Earlier this winter I ordered a sheet of 200 atomic star decals from Leen with the idea of putting them on the wall in the guest room because I didn’t want to paint. Once the stars got here I was more interested in placing them somewhere with more impact, where they would be seen more […]

A couple of weekends ago I hauled my old white campaign desk outside, sanded, and painted it mondrian blue (Behr paint colour from the Home Depot). I sanded, painted and then put three coats of polyurethane on the table to get a nice high gloss look. Although each individual stage didn’t take too long, the […]

If you’ve been following me on instagram (and if you’re not, you should! Click here) you’ll have noticed the appearance of Fornasetti’s girl on my feed recently. Who is Pietro Fornasetti? He’s an italian artist who created more than 11,000 items, many featuring the face of a woman, operatic soprano Lina Cavalieri, as a motif. Fornasetti found […]