tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56903088332942646632024-03-05T00:52:42.619-08:00Decor SanityJenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05272469206789653399noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690308833294264663.post-77219872934056252822014-03-12T15:45:00.000-07:002014-03-12T15:45:43.274-07:00DIY Master Makeover Reveal <center style="text-align: left;">
I finally put the finishing touches on my Master Bedroom, because frankly I need somewhere in my house that feels finished.</center>
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So I wanted a place in the house that is clean, finished, and not under a centimeter of dust. So I finished my master bedroom. Yay!</div>
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When we bought the house, this was the room. It had a nice rust paint job and pet-stained carpet.</div>
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This room as been a bit of a projectpalooza in the last few months, including a<a href="http://www.decorsanity.com/2013/12/time-to-make-bed-literally.html"> hand-built bed</a>, <a href="http://www.decorsanity.com/2013/12/hand-painted-duvet-cover.html">painted duvet cover</a>, and <a href="http://www.decorsanity.com/2014/01/envy-green-campaign-dresser.html">dresser-turned-TV stand</a>, and it's all finally come together!</div>
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My last project was these fabulous mid-century nightstands. </div>
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I found them at a used furniture store and bought them, and forgot about them in my garage.</div>
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I was thinking I needed new nightstands and was searching Craigslist when I heard Mandi from <a href="http://www.vintagerevivals.com/">Vintage Revivals</a> yell in my ear, "Rock what ya got Jen!" OK, <i>maybe</i> she didn't yell in my ear actually but<i> maybe</i> I just had read her blog and it was stuck in my head. Or <i>maybe</i> she yelled in my ear, who knows. You saw my kitchen, right? Hallucinations are part of the package when remodeling. There's a little crazy in that dust.</div>
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So I remembered the nightstands in my garage, and dug them out under the insulation, behind the bikes, and on top of another forgotten piece of furniture. Does anyone else's garage look like this? Yikes!</div>
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A little sanding, staining and some paint to the drawer fronts, and they're perfect!</div>
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My husband's side of the bed has a few of his favorite things..including a vintage map of Burgos, Spain (where he lived for six months) and a Vinyl Joshua Tree album. Best album ever!</div>
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My side of the bed includes some of my favorite things, like a signed copy of an Angels & Airwaves CD (favorite band), a box for my many home decor magazines, my <a href="http://www.decorsanity.com/2013/12/its-friday-im-in-love-scrapbook-paper.html">scrapbook paper wall art</a> and a poster I made...<br />
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...to remind me to chill the heck out sometimes. Love that saying!<br />
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I just want to sit in my room and never leave it, but I guess I gotta keep going on that kitchen. You can only cook so much out of a dust-covered microwave! And Mandi, if you read this...you totally yelled in my ear, right? Oh well, I'll have to check to see if the domain name www.decorINsanity.com is available.<br />
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I woke up yesterday morning with a whole plan of how my day was going to go, and what I was going to get done. I was planning to finish this half-bathroom, where I am working on baseboards, planking, and finishing touches on the vanity:</center>
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Let's just say it didn't go the way I had planned. But when you are a DIY GC, you gotta learn to roll with it...and quickly!</center>
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Since I have been doing a lot of work like building 2 bathroom vanities and cutting molding outside, I closely monitor the weather every night to see if I have to break down everything I'm doing and bring it inside the crazy crowded garage. Although the forecast was clear skies, I quickly realized the wet morning fog was not going to help my day. I got my husband out of bed so I could drag my half-finished wet bathroom vanity into the house to dry it out. It ended up in my boys' bedroom. And yes, that is kitchen junk on shelves in their bedroom right now. We are living in a crazy construction zone!</center>
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Last week I had two pony walls for the shower, one on the left (10 inches) and one on the right (24 inches) and then the glass door would go between. Well, the plumbers were here and I had them seat the toilet, and DOH! the toilet went past the pony wall. Which meant the glass door would open into the toilet. So, I had to take out the small pony wall on the left and build the pony wall on the right bigger 10 inches. You can see the extra piece I built in the picture. Super fast, of course, because the tiler was on his way!</center>
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As I was finishing the pony wall and the tiler was unloading his equipment, a dump truck showed up with gravel for the concrete for the new addition. It was a really big dump truck and I had no idea he was coming. My husband's car was sitting at the end of the long driveway, and was locked with a key in it, and I couldn't find the other key, and he wasn't home. So this is what a ginormous dump truck looks like when it comes within 4 inches of a car you can't move:</center>
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After the tiler showed up and got started I got a call from the counter company that my pieces of cultured marble were ready for the bathroom. I am putting 5 1/2" strips of cultured marble (solid white) on the edges of the pony wall, shower threshold, and walls to the ceiling for the glass to sit on. Also there is a seat in the shower so the seat will be out of cultured marble too. I got in my car and drove a half hour to the place to find out they were all wrong, wrong, wrong. </center>
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Here is an education if you don't know how cultured marble is made (because I didn't!!). I thought they made it into slabs and cut crisp pieces out of it for back splashes and other straight pieces, like the strips I wanted. But, noooooooooo. They pour every single piece of it into a mold. So the edges come out bumpy and curved and crappy, unless you specifically ask them to polish them up, and you have to order extra length so you can cut the curvy crappy edges off to form a straight edge. So I went to pick up a bunch of pieces, and only ended up with one:</center>
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On the way home from the unfortunate cultured marble education session, I got a call that the kitchen cabinets were being delivered. 3 hours earlier than they told me and about 2 weeks earlier than I originally expected. So I came home and scrambled to clean out my living room for them. And then the delivery guy showed up. </center>
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This is what my garage looks like right now, crazy town. And I haven't had a spare 2 hours to get it organized. Again.</center>
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When my husband came home, we started to tackle getting the kitchen cabinets out of the driveway and into the house. First the boxes came into the house, we opened them and took out the cabinets, and then the boxes came back out.</center>
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I have decided being a General Contractor is a very hard job, and my hat goes off to those that do it and do it well. If you decide to do it yourself, get ready to roll with the punches...or you will get knocked out! I'm luckily still standing after yesterday. I'm going to go work on that bathroom now, unless my phone starts ringing again or someone unexpected shows up. Ahhh, the joys of remodeling!</center>
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Well it is one month into the big remodel, and I am in full-on remodel and project mode around here. Things are getting crazy. And really dusty. And my kids are doing things like eating chocolate cake for breakfast.</center>
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The weather here in San Antonio has been crazy and unpredictable, which only adds to my remodeling issues. It will be 70 one day, freezing the next. I posted this picture on Instragram that showed the tiny little white ice balls that showed up one morning... </center>
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When it is freezing outside, I don't want to work on my projects in the garage, and I have several. Like the two vanities I am building that I can't finish because I do most of my building in the garage and outside.</center>
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This is the ceiling on the half bath, above where the sink will go. There is a round light box for a pendant, a new fan on the left, and a new A/C duct on the right. Boy, bathrooms have lots of parts!</center>
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The full bath has a shower pan installed and a new tile floor!</center>
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Juan, my worker bee friend who does all of my framing, drywalling, and trim couldn't come on Thursday or Friday, so I hung the drywall in the half bath myself. Here is the toilet area...</center>
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I know it's not the prettiest job, but it doesn't really matter in most of the bathroom (except the sink wall), because I am starting to plank it.</center>
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Those two pieces took me about 1/2 hour to do because of the crazy angle. I had to make sure it was perfect. I have lots more to do, but I've got it started. Bad news is that it's supposed to rain the next two days and I cut my planks outside, so not sure when I'm going to get back to it.</center>
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Yesterday was a beautiful sunny day, so Juan and his crew came over to remove an eyesore from the back of the house. It's hard to see in this pic, but there is a huge, poorly built double-decker wood patio on the back left of the house.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So don't open this door...<br />
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Don't open this door downstairs either.<br />
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Because there are lots of nails and scary boards down there too.<br />
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And for sure don't tell my kids that if they pull the trampoline just a little closer to the house, they might be able to use this door after all.<br />
