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Quick Makeover For Our Living room

2012-05-25T13:23:00.000-04:00

I gave our living room a quick makeover yesterday and today with a new large and fluffy zebra print rug and a very soft and down feather couch from Wesley Hill Furniture.

Whats missing? Our very large sectional...dark and uncomfortable.

This is how it was....the couch made the room small and dark.

I'm keeping my eyes out for two matching upholstered chairs...or I can reupholster and have them on the opposite of the couch, but make then easy to move for watching TV.

At Christmas time on the right side of our living room.

I moved the table and chairs to the other side of the room. Now we can actually open the doors all the way. I'm not sure on what to put in that corner and I'm looking for tables for the corner by the couch and chair.

I also need to update the pillows with new covers.

The couch is my favorite place to sit now. Its super nice and I love that its herringbone design in the fabric....now that the trees have all there new leaves we dont have as much sun in here for good photography.

I'm off to go to the fabric store for covering my pillows.

Also in case you wondering about my fabric rug I made.....I'm going to reuse the fabric on something else.

Features & Simply Creations Link Party #58

2012-05-24T21:25:00.002-04:00

Welcome to simply creations link party number 58!

I took more time into my blog, Etsy and the house this week.

I shared my gray and yellow telephone table and nautical nightstands this week and I have much more makeovers and our craft fair set up to share.

I'm also in the middle of my living room revamp as we got a fun new rug and a nice couch and I'll share soon but I'll share a sneak peak on Simple Home Life's facebook page tonight.

I cant wait to see what you have this week...there were so many great makeovers,projects and recipes last week thank you to all who share!

On To The Features

1. A armoire turned into a potting bench by Art Is Beauty.

2. Cabinet makeover with chicken wire doors by Vintage Finds.

3. Life On Walnut Street turned these old shutters into a great way to decorate her mantle.

4. A pallet table by Weathered Pieces.

Now its your turn!

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Simply Creations Friday Link party rules

1. Link up a craft, sewing project, furniture renovation, tutorials,room makeover, organizing or a food item, you can link up as many times as you want, just make sure you link to the direct page the project is on.
Link up your etsy shop here

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3. Please be sweet and visit at least a couple other links. Everyone loves comments or a new friend.

4. Follow me so you can join my next party and feature giveaways

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Nautical Striped Nightstands

2012-05-23T20:43:00.003-04:00

Here are the nightstands I mention a long time ago. I worked hard on these guys but it was well worth the outcome.

I wanted a nautical look for them and the knobs were the first thing I had to get me started on picking the colors.

I painted the stripes in a cream white and navy blue and the rest if a olive green color. All the paints I used are opps paint. The stripes were covered with a antiquing glaze and then a metallic and white glaze to give them a bit of an aged and white wash look. I used the antiquing glaze on the drawer fronts also.

These were actually part of a vanity and when I got them they were already separate but I didn't realize that until I was repairing them and then I remember Carrie from Lovely Etc had made nightstands from a vanity herself. I didn't try covering up the area where you can see it was attached because these has a story to tell and I don't believe in fixing everything because they are old pieces.

The before. Covered in a few coats of thick paint. I used orange stripper and removed all the paint. It was a long process but only in the difficult areas.

I repaired all the drawers as they were completely falling apart. I also had to repair some of the top because it was peeling in the corners.

I sanded down the tops to bare wood and stained them in dark walnut in Minwax. I used a rubbing polyurethane for the top and didn't coat the rest in anything.

Painting the stripes was the easy part. I used scotch blue tape...measured the stripes using a ruler and a pencil.

The knobs are what make these nautical.

My sister Liz picked them up for me from Hobby Lobby.

I will be sharing my nautical nightstands at these link parties here on my party page.

The Other Telephone Table

2012-05-21T10:14:00.001-04:00

A lovely shade of dark grey and fun yellow and light gray fabric gave this telephone table a fun new look.

the before

dark and boring, oh and very bad vinyl over old vinyl and a thin layer of batting for a cushion.

Color is Cement Gray by Martha Stewart but I colored matched it to Behr in Satin. The fabric is called "Leafy" by Erin Keiser exclusively for Suburban Home by Duralee.

I bought it at my local discount fabric store. My favorite thing about this fabric is the weaving and its so soft.

I gave the seat a new thick cushion and batting.

I love the outcome and now I might keep it......no I can't I dont have the room for it. I brought it to the Sowa and it defiantly had the most attention. Hes still available for sale.

