Confession: I may have stared this post over two months ago. Ok, I DID start this post over two months ago.
It was late May, and the weather was nice so I spent the day outside working on some projects out on the patio I’d been wanting to do for a couple of months. I found these ideas on Pinterest here and here.
I pass a Goodwill every day on my way home from work and have to talk myself out of stopping by pointing out to myself how many projects are on my to-do list with their materials scattered about my Yellow Room, taking up precious space and on occasion, making me feel a little crazy because I don’t know what to do next!
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Category: DIY
My First Upholstery Project!

In my first post on this blog, I introduced you to my re-upholstery project, the Ugly Chair. Having no experience with upholstery, and therefore no idea what I was getting myself into, I armed myself with this tutorial that I read before I began to get an idea of what I was doing, and got to work.
Hello, online world.
Seeing as this is my first post and nothing and no one on Earth besides Google, my dog Rocky, and I know about this blog’s creation, it would seem as though I’m talking to myself. I’ll change that when I’m ready.
I’ve been thinking for a while about creating a blog to share what I enjoy doing in my spare time – designing and creating Stuff. “Stuff” includes, but is not limited to: making cakes and jewelry, sewing, and repurposing old/vintage/antique items (some would go so far as to refer to these items as ‘junk,’ but junk is one of my best friends!).