Please make sure you pop over to their blogs and check them out. Below!!
Let’s begin the tour
I added wreaths to the backs of my counter stools!! I love wreaths on the back of chairs no matter what the season is I blogged about this yesterday you can find it here >> > Simple Easter VignetteI just added a little wooden riser and a plant I added three little egg nests as this is my tea area so I need it clear as I drink tons of tea! I added a carton of eggs and a bunny picture (cute)I added two little bunnies and a chicken . I use this area for cooking and need it to be a free zone so I can easily move these bunnies out of my way .. I place all my spices on this marble tray so it doesn’t stain my countertop . I originally had this in the hutch but took it out! I like it better here. I added two little vases and an Easter picture/ signMr & Mrs bunny sooooo cute!! This is kinda my work station area . I keep my diary journal pen lighter etc here This was day three project. You can check it out here >>> https://fb.watch/jarK8A_QXt/I added a live life laughter etc candle light and sone bunnies to my hand washing station!! This is yesterdays project you can find the video here>>> https://fb.watch/jarFUPB0J0/This is an over all glimpse of my Easter kitchen decor My hutch I decided to hang the diy picture frame here , for now anyways..
Thanks for stopping by all and hope you got some inspiration!
At the end of my blog post I have left the links to the other girls posts so make sure you check them out and take advantage of some stunning Easter decor/styling inspiration.
Today we are on day four and we are doing a vignette.
So let me jump right into the post!!
I simply took a round tray that I recently purchased. It blue so it blends in with my pother decor around the house.. I added a silver mirrored riser. Then I placed some books that I painted for a diy craft I added a simple Easter wreath. This one was perfect as it looked like a nest which was the theme I was looking for.I had this wired typed sprig garland which I just rolled up till it looked like a nest.. I added my bronzed brown bunny on tbd books inside the nest I placed another bunny on the opposite side. I placed both bunnies slightly facing towards each other. I then added a vase that I crafted to look like real stone. This is from a diy project I did a few months ago.I added some faux florals that I had on hand. These sat in the vase nicely. They were the perfect size.
I arranged some faux flower bunches that I had on hand..
I added a candle that I purchased only yesterday. Then I added some bronzed and blue sparkly egg sprig.I lit the candle. Smells amazing!! So at the end , I stood back and checked it out and moved around the florals until I perfected the look!
Thanks for dropping by and I hope you got some inspiration.
God bless!!
Teresa XOXO!
So guys don’t forget to check out our fabulous host Terrie
I’ll be doing my entry table and the other girls will be giving you inspiration on their entryways also. So be sure and check them out ( links at the end of my post)
First thing i did was cleared the entry table and added a wreath to my mirror!
I replaced the lamp from my lounge room to my entry way I placed a huge vase and added blue/ gray floral and some earthy tones! You can check out how I did a diy on tbd case here>>>> DIY Stone VaseI added these little blue and gold vases as they matched the colour scheme I was going for. I added a trio of candles I added back my tri frames! On the bottom I added two different sized baskets both the same make! And just added a string of beads .. I needed to hide the lamp wire .. On the bottom middle I added a wooden bowl on top of my interior decorating books ( The White Book) I collected these for years and got so much inspiration and joy just reading them! And finally I added a hand made wood turned riser and a hand made wooden bowl.This is my finished look The finished look This is just a quick shot of the way I was going to present it at first but swapped things around as I added in the lamp..
I really wanted to keep with the earthy and natural tones! I hope you like my styling inspiration and you can take something away from this!!
Don’t forget to pop over and give Terrie and Tammy a thumbs up I’ve added both links at the bottom of my post!
Thanks for stopping by and stay safe and God bless
Hi all! Welcome back !!! Its so hard to believe that Christmas has been here and gone and all the Christmas decor is down and packed away I’d just like to say that I hope your Christmas went well and you have a great new year for 2023!
So now that all the Christmas decorations are down and safely packed away for another year I need to restyle the top of my bookcase/ shelving unit..
I’ll leave their links at the bottom of my post so please jump over and check them out and give them a thumbs up..
First thing I did was get all the Christmas decor down and start with a blank slate ( except for the mirror door ) that has been up all year round and way to heavy for me to move!
I’m only focusing on the top shelf of the bookcase. I’ll be moving it across the other side of the room so I’m not fussy how the rest of the shelves looks right now!!
Next I added my terracotta vases and added sone faux greenery! Such a winner and they look good and I don’t even have to water them!! Bonus!
