Today my Babes became a United States Citizen. Her path to citizenship started, unbeknownst to her, on this very day exactly ten years ago. Many of you are familiar with that story. For those who aren’t, you may click here to read all about it. Handan was living in Kazakhstan at that time, a single…
I came so close. I really did. It was finished! Well, except for the paint job, but that would have been easy. So close. But I wasn't satisfied. It wasn't perfect. So I had to go ruin it. A good dining table makeover gone bad... Back in the summer of 2015, The Navage Patch didn't…
Indian bone inlay furniture is beautiful, but it comes with a hefty price tag. You can get the same stunning look using stencils to create a faux bone inlay effect for a tiny fraction of the cost. In this post, I'll show you how to make a gorgeous faux bone inlay tray that won't break…
CONTINUED FROM>> About Us >> Having lived in Saigon with its scooter-clogged roads, intense and chaotic traffic was nothing new to us. But Gurgaon (and India in general) took the madness into uncharted lands. Whereas the Vietnamese roads made sense after a time - I like to think of them as veins and arteries…
Inexpensive solar landscape lights are great, but they suffer from two major flaws: broken ground spikes and clouded solar panels. In this post, we’ll show you how to upgrade those cheap lights into DIY Cedar Cube Solar Landscape Lights, and we’ll show you a simple trick to clear up those hazy solar panels. If you've…
In this vintage step stool makeover, I painted an old stool with a deep-colored chalk paint and then adorned the seat with a stunning mandala stencil brushed with dark silver and rose gold metallic paints. I've included 6 free mandala stencil files for both Cricut and Silhouette machines for you to download and enjoy! When…
Sometimes our heads make promises our bodies can't deliver. What seems like a great idea on paper might turn into an eyesore in reality. This is the story of a failed IKEA makeover that seemed so promising in my mind but never worked out the way I wanted. My mind's eye saw regal perfection: a…
CONTINUED FROM>> About Us >> Patch reader Bernice recently commented on my Anthropologie-Inspired Storage Cabinet, saying, "...if everything had gone smoothly…no entertaining story, right?" Her comment got me to thinking about how long it's been since my last installment in the Greg and Handan Epic Adventure (aka About Us) and why it's been so…
These DIY Wood Bead Garlands are so easy to make, and they'll cost you less than $10! Paired with some tassels (which we also show you how to make) and glass beads, these wood bead garlands are some of the easiest, cheapest and most beautiful decor items for your home! As we have quite a…