Penny Rugs and More

Finding Stuff along the Way

noreply@blogger.com (Rag-a-Muffin Collectibles) — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:44:00 +0000

Gosh, it's been a long time since I sent something to cyberspace. I'm still here. Creatively stalled I must say. But always on the look out for inspiration, junk and worldly insight.

I've been reading a few books, Freedom, by Jonathan Franzen. I'm not a quitter, and this is really a strong example. It took me until the 300th page or so before I fell comfortably into the story. It was a tough read, but by the end I thoroughly enjoyed it. We've had nary a sunny day here this summer, someone mentioned to me the other day the catch phrase is, it's a "bummer summer". I just finished a Complicated Kindness, by Miriam Toews, and very happy to report that it was a fast read and worthy. An edgy, oddball story of a Mennonite teenager. In between the two I gobbled up my favourite author, Janet Evanovich's current installment of the likeable, bumbling bounty hunter Stephanie Plum in Smokin' Seventeen. So much fun! Good for vacation time.

So, you never know what you'll find when you out for a walk. Keep you eyes peeled. I recently NEEDED a milk glass shade for a vintage floor lamp (maybe it's antique by now). I had to pay real money, $35.00 plus tax for one. Chatting to a friend about it , she mentioned she was looking for one....I just knew that one would cross my path for the best price ever, free! There it was on the curb, with me trying to remember who the heck it was I knew that needed one!

I've been learning how to use my new Blackberry Torch's camera.

Here's some pics of the latest few things I found at the local market for the cabin.

Look closely for the blue glass ink wells and a new bell. Three's a collection. That's done!

The hand made hooked rug, a bargain at $5.00 - I LOVE IT!

Can't remember where I found this sign, but I had to share.

Okay she's not mine, (sniff) and I didn't find her on the side of the road,

but there may still be three left from the litter! French Bulldogs.

Tooooo cute!

There's got to be some inspiration here someplace.

Check my Etsy shop for penny templates. I'm always cutting pennies.

And I have several projects that I promise to share when I can get back to stitching instead of reading and working.

Pennies in Crochet!

noreply@blogger.com (Rag-a-Muffin Collectibles) — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 23:44:00 +0000

Crochet pennies with circles of wool, sure why not.

Remember there are no rules.

Granny squares in the round would be a penny. Crochet a three row, round penny. Stitch up varying colours, felt or not felt and make a penny rug. You wouldn't have to back them at all, no threads to hide. Just thread and hide the loose wool ends and quickly whip stitch your crocheted pennies together to make a mat.

Thank you to Crochet! Magazine for the link to my posting on

The Makings of a Penny Rug by Colleen MacKinnon (that's me).

What a great idea for a crochet project. Use up all your yarn scraps.

How very "make do", use what you have.

Check here to see the newsletter penny rug suggestion

on Crochet! magazine's website.

You can print their article for reference.

Has anyone started or made a crocheted penny rug?

Try a google image search, it's a great way to find some penny rug inspiration.

It's not a Valentine - just Lots of Love

noreply@blogger.com (Rag-a-Muffin Collectibles) — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 06:00:00 +0000

A quick penny rug gift for a visiting relative that collects hearts.

Have You Had Yours Today

noreply@blogger.com (Rag-a-Muffin Collectibles) — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 01:57:00 +0000

This is for you

Woolie Moravian Star Tutorial

noreply@blogger.com (Rag-a-Muffin Collectibles) — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 07:24:00 +0000

I'm so excited! I handmade my first Moravian Star!

I remember these quilted Moravian star shapes from visits to my grandmother's when I was young, they fascinated me. I was thrilled with this little vintage quilted one, pictured below.
My very good friend, Missy, picked it up from a thrift shop and gave it to me, several years ago.

Ever since, I have been looking and surfing for a pattern. I almost took this little one apart, it was close!

I could not find a pattern and fiddled with thoughts and ideas of how to make my woolie version.

Here's my version of how to assemble a Moravian star using fusible tape to wrap and hold the fabric shapes.

Yours does not have to be made of wool. Any fabric scraps will do.

Cut wool (felted or not felted) scraps into diamond shapes. You'll need quilt batting to place between your fabric and lightweight cardboard. My large diamond measures 3.5 inches along each side and across the middle, making it approximately 6 inches long. My smaller diamond is 2.25 inches along the sides and across the middle, making it approximately a 4 inch diamond.

