tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67444927012476983242024-03-18T23:34:49.263-04:00restylinUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6744492701247698324.post-80779031561530848702012-08-13T23:28:00.000-04:002012-08-13T23:28:11.100-04:00Next Re-Stylin' Project - Our Master ClosetHey there! How was everyone's weekend?? I'm sure it was great! :) I started working on a new project...and it's something I should have started a long time ago (because we have lived here for almost 2 years). My name is Kristine and I have a confession to make...My husband and I have a farely large master closet in our bathroom and we don't utilize it. At all. I know, I know. Don't hate me. I guess I should explain. We "use" the closet but not the way we should. It's more of a place to dump stuff. I mean, I have always told myself "Self, you are going to clean this closet out and really utilize it." I never got around to it, until now. I think I put it off so long because it's pretty scary. I didn't even take a before picture because I was to embarassed to show you! But the previous owners did a real number on it. There are so many scuffs on the walls, holes, old nails, old anchors, etc. And the way they have the wire shelves up on the wall were allllll wrong. So I took everything down and started from scratch.<br />
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The picture above is the entrance into the closet and the shelves you see are my side of the closest (the longest & biggest part) :)<br />
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This is our new laundry system. It's technically for shoes but since being a stay at home mom now, I have decided to down size my shoes...I know, its crazy. Here are some of them below (not including all my boots..)<br />
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So I am putting some in storage because they are considered my "work" shoes and some are going to Goodwill. Anyways, I am going to use three sections of that shelving for our whites, darks and towels and sheets. Luckily the baskets fit perfectly onto the racks and this new laundry system has been working out so well for us so far. <br />
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Just for kicks, look at all the awful scuffs and mess all over the wall that we are working with...<br />
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YUCK. Anywhoo -When Sherwin Williams was having their 40% off sale a month ago, we decided to go ahead and buy some paint for the closet and we are painting it PINK. I am SO excited. Scott was totally ok with anything I wanted. I really want it to feel girly and feminine and I am so lucky that I have a husband who totally doesn't care. We have recently decided that we are going to invest in some nice shelving system from Home Depot. We are going to hopefully buy them tomorrow. :)<br />
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So far we have pulled all the shelving off, re-patched allllllllllllllllll the holes, sanded them down, painted all the trim a crisp white and I have now started painting! We are on a roll! Now we need to finish painting and order our new shelving system! Yay! Stay tuned!<br />
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~KristineUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6744492701247698324.post-36455516247024663412012-08-09T21:38:00.000-04:002012-08-09T21:39:44.066-04:00A Chocolatey RecipeHey, Hey, Hey! How's everyone doing? Hopefully everyone has been watching these amazing Olympics. I don't know what I'm going to watch when it's over...What did I use to watch before it started?? Who knows. Anyways, I wanted to bring to you an amazing and yummy and EASY recipe that my awesome mother in law brought to me back in December. It is seriously addicting, so that's your warning. You only need THREE ingredients. That's it!! And they are:<br />
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1. Box of Golden Grahams cereal<br />
2. Peanuts<br />
3. 1 whole bag of chocolate chips<br />
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Put the chocolate chips in a bowl (that can go in a microwave) and heat them up until they are nice and melted. Stir it up real good. Now add 4 cups of golden grahams into the bowl with the melted chocolate chips (or more if you want) and add in 1 cup of peanuts (or more or less-whatever you want!) And just mix it all up and make sure you get all the golden grahams all nice and coated with the chocolate.<br />
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Here's what it looks like after all mixed up. Now get a cookie sheet and put some wax paper on it. Spread out your mixture on the wax paper.<br />
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Place the cookie sheet in the refrigerator for about an hour so it hardens. Take it out after an hour or so and start breaking it up into little pieces and place into a ziplock bag. Voila! You're done! <br />
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Hope you like. I love this and it's so good when it's nice and cold.</div>
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We finished up the bathroom this morning. We were all done with the painting by Tuesday night but Scott had to install the new white shelves above the toilet and install the little towel ring by the sink. We are still waiting to get the light fixture installed and that will be done tomorrow. But I wanted to go ahead and show you the finished product.<br />
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Let's start out by looking at why my inspiration was.<br />
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This is the rug I found at Home Goods awhile back and this is in front of the vanity & then I have a smaller one in the tub/toilet area. I love the way the blocks are placed and all the shades of purple with a little bit of gray. Our dining room is a lot similar to this with the grays and the purples (not lavender walls).<br />
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Let's take a quick look at the before's:<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">So without further ado, here is the bathroom! :)</span><br />
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I added some personal touches in the room with two large pictures of my babies bathing (get it? We're in a bathroom?) :) I have a teeny little frame on the top shelf above the toilet of Scott & I when we were about 19 & 21. I know, we look super young. I will most likely change that picture and put something more "bathroom" in it, but we'll see. Let me explain what I have on the counter top. On the far left is a tumbler of Q-Tips & then right next to it is a little jar of cotton balls and little make-up remover puff thingys. Then soap, then a tumbler of some sort that holds Liam's toothbrush & tooth paste & of course when we have guests, they can utilize it as well. Then on the far right is a reed diffuser because let's face it...I have a little boy & little boys tend to smell after playing outside. :) <br />
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The painting on the far right wall is something I bought yeeeeeeeeaaarrsss ago but never parted with. I wanted to incorporate some browns & grays in the room to balance out the purple & not make it look to "feminine". <br />
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Well I hope you enjoy the room & once we get the light fixture installed I will post a new picture of the vanity area. Have a good night!<br />
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~KristineUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6744492701247698324.post-24727331589549438952012-07-24T22:34:00.000-04:002012-07-24T22:34:57.479-04:00Green Goddess Grilled Cheese - A Pinterest RecipeI wanted to share with you guys an amazing recipe I tried last night. It's a creative turn on a typical, boring grilled cheese & a lot better for you! Scott & I normally don't eat meat (especially red meat) but we will have our occasional chicken & ground turkey. But my goal this last week was to make a dinner every night with no meat, all veggies. And I succeeded and made some awesome dinners, including this one. The green goddess grilled cheese. I have seen this recipe a lot on Pinterest so I decided to try it. I found the recipe <a href="http://www.tastespotting.com/features/green-goddess-grilled-cheese-sandwich-recipe">here</a>. <br />
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Let's first look at the mess I made...Yes, I am a messy cook.<br />
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These are the ingredients that you will need: *This is to make one sandwich*<br />
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- 2 slices of bread (preferably a multi grain bread)<br />
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- Crumbled goat cheese<br />
