Lay Me Down To Sleep

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These bedrooms from House Beautiful are so lovely. 

I love the mix of chocolate and the red, pink and taupe tones.

I don't even think my husband would object to them being to girly.

Is it naptime yet?

Quite a Pair - Of Chairs!

Have you ever wondered WHO actually picks up the crap people leave on the side of the road with a "FREE" sign?

Yeah, well, I am one of those people. 

And in our neighborhood, people do it all the time. And sometimes its pretty nice stuff.

On the very day I saw this tutorial on Elsie's blog, I found a chair on the side of the road.

It was equally as sad as the one pictured, but I didn't draw a smiley face on mine.

I patched the hole with duct tape and dissassembled the chair, which was pretty easy since the directions are printed on the underside of the seat.  Unfortuately, the top of the chair wouldn't come off, the screws were rusty and bent, so I just covered it with a plastic bag.

Then I painted it with Krylon in a nice aqua blue. My plan was to make it opposite of this chair, so both Goose and I can have a seat in my craft room.

I found this rusty red cotton fabric at JoAnn's. It's the same kind of fabric I used for the first chair, only a different color. The reds aren't quite the same shade, but I like the way they look together. I used my glue gun to attach the fabric to the chair. I carefully folded the fabric and glued it in place.

The pillows are from Dollar Tree.  With some left over fabric, I sewed a few rosette flowers and attached them with my glue gun.  I don't know where they will end up, but I thought they looked cute in the pictures.

Thanks for looking!

Crafty Cure for Boredom

It's crafty Tuesday, except on Thursday!

ENJOY!

Felt magnets? On the fridge? Awesome!

I want butterflies. Like... tonight!

Refrigerator Facelift

Design*Sponge

I have a hutch that I have been planning on making over for a long time.  I really like how she removed the doors on this. I might have to steal the idea!

Hutch Make-Over

Design*Sponge

*WANT* I've always wanted to do this.  I think it would be awesome in a kids room.  I was planning on doing this to Goose's bedroom door anyway!

Chalkboard Door

Ohdeedoh

DIY Crackle Paint Tutorial

Make the Best of Things

I think I have this table.  I totally love this.  I wasn't planning on re-paint my table, I kinda like the dumpy chipped blue paint it already has, but this is way cute!

Table Re-Vamp

That's so Cuegly

Lost most of my craft storage (and buttons, and paint and glitter and...) but this idea is super cute!

Once I build up my stash again, I might have to do this.

Creative Craft Storage

Little Birdie Secrets

Fork Inspiration Board

My 3 Monsters

Anthro-inspired Wreath

Tatertots and Jello

Love this chair! I have several chairs on my re-do list for the summer, so this tutorial will most likely come in handy!! In fact, my first project is going to be fixing the RED CHAIR for Goose's room.

Rocking Chair Re-Do

Crazy Domestic

Introduction: The Summer of BIG Things

I know I normally post tutorials on Tuesday,

and I will continue to do so, but I wanted to take today to introduce you to my latest endevor... re-decorating my home!

Well, I guess it's not really re-decorating if it's never been decorated in the first place, right?  All my decorations and nick-knacks and what-nots were still at the old house.  With the exception of some large picture frames, pretty much all of my "decor" items were lost.  So, I have to start over. Fresh. From scratch.  Not that I'm complaining, its actually really exciting to have a clean palette to start with. 

I've had many "ideas" of what I want to do with my home.  Although, none of them have really been cohesive and I have been reluctant to start on anything.  That is, until the May, 2010 issue of Martha.  The COLOR issue. My ideas were inspired! And when ideas become inspired, for me, thats where the magic starts to happen.  Where the pen comes out and scribbles endless ideas and sketchs in my notebook. 

I finally have direction for my living room, my kitchen... I'm so very EXCITED! And Goose's room, I kind of already mentioned the RED vintage chair. (I am slowly gathering supplies. I found two matching twin duvets in the PERFECT color scheme.  One for the comfortor, and one to make some curtains and pillows, with help of GG, I hope...) Anyway, this isn't about Goose's room today, its about the total house make over. And Martha...

It's heavenly!

Everything I dreamed of, but could not put to words.

The color palate...

That blue!! Oh, that wonderfully striking deep muted blue. 

This color palate is everything I have been looking for. 

From the yellow, to the peach and the blue...

We own an antique china hutch that is very dated.

I have been wanting to paint it blue for a loooooonnnnngggg time, but haven't found the right shade.

In my head, I saw it... but everything I looked at was either too "primary" or too green.

This blue though, perfection.

I think I may paint my coffee table the same color.

So this summer, that is my plan.  Re-vamp my whole home. And on the cheap.

Furnature won't be too much of an issue. We have some good pieces that just need some paint.

Anyone know where to get a couch cover for a sectional couch?

We have a wonderfully retro ::sarcasm:: couch that has seen better days.

It's the best nappin' couch around, but...

it's UGLY!

This summer, my Tuesday posts will most likely be design related.

Housewares, decor items and the like.

There might be some other crafts mixed in.

I miss scrapbooking so much, but that is a post for another day. 

So, stay tuned. Not only will I be sharing my own projects.

And I will *try* to remember the BEFORE shots this time!

I will also feature cute tutorials as always.

I'm so excited to finally be inspired enough that I'm no longer afraid to paint my furnature. 

I have a plan and I know I won't regret it!