bold2boss

I love the look and feel of finished concrete –  the texture and feeling that is both organic and industrial – and although typical in modern and industrial design, I think it works really well in many other genres…it reminds me of old French farmhouses and converted barn spaces. I used concrete for a fabulous countertop in my bathroom – it is easy, flexible and creative.  There are tons of instruction online…but it is super easy, just trowel several coats of a feather finish (made to be able to be trowelled on very thinly) concrete product onto a rough material, such as plywood, and seal. I wanted an especially distressed look with some efflorescence and color variation so I faux-finished using drywall compound and some cement powder, troweling it into the surface to highlight the texture (I used drywall compound because it is what I had available to create needed a white color – applied in this very thin way and mixed with the cement powder it has been durable). Many of...

I love painted wood floors…its a perfect fit to that farmhouse, beachy, creative aesthetic I love…and a large canvas to express your unique and personal creativity. I have done this quite a few times…some as temporary measures on the sub-floor while we waited for our ‘real’ flooring and other times on hardwood permanent flooring – either way, I love the results (and love getting to do the paint too…the possibilities!). Painting the sub-floor with paisley designs on a painted creamy checkered base…waiting for our final flooring material Painted wood floor in our sunroom sub-floor painted faux wood, pink and blue checkers, and faux saltillo tile…waiting for our real flooring material white-stained distressed wood floor with hand-painted scroll designs Have a beautiful week! xo shelley

This Easter we did Ukrainian style Easter egg dyeing, thanks to my mom’s initiative (Mom took Madeline to a workshop in dyeing Ukrainian Easter Eggs and came home with supplies for the rest of the family to create Ukrainian Easter Eggs). The process is quite simple but delicate, painting fine designs in wax and coloring in various amazing colored dyes. The designs emerge seemingly magically throughout the process with each dye dip, and finally, at the end with the wax removed that reveals the final picture. I became enchanted with the final dip in a deep rich black dye which adds an iridescent glow to the flowing lines of colors. Happy Easter xo shelley