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Bringing a little Mod into the bedroom…

December 13, 2012

How are all of you?!? I’ve missed connecting with you all! It’s been a teensy bit busy around here. Hubs has been getting his final projects together to finish up school over the last month and I’m SO SO SO proud to say he is now officially a college graduate!! He has been handling the responsibility of being a husband & daddy AND working a full time job while going to school! I couldn’t be more excited for him! What a man! {Proud wife here!}

Now on to DIY things…

Our poor bedroom was in dire need of a bit of a facelift. I mean isn’t your bedroom supposed to be the ultimate room in your house? Your escape from every day life? Well, mine was not… nope, not. at. all. It looked like someone had just chucked a whole bunch of old-timey crap in there that didn’t even go together one bit. It was the room that had all the left over junk in it. I couldn’t stand it anymore. It needed a ~~little~~ A LOT of life. Many people like their bedroom to be calm, collected and soothing but for me and hubs we wanted it to be a little funky and fun. I find that patterns on a wall seem to lift the spirits in a room so what did I do? I went with a mod inspired wall. Luckily I had left over paint from a previous project so I didn’t have to buy ANY paint! YAY!

Check it out..

{I apologize for the grainy photos..the next bedroom update will have better photos. promise! }

Taped it off…

Then painted and once I pulled off the tape this is what I got…

You’ll see a little bit of craziness going on with the paint behind the pillow. That will ALL be covered by our headboard. Which leads me to my next project…. to make a headboard! Stoked!

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Dip Dyed Chair

November 4, 2012

I just wanted to pop in for a moment and share another makeover piece that is going in my craft room! This project is easy-peasy for anyone and takes nearly no time at all!

As you all know I’m switching a couple things up in my craft room at the moment {just to spice it up a bit}. I originally had a very thin, modern chair sitting at my craft table but I decided to move it into another room. I really wanted a chair a little more “boxy” at my craft table {that my wonderful hubs made!} to take up more of the space since the table is so large. Months ago we had bought two bar stools and three wooden chairs at an auction for $1. YES, $1 for ALL of them! I didn’t even reeeeally care about ANY of the chairs but no one, not ONE person was bidding on them and geez…$1? You can’t even buy a pack of gum for a dollar now days! We snagged them up and what do you know…?! I’ve loved them! I decided they needed a little bit of a modern touch though since they are more of traditional style chairs and I don’t fit the bill for a “traditional style” girl. I didn’t necessarily want to paint the entire chair because the color of the wood is lovely sooo I decided to dip-dye the chair{s} and make that my craft room seat. I mean, what’s more fun than dip-dying furniture?!? Here’s how…

1st things 1st}} TAPE IT OFF how high you would like the “dip-dye” look to go on your piece of furniture.

2nd}} PAINT up to the taped off area.

3rd}} TAKE OFF TAPE and VOILA!

I can’t wait to show you what it looks like in the craft room!

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Bar Stools Makeover

October 1, 2012

Happy Monday!

Lyla {daughter} and I have been cooped up in the house for most of the day since it’s been chilly & rainy. I’m a huge fan of rainy days though. It’s the perfect time for me to blog away!

Recently I was going through our garage trying to tidy up the clutter fest we had going on in there. Since we have a booth at a flea market we gather up items and store them in our garage until we have space to put them in our booth. Basically, our garage is ALWAYS full. I get in these moods where I de-clutter our home like a crazy, mad fool soooo… away I went into our garage! I found two bar stools that we had bought at an auction at the beginning of the summer. I’m not going to lie, they were straight up ugly and in rough condition but we snagged those babies right up because there was potential! I felt they had sat in our garage long enough, it was time to put some work in to these helpless bar stools! My little girl was already catching some zzzz’s so to work i went. Check it out…

Here’s what we’re dealing with….just plain, old & outdated. {Picture doesn’t even tell it all. They were in pretty bad shape.}

{{Normally, the first step I would suggest would be sanding down the legs first but there was no sealer left on these raw chair legs.}}

