M.I.J. art

  I am following the trend and painting my chandelier.  Originally I was going to go with a basic color...silver or black.  I found this ...

      FHE Chalk Board     I have wanted to create this for my family for awhile and finally got around to it.        ...

I think I put off upgrading my kitchen because I only had about a $300 budget.  How can you make a 35 year old kitchen look decent with t...