Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Jones Design template : done!

Now that I have a lot more time on my hands again , I have a laundry list of things to do , like clean the fridge , re-organize the basement , laundry , but who wants to do those things on your first few days why not tackle a design project . Mason my 12 year old daughter wants a whole new scheme a graphic black and white scheme, I can certainly comply with a free update to her armoire .
Yesterday I gave it a fresh coat of white paint , and today I decided it would look great with a little black and white detail. So I printed out the template for painted wallpaper offered at Jones Design Company Blog
I kept it simple , doing the one row of brush strokes.
I think it is stunning , I hope Mason likes it as much as I do ....




It was fun enough to paint , looked better when I let the brush strokes show , but let me tell you I can't imagine painting a whole room like this with twice the amount of brush work , but it is still worth the effort.


Now to find the perfect fabrics to make a duvet cover , that will have to wait for now ...

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Time goes by


Well the kids are finally back to school , the house is mine again , it is quiet and peaceful and blissful , I love them but I haven't had much peace in 9 weeks or so , so I am very happy to have a little time to think , to do and to work....
We had to do the standard back to school shots , didn't have much time but this is always a must it is the one ritual that we haven't changed over the years.
Mason now and on her first day of grade 2

Here is Sophie now and on her first day of junior kindergarten, right before she started to cry and say "mommy don't leave me " , glad back to school isn't that hard on us anymore , a few jitters last night but other wise everything went well.