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painting

Hilarious and stupid (in a good way!) home decor accents

Ok, fine: you don’t want to over-do it with ridiculous novelty shit in your house. But a few stupidly hilarious accents here and there? Come on. I know you’re feeling me on some Pac-Man wall decals or Hitchcockian bloody bathmat. Come with me while I pick out the best of the novelty mish-mash from Perpetual Kid, including soft-serve laps, retro door-stops, TARDIS USB hub, and the perfect Edgar Allan Poe painting for your goth foyer…

Make subtly sexy art with your partner

Are you in unique position where you’d love to make a giant piece of sexy art for your wall, but you really just want to spend all your free time having lots of sex? Well you are in luck because now you can do BOTH at the same time! Check out this subtly sexy art idea…

Time lapse video of a Halifax neighborhood painting an intersection/block partying it up

Recently, a neighborhood in Halifax, Nova Scotia got together to paint an intersection/have a block party. One of the people involved put together this time lapse video, and another neighborhood Homie let us in on the details, including an unexpected outcome from this community street art…

How to make your own shiny leaf art in 45 minutes or less

You know what you can make with $30 of art supplies and a few leaves from a park or your yard? AMAZING WONDERFUL LEAF ART to love forever and ever.

Spa green + zebra print = soothing but badass palette

I don’t know that I’ve ever seen a zebra print combined with this super soothing green color… the effect is simultaneously a totally relaxing but also a little bit badass. Of course it says something that this room was designed for a teenager, BUT I LOVE IT.

And wait until you see the bathroom

Paint your own ombre dresser drawers

Ombre — or having colors or tones that transition into one another other — is huge in the fashion world right now. This aesthetic can also be used in home decor, like with this ombre dresser.

11 ways to “happy-fy” your home

When my three-year relationship ended, I moved into an adorable little shoe box of an apartment and decided that this little place was going to be a bastion of joy and silliness and positivity, and that anyone who crossed the threshold would want to play Pictionary, talk to the cat, and feel happy and peaceful. So I’ve been slowly en-happy-ing my apartment, making it impossible to feel anything other than glee while hanging there. Here’s what has worked for me…

How to paint a chevron wall: I really really really wanna zig-zag aaahhhhh

I recently got the green light to paint our apartment. Its a lot to take on all at once, so I’ve been knocking it out in small chunks. This week, the entry way! After a debate of “is the chevron look already over?,” I got to work.

One of my most important tools was a Conair MORE BIG CURLS box. You’ll see why.