Terracotta vase Stone jug vase that I’ve had since I was 20 years old Thrifted find Only $2 Unfortunately that shop has closed down now.Vase I’ve owned for so long imported from Ireland Another case from Ireland . It’s mint green and tbd photo doesn’t do it justice .. It’s heavy too! This item is made of plastic it originally had jute rope on it and I stripped and painted it to look like stone .. I do have a blog post on this! I added this stone lady figurine.. depending on my mood I call her the crying lady or the thinking lady lol!!
Lastly I added a wreath in earthy tones
I do hope I’ve inspired you somewhat and thanks for dropping by.
Don’t forget to check out the other girls and give them a thumbs up!
I will post both their links at the end of my post so you can jump over and give them a like and a thumbs up!
I’m going to jump right into this home tour and just post photos so you can sit back and just scroll! I’ll be giving you a day and night tour
This is my wreath I hung on tbd back of my entry door
I hope you liked my home and how I’ve decorated it for Christmas. It might be right up your alley or not your cup of tea .. I did things different this year but somehow I still couldn’t help but sneak those reds in somewhere!!
So let’s jump right in and I’ll show you how I styled my porch this Christmas! I’ve kept it light coloured and and no reds.. just simple to keep in style with the house itself! Although next year I could change my mind 😉
I’ll add their links at the end of my post so you can hop on over and see their porches!
This is my porch before I decorated it for Christmas First thing I did was added the garland around the door I added tbd garland to the gable and under all the eves I added all the lights on first and fluffed up the garland as I went along. I am a great believer in fluffing garland and trees I did a lot of decorating on the ground especially to the high up gable.. Other wise I wouldn’t have been able to get up to decorate it I added the mesh and then I added pine cones and baubles Below I have a quick tutorial on how I made this mini tree I had an old Christmas tree that my cut up for me. He used an angle grinder to cut the branches off . I used three branches in total to bake my mini tree!I simply tied them together using two cable ties . I left one branch higher so it would become the tip I bent the bottom stems up and cable tied them so this gave me an anchor to put my tree in the pot Once I got it in the pot I fluffed it up. I also used white stones to hold it in place.This is the wreath I made you can find it in my previous blog post. This is the swags I made .. One for each side of the postsI added bells to the wreath . I wanted to keep with the whole bell theme
I hope you get some inspiration and thanks for stopping by. Don’t
forget to jump over to Terrie’s and Tammy’s blogs to check out their porches I have put their links below!!
I e made this wreath from scratch but it’s been a few years ago now so I’ll try and break it down easy for you to follow if you want to make it yourself from scratch
First thing I did was get some plastic water mains pipe and covered it with black tape . I couldn’t find green at the time and I made this wreath about 13 years ago and has held up great.. I had a wide garland so I wrapped it around the black pipe I fluffed it up and put lights on it I then took some decor mesh and began to wrap it around the wreath I made a bow type effect on top and let me tell you that this stuff is so easy to work with and all you need is the actual branches to tie it and hold it in place. I added pine cones and some baubles I added the bells that I made and my hubby hung the wreath for me ! You can see the tutorial here >> https://throughavintagedoor/christmas-bells
So before I got a chance to take any more photos my hubby hung the wreath.
Because Friday is porch reveal day , I don’t want to give to much away today as on Friday we are all showing you our porch reveals!! Yay!! I will be showing you the whole outside of the house decorated for Christmas!
I do hope you like this tutorial. Don’t forget to hop over to Terries and Tammy’s blogs to see what they have done!
Thanks for dropping by and Stay safe and stay blessed all!
The first thing I started to do in the bedroom was put up the tree then I added the lights and then all the decorations.
Keeping the tree simple in this room!
I added a garland to my bed head and then added lights .
I placed my chair near my tree and the little table I had I decorated it simply.
I added lights just for that extra coziness at night This is a little table that I revamped a short while ago!
I added a small nativity set and some sprigs and garland to my dressing table. Below!
I added some cushions to the bed ..
I added a simple throw and bed tray to the end of my bed
And I added simple pine tree and angel to the nightstands
As you can see I kept it simple as possible in this room . I didn’t go over board as I usually do..
So here is the room simply decorated for Christmas!!
I hope you got a little inspiration out of this room decorating post and make sure you jump over and check out Terrie and Tammy’s room below! They are amazing.
Thanks for stopping by all, for now stay safe and see you all next time!
Today on Decorate with us for Christmas we are doing a coffee table and side tables.
I only have a coffee table and a little fold up table that’s not much of a side table to be honest! It’s really a sad case but let’s see what I can do with it anyhow ummm!!
