A space of HER own!

Haven't been able to blog since the move to Texas, but so excited to be able to get my hands on the new house!  I so wish I was able to stick with one room at a time, but if I get an idea in my head, I just have to dive right in!  I've been decorating the study in our home, which has become my own personal space that I will use as my office/craft room and I am pumped!  Since my husbhand has an office the size of this whole house, and doesn't really work from home, I have staked my claim to the room.  Below is a sneak peak of a few projects that I am working on or have completed:

The whole inspiration for the room started with this

picture and an orange candle stick.  I knew I wanted

a punch of color, but needed to keep some black in

the room due to an oversized black armoire I already had

in the room.

 

Then I decided to include a punch of aqua.....

 

 

Amazing what a little fabric behind

picture frames can do, probably

putting a gold "D" in the middle

Recovered Pillows and cushion

 

Picked up some new self adhesive lamp shades

and recovered them with some fabric remenents

and leftover nailhead trim from a previous project.

A small simple desk given to me by a friend

painted black.  Currently looking for a chair

to go with it, and it as missing a knob, so

thinking of changing all the hardware out.

The folding screen had a makeover as well with

coordinating fabrics.  I will use this as a giant

bulletin board.

Gallery Wall in the making.  Decided to hold

off on painting the walls right now, simply because

I am wore completely out with painting the

old house before we put it up for sale.

Keeping it neutral for a while!

On the hunt for a few more things

for the room....chair, chandelier and maybe a rug

so stay tuned!

 

 

 



 



Summer Projects

Hope everyone's Summer has been fun!  It's been quite a while

since I've posted anything to my blog, so much going on this past year

but thankful to fit in a few fun projects. As you know by now I love repurposing

old things around the house, or from a thrift shop.  I always have my eyes

open for the unusual that has potential!  Below are some projects

I have recently completed:

First of all, how many times have you

passed up this eye sore at a thrift shop

or garage sale?  For $2 plus some old

paint, stencil and nailhead trim I had lying

around the house from previous projects

I came up with this cute sign for the

front porch.

BEFORE:

AFTER:

I had 2 of these parsons chairs

in the garage that I wasn't sure

where to put them or could

never find a cute slipcover for,

other than solid colors....so

I reupholstered them with

painters drop cloth from Lowes,

ironed on a "D" with printer

iron on sheets, and added

some leopard print fabric with

nailhead trim to the backs.  They

found a home in the corners of my

Dining Room.

BEFORE:

AFTER:

So many times I have started a project

and forget to take "before" pics, I caught

this shelf as I started painting white.

I found it at our local thrift shop for $20

It was dark brown all over.  I needed

some toy storage for my baby girls room.

After painting, I sprayed some adhesive to

the backs of the shelves and applied different

print fabrics to it.

BEFORE:

AFTER:

This Brass chandelier I found at

a resale shop in Dallas.  I removed

all the wiring and sprayed it white

for my patio.

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AFTER:

OK.......I don't even know what

to call this, all I know is it is a

wooden support frame that

came with my Sisters crib that

she custom ordered.  They

were throwing away 2 of them

and I thought just maybe I could

do something with it.  I ended

up covering one of them with

fabric and ironing on a

saying for my baby girls room.

Those printer fabric sheets sure

do come in handy!  I haven't

figured out what to do with the

other one yet.

BEFORE:

AFTER:

(My camera seemed to focus on

the chevron stripes, so I took

another close up, sorry it

might look blurry, but it

doesn't look like that in person -

it's way cuter :)

Another Thrift Shop find....6 of these little white

plates.  Thanks to Pinterest, got a good

idea on how to print off and make silhouettes.

I decopouged them onto the plates and

tied with tulle.  Below is the

grouping I made on Elle's wall.

BEFORE:

AFTER:

I chose to print 4 Disney Princess silhouettes,

but you can do anything you like!

Fabulous Finds for my Dining Room Makeover!

Below is a China Hutch I bought at Good Will for $150, in this pic I have already

taken it apart and removed the ugly chicken wire from the glass.   

 Above is a table and chairs that I bought off of a friend,

who bought it on Craig's List for $160.  So happy she sold it to me!

Below is the "after" along with painting I made

chair covers in leopard print with skirting made

out of painters drop cloth (found at Lowe's) super

cheap and love the linen look!

 I lined the back of the china cabinet with a silk

green fleur de lis print fabric, just made a template

out of wrapping paper, and used spray adhesive

to stick on the fabric.

I will repaint the Dining Room later, obviously I had

a lot of red accents and dark wood furniture before,

ready for something fresh and new, but got

to get the feeling back in my arms first!

What goes up must come down!

I literally hate taking down my Christmas decorations. I always seem to forget how to get everything back in its place. The house looks so bare, so I am taking it one room and one wall at a time, with probably many trips to Hobby Lobby in between. Here are some before and afters:

 Above, my hallway decorated for Christmas

and below is after.  I'm not sure if I'm done

it's a little off scale, but this wall can't take

many more nail holes!

 Above is my Dining Room buffet all decked out

for Christmas, below is what it looks like now.

 Since I love to repurpose things around the house

for the holidays, I took out the Christmas cutout and removed

the glass from the frame above and added a crown below

 Above - Christmas, Below - Everyday

 I found this crown and angel ornament

at Garden Ridge.  I hot glued it to

the middle of these plates from Hobby

Lobby.

 Below is a wall grouping above my Sofa

 Above - Christmas, Below - Everyday

Finally Finished, now if only the weather would cooperate so we could finish outside!

Living Room Tree

New Ornaments in Red and Gold I picked up this year

Pretty much obsessed with this wide velvet ribbon

I picked up from North Pole City, unfortunately I had my

husband go to the front to pay for it while I looked around,

he was not happy with the price, but it is worth every

penny!  Wish you could see the bling, it looks like

little diamonds and really sparkles!

First year to have the TV on the mantle,

so left me very little room on each side for

decorations.  This is what is on the left side

I've had the tall gold candle holders

in the garage for a while now, so I made

Christmas topiaries with them.

The ribbon in the garland I bought about 6 years

ago from Hobby Lobby.  Wish I had bought more

since I can't find it anywhere!  It's one of my favorites!

The skinny tree in the foyer

A light up snowman that made a great tree topper!

Ceiling in the foyer

Foyer table

Hallway decorating, I really don't

like the little sign in the middle, I might

take it down, it just doesn't have

a home yet.

The entrance to my Laundry Room

More hallway decorating