New project alert! Foyer makeover

Hellllooo 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:

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!

 

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. 

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. :) 

 

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!

Leftover 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...

I decided to use some of my left over mouldings from a previous project 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).  

 

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 Sprik Space and slipped them right in to my frames (I have used her free printables before, seen here).  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 Hobbs Lobbs 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!

Here is the final product:

 

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. :)

 

I'm in love!  It just makes the wall look so yummy!!  Here is a view from the front door:

 

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.

 

Ta-Da!!!  Here is the total cost break down:

• Moulding - Free (left over)
• White paint - Free (also left over)
• Frames and prints - Free!
• 3 Door knobs - $9.00

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.  Total for my project: $9.00!!

Thanks again for reading! :)