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I'm trying to keep emergency rooms out of the picture, thank you very much. Even though he's been told "no getting in the dumpster" repeatedly, my 7-year son was still found playing barefoot in the dumpster, so who knows. Apparently Juan tried to scare him from getting into the dumpster by telling him there was a snake in it. Doesn't Juan know that is exactly what will make a 7-year old boy get in?<br />
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If the weather cooperates, big changes are coming this week, like a new concrete foundation for the kitchen addition. I'll be sure and keep you posted!<br />
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Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05272469206789653399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690308833294264663.post-48922390969521298372014-01-23T15:18:00.000-08:002014-01-23T15:20:55.009-08:00The Counter Top Question: Granite, Quartz, or (Say What?!) Porcelain?<center style="text-align: left;">
Well, it's day 13 of the big remodel, and my house is covered in a layer of concrete dust.</center>
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Because the bathrooms-to-be look like this (keep in mind these photos are taken in the dark, the bathrooms have no electricity in them right now):<br />
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Yes, there has be a whole-lotta jackhammerin' going on at my house. This is what happens when you want to make one toilet into two. Well first your plumber grunts and groans and tries to talk you out of it but eventually succumbs to your reasoning, and then this happens.</center>
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And the house before that was quartz, and the house before that was laminate. And this house right now is (yuck!) tile. So I've lived with them all.</div>
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From the get-go, I've been thinking that I would use two different types of counter materials: Quartz on the outer counters, and Granite on the island. </div>
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So I headed out on the town and pretty quickly found Quartz that would work on the three counters (a medium to dark brownish gray). A color I really like is Hanstone's Tiffany Gray. It can be seen in this picture from Houzz:</center>
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So, then I started looking for Granite. In my head the granite I want is very white. It would be marble if marble wasn't so difficult. While browsing on Houzz, I discovered the perfect granite which really isn't granite, it's apparently Quartzite. It has lots of names, one is "White Fantasy" or "Super White", and it looks just like marble but isn't high maintenance and stain-able like marble. Here is another picture from Houzz with this quartzite counter:<br />
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Gorgeous, right? But super elusive. I've been all over town looking for this, and it's like the Loch Ness Monster or Bigfoot. People are claiming to have seen it but no one has proof. I think there may be a counter top conspiracy out there to frustrate me: "Look, she's coming! Hide all of the White Fantasy!".</div>
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The only Brazilian Quartzite I've seen looks like this:</div>
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It's hard to tell, but it has a lot of brown and cream tones. And of course, it's all the most expensive class of granite, "Exotic".</div>
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So as I was getting ready to leave the granite supply place, she asked me what style I was looking for. I explained to her my dilemma and she pulled out some samples of something "brand new" that "no one else in San Antonio has yet". Well, of course, my ears perked, what could this be? What did you say again, Porcelain counter tops? Like what the toilets are made out of? She pulled out some samples, and they were gorgeous! They actually had a slab of it on the floor:<br />
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This was in one of the colors I'm looking at, called "cement". The most beautiful thing is, it all has a honed look, it's not glossy like Quartz or Granite usually is. It has a matte finish. And from what the brochures say, it is more durable then Quartz or Granite. This is what it looks like in a kitchen:</div>
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And best part is, it is supposed to be cheaper than Quartz, and some Granite. I am going to get it priced out, and I'll let you know. The mesh backing said that is manufactured in Spain (eeeek!). I love Spain! Maybe this was meant to be!</div>
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The product is called Neolith, and apparently it's super popular in Europe. It is just making its way to the United States, and is starting to get used. It comes in a whole range of colors, some solid some patterned. I am super excited about the possibilities! I am thinking of doing the whole kitchen in Porcelain, or maybe a Porcelain/Quartz combo. White Fantasy can stay just that, a fantasy--I want Porcelain! Or as the Spaniards say, "Quiero Porcelana!"</div>
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I’m late to the campaign furniture party, I know it. I was
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When I saw them I think I heard angels singing. I became
obsessed with searching for campaign furniture because I HAD TO HAVE A CAMPAIGN
DRESSER. The more I looked at Pinterest
and blogs, the more I realized other people had already discovered this wondrous
campaign style, and so finding what I wanted became very illusive. Until one day, thanks to the wonderful world
of Craigslist, I found what I wanted. Unfortunately it was in Mesa, Arizona,
about 4 miles from my old house. Drat! What is a girl to do? Call her Daddy and
Mommy, that’s what. And, being the very supportive parents that they are, raced
to the store and bought it for me. So after Thanksgiving break when we visited
the parents, I brought home some very precious cargo:<o:p></o:p></div>
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OK, my kids are precious too, but I may have left one or two
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When I got it out of the car and got a good look at it, I
realized it needed a little love. Well I had enough love for this thing to go
around, so that wasn’t going to be a problem! The previous owner was very misguided in campaign furniture,
because he or she painted over the beautiful brass trim. Yikes! So first things
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I also cut two pieces 10" tall for the sides, a piece for the back, and a 1 x 2 for the front of the hutch.<br />
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I attached it all together with wood glue and pocket hole screws.<br />
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I put it on top of the dresser for a test run, and it was a perfect fit!<br />
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And now it was ready to paint! I was super excited about using my paint sprayer that I used on my <a href="http://www.decorsanity.com/2013/12/time-to-make-bed-literally.html">four poster bed</a>, but I wasn't excited about doing it outside. The combination of the breezy weather and bugs that were bound and determined to commit suicide in my paint job made it tough. If only I had a paint tent. That's the beauty of the internet, of course someone has made a super easy collapsible spray paint tent! I found a tutorial for one<a href="http://makelyhome.com/50-diy-collapsible-spray-paint-tent/"> here</a>.<br />
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And a paint tent is born! Right in the middle of my super packed garage!<br />
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I gave all of the pieces a good vacuuming and wipe down, and into the tent they went.<br />
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I put the dresser up on blocks and the hutch up on a table so I could easily get to each part. I pulled the drawers out just slightly and sprayed them sitting in the dresser. And then I put on my best shower cap and painting clothes, all the way down to my husband's tube socks (and important--respirator!!) and hopped in the tent. By showing you this picture, it is obvious I have no pride. None at all.</div>
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The finish was gorgeous. I kicked it up a notch in the paint quality department used Sherwin Williams Duration Interior Acrylic Latex in a satin finish. And the color really is "Envy". I wanted to see if I could get away without using a clear coat on top, so I picked a good paint in a good finish, and I am really happy with the results.</div>
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The beautiful hardware turned out to be very hard to clean. I tried all sorts of methods, including Brasso, but nothing would get the tarnish off of the hardware. So I turned to my husband, who's career as a Dentist makes him particularly good at polishing things. He got out the Dremel and got to work.</div>
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I used my drill and a 2 1/8" hole bit to put a hole in the back of the hutch for cords and cables.<br />
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I attached the hutch to the back of the dresser with flat brackets, one on each end of the dresser.<br />
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Then it was time to put the polished brass back on the dresser, one piece at a time.<br />
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I added some brass corner pieces I found on eBay to the hutch, and put the TV, DVD, and cable box under the hutch.<br />
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I added a few things to the top of the dresser, and some pictures above the TV, and I am really excited how it turned out:</div>
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Here are a few more detailed shots of my new campaign dresser/TV hutch:<br />
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If you find a book in a thrift store that has your name as the title, and the text is in French, buy it. You may need to put it in your room.</center>
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This is the happy view I have of the TV from my bed...and an even happier view of the piece of furniture holding the TV:<br />
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I added a couple pictures above the TV. They are pictures of Spain and Italy that we took when we went to Europe for our 5th anniversary, many anniversaries ago. They are still our favorites.<br />
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I used some gold glittery scrapbook paper and made my own photo corners to the pictures.</div>
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I can finally put my campaign obsession to rest, with my new campaign dresser all settled in it's new home. Now I just have to find the next thing I can't live without!</div>
