Cherry Blossoms

I needed some art for my bathroom redo.  I have some seriously awesome artists in my family (like people who actually sell their stuff) but alas I DID NOT GET ANY OF THAT TALENT, I have zero artistic ability, but what I do have are mad cutting skills so after the trashcan went so well I decided to do more contact paper art. Each picture cost me about $4.00 to make… so YEAH!

I started off with these they cost me $8.something for the 3-pack.              @ (Wal-Mart)

Then I painted them all burnt umber. I liked the lines in the paint so I only did one coat of burnt umber.  The paint was like $1.something

When I was doing the trashcan I noticed the cherry blossoms in my clipart and I knew then, I would be using them.  I just enlarged them to the size I wanted, then I cut my contact paper to 8.5 X 11 and put it through my printer.   Then came the fun part, cutting them all out.

After they were all cut out I placed them on the canvas.

And carefully painted over the top of them.

I added two coats of white and peeled the contact paper off as soon as I was done with the second coat, while it was still wet.

I’ll show you how it all came together when I do my big bathroom reveal. (hopefully soon)

End table Makeover

Living room makeover project #4 End table

I found this piece at the same time I found my awesome sewing chair.  I have wanted a end table for a while and I loved this one because it has two little drawers in it, perfect for storing my magazines and other books.  I recently bought a new rug for my living room and I loved the leaf patterns all throughout the rug so I thought I would incorporate the leaves into my end table.  I again used clear contact paper to get the look I wanted.  Who knew contact paper was so cool.

The End Table

First thing I did was sand it down and paint the top of it white the color I wanted the leaf to be.

Then I found a leaf in the carpet that I wanted to copy.  If you look real close you can see the contact paper over the leaf.  I copied it with black Sharpie.

Then I cut it out and placed it on the top of the end table.

Then I painted over it with dark chocolate brown.

Then I rubbed stain all over the end table so that the white wasn’t so bright.

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AFTER

 

Project #1 Burnt Lunch Sack Wreath

Project #2 Sewing Table

Project #3 Sewing Chair

Sewing Chair Makeover

Living room redo project #3 Sewing Chair
Since I had an awesome new sewing table, I wanted to get a chair to got with it.  I found this chair at the thrift store for a couple of bucks and I really loved the overall look of it but it was in need of a  little bit of a makeover.  I found some awesome fabric at Wal-Mart and I knew that it would be the inspirations for my chair/sewing table. I’m very happy with the results.

BEFORE

AFTER

BEFORE

AFTER

Project #1 Burnt Lunch Sack Wreath
Project #2 Sewing Table
Project #4 End Table

Sewing Table Makeover

Living room makeover project #2 Sewing Table.

I was trolling Craigslist one day and I found this awesome sewing table.  I fell in love with it.  I just loved the style and it’s overall look, I knew when I saw it that I wanted it.  I really am happy with the end results.

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AFTER

My hubby sanded it down for me, and then I painted it, I love the contrast of the black top with the white underneath.  Then I sanded part of the paint off and rubbed stain all over it including the top, then wiped it off, rubbed it on wiped it off you know the drill.

I love the original hardware, but they needed a little help so I spray painted those a nice silver and let some of the old color shine through on the edges for a little bit of contrast. 

again

BEFORE

AFTER

Project #1  – Burnt Lunch Sack Wreath

Project #3 – Sewing Chair

Project #4 – End Table

Flowerpot Trashcan

Since we got our new floor a couple of weeks ago, I have been on a little bit of a mission to redo the look of our home.  One of the rooms I tackled was our half bath.  I love it so far but it’s not ready for the big reveal, but I wanted to show you one of the projects I made for it, that was SUPER easy and turned out great.  And that was the trashcan.  I wanted something cute, but trashcans that are cute are spendy.  I wasn’t about to spend $20 + dollars on a trashcan so I improvised and used a flowerpot instead.
The original flowerpot wasn’t white, but I wanted white flowers so I spray painted a little bit of it white.
 
I’m not one of those lucky people who do vinyl stuff, and I don’t know anyone who does so I had to improvised. I found a flower that I like in my clipart and printed in out on clear contact paper.  Then I cut it out, peeled off the back and placed it on the flower pot. 

Then I spray painted it with a metallic brown spray paint. I did two flowers one on each side.  I love how it turned out!

Faux Tile Backsplash & Dining room

A couple of things that we have done to our home.  When we moved into our home 5 1/2 years ago we painted every wall.  On of those walls was the kitchen backsplash.  I picked a color I thought I liked and put it up.  From the moment it was finished I HATED it.  Not that it was a bad color or anything it was just basically the same color as the cabinets and it looked really strange. (a few painful years later when I could finally talk my husband into painting again)  We had the idea to make faux tile on the back splash instead.  I have loved it ever since.  Recently (like Friday) I helped my super talented friend Sharon over at This Thrifty House (I know I actually get to know her in real life) paint her backsplash I LOVE how she did hers so you should go check it out.  (and yes, those are the only things that get to live on my counter tops)

 
One thing I have always loved and still love 5 1/2 years later is our dining area.  We added the crown molding and the other wood at the bottom it was super easy and I LOVE the look.