- Baby spinach<br />
- Slices of avocado<br />
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Pour a little olive oil in the skillet. Spread the pesto on each slice of bread. Place one piece of mozzarella cheese on the bread, then add the avocado on top. Put some goat cheese on next, then add some spinach and top it off with another slice of mozzarella cheese. Then place the other piece of bread on top and press down. Put the sandwich on the skillet and let it brown, then flip it over and press down and let that side brown. Take it off and cut in half (if you so choose) :)<br />
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YUM! Look at all that green goodness. I didn't know if I would like the goat cheese, but it gives it a creamy taste. So delicious! We ate it with some sweet potato fries!<br />
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So make this! It was really easy and it was a crowd pleaser in my house. We will make this again, for sure!<br />
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Oh. P.S.-The bathroom has been painted and now we are putting everything back. I am hoping to get the photos all taken tomorrow and get it up here so ya'll can see :) <br />
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~KristineUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6744492701247698324.post-13562497387822714572012-07-23T18:42:00.002-04:002012-07-23T18:42:59.936-04:00Guest Bathroom Makeover - Part 1Hello everyone! I hope everyone had a great weekend! So sorry for the delay in posts :) Having a wee little baby & a 3 year old is quite the challenge! I'm sure a lot of you can understand. <br />
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A lot has changed in our home since I last posted. I will be showing all the new updates within the next couple days. But the first project I wanted to discuss was our guest bathroom/kids bathroom. We've left it the exact same since we moved in. Boring beige walls and all the nasty fixtures. The ONLY change we made when we moved in was the faucet. That old 1999 fixture had to go. So we replaced that ASAP. But the colors, the $1.00 towel bars and etc was all the same. Until now. So the first step - pick a paint color! I love the shower curtain & the rugs that I have in there already. I got them at Home Goods a while back & those are staying so I needed to pick a paint color that worked around the rugs. Well if you didn't know, Sherwin Williams is having their semi-annual paint sale where all their paints & stains are 40% off!! I know, right?! Normally, we never go there because quite frankly, I think their paint is a little expensive. HOWEVER, all their paint is non VOC & has amazing coverage. So you get what you pay for. Anyways, we decided to go with a light lavender color from HGTV. Yes, HGTV has a paint line from SW (Wow, I sound like an endorsement for Sherwin Williams-I swear I'm not). :) Here is the beautiful color we decided to go with.<br />
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Yes, it's the one with the arrows & smiley face & circle. It's called Grape Mist. This picture is pretty true to the color. Well we got down to business this afternoon and started removing everything off the walls & all the crappy $1.00 towel bars & stuff & did some MAJOR spackling.<br />
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Here are some BEFORE pictures you might enjoy (well, probably not-this wall color is awful).<div>
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1. Remove all hardware, tape & spackle</div>
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2. Paint!</div>
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3. Remove light fixture? (If I can find an inexpensive one at Home Depot)</div>
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4. Get a new towel bar</div>
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5. Hang two white shelves above the toilet (Already own shelves, need to get decorative brackets)</div>
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That should do it! If anything else, I'll update later. Stay tune for part two tomorrow! Have a great night!</div>
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Oh, PS-I'm making another Pinterest recipe tonight. I'll let you know how that goes too.</div>
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6744492701247698324.post-48776052664798407752012-03-25T13:08:00.000-04:002012-03-25T13:08:52.620-04:00A Pinterest RecipeHello everyone!<br />
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Wow, Sorry it's been so long since I have last posted. Let me show you why...<br />
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Yes, I was having my little baby girl - Lola. :) She is such a precious and sweet little baby! She was born on Sunday, January 29th at 6:48 a.m. She was little - Only 5lbs 10oz! And I was full term. Scary delivery, but I'll chat about that on another post. She is 8 weeks old today, so here is a more recent picture.<br />
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Ok, so enough about my cutie little baby! :) The point of this post is to talk about a yummy little recipe I saw on Pinterest. If you don't know what Pinterest is, then you have been living around a rock! It's such an awesome website and you need to join if you haven't yet! <br />
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This recipe is called "No Bake Energy Bites" and I pinned it on Pinterest from <a href="http://gimmesomeoven.com/no-bake-energy-bites/">this source</a>. Here are mine and the recipe is below.<br />
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<ul><li>1 cup oatmeal (the old school oats)</li>
<li>1/2 cup chocolate chips</li>
<li>1/2 cup peanut butter</li>
<li>1/2 cup flax seed</li>
<li>1/3 cup honey</li>
<li>1 tsp vanilla</li>
</ul><i>*It says to add coconut flakes, but I chose not to since I hate coconut, but that is something you can add!</i><br />
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Mix all ingredients in a bowl and refrigerate for 30 minutes then simply roll into little balls. Should make around 20 balls or so, depending on how big or small you roll them. Keep them refrigerated and enjoy!<br />
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<i>*Another side note - you don't have to use chocolate chips. You can substitute those for anything. Chopped walnuts, almonds or maybe dried cranberries. Anything you want! :)</i><br />
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I hope you enjoy and try them out! I have a few other projects up my sleeve that I have been working on and will be sharing very soon! <br />
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KristineUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6744492701247698324.post-70018314399875305662011-12-31T17:01:00.001-05:002012-04-16T20:56:12.633-04:00Dining Room ChangesMerry Christmas & Happy New Years Everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and you're now getting ready for a new year. I know I am! I'm getting ready for this baby to come out pretty soon (another month, maybe..). The Christmas decorations have come down :( It was sad taking it all down because I just felt like I put them up only a month ago! Why can't we keep our Christmas decorations up all year round?? :) Just kidding...that would be weird.<br />
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So we've actually made quite a few changes around the abode in the past few weeks. Some big (not really) and some small. Mostly small. Like painting the hallway that leads from the dining room to the kitchen, painting the half bath (that needed it so dang bad!!), buying a few new things for the living room and moving some things around, adding some huge, tall mirrors in our entry way on the stairs, and then what this post is about; the dining room. Nothing major, just wanted to show you how pretty it looks now, now that is more complete. But let's take a look at what it looked like before I re-styled it.<br />
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</div>And now here she is in all her glory!<br />
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This is what you see when you walk in. I moved the two end chairs to the corners of the room and would like to get some little pillows for them so they don't look so naked. I have set the table for four. Below, you will see the new set up on the table.<br />
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The table runner is new and it's from Home Goods. The gray place mats are also new, also from Home Goods. The vases are the same and the candle holder in the middle is from Ross I bought over Christmas time. Now I hope you notice what's in it...Yep! Sparkly, silver ornaments. They are staying. :) I think they look so pretty and really go with the room.<br />