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This post is linked to <a href="http://missmustardseed.com/2014/01/furniture-feature-friday-favorites-link-party-20/">Miss Mustard Seed</a> and <a href="http://www.remodelaholic.com/2014/01/link-party-features-jan17/">Remodelaholic</a> and <a href="http://tatertotsandjello.com/2014/01/link-party-palooza-two-wonderful-giveaways.html">Tatertots and Jello.</a></div>
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We have begun to work on the bathrooms as "Phase 1" of the bathrooms/kitchen remodel and I am very excited to get going on this project. My kids are another story. They walked into the house after school with debris everywhere and work-peeps walking about, and were not happy to see their house torn apart. I heard a few, "I can't live like this!" comments. Boy, they have no idea what's about to hit them! I guess they just like things they way they are. Should-a had a different mommy, then I suppose....cause this stuff is about to go crazy town!</center>
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I know, not super attractive, but it does look better when we bought the place:</div>
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Yikes! Yes, that is super fabulous silver/gray faux paint. And yes, the former owners stripped the light fixtures from the house.</div>
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And by the afternoon, the hall in front of it and the former butlers' pantry behind it were all exposed. No more arch! No more closet! No more bathroom! Just lots of holes and pipes.</div>
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And while I was managing all of this my 4-year-old daughter took a picture of my 7-year-old son and they put it on Instragram, with a filter and everything. Little genius poopers!</center>
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I suppose if my kids can creatively occupy themselves while everything is going awry, they'll be just fine. Unless you see a post from me in the future titled "Day 293 of the Big Remodel", then you can certainly expect some sorta mutiny at my house. Well, I'll just make sure and hide my phone with the Instagram account if that happens. :-)</center>
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Happy New Year! I have been working on the beginnings of a big remodeling project here at my house, and when people ask me when I'm going to get started, I say, "at the first of the year". Well, it is here. So I better get serious!</center>
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When we bought the house, we knew immediately the kitchen had to go. It is tiny with no cabinet space. It has cheap cabinets, tile counters, and a huge peninsula jetting out from the pantry that makes you have to walk all the way around the peninsula to get to the garage or the boys' bedroom on the other side of the kitchen.</center>
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And we moved into it, knowing we would have to change it. I was so grossed out by the thought of preparing food on the grout-filled counter tops that have had who-knows-what on them that I bought a stainless steel table to act as a temporary island and prep space. But it is tight! I have to be careful about opening the dishwasher and the pantry door, there is only about an inch to spare on either side of the island. If it shifts (which it does all the time) you're in trouble.<br />
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We bought a refrigerator and dishwasher we liked, knowing they would stay in the remodel. I bought a used range for about $250 and a microwave from Sears' outlet for $200, knowing those wouldn't be staying.<br />
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There is a bedroom (not shown) to the left of the laundry room. It was used as a study, I think, by the previous owners because there were no closets and no bathroom. But since I have four kids, and two of them are currently residing in that study-turned-bedroom, we need a full bath downstairs. Those two kids have been showering and bathing in my bathroom upstairs for 1 1/2 years!</div>
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It's hard to tell, but behind that beautiful oak tree is a wood deck that cuts into the floor plan of the house, and makes the kitchen too small. So we are going to tear it all down, pour a new foundation, and enclose the patio area for a new dining/eat-in kitchen area.</div>
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1. Tear down the back patio and pour a new foundation, frame the addition to the great room/kitchen.</div>
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I better get to work! I'll keep you posted on how it's going. I'm sure it's going to be ugly, but I'm super excited. No more tile, no more kids in my shower (well, that probably won't change), no more peninsula! Oh and did I mention I am not hiring a general contractor, I am doing all the bidding and subcontracting myself? Yikes! Bring it on, 2014!</div>
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If you haven't noticed, I'm kinda re-doing my Master bedroom (or maybe doing it in the first place?), one piece at a time. I made a bed, and some bedding to go with it. My husband said, "we really need something on that wall." I agreed, it was always in the plan...but once he pointed it out, I really wanted something there. And then I got an idea, and I couldn't stop until my idea was complete.</div>
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I had this picture above my bed a couple of houses ago, and it's a big one--about 40" x 40". I really liked the picture and it went with my paint and bedding, but it no longer worked with my color scheme. </div>
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The picture has been sitting behind a sofa in my bedroom since we moved in. I thought, "the space is big on the wall, the picture is big, why don't I reuse that picture somehow?". I know, pure genius in action. ;-)</div>
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I removed the backing from the picture. It was a really nice professionally-done framing job, which meant dust protection on the back and lots and lots of staples.</div>
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But what to put in the frame? I had been toying around with using the title from "our song": It's "Friday I'm in Love, by the Cure". I know that dates us, now you know how old we are. </div>
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Also I pinned the back of this chair on Pinterest, the gradation of color has always fascinated me:</div>
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I knew I wanted to do something like that for a project, and here was a project needing something so, BAM! Match made in project heaven.</div>
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First I went to the craft store and bought a bunch of square scrapbook paper in the colors I wanted to use. I also happened to buy another craft punch (love these!) in the shape of a 2" circle. All of these things were 50% off so my grand total investment was $20.</div>
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It took me about an hour to punch out all of the circles, which my 4-year-old daughter put in little piles for me. She loves to be my assistant.</div>
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I started randomly lining up the circles on foam board, starting with darker colors at the bottom.</div>
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I decided pretty quickly that although I liked the colors, I didn't like all the white in the background. So I started to experiment with squishing the circles together.</div>
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I discovered a pattern that I liked; kind of like a cloverleaf where one side of each circle overlaps the next side. I then taped the back of each cloverleaf.</div>
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I continued to line the colors up to the top, going back and making my little clovers and taping them on the back until I was finished.</div>
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I then started gluing the clovers to the board with a glue stick; starting with the bottom row and side row to get the spacing right. I overlapped the clovers the same way as each clover, so that every row the circles went on top of each other the same way.</div>
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I purchased some letters in vinyl from an online retailer, the capitals being 4" high. I placed them on the paper, and I was a little nervous that the vinyl would tear the paper circles, but it stuck beautifully.</div>
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Now to deal with the black frame. I wanted it white. So, out comes my beloved spray paint! Whenever I spray paint a frame that was custom framed I always leave the glass in. This is because if you are lucky enough to get the glass out of the frame without breaking it, you will probably break it when you try and get it back in. Trust me, I've broken my fair share of glass.</div>
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So when you set up the frame (with glass) to spray paint, you have to support the glass off of the surface you are spray painting. I used scrap 4 x 4 and 2 x 4 pieces of wood. The frame will hang on the glass. </div>
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I used roll of painter's paper and carefully slipped the paper between the glass and the frame. I secured the paper to the glass by using more scrap wood as weight.</div>
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I lightly sanded all the way around and inside the frame so that the paint would adhere better to the frame.</div>
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I reassembled the frame with the glass, mat board, and my paper creation. When I went to get the cardboard backing, I found this artwork:</div>
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If I leave any large open surface in my house for any amount of time, my assistant adds her special touches to my project. Here is the final piece hung on the wall of my bedroom:</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">I do love this new piece, and I smile when I look at it every day. Sometimes I sing these totally appropriate lyrics of one of my favorite songs: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">"Monday, you can hold your head</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Tuesday, Wednesday stay in bed</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Or Thursday watch the walls instead</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">It's Friday I'm in love"</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;">So now I have something to watch on the walls, from my bed. While holding my head. And not just on Fridays!</span></span></span><br />
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This post is linked to <a href="http://www.remodelaholic.com/2014/01/link-party-and-features-jan-24/">Remodelaholic</a> and <a href="http://tatertotsandjello.com/2014/01/link-party-palooza-dollar-tree-giveaway.html#more-59138">Tatertots and Jello</a>.</center>