Painting the inside was the hardest. I need to invest in short handle Purdy brushes.

Did you see my bicycle embroidery hoop art?

These sold yesterday. I definitely need to make more.

I will tell more about our fun day at the Sowa Open Market today or tomorrow...with pictures of our set up.

Today I'm cleaning the house......its been a mess and I really need to go grocery shopping.

I will be linking my telephone table up at some link parties, check out which ones here.

PrintRunner Stickers Winner

2012-05-21T09:06:00.001-04:00

The winner of the 250 custom design stickers from PrintRunner.com is

Karen from ART IS BEAUTY

Congrats and thank you to everyone who entered!

Come back later today because I'm going to share my telephone table makeover!

Simply Creations Link Party #58

2012-05-17T20:24:00.000-04:00

Welcome to the link party! I feel bad but I'm so busy getting everything together for the big craft show that I'm going to skip features tonight.

I have three more nights to get things done, hit the store for a new outfit and shoes get my hair died because I have too many grays showing....yes and I'm only 27....start a large order and take care of the kids in the mix and get some sleep at some point.

Tomorrow I'm going to take photos of the nightstand and a small table to share.

I will be bringing my camera with me to take lots of photos at the show also!

Yesterday I share one of my displays

my great display, made from a crate and attaching three legs to it.

Have a great weekend and thank you for linking up!

I will announce the winner for the PrintRunner stickers Monday.

now on to the party

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Simply Creations Friday Link party rules

3. Please be sweet and visit at least a couple other links. Everyone loves comments or a new friend.

4. Follow me so you can join my next party and feature giveaways

By entering your link, you are giving me permission to use any part of your post including pictures in a feature on Simple Home Life.

The Great Display

2012-05-15T22:33:00.002-04:00

A crate on three legs.

I had this wine crate for some time now and also had the legs sitting in a shelf collecting dust so I put them together with just some screws to make this fun and interesting display.

I stained the crate in my favorite stain driftwood. I painted the legs in a blue for a pop of color.

I'm not sure what will go in the box for the show but for now my pinwheel's are hanging out inside.

I made this clay pendant banner and a another one that says dream.

Here are some of the pinwheels,...I'm in the process of making a few more.

I placed them in these galvanized pots to make them more of a decoration since they are made of paper. But they do spin!

Link parties I will attend -click here

Getting Closer

2012-05-14T19:04:00.005-04:00

I'm driving myself crazy getting things done and ready for the Sowa. My sister and I set up the canopy on Sunday and made things to hang some items and hung our signs we made. We basically wanted to make sure we could set up the tent easily and see how much room we acutally have for our stuff.

Oh and happy belated Mothers day to all you mothers out there!

I'm almost complete with my sign. I'm excited to share it!

I have to finish packaging my smaller items like my chevron tags, I'm keeping it to a few colors, hot pink and lime green and maybe gray if I have the time.

I need to package the thumbtacks. I made bees, keys, birds, ones that say special note and hello.

I finish a few flour sack towels with ruffles and stamped images. This one is different chandeliers.I need to iron them again.

I started painting the telephone table yesterday and found this fabric from my local discount store along with the gray chevron fabric for my small apron I'm making for the show. I had to rush through and Its probably good because they have so many choices of nice home decor fabric.

I started this jelly cabinet today. It was made locally but my guy brought it home one day after he went to a yard-sale. He even bought me stamps!

I'm trying to paint as many pieces as possible and not all will come for the first show but our next is three weeks after. Tomorrow I'm going to share a display I made.

Now I need to get back to work before the kids come back from baseball.

Features & Simply Creations Link Party #57

2012-05-10T19:23:00.000-04:00

Happy Thursday! I'm so thrilled with how I've been getting so much done. With less then a week and a half left until my big show I'm getting a little nervous I wont finish some things. I can't wait to share everything! Some things won't be shown until after the Sowa. We had about 5 days of rain and I still haven't been able to take good photos of my finished slip-covered couch and the pills I made for it.

Here is a peak of the pillows.

I also have this great giveaway going on now sponsored by PrintRunner.com, they are giving away one of my readers 250 custom design stickers that are perfect for packaging items for your Etsy shop or business. They could also be perfect for wedding and party items.

Check it out here

Now on to the awesome features!