I’ll be joining
Terrie from decorateandmorewithtip.com/. Tammy from patinaandpaint.com/ and Corine from https://www.facebook.com/JunkToGems. Make sure to click on their links below so it will take you to their blogs to see how they are styling their tables!
Mine is going to be the traditional reds and golds . Most of the other rooms are whites blues just simple but in this room I’m going all out with the reds and want it to be a classy tradition Christmas!
Here is how I started off
I started with books that I usually keep on the table! I added a candle on a red plate and it had berries on it.. I added a wooden bowl and placed acorns vintage cowbells and a candle I placed a candle holder that had greenery and berries on it!Behind the berry display a added a reign set , I’ve had this for so long I added a gold Christmas tree behind it .. I haven’t used this display in many .. It’s a wonder it’s still useable! I placed Gold glass tree behind the candles
That completes the coffee table so we can move on and decorate my side table , I mean fold up table .. It’s purely for decorative purposes 😊
The first thing I did was place a riser and a faux pine treeI added a faux pine tree I added a wise man ornament that I picked up many years ago thrifting I added some pine cones .. You can’t notice the glitter on them The first thing I did was place a riser and a faux pine treeThis is a candle holder , I just added a faux pointers plant. This is the completed side/ fold up table I decided to add the wooden Santa I thought he looked cute there
So all thanks so much for dropping by and I hope you got a little inspiration from my table decor..
Until next to time , stay safe and stay blessed!!!
We are already on our guest bedrooms in our decorate with us for Christmas series . It’s already day 12 and I’m feeling the crunch now to get all the inside of my house ready for Christmas and then I need to start on the outside before December 1st
But before I think about the outside let me just say “woh the horses” and pull back on the rains and concentrate on todays reveal!
I’d like to begin with a big shout out to our host Terrie for once again planning and putting this series together.
At the end of this post you can. Jump over to Terrie >>> decorateandmorewithtip.com. Tammy>>> Patinaandpaint.com.
Don’t forget you can watch our videos on Facebook also!
To start the Christmas decor I decided to start at the bed head.. I don’t know why I do this but it seems to work for me!!Then I put the three wreaths up . I started in centre in the middle of the wall above the headboard. Then I put the two window wreaths up .. All wreaths matched each other.I moved onto decorating the two bedside tables. Below is the left hand side of the room nightstand I put the peace on earth sign up. I have this sign around 17 years now and each year I use it in my living are . This year I decided to use it in one of my bedrooms!I put the wreath and springs on the mirror.I then left the dressing table till last.I took this decorated tray from our bedroom and added sone Christmas pine sprigs I added a Christmas candle Added a sleigh that I had I added sone white faux plants I also added some pine sprigs and greenery with white berries! The house is newly built and I had to sell and get rid of lots of stuff while waiting on the build to be completed so I still haven’t found the right cushions to go with the bed so I’m using the ones that I purchased for my own bed . I think they look good in this room for now … I always try to wait until the sales to buy Christmas items unless they are spectacular then I’ll purchase them at full price .. I just can’t justify paying lots of money when we only get to use them once a year!!Here is the room finished
So all thanks for dropping by and checking out my finished for Christmas guest bedroom . I hope you all liked it and I hope it’s inspired you to do your bedroom too .
Dong forget to check out my friends below to see how they decorated their guests bedrooms.
Hi all , welcome to another day in our Christmas Serious decorate with us where today we are doing our laundry .. My laundry is still under construction but I thought I’d show you anyways! I don’t have much going on in it right now!
I’m teaming up with our host Terrie from decorateandmorewithtip.com. Tammy patinaandpaint.com. and Corine from Junk to gems. I’ll put all their links at the bottom of my post..
Here is a before pic below!!
Here’s the before pictures
I started with a wreath and then it escalated from there , just simple nothing special!!
My husband is a lover of polo bears at Christmas and as much as I love polo bears I also love penguins .. I love the story of penguins and how they migrate through the cold snow .. I’ve never seen a faux penguin in a shop before so I grabbed it and it was the only one! A few Christmas books Just a few penguin shots! I can’t help but put a nativity set out at Christmas. I usually put out more than one to be honest and I have a few different styles. I’ve had this joy to the world sign for years and years now!!I love me a realistic looking faux pine plant… I just adore anything trucks and trees , Sooo Christnassy I just added a simple wreath to the door . We are waiting on our blind!! Love this scene
So all , I don’t have much going on at the moment and to be honest, I didn’t think I was going to decorate the laundry but how and ever something is better than nothing when it comes to Christmas decorating!!