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I have sewed many-a-pillow in my life: pillows with piping and trim, bolsters, cushions, you name it. I have discovered the easiest way to make a pillow or sham with a removable cover so it can be removed for washing. And it does not involve zippers, thank you very much!</div>
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For this project, I wanted a sham to match my newly painted duvet cover, so I had to paint it first. This sham is Euro size (26" x 26"), so I cut my fabric 27" x 27", to allow a 1/2" seam allowance all the way around the pillow.</div>
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I placed the square piece of fabric on plastic.</div>
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Since I was making a pinwheel design on the pillow, I ironed some creases in the fabric to show center and also thirds going up and down the square.<br />
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I taped off my first triangle to the center and taped it.<br />
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Then painted it.<br />
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I continued all the way around the fabric, using the creases as guides.<br />
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I added some had-painted gold stripes between the triangles of color, let it dry, and then heat set the fabric, the same way as the duvet cover. I then washed it in cold with the duvet cover and let it air dry.<br />
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It washed up perfectly!<br />
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To make the pillow cover, you will cut two pieces of fabric for the back the same height as the pillow front, and each piece needs to be approximately 2/3 the width of the pillow width.<br />
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Press the inside edge of the fabric, rolling it over twice and sewing along the seam creating a nice clean edge for the pillow "pocket".<br />
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Place the front of the sham on a flat surface with the right side of the fabric facing up. Line up the two back pieces with the right side inside (facing the front of the sham), overlapping them. The edges of the pack pieces should line up with the edge of the sham front.<br />
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Pin the outside edges of the sham, trimming any extra fabric so they are the exact same size.<br />
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Sew all four sides, all the way around, like a box. Trim the corners so that when you turn the sham inside out you will have a nice crisp corner.<br />
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Slide in the insert and you will have a perfect sham with crisp edges, every time! And if you need to remove the insert to wash the cover, it's super easy.<br />
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I built a new bed, and painted it bright white. My old duvet cover was ivory. I belong to the "don't mix white and ivory" club. So as I was finishing my bed, I knew it would need a new duvet cover, so I made this one:</center>
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If you're like me, you have things in your head that you want to find, but never can. Fabric, accessories, color combinations--you name it. Also if you are like me, I am sorry for you, because you have a crazy head full of crazy ideas. Ideas that you feel compelled to bring to fruition.</center>
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I decided on a color scheme for my bedroom that was a little random:</center>
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Dark denim blue, coral, grass green, gold, gray...no way was I going to find those colors together in anything. So what's a girl to do? Create her own! I was inspired by Mandi at <a href="http://www.vintagerevivals.com/">Vintage Revivals</a> when she created this <a href="http://www.vintagerevivals.com/2013/09/plywood-pinwheel-art.html">art piece</a> for a friend and fellow blogger, Maskcara.</center>
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I liked how she off-centered the pinwheel. I decided I wanted something like that for my duvet cover, but big shock, it doesn't exist. So what's a girl to do? Make her own, that's what! I bought a cheap <a href="http://www.target.com/p/room-essentials-duvet-cover-set/-/A-14290766#prodSlot=medium_1_1&term=white+duvet+cover">white king sized duvet cover from Target</a>, this one:</center>
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It was only $35, and it was in the store. I figured if I messed it up, $35 was not the end of the world. Although it is thin, it did wash up with very few wrinkles, which I like. You have to be sure and pre-wash the cover to remove any sizing in the fabric.</center>
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I made a template that showed the colors and pattern of what I was going for. I made it in Adobe Illustrator, but I'm sure you could do the same with Photoshop, or even easier, a piece of paper and colored pencils or crayons.</center>
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You need to line the duvet with plastic sheeting (available in paint section at Home Depot) at this point. If you don't, the paint will seep from layer through layer and will make your duvet stick together, and stick to the surface too. I trimmed the plastic to a little larger than the cover and pinned the edges of the duvet through the plastic to keep it into place.</center>
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I love duvet covers, I hate putting duvets in them. I feel like it's a one-on-one wrestling match that always ends with a score of Duvet Cover 1, Jen 0. This goes double for plastic. But it's still very important to get it in there and to the edges. It will bleed through, not the end of the world if it does in some spots, but you want to avoid as much as you can. </center>
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I then did the bottom left quarter, and then bottom right corner, taping off and painting one section at a time. It was a large piece and at times difficult to maneuver the tape into the right direction, but as long as the tape lays flat and tight against the fabric, you are ok if the cover is bumpy and wrinkling.</center>
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Ever since I was little, I wanted a four poster bed. But somehow it eluded me. Until today.</center>
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Well it's all finished today, anyway. The best part is, it looks the exact way it did in my head. The hard part was getting it out of my head and built. But that's where I look to my-new-best-friend-who-doesn't-know-I'm-her-new-best-friend Ana White. She is is a mom and super talented furniture builder. She takes ordinary pieces of wood from big-box stores and creates anything and everything. I always have ideas in my head of things I wanted to build, but before <a href="http://ana-white.com/">ana-white.com</a>, I didn't know how to go about it. Now I've discovered a whole new world and there's no going back!</center>
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I started with a couple plans from her site, the <a href="http://ana-white.com/2010/01/plans-how-to-modify-farmhouse-bed-to_09.html">King Farmhouse Bed</a> and <a href="http://ana-white.com/2010/01/plans-canopy-for-the-farmhouse-bed-pottery-barn.html">Farmhouse Bed Canopy</a> and customized it to exactly what I wanted. I love her Farmhouse bed plans but wanted a little more modern take on the bed. And since it's always been a dream to have a four poster, I had to include the canopy. Details and dimensions for this king bed can be found on Ana's site, and the modifications I made are here.</center>
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To make the headboard and footboard, I started with 3/4 inch birch plywood and premium pine 1 x 4's and cut the 1 x 4's to length and width.</center>
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I cut the 4 x 4's (for the posts) to 88 inches, which is higher than most four poster beds. I have a high ceiling so I knew it would work. I also measured all of my door frames on the diagonal to make sure they would make it into the house. I then took the 4 x 4's and the 2 x 4's (for the canopy), along with the bed rails, and set them up, ready to be painted a coat of primer. Now because I wanted this bed to look modern instead of rustic, I spent quite a bit of time prepping each piece of wood--sanding, filling holes, sanding, filling holes, sanding. Over and over and over. The prep work was a beast.<br />
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I have painted my fair share of furniture in my life, all with brushes, spray paint cans, or foam rollers. I felt with this huge project I was ready to graduate to the next level. And you know how I like new tools! I purchased this Graco TrueCoat Plus II (a handheld electric airless paint sprayer) at Lowe's with a 10% off coupon. One of my best. tool. purchases. ever.<br />
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I went from bare wood to this...<br />
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In about 15 minutes. My daughter was kind enough to point out that I painted half of the hedges too. Then I primed the foot board and headboard.<br />
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Such a smooth finish, I love this sprayer! After they dried I stacked all of the pieces in my already full garage for awhile until I had time to pull it all out again.<br />
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I need to pre-drill holes into the side of the headboard and foot board, so I made a template out of paper and ran it along the sides to mark where to drill the holes.<br />
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For extra stability, I used 4 1/2 inch hex bolts to attach the posts to the headboard/foot board.<br />
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So that my hex bolt drill bit could fit into the pre-drilled holes, I made 3/4-inch diameter holes halfway into the 4 x 4 and then pre-drilled the rest of the way through the 4 x 4 with a standard drill bit.<br />
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I set the headboard and foot board up on tables and line up the 4 x 4. I shimmed, leveled and straightened the 4 x 4 until it was in the exact right spot and drilled the 4 1/2 inch hex bolts through the 4 x 4 into the headboard and foot board.<br />
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I used clamps to keep it in place while I drilled, and checked level each time I inserted a bolt.<br />
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When I got the headboard upright, I realized my daughter signed it for me and drew me a picture. :-)<br />
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Headboard, done, check!<br />
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Foot board done, check! Mind you, this was all done BY MYSELF. No husband home to help me lug these huge pieces of wood around. I just used lots of tables and whatever leverage I could to move them around.<br />
