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DIY: Watercolor Walls

July 21, 2015 • By

DIY:  Watercolor Walls

I’m sure you have seen all of the images of the incredible watercolor wall coverings going around Pinterest lately.  They are amazing.  I love the fluidity and the sense of calm it can bring to a space.

I wanted to create this look in the studio but I wanted to DIY it, rather than order a wall mural.

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I absolutely love the way it turned out!

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DIY: Making faux brick walls look old

June 24, 2015 • By

I love brick.

Painting faux brick walls is easy!

Brick walls, brick floors, brick ceilings.  Any and all of them.  Brick can really give a space a unique and textured look, whether left natural or painted.

I decided to add a brick wall section in the design studio for photographing furniture and I wanted it to look old.  I wanted character and layers of time.

Painting faux brick walls | Design Asylum Blog

The process was quite simple!

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Build Work Tables for Painting Furniture

June 9, 2015 • By

If you paint a lot of furniture you know what I’m talking about.

The bending, the up, down, over, repeat.  It can be a killer on your back.

That’s why we decided to

Build Work Tables for Painting Furniture

at the Design Studio.

Why, oh WHY, did we not do this years ago?

Design Asylum Blog | Build Work Tables for Painting Furniture

It was a face palm moment when I realized I needed these.  You know, one of those times when you are actually shocked at yourself that you had not thought of something sooner.

Especially considering how simple and cheap these were to build.

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DIY: file cabinet makeover

May 15, 2015 • By

Make your file cabinets look like

furniture with this DIY file cabinet makeover!

At the design studio, I need file cabinets near my desk.  If not, I file in the floor.

It’s not a good look.

But neither are file cabinets.  They are. So. Ugly.

So I decided to make my file cabinets pretty with this easy diy file cabinet makeover!

 Design Asylum Blog | DIY File Cabinet Makeover

It wasn’t hard at all!

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