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Dotted paper is the paper you use for patternmaking. It looks like white butcher paper but thinner and had numbers and letters in squares 1" apart kind of like graph paper. When I was in school, we had a store that sold fabric and other sewing stuff for really cheap. I was able to buy a whole roll of dotted paper for $10. Normally it would be several hundred dollars. That roll I hung up is still the same roll! |
Dyan, I would love to see what pics of that workbench you made! |
4 Attachment(s) Here are finally pics of my work room. Still a work in progress. The top shelf is the brackets I got off Ebay the other week. The wooden slats were leftover wood that I stained. Under that is my dotted paper. Attachment 404060 Here is a close up of the pipe I used to hang it on the wall. I used the Rub N Buff to get that color. Attachment 404061 I just finished this mini map of London for a friend who will be visiting me next week. Am also thinking of listing these on Etsy. What do you guys think I should price this at? Attachment 404062 View from window side of work room. Attachment 404063 |
2 Attachment(s) Here is a closer look of my ironing table. Don't mind the thing underneath. It's a brand new cooktop that we can't sell for a decent price and have no place to put it. :rolleyes: Attachment 404064 Attachment 404065 |
Capt., that room looks great! Love the pipe paper holder and ironing table! That's awesome. |
Thanks! I just saw pics of a friend's studio and it puts mine to shame! Plus she has way more room and way more goodies! I need a lot more storage. |
Priscilla - the room is looking great!! Of course, I adore the pipe-fitting paper holder, just love. The shelving looks great too - those brackets were perfect, eh?!! |
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I asked her this morning during our weekly call and she told me she uses a the Food Grinder pack that was purchased directly from Kitchen Aid, the reason she uses the one for Kitchen Aid is because it has an attachment for stuffing sausage. She also said to tell you that if you have an curious imagination in the kitchen you can use this attachment for a lot things like homemade chutney, relish and salsa (just an example). I explained to her that from what I see on your post you do not seem to be avoid new things and probably would appreciate the suggestions. She did warn that if you live in area that colder you might want to make sure your attachments stay in a control climate, they are plastic but she wanted to me to let you know the blades are metal and can be removed and washed (I never thought of that). Now here is the really exciting part, she told me next time I visit she is going to make some Chicken, Spinach and Feta Cheese sausage. This excites me, it sounds good now she just needs to figure out the recipe. I wish I was more of into experimenting in the kitchen, I am not at all I can cook but I need to follow a recipe. |
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Priscilla, your work room looks so wonderful! Love your ironing table and the paper holder! I will get you a picture of my work bench...I have so much just sitting on it lately...will have to clean it up a bit. It is in the basement which if I ever move would like it in an oversized garage. |
Priscilla, I too love your work room -- the pipes and brackets are awesome. Beautiful work on the map. You are so talented. I don't have any idea on price. Max and Teddy are still saving to commission you to make little top hats for them. :) |
2 Attachment(s) Well, I did end up staining/painting my new painting desk. It was a bit of a cluster, lol. I first started out trying to stain the desktop board -- um...yeahhhhh....no one informed me you couldn't stain MDF board, hello!!? Looked horrendously heinous! SO, I ended up spray painting the board satin black (bc that's what I had on hand) and then sprayed over it w/ a Matte Finish spray in clear. Then I put chalk on it and erased it off - and it ended up looking kinda like slate or something...I like it!! Then I stained the legs as planned, and they turned out as planned, luckily. :p |
Ann, that turned out great! I really do like the stained base better and your technique for the top looks fantastic! Was it purely accidental or did you have the chalk technique in mind when you started? I'm really loving the contrast. Makes me want to rethink my Ikea hacked work room completely. :) |
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Looks great! I'm thinking maybe some half round trimming on the edges? What color stain did you use? That color is perfect! |