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Because we've moved around a lot I wanted to find some hardware that would make it easier to assemble and disassemble the bed, which actually came in really handy as I set it up and took it down to paint and store. I ordered the Bed Snap 930 Heavy Duty Wood Rail Bed Fitting from ebay. It was $37 which is kind of pricey for hardware, but I decided it was worth it.<br />
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I created plugs for the hex bolt holes with 3/4 inch dowel that can be found at any hardware or hobby store.<br />
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I had help to set it up, this bed is massive! And then after another sanding, hole filling, and sanding again, this bed was ready for a final coat of paint. Here is me spraying in action. You have to wear a mask while spraying otherwise you will coat your lungs with paint. I think I want pink lungs thank you very much.<br />
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The biggest pain with this bed was the shear size of it, nothing was simple and easy. After letting the paint dry (and the finish was gorgeous!) we expected freezing temps and rain. So with the posts attached the headboard and footboard wouldn't easily fit in the garage anymore. So in they came until the weather cleared up.</div>
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And then back outside for a final coat of Polycrylic. Polycrylic is a water-based polyurethane type product that won't yellow white paint. I've used it with great success in the past, applying it with a brush or foam brush. The sprayer poured it on. I had to move super fast to get the right amount of coverage without drips. Ugh, it was not easy. I had to sand down and re-do some part of the headboard, but overall I am happy with the finish.</div>
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The bed then came up to the Master bedroom. I built a center rail out of 2 x 4's, and attached 1 x 3 furring strips across the board from the 2 x 2's on the rails. I pre-drilled all the holes and it was all attached together with wood screws.</div>
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I attached the canopy using L-shaped hardware in the lumber department of Home-Depot. I wanted the canopy to look like it went straight into the posts (as opposed to on top of the posts) so I used this hardware recommended by Ana White.<br />
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I don't know if it was the height of the bed off the ground (10 inches) or the shear massiveness of the bed, but it didn't seem as stable as it should be with the hardware I bought to attach it. I fixed the problem pretty easily with some 1-inch L brackets. It was just the right amount of extra support.</div>
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And then finally, done! It was an incredibly big project, but I am really happy with the results. Here are a couple more pictures of my new bed:</div>
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And since by design sensibilities wouldn't allow me to use my Ivory duvet I had with my new white bed, I hand-painted a new one. I'll tell you about that next! </div>
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This post is linked with <a href="http://www.remodelaholic.com/2014/01/link-party-features/">Remodelaholic</a> & <a href="http://missmustardseed.com/2014/01/furniture-feature-friday-favorites-link-party-19/">Miss Mustard Seed</a>!</center>
Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05272469206789653399noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690308833294264663.post-46996234645049902072013-12-13T13:01:00.000-08:002013-12-19T13:44:21.173-08:00Paper Garlands: Paper + Punches + Sewing = Yippee!<center style="text-align: left;">
I know the title seems over-the-top. But sometimes I get the biggest DIY thrill from the smallest projects. Probably because I am always taking on big, big projects. I couldn't help but grin (and maybe giggle a little?) while I made these. They were just so quick and easy and I love how they turned out!</center>
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I know I'm late to the paper-punching-party, but I was excited to see paper punches on sale at Michael's for 50% off. I may have bought 2, or 3. OK 4! But they were such a good deal. And so cute. I love me a crisp scalloped edge. The scrapbook paper (some embossed with dots, some sparkly) was also 50% off, so overall, a really cheap project that packs a lot of punch. Pun intended.</center>
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Don't be intimidated by the sewing. I have sewed lots and lots of projects. Some easy (like the stockings on the mantel), some medium (like lined drapes) and some kinda hard, like this Belle princess dress I put together for Halloween this year:</center>
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I know, so over the top! But she's my only girl. If you can thread a sewing machine and push the pedal , this is the sewing project for you! And if you can't thread a sewing machine, make your friend with a sewing machine do it for you. You can sit and giggle while she does it.</center>
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The materials you need to make these are pretty simple--a paper punch, scrapbook paper, a sewing machine, and yarn. I used the yarn to make loops to attach to the first and the last circle on the strand to make it easier to hang. </div>
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After you attach the looped yarn to the first circle, then you just feed the paper through the sewing machine, one at time. The thread will just wind itself together between punches, so you can put them as close or as far apart on the thread that you want. I just kind of waited a "bum bum bum bum" and then added the next. That is super technical sewing-paper technology for "a couple seconds". I made 6 or so of the garland in varying lengths and then strung them in front of my stockings and in a couple little mini trees on the mantel.<br />
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A while back, I <a href="http://www.decorsanity.com/2013/03/family-photo-posters-i-am-not-great.html">posted here</a> about some family posters I've made for a poster wall in my kitchen. This wall:</center>
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I like making posters. I really like making posters with family pictures, so when I take a picture that's just screaming for a caption, I add one. Here are a couple new ones:</div>
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Not quite sure how my 13-almost-14-year-old son is going to like this picture immortalized in a poster on the wall since he's in a toddler girl's jeep, but I love it. And let's be honest, what teenage boy likes any picture of himself on the wall? I'm willing to live with the "geez, mom" comments for awhile.</div>
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I think if I had some life motto's, this would be one of them. Because sun, sand and sea always makes me happy. And by the look on my 7-year old's face, he agrees. Speaking of life motto's, sometimes I like to make posters of favorite sayings too. Like one for my 11-year old son's room. He got this saying from a cartoon and is always repeating it. And since I think it's funny, I made a poster of it for his wall:</div>
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And as far as life motto's go, one of my favorite is this one, which speaks for itself:<br />
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This poster is now proudly displayed inside and to the right of my front door. So hopefully when my kids leave the house, they will read it and take it to heart. Because no one likes lazy mean people.</div>
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I saw a wreath on Etsy that I loved, but it was smaller than I wanted and was kinda pricey. So, I decided to copy it and make my own version. It really didn't take that much time or effort.</center>
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Felt is great to work with because it comes in lots of colors, is cheap, and keeps a clean edge when you cut it. So I went over to Hobby Lobby and picked up a 16 inch foam wreath form (about $8 with coupon) and craft felt squares (14 @ .25 each). Not a bad deal for 12 bucks.</center>
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The edges to the wreath were squared off and I wanted them a little rounder, so I took a serrated knife to the outside and inside circles.<br />
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I spray painted the foam maroon. Rustoleum has created a spray handle that you can attach to spray cans that has saved my right pointy finger from great suffering. After I spray painted a bunch of frames a couple of months ago I couldn't feel my finger tip for a couple weeks, and then it tingled for another couple weeks. It just recently has returned to normal. So thank you, Rustoleum!<br />
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I cut out a leaf shape on cardstock and then traced it onto the felt squares. I was able to save time and effort by cutting through three sheets of felt at a time. I bought 7 gradiating colors from maroon to cream, 2 sheets each. It made more than enough leaves, I only used about 2/3 of what I cut out.<br />
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I measured the circumference of the wreath (56"), divided that by 7 (which is 8 for those of you that have forgotten your multiplication tables) and marked the wreath on the outside every 8 inches. Then I lined and stacked all of the felt leaves 3 at a time on top of eachother--one in the center, and two pointing out right and left, making a larger looking leaf. Then I adjusted the spacing of the leaves until it was even. </div>
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I attached them all with hot glue, and it was done! It only took me a couple hours from start to finish, and I think it was worth it. I love the way it looks against my black front door.<br />
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This new credenza/hutch(es) piece in my study is a piece of Frankenfurniture. My husband coined that term when I was putting it together because it really did look like something out of a horror movie--if that horror movie was on HGTV.</center>
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It had just come into one of my favorite <a href="http://www.decorsanity.com/2013/02/crippy-crap-there-is-bad-junk-and-good.html">crippy crap</a> furniture stores here in San Antonio and it was massive. It had great clean mid-century lines and something that I always go ga-ga for: chrome. </center>
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The whole footing of the piece was covered in 3 inches of shiny chrome. And you know how I like shiny things. So I bought it for $95 without any real place for it. </center>
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So it sat, and sat, and sat, and sat, and sat. For six months. My husband was very patient, because it took up some seriously valuable real estate in our too-small garage. Over time it became a resting place for bike equipment, tools, scooters, and anything and everything else in our garage. Until one day, while I was at the Pottery Barn Outlet, I came across this piece:</center>