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I decided to place the holder on top of my Tiffany plate that I got from a dear friend when I got married. It is just so beautiful, how can you not show it off in a dining room? I got some new art pieces for the big wall from Kirklands (allllll on sale).<br />
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</div>Pretty, huh? The colors in those pictures go perfectly. I'm pretty sure it was meant to be. Oh and because I got them both for $10.99 @ Kirklands. I just fell in love with the scrolly looking piece. It totally mimics the scrolls on the rug. Overall, very satisfied with the big wall. I have a mirror I bought on Amazon awhile ago that normally hung over our fire place. Well that mirror was replaced by a MUCH better one (also from Kirklands on sale, more on that on another post). So I decided to stick her in the dining room.<br />
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</div>Looks better there, for sure. Here is another view from the hallway.<br />
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Oh, P.S. Those white plates on the place mats are from Target. They are plastic and only cost $1.79 a piece! I really didn't think it would matter if they were plastic...We aren't really going to eat on them, they just for show!<br />
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So those are some changes in the dining room! Hope you like what we've done. Like I said, we have some other changes in the house I will show you soon. Have a great New Year's and see you next year! :)<br />
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~KristineUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6744492701247698324.post-58262705204156304932011-12-08T17:44:00.000-05:002011-12-08T17:44:57.209-05:00Additions to the nursery!Hey Everyone!<br />
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I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and I hope everyone has started decorating for Christmas! :) We put up our tree the day after Thanksgiving and started decorating the house for a few days after that. I love this time of year, I mean, who doesn't!? The only thing I could do WITHOUT is the extra traffic, the extra long lines everywhere & the rude people who are not considerate during this time of year..Wow, I sound like Scrooge :) I'm just kidding, that's just what you get at the end of the year. <br />
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</div>To the nursery - We have made some more additions to the room since the last post. We finally got the glider in (thanks Mommy!) and Scott put that together with the help of Liam, of course. We got our rug in too! Both on the same day. I decided to get a white rug. I just couldn't find anything that matched what I wanted in my head! So white it was and I am so glad- it looks so pretty with the pinks and the gray and the white furniture. We got the bumper and the sheet for the bed because remember, I am making the crib skirt. I will have a post about that soon. I need to finish making it! I know-this is a busy time of year, people! The more I look at the curtains, I just love them even more! Here are a few pictures of what we have so far. Oh, we also hung up the awesome mirror too. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ummmm...Be-still my heart! Look at them! :)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The new rug! Perfect size for this room. Pretty much fits the entire walking space so you're always standing on soft, cushy-ness. :)</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;">So that's where we are right now. I still have a few things I was going to paint and hang up and I still can't decide what to put on one wall. I'm thinking some nice long white shelves - You can never go wrong with shelves. We'll see, still deciding. I hope y'all like the additions to the nursery! Crib skirt to come and some wall accessories. So, to be continued!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Have a great day and an upcoming weekend! Get some Christmas shopping done! :)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">~Kristine</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6744492701247698324.post-58968014272261904092011-11-23T19:57:00.000-05:002011-11-23T19:57:14.434-05:00No Sew Curtains - Nursery!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hello Everyone and Happy Thanksgiving Eve! :) It already smells so good in my house, thanks to my awesome Mother In Law who is preparing some dishes tonight. :) I am here to bring you some more news about the nursery and where we are today! Already moving forward with everything pretty quickly. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So you remember on my last post when I talked about some curtain panels I wanted from Target. Here they are <a href="http://www.target.com/p/Room-Essentials-Window-Pair-Panel-Barely-Pink/-/A-12800967">here</a>. It was the exact color pink I wanted and I just loved the simplicity of them...Not to mention the price! Hello $20! Well they have been out of stock for so long, I decided to make my own. I was done waiting. I went to Hobby Lobby and found the perfect color pink AND it was only $2.99 a yard. I needed 6 yards so that makes the price = $18.00. Cheaper then Target (plus I was going to have to pay shipping!). I used stitch witchery, so no sewing and done so quick and looks awesome. Also, I don't really like using the curtain ring clips that you can buy, plus that's just an added expense so I made my own little loop at the top to secure them on the curtain rod. Once again, so simple and these babies look like the real deal :) Here is how I did it - and you can do it too!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">First, measure out your fabric on the floor (seen below) and then cut the length you need.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Next, you'll lay your fabric on the ironing board and give it a good iron to get all the wrinkles out. Pick an end of the fabric and fold the fabric over as much as you need to make a loop to hang up your curtains. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div> I had to hem the bottoms of the curtains just a tad, but here is the final product!<br />
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</a></div> I love the way it looks against the gray and all the white! Perfect! You would never know these were hand made (if I do say so myself..) :) Also, we bought the mirror for above the dresser! Garden Ridge Pottery, baby! Good deals and awesome mirror. Seen below - Check out the detail.<br />
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</a></div> Obviously haven't hung it up yet, but we will. We also bought the glider and ottoman! Amazon.com :) Free shipping. Should be here in a week or so. Can't wait to show you guys! Hope you enjoyed the tutorial and enjoyed the new updates. More to come. I am making the crib skirt tonight so I will be back soon with that tutorial and new look to the crib.<br />
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Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!!<br />
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~KristineUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6744492701247698324.post-65166711006207043232011-11-19T17:03:00.000-05:002011-11-19T17:03:48.388-05:00Nursery Update!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Hey All! So sorry I have been MIA lately - We were out of town all last week because my sister in law, Susie, got married and I was her Matron of Honor and Liam was the ring bearer and Scott was a groomsmen :) Yes, it was a family affair!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Yes, we look so cute! :) Liam and I were gone for the whole week and then Scott joined us at the end of the week so while we were gone, he put the crib together and picked up the dresser from the guy we bought it from on Craigslist. I did a few things last night and I was able to hang them up in her room so I wanted to share the progress as we are today! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here we have our naked window that is in dessssppppparate need of some curtains. Ok, so I have the ones I want picked out - they are from Target and they are the PERFECT color pink (Barely Pink) but they are out of stock online (& not for sale in store) and have been out of stock for months! I'm getting impatient...</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The crib :) Love it! Scott put it together and its from Wal-Mart - we got an awesome deal.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ok, in this corner will be the glider and ottoman. Have that picked out as well from Target, just haven't purchased it yet. But that's the spot for it!