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During March we are working on projects for our home offices on Paint + Pattern. My company, My Patch Of Blue Sky, is home-based and I’ve been fixing up my office during the past year. Nothing major-just small touches to ...

I am very excited to be a participating artist in the Barnabas Network’s “Chair Affair” event here in Greensboro, North Carolina. Thrilled, too, that Paint + Pattern has joined with me in supporting this worthy cause with the  materials needed ...

During the month of February Paint + Pattern is featuring stenciling projects for our master bedrooms. This is perfect timing for me because I recently refinished all three large pieces of painted  furniture in my bedroom. They went from orangey ...

Do you love to attend flea markets and yard sales? I used to be a confirmed Saturday morning junkie. Three passionate girlfriends and I met for coffee, planned our route, and made a mad dash for “the good stuff.” After ...

I am willing to bet that you have made several trips to your attic lately to store your Christmas decorations. The same goes at our house! A few weeks ago when we were lugging our tree downstairs, I re-discovered this ...

The holidays are over and hubby and I have put away the Christmas tree and decorations. Does your home look a bit bare, stark and uninteresting all of a sudden? Ours does. Not to mention, it is dull, dark and ...

Do you like to make easy and inexpensive home décor items to decorate for Christmas or to give as gifts? If so, this is a fun verre eglomise project that I especially like because the plates look very festive. They ...

Do you like to create centerpieces or table runners for holiday entertaining? I love the concept, but I have one issue – there is no dining room in our home! Actually we would rarely use one, but having no large ...

First, I want to thank everyone who read and commented on my stenciled Green Club Chair post during October. It was a fun project, and looks like lots of readers wanted to know more about painting upholstered furniture and fabric ...

December is here. What? When did that happen? This year, are you too madly creating gifts like me? I discovered this DIY wood wine rack at Home Depot back in late summer. It was inexpensive and a perfect, fun Christmas ...