1. A lovely potting bench made form pallets by Alese from 2 Crafty 4 My Skirt.
2. These lazy ladies cupcakes look to pretty to eat by The Quick Unpick.
3. Liz Marie from Liz Marie Blog made over this table using a diy chalk paint recipe.
4. I love this kitchen makeover by Katie from Creatively Living !

Now to the party!

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Simply Creations Friday Link party rules

3. Please be sweet and visit at least a couple other links. Everyone loves comments or a new friend.

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A Step Stool Makeover & A Winner

2012-05-09T12:11:00.000-04:00

I had this old beat up step stool and gave it a quick makeover with some opps gray paint and a bold bright red stripe on each side. I heavily distressed it and added a vintage bicycle on the top using a Mod Podge technique.

the before

a horribly fuzzy photo

The step stool had no previous sealer on it so it was easy and quick to paint

This would look cute in a child's room by a bookshelf or near the bed

up close

This just needs to be wax and its off to my pile for Sowa.

now on to the winner of the $60 gift-card to Amazon sponsored by Appliances Online is

Liz! From Love Grows Wild

Congrats Liz! I'll be e-mailing you shortly.

I do have another great giveaway going on now sponsored by PrintRunner.com, they are giving away 250 custom design ( by you ) stickers. These are great for you business, packaging, wedding and more! Enter HERE.

I'll be sharing my step stool makeover at some great link parties, you can find out which ones here

A PrintRunner Sticker Giveaway *has ended

2012-05-07T19:01:00.000-04:00

Today I have this amazing sponsored giveaway by PrintRunner.

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These stickers will be great for your business or Etsy shop for advertizing on packages or gift giving and attaching to goodie bags for your party! Use these for return address labels monograms for a wedding or your blog name!

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Features & Simply Creations Link Party #56 & A Giveaway!

2012-05-03T19:10:00.002-04:00

Welcome! Not only do I have some awesome features to share but I also have a sponsored giveaway!

I'm excited to have Simply Creations Link Party sponsored by Appliances Online and there fridge freezers!

They are the largest online appliance retailer in the UK, Appliances Online offers all the major appliances from all the major brands at competitive prices.

Appliances Online is generously offering Simple Home Life readers a chance to win a

$60

gift card to

Here is how you can enter to win this great prize.

Be sure to read these instructions carefully!

1. (MANDATORY)Any post you link up to Simply Creations Friday must include the following tagline in the original post. Tagline MUST include the links also.

“My entry to Simple Home Life's Simply Creation's Friday sponsored by Appliances Online and there Fridge Freezers”.

{ if you copy and paste the tagline it should also copy the links for you! }

Then leave a comment letting us know you have done this along with the # of your link. Remember each post you link up must include the tagline to be entered to win!

2. (Optional extra entry) become a follower of Simple Home Life on GFC or Linky Followers

3. (Optional extra entry) “Like” Appliances Online on Facebook and leave us a comment letting us know you did.

4. (Optional extra entry) Share this giveaway through Twitter or Facebook with a link to this Link Party Post included.

And A big thank you to Appliances Online for sponsoring this giveaway!!!!!

Features

1. Katie from Creatively Living made-over her office and did an amazing job!

2. Kim from Reposhture made this floor lamp out of ski poles!

3. A superhero themed birthday party by Tattered and Inked's Kelsey

4. Denisa from A Girl and a Brush painted this dresser in a lovely shade of blue milk paint.

Now to the party!

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Simply Creations Friday Link party rules

3. Please be sweet and visit at least a couple other links. Everyone loves comments or a new friend.

4. Follow me so you can join my next party and feature giveaways

By entering your link, you are giving me permission to use any part of your post including pictures in a feature on Simple Home Life.

Don't forget to follow the instructions and add the tagline to your post to be entered to win a $60 gift card to Amazon!
giveaway will end on Tuesday the 7th
and announced shortly after

*Simple Home Life received compensation from Appliances Online for their sponsorship of this Simply Creations Link Party

A Simple Business Card Holder

2012-05-02T12:21:00.002-04:00

A business card holder made from a bobbin organizer.

I picked this up at a craft store on clearance for $1.99

I removed the top row of pegs and the 2nd to last row of pegs.

I stained it in Minwax "driftwood"

and now I have a simple but different business card holder.

Perfect for the craft fair

I can even place my cards vertically

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and

I made these thumbtacks for the Sowa.

I made more....and will be making more. These are so nice on burlap cover cork boards.

Also I'm waiting for some sunshine to take photos of my newly slip-covered couch and some pillows I made yesterday. Cant wait to share!