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A Pottery Barn entertainment center hutch for a flat screen TV. And it too, was big. I thought, "hey, this piece is big, the credenza is big, maybe I can put this piece on the credenza piece and make a REALLY big piece". Did I have measurements? No. But for $75, I was willing to go with my gut on this one. </center>
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Hmmmm. The proportions were off. Its hard to tell in this picture, but it looked like the furniture equivalent of a short and squatty man with big haunches. It needed to be bigger, higher. And since I decided it needed to go in the study and handle all of my office stuff, I knew it needed another hutch in the middle, for the printer. So I took the measurements of the printer and built this:<br />
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About this time in the process my husband was shaking his head. He didn't know what I had gotten myself into. But I had to subject myself to doubtful looks because I couldn't carry any one of the three pieces of this hutch by myself. I asked him to help me drag out the credenza onto the driveway (no easy task!) so I could stack my hutches to see how the proportions looked. And that's when he yelled, "It's Frankenfurniture!"<br />
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Although at first I may have been a wee bit offended, I realized quickly he was right. It was definitely Frankenfurniture. It was a bit of a hodge podge, but I had a secret weapon, the same all furniture redo/build enthusiasts use--paint! And my handy dandy sander:<br />
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I primed and painted the console, and all of the 8 drawers seperately. As well as the printer hutch. I cut pieces of 1/8 inch plywood for the back of the printer hutch, and then painted them white, then turquoise blue, and attached them to the back.<br />
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That's when the weather turned a little nasty, so the Pottery Barn hutch came inside onto the kitchen table. Sorry family! Just eat your cereal on that teeny tiny open corner over there.</div>
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I primed and painted this hutch, and built two dividers to hold shelves. I attached those dividers to the top and back of the hutch.</div>
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The three pieces were ready to assemble. Which took some serious muscle, and a rented furniture dolly from U-Haul. Did I mention how heavy the console piece was? I attached the hutches to each other in the back with simple flat brackets and screws. I added some card holder plates and handles to the front of each drawer so I can label what's in them, and filled that sucker up!</div>
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I no longer (well almost) have piles of things on the floor and mis-matched storage containers, it all fits nicely into this humongous piece! And although my husband called this piece Frankenfurniture, I don't think he doubted it would be cool when I was done. I try hard to never give him reason to doubt me--because there will always be a new project I will need his help haul around!</div>
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I love when I see "the big reveal" on a blog, when a room is completely re-done with glorious before and after photos that document the unbelievable transformation. I like to oooh and aaah over all of the beautiful details in the photos. I think, "what would it be like to have one room 100% done and ready to go?". Because realistically, I don't think my rooms are ever 100% done. I am really fantastic at 90% to 95% done. That is where I really excel. That last 5% to 10%--not so much. I have been working in a lot of different rooms in my house, and on lots of projects, but I always wonder if it is really big-reveal-ready-to-go-on-the-blog. Since chances are pretty good that it isn't, I've decided to let go of the big reveal and settle for.......wait for it.......the Almost Done Reveal! And since I'm sure it will be a huge hit in the blogosphere, I will go ahead and call it "DecorSanity's Almost Done Reveal<span style="font-size: xx-small;">TM</span>!". OK maybe not. </center>
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When we bought the house, there was a room to the left of the entry way that was used as a dining room. We don't do very much (well...none) formal dining so we decided to turn it into a study. It had a really bad bronze faux painting job and the same tile that plagued my entire downstairs. It was also missing a light fixture since the house was a foreclosure and stripped bare of lights, appliances, plumbing fixtures, even the front automatic wrought iron gate on the driveway. Classy. Here is the before picture.....get ready for it.....</center>
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The floors were replaced with hardwood and the walls and ceiling were painted Benjamin Moore Revere Pewter. And then we just kinda threw a couple desks and couch in it. And it functioned, but I didn't want to hang out in it--ever. Not enough storage, not cute enough, you get the drill. So we've turned this former dining room into a study I really enjoy working in!</div>
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The light fixture is a chandelier in an upside-down basket, which I explained how I made<a href="http://www.decorsanity.com/2013/02/i-love-blue.html"> here</a>.</div>
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It holds so much storage, all of my office supplies, binders, camera equipment, cables, printer and much more fit into the drawers and shelves. And there is lots of room for the sentimental, pretty, and practical on the shelves. You see that ship-shaped trophy? Let's just say someone in my house was the Carnival Magic's Kids Club Parents' Dance-Off Champion. OK, it was ME!!<br />
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All of the pictures on the wall have some sentimental value. These four prints are of Chicago, where we lived in while my husband was in school.<br />
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I've had these four pictures for awhile and wasn't ready to part with them, but they were double-matted with white mats, the outer mat having a black rim on the inside. I decided to brighten them up a bit by painting the outer mat with regular paint. The blue is the same color as the back of the console, and is quite a bit more turquoise than these (dang) pictures. The others are a true red.</div>
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The picture of the matador was my inspiration for the color scheme. My husband lived in Spain for two years and we went there for our 5th anniversary. We went to the Plaza de Toros de Madrid (Madrid's bullfighting arena) while we were there, and I found this vintage poster years later at an antique shop.</div>
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I gave this photograph "The Bones Brigade" signed by the photographer to my husband for Father's day. It's a really good shot that I think represents what 80's skating looked like....bright neon clothes and hand plants. And for a kid that grew up in San Diego watching these guys at the local skate parks, they were heroes.</div>
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And for very practical reasons I included a shoe and sock station in this room, because the kids are always looking for their shoes and socks as they head out the front door. The hooks are for jackets and backpacks.</div>
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And now for the list of the 5% to 10% that's not done--board and batten on the walls, recovering or replacing the sofa with something more colorful, built-in lockers for the shoes, jackets and backpacks. And I'm sure other things I haven't thought of yet. But for now, I'm really enjoying the space, and love spending time in it--and thinking about when to get started on the rest of it!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This includes the outside of the house, or the "curb appeal". My husband has had a special concern about the outside. He felt like we needed to get it done ASAP. I was convinced the neighbors would be so excited something was happening they would give us some slack. The house sat vacant for a year, while the weeds grew and the grass died. Here were a few of the problems with the front of the house:</span></center>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And something that particularly bothered me, although it had nothing to do with the neglect of the house. It was the single round window over the door. It was an eye, like a cyclops, staring at me.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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You know when you see one of those creepy portraits that looks like they are looking right at you? And when you move a little to the right or left, it seems to follow you and still be looking at you? This is how I felt about this window. When I would walk to the right of the house and look at the window, it was still staring at me.</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">I thought about removing it (expensive) or changing it (expensive) or changing it's shape. Although the architecture of the house definitely doesn't stick to one particular style, it has a bit of a Spanish/Mediterranean feel. So I decided I wanted to change it's shape to a clover-like pointy shape thingy you see on other Spanish and/or Mediterranean houses. But what was that clover-like pointy shape thingy called? How could I find one if I didn't know what it was? So I did a little research, and low and behold, it's a QUATREFOIL. Kinda like this baby on this beautiful home:</span></div>
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And once I knew what it was, I started seeing it everywhere...houses, mirrors, fabric, in the City of San Antonio logo...and started to look for a foam quatrefoil to cover my cyclops window. I found a foam manufuacturer in town that knew exactly what I was talking about! and had many in stock! and sold me this bad boy...</div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">...which I painted white AFTER it had been sitting on top of my spare refrigerator for a couple of months. This is just how things go around here, sorry. But my contractor finally said he could come install it and so this piece of foam got carried all the way up scaffolding and a leaning ladder to the cyclops window....</span></center>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">New door, lights, grass, trees, bushes, driveway, house number sign, sidewalk squares, trellis (still working on that one)...</span><br />
