Wednesday, March 7, 2012

I was featured!!

WOW!! I am very excited to say my Bench Redo was featured on Share the Love Wednesday at Very Merry Vintage Style! Just wanted to send a shout out and thank you to Mary!!
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Sunday, March 4, 2012

Updated $5 Table

My daughter moved into her first unfurnished apartment this year so we spent lots of time revamping furniture. I wish I had my before pic but I did not even think about it. This was a 5.00 find at a local yard sale. She was curvy and sexy but she needed help. She had been scuffed and had water rings and just looked tired. So I gave this gal a new look. Something fresh for life with a college student. First I was just going to paint her white and antique but than I decided on the diamonds (my daughter is an ADPi and a diamond is their symbol) The blue is also their color and we were doing my daughters bedroom in black and white with blue accents.

I think I measured and remeasured a million times..I swore I would never so this patterns again..but as you will see next week as soon as I was done with this one I did another project with diamonds. LOL







We also found a cute pull at Hobby Lobby, but when I took this pic, we had not put it on yet..I also lined the drawer with scrapbook paper.





And here she is in her new home..






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Sunday, February 26, 2012

Yardsale Bench

I found this at a yard sale for 10.00..it was heavy and had good bones, but it needed some loving!











Removed the fabric and a million staples to find this stained silk fabric underneath.

No staples here just lots of rusty nails!




This is a swatch of a fabric I fell in love with last month but had no idea what I was going to do with it!






And this is her all redone..check out her sexy curves..









A little distressing here and there.








I think she is a keeper!




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Sunday, February 5, 2012

Coffee Table Transformation

This past summer I spent lots of time redoing furniture for my daughters college apartment. I found this heavy wood table at a local yard sale for 10.00. I knew it would work for what I was looking for. The structure was in great condition but the top did have some marks on it. No problem, no one would ever know that when I was done. We first removed the top and sanded and primed the table. I also love that it has a drawer and a shelf underneath!






Painted this baby black!

Padded and covered the top in fabric I already had. I planned on tufting but my daughter liked it like this. Now it serves as a great bench at the end of her bed. A great place to sit and chat with friends, a place for books underneath and a drawer to place papers in. We found a couple of baskets that sit on the shelf to keep things neat.




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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Wainscoting Overload

Over the weekend we painted the entry of our home. I was very excited with the color and decided to take the color up the stairs. Its a darker color so in the mist of painting I told hubby that we could offset the dark color with wainscoting that matches the wainscoting in the entry and dining room. of course we all know that one little project turns in to multiple ones. So I have gone through lots of photos to decide if this is what I want..and the answer is....YES..



Like this one above we will incorporate the handrain into the wainscoting




How about this very tall wainscoting?








I wonder why they did not build in the rain on both sides?















Fancy curve!




































So what are your thoughts?





































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Sunday, January 29, 2012

Entryway Redo

Have you ever just grown tired of a room? I did, it was my entry and as we all know thats the impression you give guests when they come to visit. The first impression! I felt my "first impression" was revealing that it was tired. When we moved into this home 13 years ago the owners had redone the house completely from head to toe, the problem is that it was barbies pink palace. From the pink raw silk drapes that hung in every room, to the expensive plush pink carpet. We has small children so we lived with the new carpet, but the pink wall paper and drapes had to go. The entry paper was removed and I painted the walls a bright green color and glazed it with black. I liked it..and for 13 years I kept it. But now it was tired and I was wanting it gone. I wanted something lighter..something that opened up my entry. I ended up picking lots of earthtones. As my husband says its all browns.. I perfer earthtones. Anyway this is what I came home with:








Six beautiful earthtones..my husband than went on a quest to match each of these samples to other rooms in out home. He failed..lol..I know what I have and these were all different!





After making the decision, primer went up and hubby proclaimed "there's no going back now"





The winner was Eddie Bauer "Fig"


Thinking I am loving the color against the wainscotting!




Before with the green/black color






After..yup..in love!














Everything just pops on the walls now!









Before







After









Not bad for a weekend project! Of course we still need to go up the stairs and the landing, add wainscotting along the stairs and restain the handrail. We also need a new front door, but this is a start and I am thrilled! Thanks for stopping by!


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Sunday, August 28, 2011

Magnetic Makeup Frame






My daughter moved into her new apartment at college a few weeks ago so we spent the entire summer painting, planning and making things for her apartment. This was by far one of the best things she found to make. We bought a 90% off frame from Hobby lobby, painted it, added a sheet of metal that we covered with wrapping paper. Tadaaa..add magnets to your makeup and we have a place to store all of your compacts. We also took two tomato paste cans and painted them black, also attaching them with magnets to hold her brushes ect. Great idea to keep makeup all the bathroom counter and all the wall! Joining http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/2011/08/pottery-barn-office-meets-ikea-welcome.html







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