I used the cardboard you would find on the back of pads of note paper.

Trim pieces of fusible webbing into narrow strips by cutting in half lengthwise.

Layer, fabric, quilt batting and cardboard. Iron all four sides and corners securely, with fusible webbing

You will need to complete 12 - 5 point stars, 60 diamond pieces in total.

Trim corners

With right sides together whip stitch two shapes along one side.

Continue in this manner until you have five diamonds joined

Pull together the first and the fifth diamonds and whip stitch to join.

Continue until you have six stars (three illustrated below)
(Six stars will make up one half of your completed Moravian Star.)

Begin to join your stars together, start with two, back sides together as below. Use a blanket or a whip stitch on the outside. I used black #10 crochet cotton and my #20 chenille needle.

As one star is joined, add another star. So that as you stitch completely around just one star you have five stars attached to it.

Now join the sides of the "side" stars, I used the edge of my ironing board to help support the pieces as I worked this stage. This is a bit awkward, but I know you can do it.

Here are six stars joined to make one half of the project.

Side view

Inverted view below of two halves of my completed Moravian star.

Turn one over the other, adjust until you have colours and the shape aligned suitably.

Begin stitching the two pieces to each other, working your way around the center. Be cognisant of the points, you want your stitches to work in any loose pieces of fabric.

As my thread gets shorter and the star is almost closed, I work my short thread back and forth through the padding of one diamond instead of having a knot show on the outside.

Back and forth, several times, catching a bit of the batting.

Pull snugly up on the thread as you cut it close to your fabric, the thread will bounce inside and be hidden.

Start a new knotted thread

pull your needle through a bit of fabric on the inside

then up through your last stitch, snugging the knot on the inside.

Continue stitching to the end.

I'm really happy with the finished result! A woolie Moravian star!

Visit my Esty Shop for templates for this project.

Stayed tuned for maybe some kits too!
Post Script (March 27/11 - 4 kits now listed in my Etsy Shop )

(wikipeida verison of Moravian Star)

Joining Thread - Penny Rug Tutorial

noreply@blogger.com (Rag-a-Muffin Collectibles) — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 17:17:00 +0000

I've been asked how I join my thread when I'm part way around a penny.
Mostly, I measure out lengths that will get me all the way around a penny so that I don't have to do a join.

As illustrated in a former post of mine,
stitching some penny stacks.
But, sometimes I will use some short lengths of thread, those precious hand dyed pieces.

Finish your stitch as below,

Bring your thread around to the back and make a careful back stitch into the back of your penny.

Try not to have it show on the front side of your penny.

As shown below, cut the thread and start a new one with,
again, a careful back stitch in the back of the penny.
A back stitch is a small stitch that you repeat upon itself,
essentially, back stitch on itself. It is very strong.
And it's not lumpy, like a knot

Then bring your needle up into your last blanket stitch.

In the fuzzy (sorry) photo below I've brought the needle up

so that I haven't skipped or changed my last stitch, just as though I didn't run out of thread.

Continue stitching

I'm working on a new penny rug tutorial,

single pennies on a cotton sack,

not done yet, but getting there.

Here's my rug so far.

Penny Rug Pattern

noreply@blogger.com (Rag-a-Muffin Collectibles) — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 16:15:00 +0000

All my secrets and tips in one pattern.

The way I put a penny rug together from the beginning to the end.

With colour photos and template sizes for you to cut out and use right away.

This rug project is the simplest way for a beginner.

Using the three stack with a self backing or what I've termed a "personal backing".

Essentially, a 4 stack, the fourth penny as the backing piece.

When these are all joined together you can have a rug.

The rug size to be determined by how many personal backed stacks you want to assemble.

I have a printed version that I will mail to you, free shipping.

Or you might want my "almost instant" to your inbox, email version.

The email Hit and Miss pattern

The email version of Mug Rugs pattern

They are listed for sale in my Esty Shop.

They are similar, so only purchase both if you want both.

The biggest difference is really the size of your pennies.

Smaller pennies, smaller rug. Bigger pennies, bigger rug.

If you don't use Etsy, send me an email request and I'll send you an invoice thru Paypal.

Make your rug the colour and size you want,

and remember

today’s handmade treasures are tomorrow’s treasured keepsakes.