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Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05272469206789653399noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690308833294264663.post-50513377446325119462013-03-27T14:18:00.001-07:002013-03-27T14:18:46.266-07:00Herringbone & Ombre -- Two Fav Fads in One<center style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Last fall I had the chance to go to the Round Top, Texas area flea markets. I mentioned it in <a href="http://www.decorsanity.com/2013/02/i-love-blue.html">this post</a>, it is where I found my blue chandelier that I put in a CB2 Basket. At the fair, I also bought a large (36" x 22") metal letter "G" for my son's room (his name starts with the letter G). I wanted to mount it on his wall above his headboard. That big metal letter has been awkwardly sitting in his closet ever since (nothing that big and sharp sits nicely). I just couldn't see it hanging over the bed by itself. Because that would be too easy. And you know how I love a good project. </span></center>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">His room has lots of blue (shocker) and red in it. So I thought I'd accent the letter G by mounting it on a painted piece in those colors. I think herringbone is such a great pattern, I've been toying where to use it in the house, and this was just the project. Ombre is also a trend that I really love in home decor--pieces where multiple shades of the same color are used in a gradient. So, I put on my thinking cap (which means I lay in bed after everyone else is asleep while my mind spins up projects on a too-late-diet-coke-drinking caffeine kick).</span></center>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So this is what I came up with; a 4 x 4 piece of plywood stained and painted in a herringbone ombre pattern (with a little splash of red to mix it up):</span></center>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And I finished it out on his wall with a frame to hide the edges made of 1 x 2's, and mounted the significantly-sized letter G on top:</span></center>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is what it looks like from straight on. I would show you the rest of the room, but it is what we call a "work in progress". I know this piece is going to tie the whole room together when it's done.</span></center>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tomorrow I am going to Round Top again for the spring version of the flea markets, I am so excited! I am sure I will have lots to share with you. In the interim if you catch the project bug and want to whip up something like this, here's how I did it:</span></center>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I bought a 4' x 4' piece of plywood at Home Depot and sanded it with 180-grit sand paper to take off the rough edges and splinters. I picked a piece that had a cool grain to it.</span></center>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then I applied Varathane wood stain in Weathered Gray. I wanted the grain to show through really well so I brushed it on, and within a minute or two rubbed it off with a clean towel.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I then used 1-inch Scott painter's tape to create a box around the edges. This tape sticks really well and removes really well, you definitely need painters tape and not regular masking tape. As you are applying the tape run your fingers firmly over all the edges to make sure it all adheres to the tape. If your paint runs, there is not a good way to fix it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I used a framer's square to measure four even sections along the bottom. When you make a measurement the tape needs to straddle the mark so that each space between the pieces of tape are the same. I only made marks on tape, never on the wood. I used the framing square and butt the tape right up against it and ran it from the bottom of the wood to the top of the wood piece. On a side note, I love this framing square, it is super old. It belonged to my Grandfather, and when he passed away, I inherited it. So now every time I use this square to make a project (which is more often than you'd think) I think of him. :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> This created four equal columns:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I then made marks on the left outside edge of the tape every 6 inches, and then the second piece of tape from the left and used the framing square to make lines from left to right, going down the board, every six inches, making sure the tape straddles the mark (the mark hits the center of the tape)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And then I started from the bottom of the second column. Instead of making marks this time, I used the framing square to make sure that the herringbone pieces were even across the two columns.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> I found these awesome miter-corner brackets at Harbor Freight tools a few years ago that are great for making frames. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It makes keeping your frames true and square super easy. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I applied glue to the mitered corners, screwed the clamps to the boards tight, and then nailed the corners with my pneumatic nailer. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That's OK. It's not the weirdest thing I've done--today. :-) In the pic below is Z Gallerie's Montecito Bench. I've been looking for a bench like this (upholstered on top, woody airy on the bottom) for my living room to use as a coffee table/ottoman. The room is not very big and a normal sized coffee table would take up too much floor space. I found this one at Z Gallerie and loved the style of it, but didn't love a few things about it: the price ($459 plus tax/shipping), the length (64") and the white upholstery.</span></center>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So I decided to tackle my own version of it that is cheaper (around $150), shorter (48") and NOT WHITE. I don't know who lives in homes that buy white benches but they don't live in mine. That bench would stay white for all of 2 hours. Then it would develop a child induced patina of dirty hands and feet and would never look good.</span></center>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The beauty is, when you DIY, not only do you do it for less money, but you make it CUSTOM so you can change whatever you want. So I got cute enduring fabric that I wanted:</span></center>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And stained the legs to match my wood floors, but kept the silver nailhead detail that I loved on the original:</span></center>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you remember my post about my favorite place to go junking, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.decorsanity.com/2013/02/crippy-crap-there-is-bad-junk-and-good.html">YeYa's</a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, I mentioned how much I love metal industrial pieces and asked myself, "Do I really need another mirror?" when I saw this baby:</span></center>
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Having said that, though, my favorite photos of my kids aren't necessarily the perfect ones. They are the photos that really capture their personality, or a memory, or something sentimental like that. So I decided to take a few of those photos and turn them into posters with a message. The idea is that as I find/take these pictures I will add to the wall until it is full. But right now, I've started the wall with 4.</div>
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In our house, brothers don't always help brothers, like my older son was doing in this photo. Brothers often beat other brothers. When I saw this photo, I thought, "I'm going to remind them how happy they are when they get along." Heartwarming? Yes. Realistic? No. But it is a good reminder that brothers sometimes do help other brothers. </div>
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This photo was actually taken by my good friend Melissa, but I loved it because it captures the grit and determination on my little Braden's face as he runs for a touchdown. Coach (Dad) is in the background in the hat watching him go. I was going to add after "Run like the wind", "....especially if someone is chasing you", but I didn't want the poster to seem creeper-ish.<br />
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My little Case made this flower for me for Mothers' day a couple years ago. It was out of the shape of his hand, and I loved it until it was destroyed by the same hand that modeled it not too much later. I will always have this sweet little photo of it though, reminding me that this boy is (sometimes) super sweet.</div>
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This poster is probably my favorite, though, because it tells a story in just a few pictures about how my babies were. See #3? That's what he liked to do....scream. I personally think it is because he would never take a binkie. I am super pro-binkie and so after months and months of trying to force it on him I gave up...and the results will be forever memorialized in this poster.</div>
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So, if you have pictures that maybe aren't the best, but you love them because they tell a story, why not turn it into a poster? Or use several pictures like the Binkie one to make a poster. Every time I pass this wall and look at the pictures I smile, even if they aren't the best....the little people in them are. :-)</div>
Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05272469206789653399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690308833294264663.post-73476786816412089222013-03-04T15:13:00.004-08:002013-03-22T19:35:54.181-07:00An Ocean of Inspiration We just returned from Western Caribbean Cruise where we took the whole family. It was a super fun albeit eye-opening experience. You know when you go to the DMV and you realize there is a whole group of people you never seem to see in your day-to-day life? That's how I felt about the cruise, same story, different segment of society. A segment of society I will call "Cruise People". And if I sound like a snot, remember it's all about perspective...many of those people thought we were weird. We got comments as we chased around one of our kids like "Wow, you have a lot of kids." And, "That's a whole mess of kids you got there." And my favorite, "I can't believe you brought that little girl, aren't you afraid she's going to go overboard?" Because it really wasn't so far-fetched an idea if you saw they way she would run away from us as fast as she could. So you can imagine the entertainment we provided for the Cruise People. But ha ha, they didn't know what entertainment they provided for us too! So, we're even.<br />
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But as much fun as watching Cruise People was, it was much more fun enjoying the ocean. And once again being reintroduced to my favorite color scheme. The scheme that has inspired much of my decor. I may have mentioned once or twice my blue/green love. This is why:<br />
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This was taken at Grand Cayman, and had the most beautiful water I've ever seen. Don't these colors just make you happy? Ahhh, so beautiful. I was able to capture a few of these pictures while on a boat trip to go snorkeling. And I was only able to take those pictures because all 8 adults on the top of the boat worked to keep this naughty thing from falling off of it it:<br />