I link up my creations at parties here

Open Market & Some Finds

2012-04-29T22:18:00.001-04:00

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Tuesday is the 1st day of May. April flew by so fast. May 20th is our first show at the Sowa Open Market in South Boston. I will be attending with my sister Liz. She will selling her amazing pottery and I'm going to try to bring furniture that isn't huge and hard to carry and then a bunch of small things.

Were getting closer to the date so I'm figuring out displaying ideas and how I want to make a sign.

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http://funkyjunkinteriors.blogspot.com/

http://www.poppytalk.blogspot.com/

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I love anything to do with crates because I have a bunch sitting aside

This weekend was again...filled with baseball and tee-ball games. It was a cold and windy weekend also. I did nothing on Saturday night but read and relax and today after more baseball I finally finished the slipcover! I only had to work on the cushion and its done. Tomorrow I'm going to iron the main slipcover and vacuum the couch and hopefully get it in our room for photos.

cushion

I made the cushion more comfy and thicker by adding quilt batting. It cost me $9 for a full size. I didn't want to spend a fortune on batting and foam. It actually worked out well. I rolled it around and sprayed with adhesive glue.

and here are some new finds

typewriter cart


vintage stool and neat drop-leaf side table

I've been wanting a typewriter cart for a while, not sure why but I was pretty excited to get it. I think it would be a great bed side table!

I also have some exciting giveaways coming soon!

Features & Simply Creations Link Party #55

2012-04-26T19:54:00.001-04:00

I can't believe how fast the week has gone by and that tomorrow its Friday. Earlier today I shared my plastic owls I spray painted a glossy white and a peak of the slipcover. I worked hard on my slipcover at the beginning of the week and I'm almost complete. Today I only worked on furniture and sanded and fixed the ones that needed some tlc. I'm going to be at the Sowa in mid May so I need to get a good amount of items together.

Other then that and baseball I haven't finished anything to share yet..hopefully this upcoming week.

but I do have some great features to share!

1. Haydee from Trash To Treasure turn a old file cabinet into a handy storage cabinet for the garage.

2. Redfly Creations made-over her laundry room in a pretty blue color and revamped a chandelier with paint and strings of beads.

3. I love this vanity redo by Art Is Beauty , she picked it up on the side of the road!

4. Jill from Mak and Jill gave this Duncan Phyfe style dresser a lovely shabby chic distressed look.

Make sure you come back next Thursday for my link party....its going to be sponsored with a giveaway!

Now its time to party!

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Simply Creations Friday Link party rules

3. Please be sweet and visit at least a couple other links. Everyone loves comments or a new friend.

4. Follow me so you can join my next party and feature giveaways

By entering your link, you are giving me permission to use any part of your post including pictures in a feature on Simple Home Life.

White Owls

2012-04-26T09:37:00.001-04:00

I just painted these yesterday. I completely forgot to get a before photo. They are plastic and were purple,black and gray and I'm not sure what they are. They have a place for batteries on the bottom and that hole on the belly. I want to cover the hole but not sure with what. I'd love suggestions!

I used a Rust-Oleum spray paint in white semi gloss. They have this new formula that can cover most plastic.

I'm planning on having them in my room but for now they are going to hang out on the mantel

here is a peak of the slipcover. I finish the main part yesterday and I only need to do the cushion but I need to get some foam and batting to make it thicker. hopefully this will be done soon. This weekend is going to be crazy with baseball.

Come back later for my link party!

Click here to see what link parties I attend

Almost Done

2012-04-23T21:40:00.000-04:00

I'm glad the kids are back to school and I can get back to my normal work schedule. It was a bit difficult since it was raining all morning but I work on the slipcover for the couch for most of the day. I took my time on this one. I'm getting better at sewing slipcovers although I did skip on the welting. I know it looks nicer but I wasn't in the mood to deal with it.

I'm also still so knew to this blogger interface, I was comfortable with the old.

This is what I've done so far with the slip-covering

I actually have the piece attached for the seat and I've started pinning the skirt to the bottom already.

It wont be as wrinkly when I'm done..hopefully

The first piece I cut was the piece for the front and back then added the arm and sewed the two pieces together. The arms are the most difficult for me so I did that next. One at a time taking my time.

and lots of pinning

I basically pin the fabric in place to the couch all over so nothing moves and everything is in its place. Then I pin the fabric around the arms and cut the extra around the shape of the arm. I then cut a piece to math the flat part of the arm and pin and sewed. I didn't mess up much just once.