First, hubs and I grabbed a chair a piece and went to town popping out the old staples on these chair cushions. {There seemed to be a million of these suckers!}

{This is what we got it down to.}

Second, I painted the bar stools an antique blue color and coated each chair with a sealer. {We had this leftover paint already from another project. Score!}

Third, I cut a circle out of my fabric and stapled it all the way around the bottom of the chair. {Side note: When cutting the circle from the fabric be sure to leave AT LEAST 1-2 inches extra all the way around so you will have plenty of fabric to work with when stapling.}

{Here is the final product!}

Looks MUCH better! I think they would be adorable in a girls dorm room. Hopefully they sell quickly in our booth!

Enjoy your day!!

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Out with the old in with the new…

August 15, 2012

Well folks, I am stuffed to the gills after eating fair food {again}. Going on Tuesdays to the Indiana State Fair is the best because it only costs $2 to get in and they have $2 “taste of the state fair” at every booth! Hubs and I bought a huge pretzel for only $2! Another booth was offering two sides for $2 so you bet your bottom dollar we were there, buying our sides. Oh yeah, get this… they were selling DONUT HAMBURGERS at the fair. {I feel a gag coming on…}. It seems we have ran out of foods to deep fry so we are turning to donut hamburgers now. I couldn’t get past how many calories had to be in the sandwich so unfortunately I did not try it. Speaking of counting calories, I decided I just couldn’t pass up Dippin’ Dots!

In my last blog post, I mentioned I was on the brink of doing a mini bathroom makeover and by golly, I have been kickin’ booty. My poor hubs mentioned the other day that my daughter and I are on one speed…GO! I started this bathroom makeover and I haven’t taken a break {and i L.O.V.E. it}. I was thinking about posting before and after pics of the whole bathroom mini makeover but I did so many “here and there” projects, I decided to break it down a bit.

First, I had to get rid of those terribly outdated oak cabinets. Don’t get me wrong, they are in perfect condition but just NOT my taste. As always, hubs and I get our thrills off doing makeovers on a budget so instead of buying a new bathroom vanity I sanded and painted that bad boy up and it looks brand new!
Here is the before pic of my ~~luxurious~~ {Uh-hum, let’s rephrase that… “modest” cabinets}.

I started the makeover by taking off the TP holder and nobs. Then I proceeded to sand ALL of the oak completely down to where it was baby butt smoooooth.

Once sanded, I brought out some paint I already had on hand. It was a small can that was actually in the returned paint section at Walmart and I bought it for approx $2. It’s just your basic brown but turned out awesome once it dried.

I ended up having to paint around three coats for it to look finished. After it was all dry, I screwed on our TP holder and our new nobs. I bought these amazing nobs at hobbylobby.com for 50% off! Check it out!

I stepped back, looked at it and it was perfect, too perfect {weird, I know}. I needed to rough up the edges a little too add a rustic vibe and so glad I did! I’m pumped with the results!

Check out the BEFORE and AFTER pics…

The only thing we still have to do to it is put a sealer on it aaaaand it’s finished! It’s amazing how much money you can save by just doing a “makeover” instead of purchasing a brand new vanity.

Well, that’s all for now! …Have a good day! )

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L.O.V.E. Bookshelf

July 21, 2012

Good morning!!

Don’t you just love a lazy Saturday?! My laundry is screeeeaming for help and my floor is covered in toys but instead I’m on the couch cuddling all morning with my little girl watching some good ol’ Spongebob Squarepants. {Laundry < Cuddles}

A few days ago I showed my hubs a picture of a L.O.V.E. shelf I wanted SO bad! It was priced at $80 and I knew WE {uh-hum….okay, maybe just the hubs} was capable of building it for wayyy under $80. He lived up to my expectations and surpassed! After a couple hours ….I had a shelf! The best shelf ever.