From Sunny Yellow to Yummy Golden

noreply@blogger.com (Rag-a-Muffin Collectibles) — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 23:48:00 +0000

I pulled out the dye pot today.
Boiled up 24 black tea bags , added 3" and 2" pennies that I had cut from a yellow blanket ages ago,
a big glug of vinegar and simmered for a good long while (I didn't even take out the tea bags, lazy).
I rinsed the heck out of them and then spun them in the spin cyle and tossed them in the dryer!
They turned out really good!

I did make that sound easy didn't I?
Don't forget to wet your wool and squeeze it out before you add it to the dye pot.
Wet wool draws up the dye more evenly.
I used about 20 cups of water, maybe more...I have a big pot.
Mostly I don't measure, I just like to see what happens.
Black tea is just a great way to dull down any bright fabric. I buy the least expensive tea for dyeing.
Orange peokoe will give a pinkish sheen, so, I like to purchase the no name brands, non fancy black tea.
You can experiment with a bit of dye and tea.
I have turned grey blankets into an interesting green.

Nonna's Garden Shawl by Mary

noreply@blogger.com (Rag-a-Muffin Collectibles) — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:23:00 +0000

I commissioned my cyber friend Mary to (who by the way, knits the best socks) knit me "Nonna's Garden Shawl" by Knit Picks. It turned out lovely. Mary has been anxiously waiting for me to attach the lining. Done!

I added some embroidery to the poppies and the fushias, a little more blocking and finished the lining on Saturday. I used a lightweight wool blend in a complimenting colour. I think it turned out fabulous!!! I didn't follow the directions in the pattern as suggested to attach the lining with right sides together and then turn. That would have made the shawl "roll" and it would have consumed the green edging.

Instead, I turned back and pressed my lining along the edges, pinned it wrong sides together and stitched by hand a blind stitch all the way around.

It's so soft, warm and cozy. The Knit Picks wools are a Merino, Superfine Alpaca and Donegal blends. I know it was a super big challenge to knit ( Mary says it will cost the next person 4 million dollars!)

I really appreciate her work. I'm going to really cherish this shawl.

The jury is still out on whether I should had the fringe. Have a look.

If you need some hand knit socks I'll ask Mary for you.

More about Penny Rugs

noreply@blogger.com (Rag-a-Muffin Collectibles) — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:16:00 +0000

I just had a wonderful week off from work. Thought I'd spend most of my time stitching, but instead I golfed and read. Happy to say I finally finished the latest long read of
Diana Gabaldon's, An Echo in the Bone.

I'm also happy to say my golf game has improved!

What's this got to do with penny rugs you say? In my down time I surfed Amazon, looking for books and perhaps more inspiration. I know that hooking is in my future. I haven't hooked a rug yet.

I just have so much wool, there must be a hooked rug in me somewhere, sometime. So the reading begins.

I ordered some books about hooking and penny rugs.
I have just received "Penny Rugs" Sewing Wool Applique
by Janice Sonnen.

Lots of stitchers ask me if there is just one book that would help them. I think this is the book.

Janice has great photos and instructions of how to compile the items you will need, how to stitch a rug, a little bit about dyeing and lots of photos of finished rugs. Janice mentions how she had so much scrap wool from rug hooking she was always giving it away, until she discovered penny rugs.
My problem in reverse!
It's a really nice little book to add to your research/collection.

I also noticed, when reading through Janice's book, the direction she does her blanket stitching.
From the outside in, I stitch from the inside out.
As I've mentioned about penny rugs, there are no rules. And that includes the way you stitch!
Some stitch like Janice, some stitch like me.
Stitch a penny rug the way it's comfortable for you,
and you will enjoy it.
Don't force yourself to do something that is not your way.

Happy stitching and reading!

If you're looking for my templates,
I've restocked them in my Etsy shop.

Popularity of Wool Pennies

noreply@blogger.com (Rag-a-Muffin Collectibles) — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:25:00 +0000

Making penny rugs is becoming ever more popular. I see increasingly more sellers on Etsy.

Penny rugs are such an easy craft and very gratifying.

Truly, a small rug can be made from scraps and bits of thread.

Just like quilting.

"When life hands you scraps, make quilts" (insert) "penny rugs"!

Unlike cotton, wool is forgiving, when fulled/felted it doesn't need many stitches to hold it in place or keep it from fraying. A nicely felted piece of wool will not fray. Curves and corners stay put.

