Print Giveaway from My Etsy Shop at At Home When Im With You

Today the fantastic Katie from At Home When Im With You is hosting a give away for one print from my etsy shop - make sure to stop by her blog today or later this week at this post for a chance to win one!

Katie is a girl after my own heart who has a love for turning thrift store/craigslist finds into beautiful pieces. Here are some favorite posts! Giving thrift store chairs a coat of spray paint and selling for a profit, yes please! Who doesnt love adding to future projects budget! Im inspired to take a furniture re upholstery class after reading about her fabulous chair makeover!

Make sure to stop by and check out some of her projects and to enter to win one of my prints!

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Tips for Applying Nailtrim and what Im nailheading!

As I finish the cane chair, I thought I would share another project that Ive been working on ...

Yesterday I decided to put nailhead trim on our sofa. The other week I mentioned it to David and he was unsure, because of what was underneath ... so I forgot about it. Today as I was looking at it and I decided to try it, whats the worst that could happen a few little holes?

After applying nailhead to the Tufted Headboard and the Ottoman Ive learned what works best for me, so here are my tips!

First, one of the most important things is to buy better quality nailheads (i.e. not from wal-mart). It will help keep the nails straighter as they go in, mine are from DIY Upholstery Supply

Also, I like to use a tack hammer rather than a rubber mallet because I have more control (I havent had an issue with damaging the nail ... as long as I dont hit it too hard :) 

Heres how I do it:

1. Align the nailhead as close to the edge as possible to keep a straight line - this was pretty easy on the headboard since the wings didnt have a lot of padding, the sofa was a little more difficult.

When aligning the next nail, hold it above and center it, aligning it with the edge of the previous nail

2. Hold the edge of the nail with your pointer and thumb and lightly tap the other edge with your hammer until it grabs the wood

3. Hammer harder (once your thumb is out of the way!) till it is almost all the way down

4. Then tap back and forth until the nail is straight

5. and then hammer all the way!

It takes a little practice, but eventually you get in a rhythm and goes by pretty fast!

Its almost done - finished pictures soon!

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