Don’t forget to jump on over to my friends below where you will be inspired without a doubt
Welcome back to $10 on the 10th. I’ve teamed up with our host Tammy from patinaandpaint.com and also some other inspired bloggers. Today we share our diy projects for $10 or under. I’ve added all their links are at the bottom of my post .. Be sure to check them out…
Everything we do today is budget friendly. It will help to have some stuff in your stash. I usually keep everything from bits of ribbons paints glues etc sometimes things come in handy.
Today I’m going to do something simple.. I have a container of beads, like forever now .. I really need to put them to some kind of use so I’m going to make some Christmas decorations with them.
List of items you will need.
Beads
Ribbons
String /twine
Needle ( sewing)
Glue gun or glue
Sissors
Faux pine cones and greenery ribbons or what ever you have on hand
If you don’t have the faux pine cones or greenery don’t worry you can just use ribbon , I added pine cones and greenery just so you get the idea of how you can use other stuff to glam it up .. I’ll be making lots more and I’ll just be using ribbon .
Here are some of the items that I’ll be using
LETS BEGIN
First I gathered a few different sizes of beads
I began to thread them through starting with the smallest to the biggest then working back down the cord to the smallest Now that I have my beads evenly threaded I move on to the next part below!! I start at the second last bead and work my cord through When I get to the end I cut it and tie it offI made 5 and they even look good like this!! I cut some ribbon , made a bow and cut a straight piece so I could use as a loop to hang itI used a hot glue gun to join my ribbon loop to my bow you can use normal glue or what ever you have on handI then added the bow to the beads I cut a piece of gold ribbon cut it into strips I also made a bow and attached it all to the beads using my hot glue gun! ( see below)
See below for all the different one’s I made … I made 5
Here are all the bead decorations together And I simply placed them on this tree!
So all , everything you see here I already had in my stash! Sometimes you just need use what you already have and the kiddos can have fun join in too!!
Don’t forget to hop on over to my other friends blogs below and see how they will inspire you with their under $10 Christmas diy. Don’t forget to give them a thumbs up!
Welcome back everyone and welcome to another day in the decorate with us for Christmas series. Whoot Whoot!!
Christmas 2022 has almost arrived and it feels like I just finished saying ‘Christmas 2021’.. I’m in awe how fast this year has went by ..
I’m teaming up with our host Terrie from decorateandmorewithtip.com. Tammy from paintinaandpaint.com. and Corine from Junk to gems FB page https://www.facebook.com/JunkToGems.
I will post the links to the other girls blogs at the end of my post. So be sure to hop on over to get some inspiration from how they have styled their bathroom areas!
So as you know that we are decorating our bathrooms powder rooms or quest bathrooms. I’m doing my main bathroom which is actually my quest bathroom too!
Here’s how I begin my decorating >> blank canvas .. I usually take a photo so I removed how I had everything previously and then I put it all in a box until after Christmas..
Blank CanvasThe very first thing I did was hang a garland over the mirror. The reason I started here is because I have a few matching pieces that go with the garland, I have sprigs wreaths and more garland! Second, I placed a grey/blue French provincial jug that I had in my own en-suite and filled it with some white Christmas floras that matched the garland over the mirror .. I have a few of these , I also have matching garland and wreaths! I moved onto the other side and placed a Christmas tree (aluminium) hand wash and hand lotionI moved onto the hand towels and tied a star decoration on the top towel ( I always. Layer my towels)I hung this cute word picture over the towel railI put a faux berry plant bells an a bell candle on the bath trayI’m in love with this bell candle I decorated a little table that I usually place my wine in when I’m bathing! (Tee hee) my hubby doesn’t know about my pamper time (shhh)I thought it would look nice to hang a similar decoration on the matching bath towel placed on the bath .. I used a pin to hold it on!I hung two wreaths on each side of the windowsI then decided to hang the garland across the top of the windowI added this wreath and it match red all tbd other faux decor I placed a little sign and a faux plant to the toilet lid!
Below is the finished Bathroom..
Daytime shot. Night time shot. I love these angel wings I added here I love the pine cones , especially the colour!
Well this is the end of the bathroom Christmas decorating ummm!! Maybe not! as I do have a habit of switching things around once the whole house is decorated!!
So all! thank you for dropping by and I do hope you get to take or some sort of little idea or inspiration that you can add to your home!
Today on day 4 of our Christmas series we are styling another part of our kitchen. Today you get to see 3 more wonderful ideas on styling for the Christmas
I will be joining up today by my talented friends Terrie at Decorate and More With Tip, Tammy at https://www.patinaandpaint.com/Please be sure and pop over and visit them after you are finished here to see what wonderful inspiration they are creating!
I’m going to keep my table very simple .. To some people this isn’t simple but what I really mean by simple , is simple in colour.