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Yay! Our awesome 9 drawer dresser made from real wood - A Craigslist find from some guy that refinishes dressers and repaints them. - So nice :) Just need to add some liners in the dresser</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Little project I did. Repainted this frame I had, white, then added the scrapbook paper then taped her sonogram pictures to it - Voila! Instant, free art. I'll eventually change out the sonogram pics and put pics of her in there.</span></td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">~Kristine</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6744492701247698324.post-48809087568615409132011-11-01T09:57:00.000-04:002011-11-01T09:57:45.715-04:00Halloween Night & Some nursery updatesGood Morning, everyone! I hope everyone had a great Halloween! Let's just say I am glad it's over! I was so exhausted after the little pirate went to bed. Which wasn't until 9:15...I let him have ONE dum dum and ONE piece of chocolate and he was literally running in circles around the house. This is why he doesn't eat candy and/or sugar! But he had such a great time trick or treating. He was a pirate this year (his choice). Here are a few pics of him getting ready...I was trying to put black eye liner on him..wasn't happening. I also drew a little mustache on him :)<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">He did so good going up to the houses and saying "trick or treat!" He loved it, he just kept saying it over and over. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Overall, it was a great night. Apparently, our neighborhood is THE place for kids (and old teenagers) to go trick or treating. I have never seen so many kids and people in my life! We went through alllll of our candy pretty quick. Glad its over! :) Next year for Halloween, I'll have an 8 month old AND a 3 1/2 year old to take around :)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">We bought our crib yesterday! YAY! And the mattress, but that isn't that exciting. We got it from Wal-Mart. Very pretty and had great reviews so we bit the bullet and got it. Scott has also starting painting the nursery. It looks so good! He just wants to do one more coat and we are done! Here is a sneak peek:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">It's kinda hard to tell the color, but it is the exact gray I wanted. With all the light pink and white, it is going to be so pretty! I'll be posting some more pics hopefully tomorrow when the hubby finishes painting today after work :) Yes, I am a slave driver! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Christmas is right around the corner!! Yay! :) Take care everyone!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">~Kristine</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6744492701247698324.post-26451447692607440682011-10-30T10:18:00.000-04:002011-10-30T10:18:28.298-04:00Boo! Halloween is coming!Hello readers! Hope everyone is having a great weekend! So today is Sunday and that means tomorrow is Halloween! I loved Halloween as a kid, of course, but you know, as you get older it gets less and less fun but once you have kids, it all comes back! :) You get to re-live all the fun Halloween stuff; ie. the pumpkins, the decorations, the candy (my fav.), the costumes, fun Halloween projects with the kids, and of course trick or treating!<br />
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Liam is obsessed with pumpkins! So naturally we took him to a pumpkin patch a few weekends ago and he loved it and we went home with 6 pumpkins! Here are a few pics from that experience:<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">He had so much fun and did NOT want to leave. So the next weekend I thought it would be fun if we painted a pumpkin! I bought him some Crayola paint and put him outside on the deck and he went to town.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">His finished masterpiece! :)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">I'll be back after Halloween to show off his little costume and hopefully he had a good time trick or treating! This is really his first year to understand whats going on and he's been practicing saying "Trick or Treat!" He's ready.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I hope everyone has a wonderful Halloween and make sure you are careful! Check your kids candy :)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Wow. It was bad. Scott started by just making piles of everything before he pulled out all the storage boxes out of the storage closet. So now there is actually room to walk. We just started going through all the bins and boxes and tried to compile everything into the plastic bins and get them all labeled so we know what everything is. Slowly things were coming off of the floor and into the bins and into the much organized finished attic closet (LOVE this thing). The only reason this took some extra time was because I needed to find all my old baby stuff that I am going to need for our daughter. We have several Good Will bags and of course lots of garbage bags. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Here is what we have when we are almost done (sorry, forgot to take a half way shot):<br />
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</div></div><div style="text-align: left;">Looking much better, huh? So after some major dusting, sweeping (about 3 times & with the Swiffer!), magic erasing the walls & doors (yeah, the people who lived here before left major dirt all over the walls & doors), we decided to go ahead and move the guest room furniture into the new guest room. So now here is what our new guest room looks like!:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">Pardon the un-made bed. Still hanging just a few things up.</div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">It looks so different and I feel so much better that we are done with Phase One. There will be many phases I'm sure until this nursery is done. Just for kicks, here is what the babies room looks like now:<br />
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</div></div><div style="text-align: left;">Nice and empty. Just those beautiful blueish/greenish walls that will be painted over very soon. We are making a trip to Home Depot in the next day or so to pick out the paint color for the nursery. It will be a beautiful light gray color. Remember, nice and calm is what we are going for. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Thanks for reading and stay tuned for Phase Two! :)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">~Kristine</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6744492701247698324.post-50839668855644416422011-10-21T21:52:00.000-04:002011-10-21T21:52:17.611-04:00So it begins...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Howdy! I hope everyone has had a good week and now here's hoping to a good weekend! We had to turn our flippin' heat on Wednesday night. All day the high was only 53! And rainy. So of course that night, it got mighty chilly. And then again last night. But I love the cold weather! Sweaters, boots, hot chocolate, hot anything! :)<br />
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Anywhoo...I keep thinking my lovely husband keeps forgetting that we are having a baby soon because we literally haven't done anything. Not one thing. I have been SCOURING everywhere for the perfect bedding set for our daughter and the one that I found that I just LOVE...We can't afford. Here it is here:<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Sigh......It's from Restoration Hardware and for a 3 piece set, its $226! Um...No. So I decided that I am going to re-create it or "re-style" it myself! For A LOT cheaper too. Like less then $100. But that is a different post. We'll get there soon. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">So it begins means cleaning out our 4th bedroom that we have upstairs or should I call it our "storage room". We literally just put everything in there that we just don't know where it goes yet. This room has to be cleaned out so we can make our guest room our daughters room and our "storage room" will be our new guest room. Ok, so here it is....I'm a little nervous to show you what it looks like...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;">I forgot to mention that this room is huge! I have no clue how we are going to set up the guest room. The good thing is; is that this room has access to tons of storage. So most of this stuff will go into some bins and stored away. Um, also, yes - those are boxes. Yes. We have lived here since December 17, 2010. Don't hate.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">This is the guest room that I will say that I am sad to paint over this beautiful paint color :( But, for my daughter, I will do so :)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">We will be painting over this with a beautiful gray color. Her nursery will be grays & pinks & maybe a splash here and there of some pops of color. But the whole point is to keep it very calm and girly without being too girly :) </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">This is the famous to do list, because I love a good to do list:</div><ol><li>Clean out "storage room" & reorganize it</li>
