Posted in Before and After, Crafts, Interior Rooms, Recycled, tagged Before and After, cottage decor, Crafts, Diana Digs Dirt, Diana Gardner-Williams, Greensboro, guest room, interior designer, Interior Rooms, office, paint, piedmont triad, recycled materials, redesign, romantic rooms, shabby chic, updating rooms, wallpaper on August 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I recycled a medicine chest my girlfriend was ditching. There was a great opportunity to decoupage and create a one of a kind shelf. It did not have to be repainted and I was able to apply leftover wallpaper from the wall behind, to the underside of the shelves.
I decoupaged old piano music and book pages from [...]
Posted in Before and After, Crafts, Interior Rooms, Recycled, tagged cottage, cottage decor, Diana Digs Dirt, Diana Gardner-Williams, Greensboro, guest room, interior designer, office, paint, piedmont triad, redesign, romantic rooms, shabby chic, updating rooms, wallpaper on August 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Now on to part 3 of the office transformation. Shabby Chic/Romantic Cottage is something I gravitate towards because of the comfort factor and that I never throw anything away. This was a birthday card given to me in the early 70’s. Next to it is a wedding etiquette book by Emily Post (what a joke to [...]
Posted in Before and After, Country Living, Crafts, Interior Rooms, Recycled, tagged cottage, cottage decor, Diana Digs Dirt, Diana Gardner-Williams, Greensboro, interior designer, office, paint, piedmont triad, redesign, romantic rooms, shabby chic, updating rooms, wallpaper on August 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Onward with the transformation of my office into something shabby chic with a hint of the romantic. Since I am a landscape designer and a women, I am entitled to chance my mind. Instead of the peachy walls, I have gravitated toward a more subtle paint color.
The ceiling color is something I mixed and the wall color [...]
Posted in Greensboro Gardens, Pergolas, Recycled, tagged Antiques and Salvage Shops, bricks, D.H.Griffin, landscape companies, landscaping ideas, old world, Pergolas, recycled materials, world trade towers on June 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
If you know me, I am a big fan of recycling building materials and utilizing in a non-conventional fashion. I took a trip to D.H. Griffin and WOW, I was amazed at all of the recycled materials. The hand-made bricks really caught my eye.
I could definitely use the recycled bricks in a landscape design needing [...]
