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If shipping is an option, you might try Couch in Seattle. It was covered on AT earlier this month. http://ecocouch.wordpress.com/

I just painted my bedroom in flat finish Natura. It went on smoothly and only one coat was needed.

They're cute, but are awfully literal. They make me think of a themed restaurant.

It seems like more of a one-off party decoration.

As others have said, landscaping would make a huge difference. You could break up the garage wall with an arbor that ran over the doors and protruded 24" or so. Then grow jasmine, wisteria, climbing rose, etc. Assuming there's earth on either in which to plant. Can't tell what's concrete and what's bare dirt.

I'm in the midst of landscaping the backyard and will use the money to buy a couple of trees. I'm thinking a Japanese maple and a crepe myrtle.

I believe the etching compound only dissolves plant fibers (in this case, the rayon). So you have to use a blend of synthetic (or animal, like silk, wool, etc.) fibers and plant if you want the opaque/translucent contrast. If you just used cotton, it would eat it all the way through.

That's cool. I'm curious why you dry fit the chair first if you were trying to get the paint in the cracks. Why not paint the pieces first?

A deco veneer dresser that was the first piece of adult furniture I bought after college. I still love and use it.

If you don't want a taught, tailored fabric wall, you could also run a length of thin aircraft cable from corner to corner (using eye hooks and a turnbuckle to make it taught) and get inexpensive clips from IKEA for drapery. Or use a traditional rod and rings or hooks. If you wanted to hang artwork or a mirror in front of the drapes, you could mount a knob or hook to the wall that would stick out between fabric panels and use decorative cloth ribbon instead of picture wire.