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:mad:I need a new shower head with a hand shower. The new one is delta brand and was $50 from Lowes, I don't want to spend much more. We replaced it because the old one was really old and leaking at the top. The new one leaks worse. This is mostly an issue when I need to bath Lola. We've already got that tape stuff on the threads. I just had to wash her butt, her entire body got wet, my head and back are drenched, and the bathroom floor is covered with water. Plus the settings are basically dribble or power wash, so I had to use stronger water pressure than I'm comfortable with to get the soap out. I hate this piece of garbage and my mom jumped the gun and threw the old one out. |
Return it! Lowe's and Home Depot is really good with returns. $50 really is a low end price for a shower head. Every one I bought that was less than $100 with the hand held shower part always had leaked. Do you have a Habitat for Humanity/Restore store in your area? I've been to a few of them and they have lots of house stuff at really good prices when they do demos of houses or whatever. If you don't want to pay full retail for a new one, you may want to see if there is something like that in your area. |
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I am returning it, our old one was about $20 and worked fine until recently. The other issue with most of the hand held shower heads is they're huge, way too big to wash a small dog. Idk if there's a habitat for humanity/restore store in my area, I'll look into it, thanks. I thought about looking for something on amazon, but I'm not sure if I can return it if there's a problem. |
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Ann, I agree with Priscilla about the half round wood around the edge. I added a molding around my workbench top and routed it half round. I hadn't like the edge so sharp for me. |
1 Attachment(s) For all you pipe/industrial fans. I came back from lunch to find this on Pinterest! https://www.pinterest.com/pin/72550243973074347/ |
^^I saw that one also! The brick in the back makes me kinda dizzy. LOL. Well this isn't home decor, but I shop at Dollar Tree a lot and I got these dish sponges. They are a pack of 6 and are yellow with a green scrub pad. They last a really long time! Longer than the more expensive blue ones. I like how the yellow part is super thick. I'm still on my first one and it's been almost a month. These are better than the ones they had before that were 6 per pack, but these new ones have a groove on each side and they call it "nail savers", where your nails go in the groove. I feel silly recommending a sponge, but I cook about 2-3 meals a day and I do a LOT of dishes, 99% of it I hand wash, since it's just me and bf, it would take forever to get a full load in the dishwasher. Plus the cycle takes forever. |
Kitchen trends for 2015 https://homes.yahoo.com/news/5-home-...222652446.html What do you guys think? I've been seeing a lot of the handle less type appliances and I do really like the motion sensor faucets for less chance of cross contamination. But you guys know me, not into the modern style. Personally I don't like the handle less cabinets and appliances. I just feel they will malfunction some how and then how are you going to open them? Our dishwasher has the buttons hidden, and only the handle shows. Came with the house though, so I didn't pick it out. I personally want a convection oven. Had one before and it was so convenient. Microwave and oven in the same unit. Oh have you guys seen the microwaves that open like an oven? They usually have them built in over the oven so it looks like double ovens but one is the MW. I love those! Our MW is over the cooktop with the hood built in. I wish we could have a regular hood and MW in the wall. |
I'm looking online at shower heads, we were trying to get one from Lowes because we have a gift card, but they don't have much available in store and are more expensive. My mom finally admitted this shower head had to go after all 3 of us drenched the bathroom. I like technology, but I don't want my home and car covered with it. To me it's just more stuff to break and it'll be very expensive or impossible to fix. I do like the idea of counters that can be raised or lowered, I'm short so most counters are too high for me to comfortably work. |
Yeah my dad always said that about options on a car. Power this, power that, more stuff to break. How often have you seen a non power window not work? Once for me. How many power windows have you seen broken? Lots. Esp in our family we keep cars till they die. So I've always grown up with that, less "power" stuff the better. |
A bunch online at Home Depot under $50 $10 - $50 - Hand Showers - Shower Heads & Hand Showers -*The Home Depot |
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LOVE the commercial-y kitchen stuff...like those big Viking ovens or whatnot and extra large built-in/recessed fridges. Would LOVE a glass front fridge, but I'm not OCD enough to make it work and look all neat. |
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