ITEMS NEEDED:

1}} Wood Planks 2 x 7 x 8

2}} 2 1/2 in screws

3}} Table saw

4}} Paint {optional}

5}} Measuring Tape

6}} Sander

Thanks to the superhero {<–”The Dark Knight Rises” is still in my head} of this project, hubs Jake already figured out the measurements for you so let’s get started!

1st}} Start by sanding down your 2 x 7 x 8 wood planks.

2}} Cut your planks to the appropriate sizes.

*For the “L” you will need an 11 inch and 28 inch piece.

*For the “O” you will need two 9 inch pieces and a 14 in.

*For the “V” you will need two 11 1/2 inch pieces with the edges cut at a 45 degree angle.

*For the “E” you will need a 20 inch, 9 inch and a 14 inch and a 5 1/2 inch.

3}} Paint, paint, PAINT! If you are painting the wood, now is the best time to do it. *Try to keep your letters in groups.*

{{I used three different colors to make it look like old barn wood. Started with the navy blue, then the black and last the grey.}}

4}} Screw them together starting with the bottom of the “E” and work your way up to the top.

{{For each piece you put together, put a screw on each end and one in the center to stabilize.}}

5}} Feast your eyes on your beauty because you’re finished!

6}} Time to decorate!

Okay here’s the recap:

Have a fun weekend everyone!!

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Pallet Coffee Table? I think so…

May 7, 2012

It’s Monday?….already? The weekend went by too fast but I say bring on the Monday madness {dark circles under eyes and hot chocolate in hand…let’s go}!

Along with all the fun festivities that occurred this weekend, Jake and I watched “The Avengers” {yes, I am a closet nerd}. At first I was just trying to be the “cool” wife and be all pumped for a superhero movie but then I actually got excited for it! Surprisingly it was a very entertaining movie too and….confession = I ~~liked~~ loved it! If you haven’t seen it yet I would definitely recommend you give it a chance.

Alright, yadda yadda yadda. Let’s go on…

In the making of re-decorating our living room we realized we were in need of a coffee table {more or less something you can prop your feet up on but can duel as a coffee table}. Being the overly frugal DIY-er I am I suggested using pallets for our coffee table. The hubs was all in! He even mentioned that he could bring some pallets home from his work {perfect!}. He brought them home the next day and we scurried out to get some paint and wheels for this new beauty.

It just so happened to be amazingly gorgeous out so we cranked up a little “Of Monsters and Men” and painted the pallets outside. I got on my DIY high and beasted it out {okay, well with a great deal of help from Jake }. Once all was painted we nailed the two pallets together and added the wheels to the bottom aaaaaand boom….new coffee table for under $25. You can’t beat that! Threw on a little decorations and here we are….

Pleased, satisfied, happy…you name it and that’s what I am!

What do you think??

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Prime Vintage

May 5, 2012

It’s a ~~nice~~ {more like} beautiful Saturday! Lovin’ the weather in the 80′s {feels like summerrrr!}

Over the course of this week we {Hubs & I} have done quite a few projects and I thought I would share …just one {for now}!

About seven months ago I purchased an old vintage stereo. It was not a gem to look at or anything but I saw potential and for $20 well, I just had to buy it! {Unfortunately I didn’t take a picture. It was way before I started my blog. It was all the brown color you see on the front.} Jake & I decided to paint it this coral color but it was… a fail. Neither of us were blown away by the look of it. We attempted to do a second makeover {painted it white and beat up the edges to look “antique-ish”}.

We liked it but it was a little simple for us. Onto the third makeover {I know, we are crazy}….

I wanted Chevron on the top to add a little pizazz sooo I measured out the width of how far apart I wanted the Chevron to be and taped that bad boy out!

I kept the furniture white and painted over the tape with black. I let it dry {which seemed to be an eternity long wait} and pulled off the tape.

A couple more things were still in need for the look we desired. I ripped out that fabric covering the speakers and painted it black inside and painted the nobs black for a bold look. Here is the final product….DUN-DUN-DUN….