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This Christmas, I found one of the cutest toys ever at Toys R Us: Calico Critters. Each Calico Critter family consists of different animals with adorable names like the Furbanks Squirrel Family and the Hopscotch Rabbit Family. Like My Little Pony and Strawberry Shortcake, this is a come-back toy from the nineties. I was mad jealous of the girls that smuggled their animal families out during recess. Back in the day, they were called Sylvanian Families. The current toys and accessories look just like the originals: fuzzy animals with quaint, Country Living style houses and furniture. Last week at Goodwill I happened to stumble across a very new looking Caramel Cat family which I promptly scooped up and brought home. Finally, after twenty years, I have my own! At least for a week or two...until I come to my senses and give them away to some unexpecting child that will actually play with them. Here's the Caramel Cat Family posing with Meatball, I couldn't resist doing this: As you know, I love miniature things, so I don't think you'll be surprised that I made a mini play room by recycling random odds & ends from my studio. Because Sylvanian means forest related, I decided to give the little toys a woodsy theme. I'm going to tell you how to make these little accessories for your kids...or if you're a weirdo like me that loves tiny things, you can make them just for the hell of it. Tiny Art Easel I used two clothes pins for the base along with a popsicle stick and tooth pick for the support bars. Everything was hot glued together and painted a happy shade of sky blue. The boards are made from two tile samples. I painted the textured back side red and attached them to the base. If you cant find tile samples, use thin pieces of wood or cardboard scraps. The little paint tray is the lid from a container of dental floss. Pony beads make messy little jars of paint, and sections of a toothpick work well as paint brushes. Table, Stools, and Tea Set The table was very simple to build. A large wooden bead acts as a base with a button underneath for balance. The tabletop is made from the three legged plastic thing from a pizza box. After snipping off the legs with wire cutters, I sanded down the bumps using a nail file and topped it with a circle of wood grain contact paper. You can also use a wooden disk from the craft store or cardboard for the surface of your table. The stools are made from two wooden rings (old game pieces from Goodwill), two wooden wheels, red t shirt material, and a cotton ball. In place of the wooden rings, use plastic water bottle caps or large, flat wooden beads. First, I set a bit of cotton on the cloth, then a wheel on top of it. I pulled the fabric and glued it underneath to create a toadstool cushion. The rings were painted white and hot glued underneath the cushions. The last step was adding white dots with acrylic paint. The tea set is made with a collection of random beads and buttons. For the tea pot, I painted a large wooden bead blue and snipped apart smaller beads for the handle and spout. Tiny Wagon (ignore the text on this photo. I gave this wagon away as a free gift) A little Altoid tin makes the perfect base for a mini wagon. After drilling four holes in the bottom of the tin, I painted it with several coats of red. The black tires are made from buttons. I drilled holes in them as well and glued them to the ends of a segment of wire. Two sections of wire were pushed through the holes in the tin, allowing the tiny wheels to spin. The handle is a black zip-tie. Before painting the tin, I glued a sewing pin (bent into a rectangle) to the front of the wagon creating a small ring. The zip-tie was glued to the ring. To cover the axles, I cut a section of red fabric to fit inside the wagon. The tiny bear is from a craft store. Aren't they so cute? What will my next project be? Little beach toys or a mini play house? The possibilities are endless! If I'm still excited about them next week, maybe I'll make little costumes. The toys are cute, but the clothes could use some help....

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With six people in our family our calendar is FULL. If we don’t have an organized method to keep track of events, things will get missed. We have tried many different family command center variations. Wall calendars, clipboards with lists, chalkboard and dry erase weekly planners. You name it and we’ve probably tried it. It’s easy to get lost in the many beautiful command center ideas you find on Pinterest. One aspect of the typical family command centers that has been our downfall in the past is that our schedules often change throughout the week. This involves a lot of erasing and re-writing, which often doesn’t get done. It’s hard to trust a planner that might be missing something. I always found myself reverting to my trusty Google calendar. When we moved to a new house, I found myself wondering why we couldn’t just put our Google calendars up on the wall. Then, events would automatically update as they were scheduled and we all could see where everyone was supposed to be and when. A quick internet search showed me lots of great digital command center ideas to get started. Check out the photos below to see just a few. Click on the images to link to their sites for more information on each. Let’s get to making our own! I did some research about the various options, figured out the size we’d need for our wall, and began the planning process. Keep reading to see the materials used and steps followed to make ours. Supplies: Screen with HDMI input First I tried out a TV we had that wasn’t being used. It worked great but was an older model that could only be displayed in landscape orientation. I ended up ordering this computer screen that could be used in portrait mode. Raspberry Pi 4 – I used the Labists Starter Kit, which comes with everything you’ll need to get started USB mouse and keyboard for initial Raspberry Pi setup (Once configured, the Pi can be operated from its own peripherals or another