So lately my creative inspiration has been on fire! No longer bound by the ‘shoulds’ and ‘ought to’s’ I find myself been fueled polar opposite looks. I am simultaneously inspired by bold bright colors and soft muted earthy tones. I used to think it had to be all or nothing: either all out bold and [...]
Coming Soon to AfroMartha: Case Studies. Being the owner of a Century old home has had it’s ups and downs, I must say. My home has so many *ahem* character flaws charms I’ve often wondered if the previous sprayed some magic dust in the air in preparation for our viewing of the house. Surely that must [...]
Ah, the humble ubiquitous placemat. You know, the round ones made of woven spun polyester, or maybe even straw. I don’t know why, but I just love them. Maybe it’s because they are inexpensive, come in many delicious colors, and are widely available. I never just see them as placemats though. I always look beyond [...]
I was inspired to share this after visiting one of my favorite blogs: I heart organizing. She shared a few ideas about DIY storage items using things you may already have laying about. When ‘getting organized’ the temptation is usually to overlook what you already have on hand and go out and buy the pretty [...]
As you may have noticed, AfroMartha was down for a couple of weeks. There were some behind the scenes technical issues, but all is well now. There have been a lot of changes in my life while I was away. Too many to go into details here… During my bloggy sabbatical I found the passion [...]
Remember a while back when I said I was finally going to design my first fabric line? Well, I’ve had the designs for a while now, but I kept futzing around with it. I found myself stuck in perfection mode…couldn’t decide on colors, etc. I also took a few detours, did a few home projects [...]
And the parade of projects continues, thanks to this highly unusual spring into summer we are enjoying. I just got around to recovering an $8 chair I picked up a couple of months ago from my favorite spot, the goodwill outlet store. I actually rather like the fabric that’s on it. It was just beat [...]
In my five-cent tour of my new office, I promised that there were some smaller projects in the works. The first on my list is the lighting. My newly fabulous office deserves more fabulous lighting, dontcha think? I trolled my favorite thrift store, The Goodwill outlet, for a new-to-me fixture. I didn’t have to troll [...]
So now that I have built the wall and door, all that remains is to paint and move in! Yay, Oh happy Day! (Read about that in Part Uno) I had originally wanted to paint The Office a swoon-worthy dark gray, as I’ve pinned and houzzed. La Princessa of course thought this was such a [...]
So the last week has been quite productive for me. It was especially productive because my beloved van decided to conk out on me during a run to lowes. Luckily I didn’t have any big items in the van at the time. Of course the unfortunate event would fall during my 3 whole days off [...]