I was "fulling" more yardage the other day and was reminded, when I pulled a very fat, very small piece of wool from the dryer, how sometimes, it's best to start with a warm wash.
And in some cases, hang to dry is just fine too.
(I have an assortment of very thick wools that I've yet to find the perfect project for.)
Remember, it's experiment and experience.
-Go ahead and gain some, you will be happy and rewarded.-

So, it's not a bad idea to do a warm wash/cold rinse/hot dryer for the first go around.

If the finished/fulled wool isn't quite felted to your liking you can always toss it back in for a hot wash.

And don't forget if you have selvages on the pieces, rip or trim them off.

If the wool felts up well, the selvages will be all crunched up, quite a curly trim, to be sure.

The fibres next to them will be "bunchy" as well.

As for popluarity, a fellow Etsy seller has put together a Treasury of Wool Penny Rug sellers.

Including me!

Thanks so much to Darcy Ashton from Ashton Publications

Check out her wooly penny compilation, maybe it will make it to the front page of Etsy?

Here's hoping.

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c7cffa5a5948eef8d718c29/wool-penny-rugs?index=18

Here's a bit of a tease, and a precursor to a tutorial; I'm stitching!

Wool and Fibre Everywhere!

noreply@blogger.com (Rag-a-Muffin Collectibles) — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:12:00 +0000

I was looking for inspration and a weekend away.
The FibreArts Festival in Gibson's Landing
seemed like a fabulous idea! And it was.

There was lots of fibre to be sure. Wool, wool, wool. Spinners and weavers.
Merchants from around BC selling, showcasing and demonstrating their products.
Included was a beautiful juried exhibtion of finished work.
I'd left this until the last minute, so, sadly, I didn't attend any of the workshops.
But I nipped into one of the weaving classes and had a look around.
That was Friday morning.

I was lucky enough to have my bestest friend Marny come with me.

We had a lovely day venturing up the Sunshine Coast. It all started after a very early ferry ride to Gibsons from the Horseshoe Bay terminal. We were "so early" we had to find a coffee shop. How early were we? The Merchant Mall opened at 9 a.m. and we were in Gibsons by 8 a.m.!
(It wasn't hard to find Starubucks, I have a sixth sense about them.)

After seeing all the offerings at the festival and learning more about Gibsons from the helpful girls at the
festival information counter, our next desitnation was to find the "Yurts".

The home of the Fibre Works Studio and Gallery

More Fibre! And a glourious gallery currently showcasing mini quilts from across
Canada featuring the theme

"Synthesis"

– by the Studio Art Quilters Association. They were amazing.

I finally found a rug being hooked on a frame here.

The only rug I could find during the whole weekend.!

Sad, and no pennies or penny rugs to be seen either!

(I did, however, score several yards of very nice wool from the "New to You" (me)
booth at the festival for only a few dollars)

FibreWorks Studio and Gallery in a Yurt

Six Yurts in all...the tiny one is the washroom!

Very nicely done, one is the gallery, one the studio, one an office.

We found a craft fair in Madiera Bay, Pender Harbour, had some lunch, bought some trinkets and drove back down the coast through Sechelt and other little communites, stopping only for artsy adventure.

Afterwards, we checked into the Secret Beach B and B , really pooped by now we freshened up and went for dinner to Sita's Spag Shack.

Dinner was AMAZING and I can't say enough about how wonderful our stay was at

Kathleen and Peter's Secret Beach B and B. Breakfasts were scrumptious! We enjoyed the view of cruise ships along the Strait of Georgia from both our room and our sunny breakfast spot on the patio.

The weather didn't disappoint either.

Saturday we spent the day in Gibson's at the juried craft show, did the Gibsons Landing Art Stroll, shopped at Zocalo ladies fashions (I bought some new duds, love them!) and tripped into the local thrift shops.

There was local entertainment of course, the curious, the interpertive, the historic/native and the artsy!

We heard about the Gum Boot Cafe in Robert's Creek, but sadly they were closed at 5pm.

So, we ventured down to the beach and combed about, Marny found some nice black rocks...

We visited the Mandala community art project on the pier..quite amazing!

We ended the day with dinner at Molly's Reach!

Do you remember the "Persephone" Nick and Jesse's boat from the Beachcombers?

It's resting just above Molly's Reach on the corner of the main streets in Gibsons.

(Do you see the fibre art strung to the railing...these were hanging about town, even on the local statue!)