<li>Move everything out of the guest room & set up in the new guest room</li>
<li>Paint the nursery</li>
<li>Paint all the trim, white</li>
<li>Buy crib</li>
<li>Buy dresser</li>
<li>Make the crib skirt</li>
<li>Collect the rest of the bedding</li>
<li>DIY some awesome art & wall decor</li>
</ol>I think that might do it for now - I'm sure I'll be adding to it soon.<br />
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Wish us luck!! :)<br />
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~KristineUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6744492701247698324.post-77670758045146698832011-10-13T21:11:00.000-04:002011-10-13T21:11:03.478-04:00Stair-Wall ProjectHello Readers!<br />
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I have an exciting project to share with you today! Not only is it exciting, but did I mention it was...FREE??! Yep, didn't cost me one penny. However, it did take a little time and my little hand does kinda hurt. More on that in a second. I needed to fill a space in our foyer that I have been wanting to fill for awhile. When I redid our foyer a few months ago (you can see that <a href="http://re-stylin.blogspot.com/2011/06/big-reveal-foyer.html">here</a>) I knew I needed to do something on our HUGE, TALL wall that leads up the stairs. Here it is here:<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">Blah. I had two sconce thingy's there, but they need to find a new home. So what I decided to do was stencil "The Graham's" and then place pictures around it of our family. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Here is what you need to do this stencil project:</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><ul><li>Card stock</li>
<li>Exact o-Knife</li>
<li>Printer & Computer :)</li>
<li>Tape</li>
<li>Paint & foam brush</li>
</ul>Just a few steps. I opened a word document and typed what I wanted which was "The Graham's". I put it into the font I wanted and made it a 300 pt. font. Then print out on the card stock. You want to use card stock because its thicker then paper which will hold up better when you start cutting it out. Here is what I got:<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Now you need to get to cutting! This is where my hand hurt...After trying to be so precise, it hurts.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">After you finish cutting, I went and hung it on the wall where I wanted with some tape and left it there for a day to make sure that's where I wanted it. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Then came the "fun" part. Painting the stencil. I used a brown sample paint that I already had (free!) and grabbed my little foam brush from Michael's that I also already had (but if you needed one, they are only .73). Here is what it looked like after one coat. I did two, just to make sure!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">So the next step was to break out the old Ikea frames (6 of them) and they were also free since I already them. I decided to paint them a pretty light blue color so the whole thing would blend in with the foyer. The paint was a sample paint I already had. I sanded down the frames and got to painting and they turned out so pretty!! Here is the final product up on the wall. Pardon the quality, I took them at night so I'm not sure they turned out too great.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">I think it turned out nice! Especially since everything was FREEEEEE :) I am in love! Hope you guys enjoy it too! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Thanks for reading!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">~Kristine </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6744492701247698324.post-58000628581322390102011-10-07T22:56:00.000-04:002011-10-07T22:56:44.677-04:00New Dining RoomOk, so we moved into this house on December 17th, 2010 & I immediatley wanted to start decorating everything. Obviosuly it is a process and the dining room is right at the front of the house and it needed a little TLC. Mainly because we used it as a "crap" room. Why the heck would we do that I now wonder since it is at the front of the house that everyone can see...Hmm, oh well. Well I told you back a few months ago that we got a new table and chairs and it is sooo pretty. It sat in the dining room for about 2 months without any spruce. We needed spruce. Stat. If you need a refresher of what it looked like before, here it is:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>We decided on a paint color and that swatch on the wall also sat there for about 2 months. So Liam and I went out of town for about 5 days so Scott decided to get his paint on. We have beautiful crown molding in there and a chair rail so I really wanted him to re-paint alllll the trim (the crown molding, the window frames and sills, around the door, the chair rail, the floor trim) a nice fresh crisp white color. Around the window sills really needed it because the previous owners had a dog and the dang dog chewed on the window sills. Anyways...So the trim paint really stunk so he wanted to get it done before we got home. It took him like 2 days because it was a lot. When we got home we went and bought the paint and got to painting! Here is daddy's helper:<br />
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</div>The color turned out crazy pretty! It is a very light gray-ish color and that was only painted above the chair rail and below it was a crisp white. It turned out so nice! And here is the after!<br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;">I wanted it to look really open and airy and crisp. Have I said "crisp" enough in this post? We still have a little ways to go with decorating, but we added a nice rug from Walmart, two silvery vases and some sconces I got on sale at OTP. I would still like to add some sheer curtains, maybe? I was thinking maybe some lavender ones. The room lets in a lot of light and it makes the paint color look so pretty, so sheer will be the way to go if I decide to put anything up. I still want to add a picture or two and maybe some shelving on the big wall. But for now, it looks great! We got the chandelier from my mom for FREE :) Thanks, Mom! Yes, it is not centered in the room...who ever did that doesn't know how to measure. We could move the table over to the left to make it centered, but then the table would be off center..Ahh! What to do! We'll just leave it :)</div><br />
Hope you enjoy the new dining room! We are in love and have already used it once! :) Hopefully we'll be using it a lot more in the future. Thanks for reading!<br />
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~KristineUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6744492701247698324.post-65634689883728513292011-10-06T17:12:00.000-04:002011-10-06T17:12:35.364-04:00"Fall up" your front porchHello everyone!<br />
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Wow, ok so I know it's been awhile since I have posted - my bad! :) Being pregnant takes a lot of you and WITH a 2 & 1/2 year old too...who is verrrrry demanding of his mommy's attention. But anyways, I'm back with a lot of new updates and new projects in the works. Obviously one BIG one is the nursery we will be preparing for our DAUGHTER! That's right, we are having a girl :) Very excited about that. Another thing I am super excited about is that it's fall! Yay! This is my favorite time of year like most peoples I'm sure. And I am typing that as I sit outside with Liam watching him play and me type :) <br />
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Here are the things I love about fall:<br />
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<ul><li>Cooler weather - duh! As my husband says "shorts and long sleeve shirts kinda weather"</li>
<li>All the pretty fall colors - reds, oranges, yellows, etc.</li>
<li>Yummy fall drinks from Starbucks (which I can't really enjoy this year since being pregnant..you know, no caffeine & they just don't taste as good decaf!)</li>
<li>Hot chocolate! I can have that! :)</li>
<li>Halloween! I love Halloween now more since I have a child, especially a child who is getting older & sorta understands what it is. PLUS we have tons of kids in our neighborhood & everyone here realllly gets into Halloween - I love that!</li>
<li>Thanksgiving, of course! Don't even need to elaborate..</li>
<li>FOOTBALL! We are huge football fans in this house</li>
<li>And lastly - decorating! I'm not realllly into decorating the inside of the house in "fall" gear, but more the outside..hence this post :) But I do like to decorate the inside of the house for Christmas! Can't wait for that..</li>
