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Flashback: Hand-Printed Patterned Floor

Not a fan of carpeting, I recently took the plunge and pulled up the existing carpet in my cabin. What lay beneath is actually some pretty sweet wood flooring. It’s by no means flawless, but since I adore the rustic cabin look (and I don’t have the budget to redo my floors right now), I instantly thought of a project from the pages of CRAFT Volume 09. Grace Bonney, in her DIY Design column, introduced us to a project by Catherine Weis on how to transform a scuffed wood floor into a work of art using custom, homemade stencils and paint. Needless to say, when I saw the picture above, I was totally floored at the simple, yet styely, results. The project is short and sweet, so I’m sharing it with you in its entirety here.

Retro Fabulous Home Inspiration

I’m currently in the process of sprucing up my apartment with artwork and knick-nacks now that we finally got most of the large furniture pieces in our place together after almost 3 years in our pad. For constant inspiration, I look to Victoria’s blog sfgirbythebay and I adore her recent post on retro fabulous. This […]