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I learned that it takes a village to keep a child from falling off a boat, big or small. Even when that village is made up of super nice Cruise People.</div>
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<br />Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05272469206789653399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690308833294264663.post-81704565716506121322013-02-22T06:54:00.000-08:002013-03-22T19:42:33.262-07:00Wiring my 6-Arm ChandelierBefore I started this chandelier project I did research on the best way to wire it. By research I mean watching YouTube videos. And talking to two helpful worker bees, one at Home Depot and one at Lowe's. So here is my disclaimer. I am not an electrician, electricity scares me. It scares my husband too because any time we do anything with electricity (hang a light fixture, switch out a light switch, etc.) he makes me turn off the electricity to the whole house. If you have any questions or concerns about how to wire your project, ask a professional, do not ask me. I am not an electrical specialist, I only play one on my blog. :-)<br />
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I bought 2 packages of 12-foot lamp cord (with a plug attached), 6 2-inch sockets, steel nipples (no jokes here), and hex nuts. The plug attached lamp cord was the only clear/silver-ish cord I could find and it actually worked well because I used one of the plugs to test the chandelier after it was wired.</div>
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The steel nipples had to be cut down in half so they would not be too long for the chandelier, and it was easy to do with a jig saw with a blade designed for metal.<br />
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The lamp sockets have threading on the bottom of them that the steel nipple goes through (they are shown upside-down in the photo below). You then feed the wire through the nipple, into the socket. The sockets have a cardboard sleeve, and underneath two screws on them...a gold and a silver. The gold is for the hot wire and the silver is for the neutral wire. With the lamp wire I bought, the neutral half of the wire had a ridge on it to identify it, and the hot wire had writing on it. </div>
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I attached the socket to the lamp by putting the steel nipple through the hole in the chandelier, screwing the socket onto the threads on top, and tightening the nipple on the bottom with the hex nut.<br />
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I cut my wire into 6 sections, each long enough to attach to the socket, go through the arm up to the top of the chandelier, and have a little extra for connections. I left the 7th piece extra long (this will be the piece that goes into the ceiling) and for now left the plug attached to it. I pulled the lamp wire apart, stripped the plastic off about 3/4 of an inch at the ends, fed it through the steel nipple and up to the socket. The neutral wire (again, ribbed) went to the silver screw wrapped around the top of the screw like a hook, clockwise. Then I tightened the screw. I repeated this step for the other side of the socket, attaching the hot wire to the gold screw the same way and tightening the screw. I then replaced the cardboard sleeve.</div>
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I repeated this step six times total for each chandelier arm. I fed the wire through the arms up to the top of the chandelier. I twisted all of the neutral wires together, and all of the hot wires together. Then I took the 7th neutral wire (on the longest wire with the plug still attached) and twisted it around the other 6 wires. I then used a plastic wire connector (red) and twisted it on all of the neutral wires.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; font-weight: normal;">You know when you get so busy working on a project and you just wanna finish it, and everything else you should be doing takes a back seat? Well this chandelier has been such a project. I think my car has suffered the most. My 4 kids have really taken a toll on it and mom has not been keeping up on it. So much that this morning I found two lost dogs in the street on my way to the Home Depot (of course). But luckily they had an address on their collar so I put them in the back of my Expedition and headed to their home. Their "mommy" opened the door decked to the nines...a beautiful, tall, blonde, very well dressed and put-together woman. When I opened the back of my car to get her "babies" they were enjoying snacks left by my kids. She said (with thinly veiled horror) "I'm sorry, it looks like they're eating your (pause and gasp) french....fries." They were spilled all over the back of the car by one of my kids, who and when I have no clue. My guess is her car doesn't contain any fries. Lucky dogs, a rescue and a snack.</span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I used to have a West Elm chandelier hanging over the table that I liked, but it just kind of blended into the walls:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I love love love fabric and am always trying to find new ways to use it. I especially am fond of Amy Butler fabric which I used on this project. I also love wood barrel chandeliers, but I don't love their price tags. Like this gorgeous chandelier from Lamps Plus which is over $1300:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So I used this piece as my inspiration and went to work. I cut, glued, nailed and screwed wood:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Can you see that Diet Coke can in the picture? I am kind of addicted to it so it is part of the building process like any other tool. Yummmm Diet Coke. Then I assembled, screwed together some more, painted, sanded, painted, sanded and painted again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">See that little hand in the painted picture? That is not a helping tool, that is a hindering tool. The kind of tool that likes to touch things when they are wet. But it is attached to a super cute little girl so it's ok.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then I wired the whole chandelier....and it worked!! And then I cut out a lot of fabric, ironed it to super stiff interfacing, cut ribbon, ironed it to two-sided tape, and ironed it to the fabric. And then I hot-glued it to my frame. And then I asked my super helpful husband to help me hang it. And, voila! Here are some more pics:</span><br />
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So it seems like I've been working on a lot of wood projects lately. I mean a lot. First, Chris and I rebuilt an entertainment center that was built-in the family room wall of our house...in 2000. In 2000 all of the TVs were tube TVs. so if we ever wanted to have a flat screen in our room we had to re-do it. This is what it looked like when we bought the house:<br />
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So we gutted the thing to reconfigure it for a flat screen TV. While we were pulling it apart we hit a road block. We just couldn't get the huge wood dividers out with the tools we had. We decided we needed a new tool (yippee) to get the job done....a sawzall. (Keep in mind as you view these garage pics that this is a real hardworking garage space. AKA, I've made a big mess in it :-)<br />
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And this thing really does saw all. It was inexpensive and it matched the battery system we already had for another saw friend, our portable saw.<br />
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The Entertainment Center turned out great, but I'll save that explanation for another day. Here is a sneak peek:</div>
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A second wood project I took on is planking walls in the Living Room. No, that does not mean I lay on my stomach trying to balance on different parts of the living room; my out-of-shape self couldn't even do it if I tried. Here is a sneak peak of the in-progress project so you can see what this kind of "planking" looks like:<br />
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Because of 6 windows, a fireplace, and a built-in bookcase, it took many many cuts to get the planking up on the wall. Many cuts. On day two of using my Delta compound miter saw we've had forever and our portable saw and my little friend Mr. jig saw to make all of the cuts, I had had enough.<br />
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It was taking forever because the Delta, although a good portable and reliable saw, couldn't cut the entire width of the 6 inch planks. So I shared my sob-story with Chris (and may have over-emphasized a sore shoulder and elbow) who was kind enough to agree to my new purchase:<br />
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This new friend, sitting on top of my old and beloved table saw, is a <i>sliding</i> compound miter saw with a laser. I think that is why Chris agreed to buy it is because, let's be honest--who doesn't want something with a "laser beam" (said in the voice of Austin Powers' nemesis Dr. Evil). I wanted to buy it for the sliding part. This new saw friend can cut up to 12 inches, instead of the less-than-6 of my older compound miter saw. It is an entry-level version, but for the kind of projects I work on, it's perfect. And I love it.<br />
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So, this new project I'm working on, I can't tell you what it is yet because you will say, "Why in the heck would she make that? Silly, stupid, Jen." But I can tell you this. There are some cuts you cannot make with a jig saw. I needed to cut through 2 and 1/8th inch long 2 x 2's and make a slight semi-circle curve in them. I bought a long jig saw blade and first I tried to hold the piece real tight with my hands and cut. I darn-near lost a finger. I then tried to attach a long 2 x 2 to the table with a clamp and cut curves out of a long piece, but it vibrated so badly I couldn't do it after the first cut.<br />
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And, the jig saw blade was bending as I sawed, creating a deeper cut on the bottom then the top. I was stuck. Soooo, once again, I shared my sob story with Chris, and he being the kind of husband that prefers a wife with all 10 fingers, decided I needed a band saw. Eeeeeek! So, two nights ago we went to the Home Depot (or the Home Deep-doh as Addie calls it) and he bought me my newest saw friend:<br />
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This is my new band saw, and it cuts like butter. Butt-uhhhh. What took me an hour of trying to maneuver and figure out with my jig saw took all of 20 seconds with the band saw. And I finished all 12 pieces in 5 minutes:<br />
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Some people who are anti-saw-ites may think that having so many saws is overkill. But I can tell you from experience, they all do something different and when you need one, you need one. The right tools are essential. So is having the right husband...one who will indulge his wife's project love with a new saw or two. Now I gotta go clean up all of the sawdust...Addie has asked if she can make dust angels in it. Not good.</div>
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