Sorry for the lack of posts lately. I’ve been a bit lazy. In blog terms that is.
Casa Sans Pasta has been getting a bit of a DIY makeover these past few days. Nothing too fancy, but just small touches that I needed to make it feel like more of a home, and less like a shell of a house. We’ve been living here for almost 2 years, and it’s been the ultimate DIY makeover since the word go. Luckily, the New Yorker is really handy, and I like to pretend I’m super crafty 😉 We also make a pretty good team, and have some great friends and family who’ve helped us out big time.
So what have I been up to? Decorating, decorating, decorating!
We have a wall that will get it’s own post later:
But in the meantime, I want to show you a cork board that I brought back to life. I have had this particular cork board since I was about 4. I remember it hanging, always over my desk, in all 3 of my childhood bedrooms, and too many dorm rooms/apartments to count while in college. Now that I live with the New Yorker, it’s been sitting in a room with no real purpose. I just couldn’t bring myself to throw it away.
I decided to update its look and put it back in its rightful place of honor over my desk in my (soon to be workable) craft room.
I painted it white to start with.
Then I decided I wanted it to have a chevron pattern, so I hunted down the painter’s tape and started measuring and taping.
I used my Ex-acto knife to cut the extra tape and create a sharp point.
I finished taping the whole board
Then I painted the stripes grey
Once I had filled in all of the stripes, I let it dry and peeled off the painters tape.
Once I was sure it was all dry I broke out the painters tape again, and taped off the border.
And then painted that black
Once I have a picture of it up on the wall in the craft room, I’ll post it. Right now it’s just leaning against the wall, sad cork board.
So there you have it, project 1 of many I’ve been working on around the house. I can’t wait to share the rest with you!
What is a quick DIY project you have done recently?
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