a few of my favorite things

some seasons are so full of doing that it’s difficult to make the time to write about it. we’ve definitely been living in one of those seasons and wanted to post some of the work…

the elevator in our student activity center required a wall treatment that was 1) ding-proof and 2) nearly no-cost. i tried using landscape burlap as wallpaper- applied with a thick wallpaper adhesive. rejecting a linear approach, i tried my hand at “sculpting” the moistened burlap, leaving an opening for a stenciled design. it was a fun project and interesting to look at – and the risk factor is reduced inside the otherwise boring space of an elevator. what did i have to lose?

my office makeover continues – some interesting finds, some ikea pieces, and now a wall design. a $5 gallon of mistint provided the base color for the faded soft-white wallpaper stenciling application.

recently we confiscated a large amount of wood railing from a tipp city bank re-model project (our cost- $0). i have always wanted to flank the screen in the discipleship center with some kind of material that would ground and eliminate that “floating feeling” of the screen. artist-builder chad oler grasped this vision and totally delivered~! now we have a more professional looking stage for the price of the backing fabric ($25.)

our change the world conference begins tomorrow morning and we spent yesterday setting up our expanded bookstore (out into the worship area) to accommodate 1000 registered guests. it was stressful but fun pulling out tons of pieces from home and church storage. we used three elements throughout the set-up design: black fainted furniture, landscape burlap and old wooden crates. throw in a few lamps, rugs and votive candles and wha-la! a winning combination.

last but definitely not least is the massive painting project going on in the fort mckinley worship area. our makeover team has really pulled through and the color seems just right. it’s hard to catch the renewed beauty of this worship space using pictures alone – more next week after the carpet’s installed.

post your own favorite things. we’d love to see them!

God bless,
kim