Make: Stenciling Polka Dots
- Posted by magpie
- On February 29, 2016
Message from Maggie: Like most projects around 1412, the most difficult often have the most satisfying results. When we moved in our full bath had one blue wall. It wasn’t an offensive color I just wanted something lighter. In an effort to enhance the bathroom I decided I was going to do polka dots. After […]
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Make: Half Bath Upgrade
- Posted by magpie
- On February 27, 2016
Message from Maggie: When we moved in at 1412, the half bath was orange- and not in a beautiful orange way but in a “how quickly can we cover this up” way. In addition to the paint color, the previous owner had installed a cheap shelf, weird mirror, and bad light fixture. With minor changes […]
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Make: Refinishing + Painting for a Modern Front Door
- Posted by magpie
- On February 23, 2016
Message from Maggie: I love living on Capitol Hill where every house is unique. All of the houses on our block have different doors and entry ways, but the combination of ours is my favorite because it lets a lot of light in. However, the previous owners of 1412 had dogs that scratched up the […]
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Make: Modern Home Lighting
- Posted by magpie
- On February 16, 2016
Message from Maggie: I wanted to share another way to modernize your home. This time looking inward. As I’ve mentioned, we live in a traditional row house circa 1900 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. One of the first things I did when we moved-in was to update the lighting fixtures. Instantly this took a dated- maybe […]
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Make: Painting Stripes
- Posted by magpie
- On February 13, 2016
Message from Maggie: This is one of the toughest projects I’ve endeavored on our house. We have a tiny vestibule/mud room at the entrance of our house and my mom had the creative idea to paint stripes there. I went for it- and it was frustrating (in fact I cried twice), but I couldn’t be […]
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Make: Gifting: Old Maps
- Posted by magpie
- On February 6, 2016
Message from Maggie: For years my husband has been giving friends old maps as gifts. To return the favor I have gotten him a few over the years and they are now displayed in our guest room which we now refer to as the “map room.” The maps we have hanging are places important to […]
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