Beez Houz

DADIY: Don’t Always Do It Yourself, a cautionary brass lamp tale

Thanks to the interwebs and a titch of the seasonal affective mania, I found the inspiration to repurpose two dated brass lamps. Bad idea. Yeah, they’re cute now but…

Lessons I learned from repurposing a couple dated brass lamps I bought off a Facebook garage sale for 20 bucks:

Fall Is The Perfect Season to Paint Patio Furniture!

So I’m loving this week’s weather here in Indiana, highs of 70-something, lows of 40, low humidity, gentle breezes.

It’s the perfect time to grab a couple cans of Rustoleum Painter’s Touch Ultra Cover 2x spray paint and turn four of these:

29 Jan

Next Time: Go Easy on the Aqua

I love color (hence the paint), but this particular shade limits my use of other colors on the shelves—like hot pink, if the mood strikes me, or maybe a punchy colorful pattern on some book wrap paper, and a bright yellow story in the spring. SO. It’s back to the drawing board to find an airy, beachy color that merely suggests aqua rather than gushes it.

21 Jan

Paint Color FAIL! Don’t Look at Me, Benjamin Moore, I’m Hideous

Inspired by, I don’t know what—boredom maybe?—I painted my black mantle white, primed the black and white striped bookcase-backs, and scoured the internet for inspiration. Aiming for a beachy feel…

12 Jan

Caesarstone Blizzard Quartz

Here’s what I can tell you after a year-and-a-half of living with brilliant white Caesarstone Blizzard Quartz: 1. No problems with Caesarstone. 2. Ring stains come off with Windex, damp, soapy sponge, or Soft Scrub® [GEL ONLY!]. Use Bon Ami, Barkeepers friend or Comet/anything abrasive on honed surfaces only, or else the tops will lose their polished, sparkling shine.] 4. If all else fails,

07 Jan

Color Crazy: Benjamin Moore Old Pickup Blue

When you need a color, you need a color. While choosing materials for my kitchen remodel, I spent hours poring over magazines and internet images to help coalesce my preferences and vision for my dream kitchen. I kept coming back to the beachy kitchens in Coastal Living, …

06 Jan

Our Nutty Orange Front Door: You Say “Hideous,” We Say “Welcome!”

My husband is one of those high school teachers that kids love. He’s funny, he’s smart, they think he’s cool. Anyway, one day in class, a girl was excited to…

05 Jan

Let’s Get This House Party Started

That up there in my header is one of my favorite photos taken upon completion of my 2010 kitchen remodel-fiasco-rescue. What you see up there is a strip of marble,…