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Posts tagged “January Jumpstart 2008- News”

January Jumpstart: Congrats to the Midwest Winners!

While we have to say we think everyone who took part in the January Jumpstart project ended up winning since we all made an improvement to our homes, it's time to give a special shout-out to the entr...

The Judges Choices: Heather Blaha - AT: Chicago Co-Editor

To Contest Page Info and All Entries Another judge shares their choices: Heather Blaha, co-editor of Apartment Therapy: Chicago. All her top picks are below the jump... ...

January Jumpstart Roundup: AT Editors' Projects

This past month both the AT readers and the AT editors tackled projects around the house - some big, some small, some finished, some in progress...all interesting. Next week we'll be announcing the s...

Janel's January Jumpstart Project: Desk Redo #4 - Finished!

Finished! I'm very happy with my "new" white desk. It's super glossy and has the feel of a lacquered piece, which was what I was hoping for. You can see the reflection of the black box in the surface...

CHI January Jumpstart Judge: Heather Blaha

Name/Title: Heather Blaha, Apartment Therapy Chicago Co-Editor Location: Rogers Park, Chicago Introducing our first January Jumpstart Judge, Heather. She'll be helping to award our six Ebay prizes ...

January Jumpstart Entry Roundup

We are experiencing a little bit of technical difficulty on our contest page - the "Link to All Entries" is giving us a hard time. We'd like you to be able to check out (and vote on!) all the project...

Jessica's Jumpstart: Photo Box Face Lift - AFTER

Mission accomplished! I was able to fix my previous cutting error by placing leftover strips of paper over the mis-cuts. I thought that layering a bunch of verticle strips on the front would only ...

January Jumpstart: Deadline Moved to Tuesday 1.22.08

Hey, fellow project do-ers - Monday is a holiday, so y'all have an extra day to get your project entries in for a chance at the $250. eBay gift card prizes (we're giving away six!)...click here for t...

January Jumpstart Inspiration: Splatgirl's Custom Table

Some very enviable DIY chops on display. Splatgirl took on a big project and the results look totally pro. The style? To use her term, Modustrial. The inspiration? Some cool red casters that shes had ...

Janel's January Jumpstart Project: Desk Redo #3

The mid-way point of projects is often the hard part...you are too far in to reconsider and often the light at the end of the tunnel seems very dim. For this installment of my January Jumpstart proje...

Jessica's Project: Photo Box Face Lift - DURING

My January Jumpstart is so easy, I almost feel embarrassed detailing the steps. Yet when it comes to your home, any little bit of work is good work and not every project has to be a big one. Ste...

January Jumpstart Contest: Submission Form and Prizes!

Hey all you DIYers out there, we're sorry we've been so slow getting this up, but we wanted to try a new way of accepting entries in the hope that it makes it BETTER and more reliable. We've gone and...

Janel's January Jumpstart Project: Desk Redo #2

My last project post was all about the shopping (the oh-so-easy part) but in today's thrilling episode, I actually do a little work - the prep. I notoriously am impatient at the start of a project....

Jessica's Project: Photo Box Face Lift - BEFORE

Shield your eyes! Wanting to participate in the January Jumpstart but not having a lot of time, I'm going to take on an obnoxious little thing that's been bothering me for awhile. I bought this ph...

January Jumpstart Inspiration: Melissa's DIY Projects

Melissa and Matt's Design LabOne of our house tour recipients, Melissa (a hardworking interior design student), has a whole apartment full of good DIY ideas - like her use of a blik sticker as a stenc...

January Jumpstart Inspiration: DIY Projects for the Home

Shannon & Emmett's From Factory to FamilyIn hopes of inspiring you to join us in doing a January Jumpstart project now to share with us later this month, we pulled photos of successful DIY project "af...

Janel's January Jumpstart Project: Desk Redo #1

Now that our January Jumpstart contest is underway, I'm working hard behind the scenes here at home - it's not easy sanding and painting in between publishing my posts. Just kidding- the bulk of my p...

January Jumpstart Project Preview: Desk Redo

Coming up in January, the readers and editors of Apartment Therapy and Blueprint/Bluelines have the opportunity to jump in and get a project done - together. We're hoping that with the support of th...