</ul>So yesterday I decided that I needed to go look around at my two favorite stores & see what kind of sales they were having on their fall gear. Of course I am speaking of Hobby Lobby & Old Time Pottery. Hobby Lobby's sales were ok, not great. The sign I got on the door was 30% off, so not too bad. This is what the porch looked like before (& let me remind you, we don't have a big front porch):<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Didn't have too much decorating out there for Spring/Summer, but it's something! And here it is after I "falled" it:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">So the changes were: New front door sign, new plant stand, pumpkin, two new pottery holders & flowers. This all cost me around $50.00. Which I normally wouldn't want to spend, but since this is our first house, we didn't have anything like this so you have to buy it all initially! So next year, I shouldn't have to spend much or none at all. I think I would like to replace (for now) the front door mat & get something with more fall colors, but we'll keep the blue for now.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Oh, and here is a really pretty tree in our front yard that is already making red leaves - love! :)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">If you're interested, here was the cost break down:</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><ul><li>Door sign from HL @ 30% off - $6.95</li>
<li>2 flower pots from OTP - $12.00 (for both)</li>
<li>Pumpkin from OTP - $5.00</li>
<li>Plant stand from OTP - $14.00</li>
<li>Feux flowers from OTP - $12.00</li>
</ul>Grand Total - $49.95<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Have any of you guys "falled" up your front doors/porches/houses?? Hope you enjoyed! Will be back soon with some posts very soon! :)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">~Kristine</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6744492701247698324.post-82743803393194344592011-08-03T22:27:00.000-04:002011-08-03T22:27:53.958-04:00Make a No-Sew Pillow CaseSo I'm officially obsessed! I found a tutorial online on how to make your own no-sew pillow cases. And I don't mean the kind of pillow case you sleep on, I mean just a fun decorative one! So far I have made three! If I don't stop, I'm gonna be the lady that has a million pillows on her bed & it takes an hour to take them all off to go to bed. :) So I made two a few weeks ago and they are on our bed, so I decided to put this one on our black chair in our room. Just a few simple steps and you can make one or two (or three) for your own house! Let's be real people; I don't sew! I mean like really sew. Don't own a machine, don't have a clue what to do. I would love to own one one day and learn to make fabulous things but for now, we will use stitch witchery!<br />
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Here are the few supplies you'll need:<br />
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A pillow to cover <br />
Fabric<br />
Tape Measure<br />
Pen<br />
Stitch Witchery (no sew hem tape)<br />
Iron<br />
Ironing Board<br />
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Here is my said pillow I want to cover:<br />
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So the first thing you want to do is measure your pillow. Mine was 15"x15". You'll then want to add about 2" to each side (this is a removable pillow case). Now you need to cut three separate pieces. The first in a square and mine was 17"x17" (added 2" to each side). Then you'll cut two more pieces and mine were 17"x12". To get the 12", all you do is subtract 5 from the 17. So here you have all your fabric cut:<br />
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Now move over to the ironing board. I like to iron all my pieces so the fabric is nice and tight. Take one of the small pieces and iron about a 1" hem on the longer side.<br />
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Then you'll put the stitch witchery underneath the hem and iron. Make sure you hold down for about 3 seconds throughout the whole side to make sure it really sticks.<br />
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Notice the hem on the left side. Next, take the big piece and lay it right side up (pretty side of fabric showing). Take one of the smaller pieces and place it right-side-down on the larger piece with the seam at the top. <br />
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Then take the other small piece and put it right-side-down on top of the first small piece with the seam on the bottom.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The back</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Here it is on our chair (I think I'll keep it here):<br />
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</div>So there you have it! Hope you like it and enjoy making your own! Dining room update coming soon... :)<br />
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Xoxo!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6744492701247698324.post-48401714227251613222011-07-15T17:09:00.000-04:002011-07-15T17:09:14.303-04:00Ahhhhh...The Dining RoomHello readers! Whew, I know it's been a while, but once again I have a good excuse! Being pregnant takes so much of your energy and I just mustered up enough to put this post up BECAUSE I am so excited that we FINALLY bought a dining room table. YAY!! We have lived here since December 2010 and have a very nice dining room that has sat empty, or well sort of empty...Exhibit A:<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Yeah we still have boxes that MAY need to be un-packed...Oops! :) And then just random crap. It's quite embarrassing since you see this room off of the foyer when you walk in! But let's focus on the good stuff. It's not the biggest room but big enough for a 78" table and 6 chairs and a possible buffet or dresser that looks like a buffet. Our table is being delivered tomorrow! Yes! Can't wait. Anyways, here are a few more pictures of this room.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Love the chair rail that's already in there for me so I don't have to do it :) We will be painting the wall under the chair rail white and we will re-paint all the trim a crisp white. The color above the chair rail will be a beautiful blue color. We are going to choose a very light blue since the table we bought is a dark coffee color. Look at this AWFUL light:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Who the heck would put that in a formal dining room? Yuck. Luckily my mom has a chandelier that she doesn't need anymore and I more then happy to take it off of her hands. It just needs a little spray paint. Look at the fabulous bay windows:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">I'll obviously do some fab curtains, just haven't decided what color/pattern. Here is one more view of the dining room that faces a little hallway that leads to the kitchen.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Thinking of maybe painting the hallway the same color blue as the dining room just to tie it all together. Then I'll be adding some fab accessories; beautiful table runner, center piece, some art work on the walls with maybe some molding, ooooohh or maybe some pattern wall paper?? Wow, so many ideas! :) Liam and I are headed to Pensacola tomorrow for a week, so sadly I won't be able to do anything with the room till we get back. It's our last little "vacation" trip before he starts school!! (Oh, sorry, can you sense the excitement in my typing?) :) </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Once we get the table in, I'll snap a photo so ya'll can see it! AND we got an awesome deal, which is just icing on the cake. Mmmmm, cake. Sorry, got side tracked. I'm pregnant, I like cake. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Have a good weekend everyone and I'll do a quick little post tomorrow once we get the table! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Xoxoxo!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6744492701247698324.post-86216301764856582142011-06-30T15:11:00.000-04:002011-06-30T15:11:07.361-04:00And baby makes 4!Hello to all of my Re-Stylin' readers! I am so sorry it has been so long that I have posted. BUT, I have a VERY good reason. Scott & I are expecting our 2nd baby!! Liam is so ready and so excited to be a big brother (I think). When I ask him he tells me "no". I'll just assume he doesn't know what he's talking about :) So needless to say, I have had ZERO energy to do anything to this house...and that includes cleaning it! Seriously folks, no energy mixed with pure tiredness mixed with so much nausea = no remodeling projects right now.<br />
