Home Wong Nga and Black Cty: February 2012

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Kitchen Ideas

We're moving slowly with the kitchen. I think that anything of this magnitued I think moves slowly at first because once you start you really can't stop. We're pretty set on white cabinetry, we've picked out our appliances [I really have to show you those soon] and we think we're going with a wood floor to maintain the flow of the rest of the house. One thing we need to figure out is the backsplash. So I'm going to reveal one of the considerations we have, and that is glass subway tiles. And some inspirational pictures to show you...

Once again the store is full of all sorts of new treasures from our recent New York trip! Stop in to see all the wonderful new things we have in our shop! In the meantime, here's a peek to tempt your curiosity...

Many thanks to Beckie at Knock-off Décor for featuring my Knock-off Clock table! If you haven’t visited this site yet, don’t miss out! It’s a great collection of budget-friendly projects based on expensive designer items. ...

Have you ever brought an image texture into SketchUp and notice that the resolution isn’t as crisp as it is in your image viewer? Notice that the image in SketchUp (Right) is not as crisp as the original image (Left) No, you’re not seeing things. By default, SketchUp downgrades higher resolution image textures to a maximum of 1024 x 1024 pixels because in the past graphics cards didn’t have the horsepower to render models with large textures on screen reliably. If you want to turn off this feature, you can do so by going to Properties >...

I am trying to tackle my ever growing "to do" list lately. There are so many things on that list in different categories. Home & family, sewing & craft projects, personal growth, etc... one of the things I have been trying to be better at is machine quilting. Don't ask me for how many years I have been saying that. I feel like this year's it! I am going to get better at it, well I have to. There are so many quilt tops waiting to be completed on my shelf.I have machine quilted some of my quilts in the past, but I can see all the mistakes...

Hello Everyone, It was a sunny but cold day here today but with February almost over, spring must be just around the corner! Well not quite- we did get about 15cm. of sparkly white snow yesterday and I am noticing that it is starting to accumulate. Anyway, as many of you know I love transferware and although I have more red and white then any other color,I thought I would use my blue and white transferware today.As usual I have a mix and match set.I love soup tureens!My husband gave me this teapot for my birthday...