Chest Redo

I am working on getting my girls room done. The other day, I decided that I wanted this chest to go in their room. So, I took it outside, sanded it down and then painted it black. When it dried I went over it with a wax finish so it wouldn't scratch as easily. I also recovered the cushion with this fabulous material. It looks GREAT!!! I am so excited with the way it turned out. I recovered a pillow (with ruffles too!!!) as well to go on the chest. Take a look and let me know what you think!!!

Fun Christmas

I can't believe it's getting close to the holiday season. I'm trying to think of how to spice up my christmas decor and I came across this pretty little thing. Isn't it the best? I do believe I want to go bright and fun this year. This is all something you can do yourself...and just think of how the kids would feel to have all these bright colors around them too!

Floating Wall Shelves

I have been wanting Floating Shelves in my living room for awhile, so I finally sat down with my husband and we figured out how to make them ourselves. I was soooo excited (and still am!) I hate spending money on shelves or anything that I know I can make or get cheaper. SO.... here they are.....you can make them too!! All you need is: a router, a piece of wood in the size that you want your shelf, sandpaper, and paint!

Cut your wood to the size of shelves that you want. (Mine are 4 ft., 3 ft., and 2 ft.) Router key holes in the back of each peice.

Then paint them, and hang them. Here are a few pics of the final look. Enjoy and let me know how it goes when you try it out!

Nursery/Kid Room

I found this the other day... it makes me happy :)

I do believe this will be the EXACT thing I do to my boy's room. The color combo is just perfect and you can't walk into a room like that and NOT like it. *sigh* I'm in love. lol

DIY Lampshade

I know that there are a lot of lampshades out there. Most of the time, if I'm going to have a lamp in my house, I'm going to want a funky, fun design on the lampshade instead of the typical plain colored one.


I found this tutorial on another site called J Caroline Home. It's full of projects and inspiration.


So enjoy this small tutorial... it's uber easy. I'm going out to find me some cheap fabric and re-do the lamps that I already have :)






*You can buy pre-glued lampshades or cover a plain one. With the self-adhesive variety, the
lampshade's label is the pattern for your fabric. If you fabric edges won't be covered with trim,
add a 1/2" seam allowance and fold it over the lampshade and glue to the inside.
*If you want to cover a lampshade you already have, make a pattern from a piece of newspaper.
Tape or use temporary spray adhesive to stick the paper to the lampshade and use a
highlighter to trace around the edge. Overlap where your edges meet by approximately 3/4".
Then remove the paper and cut to make a pattern. Cut your fabric based on your newpaper
pattern. You can then use a permanent spray adhesive to adhere the fabric to the lampshade. I
recommend spraying the lampshade thoroughly and then applying the fabric.
*Where the fabric edges meet, fold the raw edge of the top fabric under and use Tacky Glue to
glue down. Then you can use glue on the edges to prevent the fabric from pulling up.
*On the lampshade shown, I used a bias tape (basically a narrow piece of fabric similar to a
ribbon with the raw edges folded in to the middle) as the trim, which I glued on the top and
bottom with Tacky Glue.

Fall Decor

I love decorating for each new season. It gives me a reason to redecorate and add new things. This year, I added fabric pumpkins. They were super easy to make and really cheap. It cost me about $7 to make them. You can find the tutorial for them here: http://bloggingwithholly.blogspot.com/2009/08/more-requests-for-pumpkins.html

Here are my pumpkins. They are sitting on my mantle. I think the best thing about these pumpkins is that the sewing does NOT have to be perfect and they will still turn out GREAT!!

* tip: if you are going to make these, just get the samples from the fabric in the home decor departmet at Joanns. They are the perfect size and it is free!!!*

Find something around your house that is fall colors and stick them in vases in your fireplace, or go outside and cut some branches (with leaves) off a tree and stick them in a vase, then tie a ribbon around the vase. It makes a huge difference and adds a nice little impact that makes me smile everytime I look at my fireplace. Continue to add little things here and there. They all add that touch of 'home' to your house.

If you don't have any fall decor things and you want some, just wait a few more weeks and they will all be going on clearance. Trust me it is worth the wait, then you have something to look forward to when you decorate next fall!!

A Few favorite things

I found these yesterday and I'm in love. All 3 of these places are something that I need to add to my "dream house" folder. I'm in love with that wood walkway though.... what a way to make a statement, but also keep things natural and green. And I might want to attempt to do that mirror mural above my fireplace... it's so pretty :)