Thanks Gibson's Landing, we'll be back.

And the good news is....I'm inspired!

A Sunny Rainbow of Colours Runner

noreply@blogger.com (Rag-a-Muffin Collectibles) — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:39:00 +0000

Look at the colours in this one!

Now, hmm, how to hold them together so I can take them along or make a kit?

Butter yellow 3" circles and a collection of 3/4" from the rainbow.
This rug will be about 28" x 14.5"

This rug can be stitched to a full piece later, or different 3" pieces for self backings?

This could be stitched with all the same thread,

or use up lots of bits and colours,

making more of a rainbow.

(yummmmmmm)

Okay, ready to go -

Now here's a complete contrast.
How about "Down and Dirty" or it's "All about the Army"
This collection of army greens. What a great grubby runner this will make.
Stitch just single 2" cirlces to a feed sack or piece of linen or cotton. Line with something simple.

Have I got too many projects now, or two more kits?

A Bouquet of iPod Purses

noreply@blogger.com (Rag-a-Muffin Collectibles) — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:13:00 +0000

Ta da! Here's the ipod purses I've been designing for a special order.

I've lengthed my penny purse pattern to 11" to make room if the ipod has a

case like mine does. This also allows for ear buds to connect through an eyelet.

Work the eyelet about .75 to 1 inch in from the side and

about the same measurement down from the raw top edge.

The blue and the black iPod purses and these new Penny Ring pincushions are in my Etsy shop.

Summertime and the Living Is Easy

noreply@blogger.com (Rag-a-Muffin Collectibles) — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 01:32:00 +0000

iPod Penny Purse

noreply@blogger.com (Rag-a-Muffin Collectibles) — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:00:00 +0000

I'm making up some of my Penny Purses in iPod size.

So a Penny Purse for your Pod, giggle.

Follow me or follow my Penny Purse tutorial to make one for yourself.

I'm going to make this purse slightly longer than my Penny Purse tutorial.

Try making flowers by snipping out small bits around a wool penny,

it takes some practice, just do little snips.

I've lengthened the pattern to 11" x 4" and added an eyelet

on the left side approx 3/4" in from the raw side edge and 3/4" down from the top edge

What do you think?

The earphones have to be stuffed into the purse, no special pocket.

I'm going to play some more with this design.

I haven't stitched the flowers down, thinking I like them floppy and didn't want to get crazy stitching if this one was going to end up in the chopped up pile like the first one an hour ago. (The purple one in above group photo will not be offered for sale....it will become a new pile of purple pennies....)

Everybody Stretch

noreply@blogger.com (Rag-a-Muffin Collectibles) — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:58:00 +0000

Here's a stretch that I've been practicing alot lately.

I highly recommend this for all stitchers.

I either have carpal tunnel or plain old arthritis...lucky me.

But this stretch is helping alot, my fingers are not going numb like they used too.

It's a good thing, stretch, stretch, stretch.

Straighten out your arm fully and pull back on the hand to be stretched with your other hand.

Keep your forearm and wrist straight and "square".

(I took this shot with my chin, good, eh?)

Try it on both hands, the one that says oww is the one that needs stretching!

My New Studio

noreply@blogger.com (Rag-a-Muffin Collectibles) — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:16:00 +0000

All set up and ready to play, um, stitch.

So happy it's done. It is smaller that's for sure!

I don't think I can stuff another bit of fabric in here.

Time to get cutting again and stitching.

Lots of ideas in my head to share.

Barbara, you've been waiting a long time, I'm going to start those ipod purses, really I am.

Yellow, green, blue? Will be adding flowers, flowers, flowers.!

Stayed tuned for more

Getting Back to the Pennies

noreply@blogger.com (Rag-a-Muffin Collectibles) — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 05:05:00 +0000

For all of you that have been waiting,

I've just finished another batch of templates and have listed them in my Etsy shop

So sorry for the delay.

I'm having a real live garage sale tomorrow June 6 and then again June 19
check my other blog for Online Garage Sale Items

All the things that are not wool related have got to go!

I've held on to lots of doll making supplies and patterns from my craft show days.

I'm staying put in the woolie world and will have some projects back in the works soon.

I've almost got things to order. Photos soon!

Teddies and Santas

noreply@blogger.com (Rag-a-Muffin Collectibles) — Sat, 29 May 2010 22:15:00 +0000

Hop over to my On Line Garage Sale and see the

Teddy and Santa patterns

that I'm purging and offering up for resale.

