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Slipcover picture
Published on 28 Sep 2007 at 6:24 pm.
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I would like to see the photos of your slipcovers as mentioned in today’s email (sorry if I emailed you from the wrong place.)
Thanks!
Just loaded this picture up:
http://www.askthefrugaldecoratingdiva.com//images/slipcovers.jpg
Your Frugal Decorating Diva,
Nancy
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Customizing a headboard
Published on 27 Sep 2007 at 2:12 pm.
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When I married my husband I agreed to take on his bedroom set, which came with a big bulky, “maybe Swedish”, style headboard with mirrors and two both sides cabinets and drawers. It seems to me to be more on the masculine side, being […]
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Customizing a Chest of Drawers
Published on 27 Sep 2007 at 7:42 am.
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I have a chest of drawers that I wish to customize. But it is not real wood. Can I paper it and varnish over? if so what products should I use. Also would like to paint on it too, do I have to rub […]
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Any Ideas for Repurposing a floor lamp?
Published on 27 Sep 2007 at 7:25 am.
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I have an antique floor lamp that has seen better days. The sockets for the bulbs are a hazard, but what I love about the lamp is the base is illuminated and casts an absolutely beautiful glow. Short of rewiring the whole thing to make […]
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What colors to use with a solid tan couch
Published on 27 Sep 2007 at 7:02 am.
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I was always one for light pastel colors, especially blue. I’ve been looking for a couch with blue & rose — impossible to find. I’ve found a solid tan color couch — can I incorporate blue with it — say, the carpet? I have an […]
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What is the best way to paint over a laminate surface?
Published on 10 Mar 2007 at 2:56 pm.
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What is the best way to paint over a laminate surface? I did it once before on a cheap table and book shelf and over the last 6 years the paint has chipped really badly. Actually, it started chipping about as soon as it dried […]
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Do you have suggestions as to how to get slipcovers to stay in place?
Published on 29 Nov 2006 at 4:12 pm.
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Do you have suggestions as to how to get slipcovers to stay in place? There is a tool I’ve seen in a Domestications Catalog that is supposed to slip down to hold it in place. Has anyone tried something like that? If only my boys […]
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I am in need of “different” ideas for coffee tables.
Published on 24 Nov 2006 at 7:00 pm.
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My livingroom is done in cottage style. I am needing some “different” ideas for coffee tables.
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You may like this one done with a six-pane window, a bench seat, a piece of plexiglass, plus paint and accents of your choice:
Window Coffee Table
Your Frugal Decorating Diva,
Nancy
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Making a closet office, how is that done?
Published on 24 Nov 2006 at 5:14 pm.
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I want to put an office inside the closet of a spare bedroom I have. I wonder about getting the electrical work done so you can use the closet for the desk area, since ours has no electrical wiring in it right now. How […]
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I need creative ideas for hiding home schooling mess!
Published on 13 Nov 2006 at 7:40 pm.
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I am new here also and was just about to post to see if you had creative ideas for hiding the home schooling mess!
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I saw this in one of my magazines recently. They did it for craft supply storage but it would work for […]
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