It's the day after. The day after our son's graduation party and I can finally take a breath, sit outside on the porch, and take the time the tell you all about the planning. Unless you host large parties a few times a year, preparing for one can be a huge task - many tasks actually, that take place over the months preceding the actual event. So let's talk about planning for a large party, and in this particular case, planning for a graduation party.
First we'll talk about the major home ...
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Green is Back and in a Modern Way
Yes, ladies. Green is back. It's been slowly making it's way back into decor for the past year and we're seeing it more and more lately. You may have even noticed the Entri Ways website has gravitated toward using more greens and lots of my facebook posts include it. That's because green is back and in a modern way.
Photo by Teddy Edwards - Browse kitchen photos
Back in the 1970's, avocado green was everywhere. Mostly on appliances and sofas. In the 80's we saw a lot of emerald ...
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Best Stain for Outdoor Decks & Porches
Good morning sunshine! I've been checking things off the list this week and setting the stage to relax on our outdoor porch. But before any of the furniture can be set out, the entire deck needed to be stained. Let's talk about the best stain for outdoor decks and porches.
Staining an outdoor deck or porch here in New England is always a timing challenge. You have to wait until the snow melts and the weather warms up to about 60 degrees which is usually sometime in ...
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Painting an IKEA Table With a Durable Finish
The internet is filled with IKEA hacks. Most of them are pretty impressive. Taking an inexpensive, no-frills piece of furniture and adding color and new hardware can be a great option if you're not quite ready to invest in solid wood furniture that's ready to last 20+ years. It would be nice though if your IKEA renovation lasted more than just a few years. That's why today we're talking about painting an IKEA table with a durable finish that lasts.
A few IKEA tables and dressers and have ...
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Reorganizing, Refinishing, and Refining
At some point we all need to take a step back and take a little time to think. We need to evaluate in order to reorganize and reprioritize so we know we're headed in the right direction and toward the future we want.
There have been some changes I've been wanting to make to Entri Ways for a long time to better serve you. The main one being to add an official "Home" page to my blog to more easily navigate the topics. That's why I've been working to refinish and refine the site layout ...
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Curtains & Valances: Budget Decorating
Curtains and valances can be expensive. And if your house is anything like ours with tons of windows, then you may need to get creative when decorating those windows in order to not put yourself in debt. Today, I'm sharing a budget decorating tip for curtains and valances without skimping on the fabrics you love.
More than a year ago, I purchased new curtains from Pier 1 for our dining room. The red curtains we had in there had been hanging for 15 years. I washed ...
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Painting Office Furniture
Let's talk office furniture. Not necessarily the pretty home office you've created for yourself, but the office building office furniture. The most-likely-not-real-wood, brown stained, super-heavy office furniture. You know the type. But do you know that most office furniture can be painted?
I refinished an entire set of office furniture for a local law firm that moved into a modern office space. There was a large sideboard cabinet, a small sideboard cabinet, ...
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Old West Roundup Party
When kids are young, planning birthday parties is a major event. As moms, we want to give them the most amazing, creative, interactive party they can imagine. Even better if we can add an educational element to them, right? Well, ladies... this Old West Roundup party planning ebook can help you do all of that!
This post is obviously for those you with young children elementary school age or younger.
When my kids were young I got super-creative with the birthday parties and ...
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Wax Over Poly or Poly Over Wax?
Which comes first wax or poly? As a furniture painter, I'm constantly asked the question of whether you can apply wax over polyurethane or polyurethane over wax. While it reminds me of that age-old question about the chicken and the egg, there is an actual answer and a few rules to the questions of wax over poly or poly over wax.
Poly vs. Wax
In most instances, a single protective topcoat is all you need; but sometimes there's reasoning behind applying both wax and ...
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How To Repair Table Legs When The Metal Hardware Breaks
Many coffee tables and end tables with turned legs are attached with metal hardware. Dragging that table across the carpet can sometimes put enough stress on the legs and cause that metal hardware to crack and the legs to fall off. Rather than throw the entire table away, here are detailed instructions on how to repair table legs when the metal hardware breaks.
Repairing The Metal Hardware on a Table Leg
Too often our society throws away items when they tear or break rather than ...
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School Gaming Night Fundraiser
Kids love games. Over the years, the games may have adapted to the new generations, but games have never gotten old. That's why a Gaming Night Fundraiser, where participants play video games and old fashioned board games in an organized, supervised environment, makes a perfect school fundraiser or family fun event.
Planning a Gaming Night Fundraiser
Planning a gaming night fundraiser does not have to be overly complicated, but the types of game(s) you choose to play and your ...
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2018 Year In Review – Part 2: The Paints & Finishes I Use Most
Year-end is the perfect time to take a look back at the projects you've completed throughout the year. In doing so, I created a two-part post. Part 1 titled Setting Goals Can Lead to Success showed you a major challenge faced in 2018, how I altered my work to get past that setback, and the positive results. Now this Part 2, I'm sharing a review of my 2018 Furniture Painting Projects so you can see the paints and finishes I use most after years of experimenting with different ...
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