Here's a sampling.

I'm getting back to normal. Stitching and template making,

"Before's and After's" soon to be posted.

Keep checking back!

On Line Garage Sale - Open to All

noreply@blogger.com (Rag-a-Muffin Collectibles) — Tue, 25 May 2010 14:07:00 +0000

Nothing like having a party and not letting anybody in!
Sorry about that! I forgot to set "open permissions" for my other blog.

I'm hosting my On Line Garage Sale there.

Please stop by, visit, drop me a line.

Let me know what you can't live without.
Give me an offer I can't refuse and I won't refuse it. Shipping extra, if you live close by, I'll hold the item(s).

Let me know if you need more details on anything,
I was taking alot of pictures last night and there is much more stuff to come!

My On Line Garage Sale!

noreply@blogger.com (Rag-a-Muffin Collectibles) — Tue, 25 May 2010 05:23:00 +0000

Okkee Dokkee! I just finished posting over 100 hundred photos of lot items that I need to clear out of my studio and house. I just can't fit it all into my new smaller space. This is barely the tip of the iceberg! There will be more! I used to make dolls and santas and refinish any piece of wood furniture I could get my hands on! This may be your lucky crafting day!

Help me out here, let me know if you, or someone you know, have a need for the items I'm passing on. Make me an offer I can't refuse and I won't refuse it.

I will however need to charge you for actual shipping. I'll figure it out and let you know. If you live close by, I will put the item(s) aside for you.

Grab a cup of coffee, or tea and sit back and check out my On Line Garage Sale items.
Here are some samples,

Let me know what you like and have to have!

Still Working on It

noreply@blogger.com (Rag-a-Muffin Collectibles) — Mon, 24 May 2010 15:27:00 +0000

Still working on the project! It's really nice but so much more work than I thought it would be.

As I move things into my new tinier space,
I'll be letting some things go.

Have to purge 220 sq feet down to 135 sq feet.

I think I'll have an online garage sale, anyone interested?

I promise to make more templates this week, stitchers are asking!

Red Letter Day - Drum Roll Please

noreply@blogger.com (Rag-a-Muffin Collectibles) — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 03:07:00 +0000

Where has the time gone? Let's review MY time line. We packed up the Christmas tree and my studio, the day after Boxing Day 2009. Went on vacation for a month and thought, "oh gosh, a little renovation, won't really take that long, not like when we added the second story.
This is a piece of cake..."

Anyone got a fork? Poke me, I'm done.

Here we are April 19, 2010. The drywall partition has come down. The painter is here. (Poor guy, taking all the flack for wet paint.) You know, when the colour is all wrong and you were sure it would be right, and then it drys..reminding you that you shouldn't have looked in the first place.
Hang in there Robert, Colleen's just tired, she just wants back in her studio.

Back to the partition,
drum roll please.....
this is Henry "the best carpenter in the world" removing the partition to the master suite!

Looking in...

Looking out...

Yup, the stacked up stuff in the Billiards room and Sitting room is, yup, still there.

Does anyone have a magic wand for rent?

Willing to pay top dollar.

Today's gift, the joy and ability to not have to walk outside the house to walk inside the house.

Tomorrow, another paint swatch.

(pssst...thank you Missy, and ,we forgot to look at the tile, it really does look better in real life)

The Colour and The Crown for the Master

noreply@blogger.com (Rag-a-Muffin Collectibles) — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:53:00 +0000

This week has been all about trim!

Will be changing out all the mitred casing to butt end Craftsman style casings, baseboards and sills. Keeping it simple. Adding a simple crown, not a Craftsman crown, but not too fussy or Colonial either. House isn't Craftsman or Colonial, more west coast Californian? Heck if I know...cedar bungalow come two storey, come renovation, etc., etc.!

So, think of me as I pick out paint colours this week....

Love the crown!

decisions, decsions.

Red hall wall

bright sunny day!

lovely red cabinet for masterbath

Lovely stand alone ebony sinks x2 for masterbath (Costco)

Granite top and undermount sink, all assembled! With upper and lower drawers.

Inexpensive porcelain tile that really resembles marble. It will be bright in the dark corner shower, with stone floor (think ahhhh, spa) and a few punctuations of the trim cut into a few corners of the stacked porcelain

12 x 24 inch tiles.

Getting there is half the fun?