In our dining room, we have a cabinet that we use to store craft supplies for the kids. We put it together when we redid the room so that it could also be an office for me. It might make us sound a little bit like hoarders to say that the only thing we had to buy for this project was the green paint, which is Sherwin Williams’ “Alexandrite”.
The desk is a hand-me-down that we’ve owned since we first moved in together. We moved it in from another room and put a cabinet on top of it that used to hold jars of paint in my studio.
The burlap on the doors was left over from another project. I cut it to the size of the opening and tacked it to the inside with a staple gun. I love the way white ink looks on the burlap! Organic and earthy, but with lovely texture & detail.
The cabinet knobs came from Tulip in Rehoboth Beach- I already owned them because I collect cabinet knobs like some women collect shoes or bags. I love them because they’re affordable little pieces that can turn something ordinary into something really special. Very pretty ones can be had online, like these from Anthropologie (which I already own), or these from World Market (which I may own in the very near future).
This is just one example of how hand printed fabrics can add beautiful detail to your spaces. In general, I think handcrafted objects resonate with our souls and help to connect us to our surroundings. The fabric on this cabinet is my work of course, but I also have two treasured prints (next to the cabinet) created by my aunt, a print of an oil pastel by local artist Nick Serratore, family photos shot by a photographer friend, and a print from Baltimore Print Studios. There are two of my hanging light fixtures in this room also. When I’m working, I often stop to look at one of these objects and smile!