I can't wait to finish it. Unfortunately I'm going to do labor work tomorrow with my guy for the day but I'm going to try and work on it tomorrow night.

I haven't painted in the past few days either which I'm starting to feel guilty. Wednesday and Thursday are my "have to" paint days this week.

I'll share the finished slip-covered couch by the end of this week. If nothing else comes up.

Features & Simply Creations Link Party # 54

2012-04-19T19:24:00.000-04:00

Welcome!

I have to admit I've been enjoying my vacation of doing nothing at home with the kids. I did get some time downstairs and sanded a few pieces. Once the kids go back to school I can get back to my work schedule.

I did get out today and went to Target. I've been looking for a while shower curtain for our master bathroom and knew they had Simply Shabby Chic shower curtains on clearance and found a ruffled one. I'll take pictures when I hang it up.

Anyway enough of me and on to the features!

features

1. Meeha Meeha's turquoise painted accent wall

2. Apple pie pancakes by Will Cook For Smiles

3. Teen boys room makeover and a loft by Stone and Rose

4. Leone Design made over this thrift find ottoman in a day!

Now its time to party!

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Simply Creations Friday Link party rules

3. Please be sweet and visit at least a couple other links. Everyone loves comments or a new friend.

4. Follow me so you can join my next party and feature giveaways

By entering your link, you are giving me permission to use any part of your post including pictures in a feature on Simple Home Life.

Bedrooms and Couches Inspiration

2012-04-18T10:47:00.000-04:00

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I love the look of a comfy and stylish couch in a bedroom. Even if you dont have tons of space you can fit a smaller size and it will add a great spot to read a book or just get some peace and quiet. I personally love the first photo I shared but I wish I had the space for the set up like the second photo.

I'm working on bleaching some drop cloths for a slipcover for the blue couch I got as I mention here. It takes me longer now that I have front loaders. I have to soak in a plastic bin and it seems to be taking for ever. I also have been not working much this week since the kids are home for vacation. We also had 80 degree weather the last two days and Its not easy to get anything done with four boys running around. I did get some painting done this morning.

I'm going to try and sneak downstairs to do some more work and get some cleaning done today.

decor & more

2012-04-15T21:05:00.000-04:00

I have been so busy I haven't freshen up the decorating in the house. The only thing I've done was put away all holiday decor and spruced up the mantel with my pom pom flowers.

This is my hall table "the harvest table" and my glass jars are empty. I'm not sure what to put in them.

The living room have been messy for most of the time, the kids throw the pillows off the couch and the dog's toys are everywhere.
I'd really like to move my blue server out and sell it and get some kind of nice shelf for storage. I also want to update the pillows with some fun bright fabrics.

The "paper fan wreath" base is still hanging out because I like it put the Christmas paper fans went in the holiday decor box. I place my typewriter, a old Dickens book , a music note book and a vintage Polaroid camera here.

I'm hoping to update my picture frames, I'm thinking of painting them a color.

My dining room doesn't even look like this right now, its filled with Easter baskets and other kids stuff.
My plans in here are to paint the table and recover the seats. I'd love to find some upholstered chairs for the ends. But only if they are cheap.

I dont have many plans in the kitchen except that I still want to remove the table top and do a farm style top with beat up wood boards......I hope this will happen over the summer.

I did finally buy the cute dog food storage metal bin from from Homegoods.

the last area besides our bedroom that needs some tlc is our front porch. We need to fix some floor boards and I'd like to look for a outdoor loveseat.

Lastly I'm hoping to share some pieces this week. The kids are home for April vacation and we have baseball games all week. I even got sunburned today at the kids games. Tomorrow is going to be in the 80's and I can't wait!

Tags and More

2012-04-13T21:45:00.000-04:00

I made some pinwheels today!
I'm working on a tutorial and will share these another time.....

We had a sunny day so I took some photos of some tags I've finished a week ago.

small painted wood number tags

great for organization

large wood tags painted in gray and turquoise

stained wood on the back

chalkboard tags

driftwood stained large tags with bright green painted numbers

clay welcome tags

this is a vintage porcelain enamel bucket I found

Most of the items will be at the Sowa and the wood and clay tags will be up on my Etsy shop soon.

I did more crafting today then painting.....today was a great day until I took one of the boys to baseball practice and my car was being odd. It was moving over the left and doing other weird things so I pulled over and looked around the car.