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However, you will be seeing some future posts about the future nursery. Obviously I won't decide anything until we know what we are having. I'll post some ideas about both (boy or girl). This baby will probably go into Liam's room right now and Liam will move to the <a href="http://re-stylin.blogspot.com/2011/04/guest-room-re-styled.html">guest room</a> that I re-styled a few months ago. I know, I know...all that hard work will now be a little boys room! But we all knew eventually I was going to have to have a nursery :) The good thing is, I probably won't paint the guest room since it looks like a good color for a boys room. Liam's room now is a very light blue color so IF we have a girl & I want to paint it pink, it'll be easier to paint over then that dark blue color in the guest room.<br />
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So there you have it! My excuse!! I will be doing some little projects here and there but nothing major right now. Hope everyone can understand! I'll eventually get all my energy back! :)<br />
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Thanks everyone!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6744492701247698324.post-52776124610184010892011-06-07T10:54:00.000-04:002011-06-07T10:54:50.391-04:00Cost break-down of foyer & other stuff :)So yesterday, I posted the big foyer reveal but didn't really give too much detail about how much the foyer re-do cost and how to do a few things (such as the lattice work). I was just to excited to show you the big transformation and figured I could post the details later. Well, here they are. Let's do the cost break-down first.<br />
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I just have to say one thing - This actually didn't cost me a PENNY because I used gift cards from my birthday (from Home Goods & a Visa gift card from Dad). But I still want you to see how much it all came to.<br />
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<ul><li> Glidden Brown Paint - $23.00</li>
<li>5 pieces of Lattice - $18.20 ($3.64 a piece for 8 feet)</li>
<li>Rug from HG - $19.99</li>
<li>Brown wooden art from HG - $29.00</li>
<li>Lamp on table from HG - $22.00 - CLEARANCE</li>
<li>White chair - $15.00 from Craigslist! </li>
<li>White Paint - Free (already had)</li>
<li>Table in corner - Free (already had, from Ikea though, $19.99!)</li>
<li>Pillow on chair - Free (stole from guest room!)</li>
<li>Other art on walls - Free (already owned)</li>
<li>White shelf - Free (had 4 for the office, only used 3 - from my mom!)</li>
</ul><b>Grand Total - $127.19!!!</b> Not to shabby :)<br />
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Ok, so here is the deal with the lattice work. ANYONE can do it. You just need to figure out how much you need. 5 8 feet pieces was going to be enough for me since the space I was doing it in, wasn't huge. First, you'll need to measure how tall you want your vertical pieces to go. Mine were 32 inches tall. Then you need to decide how far apart you want them on the wall. Mine were 12 inches a part. So that came to 4 vertical pieces on each wall (=8). So I measured them out and cut them one by one using my exacto knife and then since this lattice is foam, you can just snap it. I usually get my sandpaper and sand the ends for a nice even look. After you snap all of your pieces, the fun part starts. Simply measure out the first piece on the wall and nail into place. Continue to do that until all your vertical pieces are hung on the wall. I put about 4 nails in each piece to make sure they stayed. After the vertical pieces are done, you can now measure out the one long horizontal piece that goes on top of the vertical pieces. Measure it out, snap, sand and nail. Boom! Done! This is what it will look like when you are done with this process:<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">There are probably some spots that need some filling with some spackle. I needed to fill a few, seen here:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">I know. Quite a gap. No big deal - Get your spackle out and just fill it in nice and thick. Let it dry for a bit then go back and sand it down. Done! No one will ever know. So now you are ready to paint the wall! I went ahead and painted the boards too just to give it a little extra shine. Also, it covers up the nails better too. These are white nails (that I used from a previous project) so you don't really need to, but I think it does look better if it's allll painted. Here is the end result after 2 coats:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Easy-Peasy! :) The best part is, you don't need heavy machines like a saw, or a nail gun. Now if you have those, please use them!! It would make things A LOT easier and probably faster, but I am a DIY-ER with nothing like that! Not yet at least...I would love my own meeter saw or Dremel saw and a nail gun, but dang, those are expensive! We are a family on a budget folks! You work with what you got, right? :)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Anyways, hope you enjoy this project as much as I did. Try it at your house! Thanks again! :)</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6744492701247698324.post-77458952285959652852011-06-06T14:23:00.001-04:002011-06-06T14:38:14.490-04:00The big reveal - The FoyerHello Friends! I hope everyone had a lovely weekend! Boy was I busy! Saturday was a looooong day. Had to make a trip to Home Depot in the morning (where I almost got in a fight with some dumb lady!) and then it was back to the house to start my foyer makeover. Some big news...My sister-in-law (hubby's sis) & one of my bestest friends, Susie Graham got engaged to her wonderful boyfriend, John of 5 YEARS on Friday night! Congratulations to them! Can't wait to help plan the big day! :)<br />
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So I decided that I was going to put up some lattice board on the lower part of the wall in the whole foyer. I am so glad I did! It looks awesome! Here is a picture of the lattice board all put up before I did my touch ups with spackle and before I painted:<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Looking pretty cool, huh? Well just wait - Here is what it looked like after I spackled some spots (more on what I mean by that later..) and after I painted:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">See?? I told you lattice and moulding can make a HUGE difference. My husband was so impressed by my skills, he couldn't believe A. I knew how to do that and B. That it looks so professional! Aww, thanks Hon! He said he would become my manager once I got my own show on HGTV! Ha, we kid! :) So this did take up a lot of my time on Saturday. Started around Noon and had the first coat painted by 4. Then had to stop and make dinner, clean up, clean Liam and put him to bed. So finally around 9 pm I was able to paint the second and last coat. 2 coats is all it needed (thank gosh!) </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Sunday was pretty easy - Paint the one wall, brown. That was easy and quick since the wall isn't huge. That also took two coats. Then it was cleaning up in there and sweeping and start to put everything together. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Just as a refresher, let's look at what it looked like before:<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Ta-Da!!! You likes?? We LOVE! It turned out so well, I am so happy and so proud of myself! Everything goes but isn't all necessarily all "matchy matchy". The best part is that I really impressed my husband which is hard to do sometimes! I hope you guys like! I will be posting on another post some how to's and the break down of costs. I was just SO excited to show everyone that I wanted to post this first!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Hope you enjoy! </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6744492701247698324.post-31992531136640037112011-06-03T18:14:00.000-04:002011-06-03T18:14:20.634-04:00New project alert! Foyer makeoverHellllooo again! It's Friday! Yay! You know what that means...Foyer makeover! :) At least it does for me! I have been thinking for such a long time that I want to re-style the foyer. You know, it is the first impression people get of your home, so it needs to look awesome, right? Yes is the answer! I finally decided what I wanted to do and it is going to look awesome!! Here are a few shots of the foyer as is:<br />
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Blah...Kinda boring, right? This section above, we will put a little white chair there and a nice long piece of art and a new area rug. I'm also thinking of making a chair rail and maybe a little lattice board...So many ideas! I need to keep it super cheap though!<br />
