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A $30 vintage mid-century rattan empire armchair I bought at Canton, TX First Monday Trade Days needed a makeover. (If you have not been to this junk, craft, import, need a tetanus shot heaven—YOU SHOULD GO! Details here: http://www.firstmondaycanton.com) Before versions of this chair can be found here https://www.etsy.com/listing/183920344/vintage-mid-century-caning-chair-rattan?ref=market and here http://www.pinterest.com/pin/448178600390542054/ It was faded burgundy velvet

Like everything else in our home what is on the walls changes as much as the color of the walls. I make new stuff, buy new stuff, redo existing stuff… and for large artwork pieces framing can be expensive. This portrait of my husband I drew last year is 32” W x 40” H will be a big chunk of change when I finally take it in to be framed. I still want to display it in the mean time with all the wall gallery home décor trends going on, so this is what I came up. My inspiration (f

And last of featured fabrics used in my curtains. Best! Pj #paulatize #diy #diycurtains #paulaschweikharddesign #fabric

And here is a break out of some of the fabrics used in my curtains... Best! Pj #paulatize #diy #diycurtains #paulaschweikharddesign #fabric

Pattern and color are for me. Fabric is that. So a curtain that I can open and let the light all the way in or close completely for privacy is what dresses our windows. We have tall ceilings in our home thus curtains in a lot of our rooms need to be custom lengths. I'm not a tailor or seamstress, and my seams are very crooked. Can’t follow a dress pattern very well… As in I’m not for hire on those projects. That disclosed I do get out my sewing machine frequently. I can do pa

I draw and paint. Most of the work I’ve done has been my own sketchy style: portraits, flowers, patterns, some animals, some character illustration for product, etc. One thing that has been kinda intimidating for me was abstract art. This was because I was not quite sure how to break up the subject matter in a meaningful way. But I think I found something that works for me, AND I think it can work for anyone who wants to dabble in abstract art. I worked on my piece for a coup

Painted rug process pics shown below. See previous post for additional direction on this project. Have a great day! Pj #paintedrug #paulatize #diy

Said I'd post more on the painted rug...and here it is. I had this perfectly fine woven jute rug, but my decor has changed 12 times since it was purchased and don't want to spend the $$$ on new one so I chose to paint it! There are TONS of examples of all kinds of painted rugs if you just do a search online for ‘painted rug’. My inspiration was this Jonathan Adler rug found here: http://www.therugcompany.com/int/harlequin-multi Supplies: paint, paint brush (I used 2” brush),