computer connected over the Internet). Screen wall mount – This is what I used but you may need something different for your screen. If it’s small enough, you could also just support the screen with your frame. Infrared Touchscreen Frame (optional) – I plan on making our command center interactive at some point. Kreg Jig Drill 1-1/4″ coarse thread pocket hole screws Level Tape measure Stud Finder Boards for frame 1×3’s Molding for frame – optional Miter saw Don’t forget safety gear like eye protection, sanding mask, and earplugs when using your saw. Wood Glue Clamps Black latex paint Velcro strips with adhesive Step 1: Set up your Raspberry Pi Set up the Raspberry Pi and attach it to your screen of choice. If you need help with this step you can check out this post on how to set up a Raspberry Pi. During the digital dashboard setup process, you can use a USB mouse and keyboard attached to the Pi and then disconnect them when you’re ready to hang it on the wall. Another method is to set up remote access to Pi so you can work from your laptop or desktop computer to control the command center. I’ll do a future post explaining how this can be done. Step 2: Connect the Pi to your wireless network Click on the wireless icon in the upper righthand corner of the screen and choose your network. Add a password if needed. Step 3: Configure the command center You could also save this step for the end, after everything is mounted. There are multiple options for your display. The two that I looked into are: Dakboard – You can create and customize a digital wall display on their website and it will run on your screen through a wireless connection. There is a free version and tiered premium versions with more options. MagicMirror² – A free, opensource, modular option that takes a little more effort to set up but is more customizable. Most people use one-way glass over their screen for this install, to make it look like a mirror that has digital images coming out of it. Here’s an example of a MagicMirror shared by Amy Lee Bennett on medium.com: Step 4: Mount the screen on the wall I decided to mount the screen first, and then build the frame around it. My reasoning was that the screen needed to be very secure. I planned on adding a touchscreen interface in the future and we didn’t want little fingers accidentally knocking the whole thing off the wall. This is the TV Wall Mount I used but you may need to find something different that will work for your screen. Since we chose to mount the screen sideways in a portrait orientation, I attached the wall mount turned sideways as well. As you can see from the picture below, our screen is wider on the bottom than the top. This meant that either the right or left side would be wider once the screen was up in position. The way our screen is set up, the mount attaches to the thin side. If I had simply to mounted the screen sideways, it would have hung on the wall with the thin side close to the wall and the thicker side pushed out at an angle. To remedy this, I added washers in between the mount and the wall to push it out enough for that side to be even with the thicker, bottom part of the screen. You can see below how the mount is pushed off the wall with washers. The two screws on the far right are secured into the stud. The two screw holes on the left wouldn’t reach the next stud and drywall anchor wouldn’t work with my washer tweak pushing out the mount. To give the entire setup a little extra stability, I used some supplies we had in our garage to make one of these screw holes connect to the next stud over. Here is the screen mounted: Then, just because I was worried that the sideways mount might not be secure enough, I attached the bottom of the frame directly to the wall under the screen. I screwed two pocket hole screws on each side directly into the studs with a 1×3. This screen isn’t going anywhere. Step 5: Add the IR touchscreen (optional) The IR touchscreen is something we hope to use to make our command center interactive. We have grand plans to have individual screens to show each family member’s schedule and to-do list. Check out the Youtube video below to see a sample of what the touchscreen can do. It’s from Smartbuilds.io and you can find more great projects on his site as well. To install the touchscreen, I simply clicked the corners together. Then I added the sticky backing that came with the kit and stuck it onto the monitor. Step 6: Add the frame The next step was to build the frame around the screen. I measured and cut 1×4’s to fit and secured two of them together with pocket holes. We wanted to maintain access to the monitor controls and the Raspberry Pi later so I left one board separate. This side was added later onto the frame with velcro. I painted the boards with one coat of black latex paint. You could add a second coat but I liked the way it looked a little distressed with just one. At this point, I also painted the bottom of the frame already attached to the wall. In the photo below you can see the top three sides of the frame just sitting on the bottom one secured to the wall. I felt like I could have stopped here but I had some molding that I thought would look nice around the edges of the frame to make it look more finished. Using our miter saw, I cut the molding ends at 45 degrees to frame the edges. Don’t be afraid to cut the pieces a little too long and then keep slicing small pieces off to get the molding to just the right length. It beats having to go back to the store because you wasted an entire piece on a cut that’s too short. After I had the frame the size set, I glued each piece individually to the 1×3’s of the main frame, but not together at the corners. This way I could remove each side individually if I need access to the monitor or Pi in the future. Here are a couple close-ups of the molding: It turned out pretty nice! Now I need to play with the Magic Mirror modules a bit and tweak the screen setup. I’m working on future posts about how to use Magic Mirror. If I can do it, with absolutely zero coding experiences, you can too!

