Last fall I published a post detailing my approach to a DIY upholstered footstool. Giddy with self-empowerment and still wielding a staple gun, I decided to try my hand at a slightly bigger project: an upholstered headboard. If you’ve contemplated upholstering a...
I think this may be the only time of the year when we get real mail anymore. How quaint it seems, that hand-addressed envelope with an old-fashioned stamp, slipped in among the bills and flyers and catalogues. With the last of my Christmas cards finally out in the...
One day several years ago, not long after the birth of my son, I bought a bare wood footstool thinking it would be nice upholstered. Footstools are just ultra-handy for all sorts of purposes, and especially if you are short like me and your feet dangle from even...