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The Hunt: Junkyard Chic

By ADD | Published: August 17, 2010
I don’t have any pretty photos today, so I’m just going to show you some quick pix of my latest junkyard find.  I bought this solid wood vintage medicine cabinet with original beveled mirror ($60) on a recent Brooklyn thrift store junket and quickly sprayed it white so that I could hang it over my [...]
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vintage clawfoot tub with new plumbing

Outhouse chic bathroom

By ADD | Published: May 3, 2010
The outhouse chic bathroom is still a work in progress.   But I’m loving my long soaks in the vintage claw foot tub.   The reproduction shower set came from Vintage Tub & Bath and it works great. The reclaimed mushroom wood wainscoting will get a second coat of milk paint to calm it down a [...]
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you can’t judge a paint by its chip

By ADD | Published: March 3, 2010
After DIY decorating several rental apartments, I know this mantra well:  you can’t judge a paint by it’s chip.  But when I had to quickly decide on a few paint colors last week for our newly plastered walls, I got just plain cocky. Loathe to delay any aspect of our renovation, I hastily chose colors [...]
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hand silkscreened fabric from Australia

Inspiration: silkscreened fabric

By ADD | Published: February 21, 2010
I was shopping for milk paint over at Brooklyn General when I came across this fabulous silk screened fabric. I thought, “oh, wouldn’t that be lovely for some DIY upholstery on my dining room chairs”.  But then I found out that it was imported, handmade and WAY outta my price range.  Ah well…  It was [...]
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