Step One Purchase a large bucket of premixed drywall joint compound from your local home improvement center, lumberyard or hardware store. (A 4 gallon pail will cost you about $15.) Also pick up a wide-bladed taping knife or straight-edged trowel (8 to 12 inches wide–—less than $10) for spreading a thin coat of the compound [...]
Archive for June, 2007
How to Texture Drywall
June 28th, 2007 
Holly 
Posted in Design on a budget, Drywall 
Tags: Drywall, hardware, home, how to texture drywall, improvement 
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June 21st, 2007 Holly I found this wonderful site today that has so many different things that are great if your looking for just that thing to make your room special. They carry things that you really wont see anywhere else, such as tables that look like books, and This classic Da Vinci image That comes to life in [...]
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Cleaning up
June 16th, 2007 Holly One of the hardest things for people to do is organize anything. Some people have a knack for it, but most do not. So what are some things that you can to to keep yourself from living in a zoo like environment? One way is to go through everything and toss what is old, broken, [...]
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Tips for summer decorating
June 12th, 2007 Holly With spring comes an urge to bring in the new, and with summer, the urge to celebrate with friends and spend time outdoors. With all of the fabulously frivolous and reasonably-priced interior design ideas out there, why not indulge a little? Plastic Tableware You see it everywhere, bursting off the shelves in a riotous cacophony [...]
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Posted in Design on a budget, Furniture Tags: decorate for spring, funky lights, silk plants, Spring decor 1 Comment »
