Monday, June 20, 2011

My First DIY Project

I received this chair from my Grandma when I was 4 years old! At the time it was painted a nice simple white color. I don't remember much of the chair over the years, but when I was in college, about 10 years ago, I decided it would be the perfect desk chair for my college apartment. So I painted it black, like every college student would! And not only was it black, but I added 3 puff paint gold glittery stars on the back of it! The black chair served its purpose that year in college and then after that it was put into storage at my parents house.

Lately I have been wishing that after my Grandma died I would have gotten some of her antique furniture and have been on the look out for a nice old dresser. So I was very happy to be reminded about this chair that my Grandma had already given me! So it was once again taken out of storage! I sanded it down, since I was not the best painter 10 years ago and glitter stars are not really my thing any more!

Below is the before, the after will come soon!

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Little Man's First Nursery

When I started shopping for my son's first nursery in our old apartment, I loved the catalog look and went a little over board. As I started to think about the room I wanted to add some of my own personal touches to the room! So I went to my local craft store and spent a good hour walking around looking for anything that I thought would make this a more personal room. This is how my room ended up.


This is hard to see, but these are art work I made myself for the room. I will post a more detailed view of these later.
This is my favorite part of the room. I painted these circles and decorated them with smaller circles to add dimension to the wall above the crib.
I really liked how the circles on the wall turned out. I also made the mobile above the bed. I used the same circles from the wall and some ribbon. I bought little animals that matched the bedding, that were actually ornaments! And we ended up with a cute mobile that we hung from the ceiling!


I am very happy with how my first semi DIY Nursery turned out! I felt like I was able to add my own personal touches to make it a room that I loved and was perfect for baby!

The next big question will be when we move into our new house, will I do the nursery the same, or will it be a complete change!!

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Sunday, May 15, 2011

Welcome

Welcome to my blog!

We just had an offer accepted on our second home, and so now I am very excited about the thought of decorating and making it our home!

This blog will be dedicated to making our new house a home!