wanted the two fixtures to be the same, but different. Like fraternal light fixture twins. I was hoping that my second born light would be a little less like a tomboy, and a little more like a chandelier.
If you want a full tutorial on how to make this light, GO HERE. Here's is the CliffsNotes …
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DIY Mixed Material Light Fixture
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Happy second day of Spring! That might not mean a lot to me here in South Texas (where it's basically sunny all the time), but for all you northerners...this is big stuff. I lived in Northern New York for nearly six years, and that day that you can dash from your house to your car without wanting to DIE of frostbite...well, that's a good dang day.
This spring I have plans for a few outdoor projects, the first …
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