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Hello! Welcome all my new Email Subscribers! I believe a lot of you are new from the perk of joining our Private Nesting with Grace Facebook Group. I have over 600 new requests that we are working on adding today. If you are not a part of our private group and want to be join HERE (promise we will get you added!) One question I have gotten from several readers is "How do I make my home cozy??" I gave 4 simple tips that I think anyone can easily apply. Also added another video from my Instagram Stories when I styled our bookcases in our front room- they are super cozy and I hope the video helps you! BTW- we keep our wireless printer in the cupboard below the open bookcase and a ton of books that we don't want displayed right now- it is OK to not have every book you own in your bookcase! I snapped this grainy- imperfect picture when my home was feeling super cozy and imperfect. I think that is the key to remember- cozy is NOT perfect! Read the post HERE

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In France, hanging art salon style means putting lots of different paintings together on one wall to create a focal point.Salon style dates back to 1670 and the French Royal Academy of Art and Sculpture.. Around that time, the Academy began exhibiting the works of recent graduates at year's end. In order to fit them all in one room, the curators would arrange the works next to and on top of each other, something that had never been done before.The style caught on and was first embraced in this country by Minnesota lumber baron Thomas Barlow Walker. From him, it spread to other Gilded Age giants like Pierpont, Morgan and Rockefeller. As an admitted Francophile, I've always been a fan of salon style walls.It's a gallery of a wall, like an art exhibit that you make yourself. Usually the edges are not aligned and there's a mix of styles, sizes and colors. Salon walls have more of an eclectic look, and feel no need to match frames or position the pieces in a perfect grid pattern. It uses a variety of frame styles, frame details and frame colors.There are no rules, but there are some strategies or your wall design can be completely random. Choose any arrangement pattern you like and apply it. You will soon notice that your house will become a gallery because the moment people walk in, the arrangement is the magnetic force that pulls them to take a closer look. Charlotte Moss Enjoying art is one of the great pleasures of life. Too often art gets put on the back burner when it comes to home decorating. It's remarkably easy to showcase what you have by creating a salon style art wall. carointeriors.files.wordpress Lovely wall!! A wonderful Salon Wall in Hubert & Isabelle d'Ornano's flat in Paris Scott Sanders demystifyingdesign.com thingsthatinspire.net Besides being a terrific way to display your collection, salon style display has the added benefit of turning a wall into your own personal gallery. littlegreennotebook.blogspot. In Europe, it remains commonplace to hang images and other objects in this fashion, certainly among the art lovers. thedecorista.com Your Salon Wall doesn't HAVE to be on a painted wall!! architecturaldigest... An example of the English style Salon Wall thefullerview.tumblr.com Nicolette Le Pelley laurakmintz.tumblr.com Nothing quite shows off colorful art like a white wall. This is why it is common to see white walls in art galleries. iatek.tumblr.com It isn’t about expensive work or even “important” work, but a desire to have visual access to many objects we love at once. brabournefarm.blogs... emilyaclark.blogspot.com The rhythms, textures, colors, and dimensions of the pictures displayed need to harmonize. Charlotte Moss In other words – too much variation will result in a mess! Instead, seek a sort of balance, as the combination of paintings, drawings, photographs or other objects as a whole forms its own composition. architecturaldigest.com themarionhousebook.com theartfullifestyle.blogspot.com Those who love and live with art know that the eye “needs to rest” moving from one composition to the next. And yet, for some of us, there’s rest enough in the playful, chic, and eclectic display of floor to ceiling visuals – if it’s done right. goodbonesgreatpieces.com www.atlasobscura.com If you are going to create a wall of lots of small items, you MUST be committed to keep them straightened. Nothing looks worse and ruins the look you have tried to create than a messy Salon Wall. This one is bordering on it and the eye really notices since the objects are close and have an order. pinterest.com Individual collectors gravitate toward salon style too, often finding that groupings of smaller works add charm to an otherwise broad expanse of unadorned wall. christies.com casacara.wordpress.com With a tape measure and a few simple tools, you can have your own miniature Louvre right in the living room! homewarestudio.com I like this all white salon style wall. pinterest.com Before pulling out the hammer and nails, decide your layout first. So what’s the best part about salon style? There are no rules. Just make sure nothing is hanging obnoxiously crooked and you’ll be just fine. Here are some designs you help you get started. southernliving.com Grab a friend or two and have a picture hanging party!! Trace wall art in craft paper then you can play with the arrangement on the wall. Use painter's tape.....any other kind will pull off your paint. Now before hanging the pictures you will know where to put nails. The site below will show you how to accomplish 3D layered gallery wall displays. http://inmyownstyle.com/2011/02/how-to-create-a-3-d-gallery-wall.html Click here to see the previous post! http://eyefordesignlfd.blogspot.com/2013/07/decorating-with-gallery-walls.html This blog post was published by Lisa Farmer

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