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That’s Not the Color I “Mint” to Select for My Kitchen

by Lindsay Ballard on January 4, 2013 2,471 Comments

Paint color can be such a finicky thing.

When Tom and I first got married, we lived in a white walled apartment that had a beautiful view and a funky smell.  It was decorated in our mismatched decor – his: black leather, glass and chrome; mine: overstuffed, khaki and covered in cat pee if we are being honest.  We didn’t really care what the apartment looked like because we were in LURVE, but when we bought our first home we wanted to really make it ours.

We closed on that first house about a month before we had to move out of the apartment.  We thought it would give us plenty of time, working nights and weekends, to rid it of the previous owners’ touches.  There was the powder room that had an apple orchard scene painted on one wall, complete with molding to look like a window and half a bushel basket screwed to the wall.  There was the master bedroom that was painted in three shades of purple.

purpleCan you see the three shades?  One on the walls, one on the angled part of the ceiling and one up above the arched window.  This is the previous owners’ furniture, in case you were wondering.

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Make It: My Favorite Things Bow Holder

by Lindsay Ballard on January 2, 2013 1,602 Comments

My Favorite Things Hairbow Holder | Makely School for Girls

Out with the old and in with the new!  I welcome 2013 with my first project of the new year.

My little 2-year old Emma is just growing like a weed.  We’ve upgraded her hairbows to a larger size, and our old hairbow storage was falling far short of the solution we needed.  I asked some friends what kind of storage they used, and most of them said that they use a bow holder similar to these on Etsy (and one suggested I buy fewer bows – Touché!).

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About Makely

Lindsay Ballard is a former college mascot turned political geek turned roller derby playing, DIY fanatic.

Lindsay chronicles her projects, design ideas, and lifestyle tips here at Makely, where she shares tutorials and inspiration. Her DIY designs are bold and graphic, while her spirit is fun and full of color.


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