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</div>This is the awkward little nook right by the stairs, but the first thing you see when you come in. The table is staying. The lamp is going. Going to replace with a new one, maybe from Home Goods? They have the BEST deals on lamps. You will not find lamps like theirs any where else, for cheaper. <br />
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So here is what I am thinking. I want to paint an accent wall in the foyer. You'll notice above that I have two different paint colors that I am choosing from right now. I kind of want the left one. Bold. Brown. Yumm. :) <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">It will really make the foyer stand out. So stay tuned!! I hope to have this completed by Monday to show you all (in between cleaning, laundry, cooking..whew!) Here's hoping! Have a good weekend!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6744492701247698324.post-45834074233773833232011-06-02T17:25:00.000-04:002011-06-02T17:25:20.891-04:00Leftover materials = New wall art!Hellllllloooo again! I just finished another fun wall project! If there is one thing you will learn about me, or have already learned about me, it's that I HATE bare walls. I think every wall should have SOMETHING. You definitely don't want to over do it, keep things simple, but do something! We have a space in between our eat-in kitchen and our living room. I already have a nice little console table there, but the wall above the table was pretty bare. This spot is important because as soon as you walk in the front door and look directly down the hallway, you will see this wall. Here it is, bare and boring. I forgot to take a picture of it completely bare, so you'll see on the left hand side the startings of my project...<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">I decided to use some of my left over mouldings from<b> <a href="http://re-stylin.blogspot.com/2011/06/adding-some-interest-to-large-wall.html">a previous project</a> </b>and put them to good use. First, I measured what I wanted on the wall. Then I just simply nailed in the moudlings into a rectangle. Then I painted the inside of it white (using some left over paint). </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">And that's what we got! Next was also easy & FREE. I had 3 left over frames from my previous wall paper art project that use to hang over our couch and decided to use those. I printed 3 FREE printables from <b><a href="http://sprik.blogspot.com/">Sprik Space</a></b> and slipped them right in to my frames (I have used her free printables before, seen <b><a href="http://re-stylin.blogspot.com/2011/04/free-printable-art.html">here</a></b>). I had some left over ribbon from my scrap booking so I decided to attach some simple black ribbon to the back and give it the illusion of it hanging from some door knobs. That's right, I said door knobs. This is where the only cost came in. I went to <b><a href="http://www.hobbylobby.com/">Hobbs Lobbs</a></b> and bought three door knobs. Hobbs Lobbs has TONS of different knobs ranging in all different prices. Mine were $2.99 a piece totaling: $9.00!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Here is the final product:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">All I did was nail/screw the door knobs into the wall and the photos are actually hanging on nails. The ribbon is just "resting" on the knobs. :)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm in love! It just makes the wall look so yummy!! Here is a view from the front door:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Umm, please excuse my son's blocks on the floor.... So you can see that you will notice it as soon as you walk in.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwJNx-7PhzFClfpiy_8E3yvKDtfI0GTz-iP9n7IXN2gkoCdb4JXeEdH67MTkO3InjyB2lWJb_xoB5V6aNoDhWc7hF3t2bkHvEaNMBhB7LeU-sX924-Lv9xOAhHlbzwtJgCykardKApIb0/s1600/DSC02383.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwJNx-7PhzFClfpiy_8E3yvKDtfI0GTz-iP9n7IXN2gkoCdb4JXeEdH67MTkO3InjyB2lWJb_xoB5V6aNoDhWc7hF3t2bkHvEaNMBhB7LeU-sX924-Lv9xOAhHlbzwtJgCykardKApIb0/s400/DSC02383.JPG" width="300" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ta-Da!!! Here is the total cost break down:</div><ul><li> Moulding - Free (left over)</li>
<li>White paint - Free (also left over)</li>
<li>Frames and prints - Free!</li>
<li>3 Door knobs - $9.00</li>
</ul>There you have it folks, another inexpensive way to dress up your walls. Even if you did have to buy the moulding, it is CHEAP. $2.09 for 8 feet. <b>Total for my project: $9.00!!</b><br />
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Thanks again for reading! :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6744492701247698324.post-70838787726830258102011-06-02T14:48:00.000-04:002011-06-02T14:48:28.052-04:00Adding some interest to a large wallHello Re-Stylin' Friends!<br />
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It feels like its been forever since I have posted something...Well, that's because it has been! What a week we have had! My little family went down to Florida to see our family for about 7 days for a nice, relaxing vacation on the beach and by the pool! :)<br />
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We got back very late Monday night (the 16th) and the next few days were spent catching up on things at the house. Y'all know how that goes! It took me a day or two to think about my next project. I have about 40 that I am ready to start! So I went ahead and started with the easiest (or so I thought) project. My last post, seen <a href="http://re-stylin.blogspot.com/2011/05/view-into-our-living-room.html">here</a>, was a sneak peek into our living/family room. Well we have a pretty large scaled wall behind the bigger couch. I really wanted to change out the wall paper hangings I had on the wall and really bring some color into the room and do something large scale. So I decided to do a very cheap project that will really change the rooms feel (I hope!). It's a simple project that uses painters tape and a sample jar of paint. I created a very large box shape on the wall and traced it with painters tape. Then I created a smaller box inside the big box, just to give it some depth. Well here is the kicker...I painted it RED. Our rug is red so I thought I should carry that color up to the wall. I have already painted two coats and it still will mostly likely need another, if not ANOTHER. We shall see...<br />
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So to start, I simply just taped a huge square on the wall and then taped a smaller one inside the bigger one. I wanted to add two just to give some nice interest. I taped the outside square just to make it look nice and even.<br />
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Then I got to painting! Like I said, I wanted a nice deep red color to match our gorgeous rug. So after ONE coat of paint, this is what I got:<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Ummm, GROSS. After I saw this I knew I was going to need more sample paint! So I did one more coat and I was right, I needed another can of sample paint! So off to Home Depot I went. Came home and painted TWO more coats so after FOUR coats of red paint, we finally had the right shade of red. The next step was pretty simple. I snagged some super cheap, foam moulding at Home Depot for $2.09 for 8 feet. I ended up needing about 4 8 feet strips, since my rectangle was a little bigger. Once I got it home, I measured the moulding for how much I needed and all you do is simply snap the moulding where you need it! It's foam so I actually just used my little exacto knife and made a small cut or line where I needed the cut then I snapped it and voila! I then just nailed it on to the wall around my first square and I used little white nails so it wouldn't show the nails. I did the same thing for the moulding on my inside box. Here is my final product:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Ta-Da!!! WE LOVE IT! It really brings the room together and it was CHEAP. My favorite word. The art piece in the middle was from Home Goods and I had a gift card there and the piece only costs $19.99. I was originally going to use some frames and just print some pictures to put in them to keep it free. I chose this piece for the fact that it ties in our couches that are those same colors.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">So here is the break down:</div><ul><li>2 cans of Behr sample paint: $5.90</li>
<li>4 8 Ft. pieces of moulding: $8.36</li>
<li>1 packet of white nails: $2.00</li>
<li>Art Work: FREE (Gift card @ Home Goods)</li>
</ul>Grand Total: $16.26!!<br />
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So for less then $20.00 we added some visual interest to our large wall in our living room! Yay!<br />
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Thanks for reading and stayed tune for another fun moulding project I am just finishing! :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2