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(^10) botanical
print
BUY: Audubon Print Set
$150 for 12; bellemaison
art.com
DIY: Download and print
botanical prints ($12;
oldartprintables.etsy.com)
on 8- by 10-inch card stock.
Frame in simple black
frames ($10; walmart.com).
(^9) wallpaper
BUY: Acadia Stripe Blue
Wallpaper $98 per roll;
serenaandlily.com
DIY: Using a yardstick and
pencil, lightly draw 2 lines,
1 1 / 2 inches apart, on a wall
painted in Decorator’s
White by Benjamin Moore.
Repeat across the wall,
leaving a 3-inch gap
between the right-hand
and left-hand lines. With a
(^3) / 4 -inch brush, paint the
pencil lines dark blue
(Champion Cobalt by
Benjamin Moore) and the
space in between the lines
with a^1 / 4 -inch brush in
light blue (Beacon Gray by
Benjamin Moore).
(^6) rug
BUY: Blue Jute Rug $417;
rugsusa.com
DIY: Place an 8- by 10-foot
jute rug ($230; overstock
.com) on a large plastic
drop cloth, and stain with
Procion Dye in Navy ($30;
amazon.com), taping an
8-inch border all around.
Allow two days (depending
on climate) to dry.
(^7) frame
BUY: Lucca Antique Frame
$61; houzz.com
DIY: Paint the inside border
of a plain black plastic
frame ($10; walmart
.com) with Stuart Semple
“Gold” acrylic paint ($12;
amazon.com) using a fl at
(^1) / 2 -inch artist paintbrush.
(^8) planter
BUY: White Ceramic Planter
$39; westelm.com
DIY: Paint a terra-cotta
pot ($20; homedepot.com)
with Krylon “Gloss White”
spray paint ($8; amazon
.com). Allow three hours
to dry.
NOTE: The planter on page
33 is also a (larger)
terra-cotta pot coated with
spray paint. The dusty pink
vase on the same page is
a glass vase coated with a
terra-cotta matte paint.
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