An Upholstered Headboard from Grandma’s Piano

My daughter and I have finally completed another project using recycled parts from my grandma’s piano. We made an upholstered headboard for my daughter’s bed. You may have seen the entry table for our summer cottage that I made earlier using some of the parts. You can read about it here. This is what we started with before disassembling! My son and I disassembled the entire piano! I think I may be able to get 10 projects out of this one piano!! This is the part that we used. It is the...

Painting a Rug

I am always one of the last to get on any decorating trend. I have been thinking about this one for a while and finally got on board after looking for a rug but not being able to find one. I needed a rug for the kitchen to catch water drips in front of the sink and those coming off of dishes going into the dishwasher. I started by drawing the shape that I wanted and then cut it out of copy paper. Next, I traced this shape onto a file folder so that it would be stiff and used a an exacto knife...