On April 4th I asked you, dear reader, to "check back soon for posts on building raised garden beds and installing a backyard shade canopy!" Well, I delivered on the garden beds... and never mentioned the canopy again. IKEA's DYNING canopy seemed like a great solution for our sun-scorched backyard. The width was perfect and installing the [...]
In addition to my gold leaf paint test, I put my IKEA VITTSJO nesting table hack scraps to use for some metal cutting tool experimentation. Up until this project, my experience was limited to a manual hacksaw. True story: when I was shopping for said hacksaw a few years ago I asked a young Home Depot employee [...]
My IKEA VITTSJO nesting table hack gave me the luxury of some scrap metal pieces on which to test a few gold leafing paint options. I did a Google image search when I was considering what sort of paint to use, looking for some clear examples of the different types of finishes. I didn't have [...]
And now for my next trick, I transform IKEA's VITTSJÖ nesting tables... into nesting tables! VOILÄ But let me back up: as with all things, I had very specific requirements in mind. I wanted a larger table for our lamp (West Elm’s Morten Table Lamp, which I scored for much cheaper via a floor model sale) [...]
I dropped by Ye Olde Lamp and Fixture Shoppe here in Chicago for a repair appraisal on my vintage chandelier. The man who helped me was impressively knowledgeable. The good news: it is an original Lightolier Sputnik. An early one, in fact. He has experience doing complete restorations of this type of chandelier. The bad news? Those [...]
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