The Great Compromise

When my husband Dennis and I remodeled our bathroom I wanted to put in a nice mirror over the sink, I also wanted to put in a vessel sink but that didn't happen. Anyway, Dennis wanted a medicine cabinet which was practical but to me a medicine cabinet falls into the same category as a big, overstuffed, Lazyboy recliner. Yuck! We had a design dilemma. I eventually gave into my husband and bought a tri-mirrored medicine cabinet and I had our carpenters, yes we actually had someone do the bathroom this time, install the cabinet inside the wall so the mirrors were somewhat flush. I then purchased some of that cheap plastic molding and had them build a frame on the wall around the cabinet mirrors. I measured out about 1-1/2 inches from the frame and taped it off and using a sponge type stencil tool sponge painted black and copper paint on the frame and out to the tape. When I removed the tape from the wall VOILA!!  Dennis had his medicine cabinet and I had a fairly nice looking framed mirror.

Ikea desk...tweaked with a touch of flair

The top of the desk 

This desk was originally white..we got it at IKEA, my 14 year old daughter decided that she wanted something less kiddish...so my mom, with her brilliant vision for design came up with this design.  My daughter put 2 coats of primer on, then put 2 coats of black paint.  After the paint dried, my mom helped her measure out the geographic print and using craft paint and stencil brushes...this is what was created!  

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