This is what I found

See all the corrosion? See how the metal isn't even attached together anymore? Yeah it got so rusted it broke.

My jeep liberty was born in 2005 and has 88,000 miles on it. This is not typical for a jeep that age and less miles.

Even the tow truck driver couldn't believe what he saw.

Anyhow I found out there is a recall on this so I'm feeling better about it now.

This could of been worse....like the whole bottom of my jeep falling out.....scary accidents.

Tomorrow is all about baseball so I wont be crafting or painting........and driving

Have a great weekend!

Features & Simply Creations Link Party # 53

2012-04-12T20:39:00.000-04:00

Welcome to Simply Creation's Link Party! I have some lovely features to share but first I wanted to show you these cute pinwheels I pinned today on Pinterest.

http://pinterest.com/source/elegala.com/

I actually pinned more but I think they are just so cute and I got crafty today and made a few myself. I'm trying different ways and will share when I'm done.

anyway.....now on to the features

1. Visual Eye Candy's big boy room reveal

2.Nifty Thrifty Things DIY washi tape

3.Creative Carmel's cherry delight

4. West Furniture Revival's mantel made from a shelf

Party Time

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Simply Creations Friday Link party rules

3. Please be sweet and visit at least a couple other links. Everyone loves comments or a new friend.

4. Follow me so you can join my next party and feature giveaways

By entering your link, you are giving me permission to use any part of your post including pictures in a feature on Simple Home Life.

What I'm Working On

2012-04-11T09:59:00.000-04:00

Its baseball season for our kids, and all of them are in baseball this year. They will be practicing and having there games on the other side of where we live which is about 15-20 min away. That means about 2 practices for each kid a week plus 1-2 games a week. I do enjoy watching them play and its great for them so I'm glad, this just means I'll be very busy.

Yesterday I worked in the studio for most of the day. I'm working on his chair.

primed and ready to paint

I picked out the fabric last Friday and finally figure out a color for the chair using my BM fan-deck.

I bought this outdoor/indoor fabric at my local discount fabric shop for $5.99 a yard. Its called "Peony Canary" by Dwell Studio.

I'm also working on this little side table

And here is the newest piece added to my collection

another telephone table! This one I get to replace the icky fabric with some fun fabric! I'm also thinking of a fun bold color.

I spent about 4 hours of my time stripping paint of these nightstands

The orange stripper I used worked wonders on removing the 8 layers of paint on these. The drawers need some repairing and I need to fill some areas with wood filler.

I wont be able to work much today as I have to go to the post office, bank, the grocery stores and the two middle boys have practice tonight. A fun day for me.

I'm sorry that I'm slacking on e-mailing back on all the lovely comments sent to me. I appreciate all of them and try my hardest to write back to each one.

Our Bedroom Still Needs A Makeover

2012-04-09T16:31:00.000-04:00

Its been a long time since I started cleaning out our bedroom to give it a new paint job, update some of the furniture and some decor. Well much hasn't happen with the room since then. I've been busy with other things that it has been neglected.

I've been planning our room for a while and finding the perfect paint color has been very difficult. Its never hard for me to find colors for furniture but for a room its much different.
I'm looking for a shade of light gray with no green or beige tones.

I like Pale Silver from Restoration Hardware.

I also like Wickham Gray from Benjamin Moore.

It does have blue tones in it

Do you know a lovely shade of a light gray?

Here is a bird's eye plan of our bedroom the way I want it

I drew this and then scanned and photo

It actually is like this already except we need to move the bed over to the left and that will give us plenty of room for a couch. The TV/dresser and desk are already in the same place as shown in the photo. I have a shelf I'm redoing to sit on top of the desk for storage. I'm also debating on buying bookshelves for by the door.

We also decided a couch would be nice to have in our room. Another place to sit and read or for the dog to lounge. I drew up this plan and fooled around on Photoshop adding the couch,pillows,paint,bedding and rug. The color on the walls are wickham gray and to the right you can see my desk/hutch I drew.

Here is the free couch I got today.

Its a loveseat but a great size for the space. I'm not sure if I want to reupholster this or just make a slipcover. It will definitely need a thicker cushion and a bunch of pillows for the back.

I already have two 6 by 9 drop-cloths awaiting for use. I might use them for this couch.

I really can't wait to have our bedroom a peaceful and fun place to be.

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Happy Easter

2012-04-08T09:53:00.000-04:00