I Start off with a blank tableI added a simple wreathI added a basketI added a faux frosted pine treeI added a candle with glitter around it I added the bell candleI added a faux poinsettiaI added a string of beadsI added some booksI added a simple candle to the booksLastly added this beautiful bell candleHere is the finished Centre piece
Hard to believe it’s Christmas decorating season again…
I’ve teamed up again with the girls , Terrie Tammy and Corine to take part in the Christmas decorating series. I’m jumping in at day 3 because I had a huge house party , lots of quests and I still have a lot of fall decor around the house.
Once again a huge thanks goes to Terrie from decorate with tip and more for hosting this series and putting it all together!!
I’ve never decorated any part of my house for Christmas this early before. But I wanted to take this time to show you how I’m decorating so you can grab some idea’s and will give you time to get out and get some stuff before Christmas is upon you..
So my hutch is going to be more on the vintage style!
So I started off by getting my Garland out .. I couldn’t find the one that I actually wanted to use as I’ve sooo much stuff , it’s unbelievable! But I must say that everything I own I love it all!!
Here is my Garland! I have 4 of these and usually I drape them across my window! The pine cones and little white mistletoe or what ever they are , are naturally blended into the garland I love that they have different elements to them!!
The next thing I usually do is spread out the lights. I fold them in half to get the middle point then I Centre them in the middle of the garland . ( Little tip) get a ribbon or string and find the middle of your garland place and tie your string so it’s unnoticeable and then each year you won’t have to measure or bend it in half to get the centre point! Easy peasy!!!
Just finding my centre pointI then do same with the lights. Fold them in half and join the Centre of the lights with the centre of the garland!
I evenly spread the lights across the garland by weaving them in and out
I make sure that I put the plug at the right end of the garland so it’s easy to plug into thesocketI place the garland to the way I want it and then start to trim it with my favourite Christmas decor.
These are some of the items I’m using to trim the garland!
A bunch of sprigsOcean blue baublesI’m using some small dark blue , grey , gold and white mini baublesThese are called gum nuts and cone from a gum nut tree here in Australia. I’ve lightly sprayed them blue gold and silver . And really wanted to leave some of tbd rustic natural looking element of the nuts themselves
Below I have all the trimmings placed
Next step is hang the wreaths on the doors. Below is the wreaths I’m using
I grab a command hook but I hang it upside down and place it on the back of the door. You can measure the door to get an accurate centre part, or just do what I did and eyeballed it..
Don’t place it this way!Place it this way, upside down so when you place your wreath it can hang in
I then hung the wreaths
Here is the finished product, I hope you like my vintage take on a garland I’m pretty happy with it.
I’m hoping I’ve chosen the right vibe here! I think I have!
So thank you all for stopping by and I hope this post has given you some sort of inspiration.
Noooo! Come on really, already. It’s hard to believe that I’m almost one year in my new house. Last year we moved in just two weeks before Christmas so I only got one tree up! This year I’m planning on putting up six .. Yes you heard that right, six!!!
First off!!!
let me get started by thanking our host Terrie from decorate and more with tip! Who once again is hosting our series in Christmas decorating room by room..
I will be a little late to the party this year as I can’t start decorating until the second week in November..
First off , we will kick off this series by letting you in on our colour schemes! Meanwhile Terrie works on and comes up with our week. by week plan , and us other girls just hang around and wait , drinking wine or champagne. We really don’t have to work anything out our host Terrie does all the planning !! Terrie is awesome and is a wonderful host and coordinator. I feel blessed to be jointing in with her and the other girls to share in this years Christmas series.
How exciting is this y’all.. I know that I’m excited!
Here’s a few of my favourite colours that I have planned for Christmas 2022!
White white and more white with some greens and neutrals! Blues and naturals with sone greysRose Golds Whites and Pinks
So all the baubles below where purchased three years ago for a project I have wanting to do for some years!! All where still in their wrappings!
Can you quess what it is I want to do? Ummm!
A HANGING WREATH! Yay and yassss!!!
I’ll be using Greens! I’m thinking that I might just make a hanging wreath 😊 This is something that I’ve never done before! So I’m looking forward to seeing how this project turns out!!
Please note!! Only one bauble got broken in the making of this post!! Soooo sad
🤦🏻♀️😥
I will be also putting up a traditional tree and decorations.
I made this wreath and bells you can watch how I made these bells here! >>> Christmas BellsYou can see how I made this tree for a diy challenge here>>> DIY Dollar Tree Challenge by
So my dear friends I’ll leave all here and as we enter into the Christmas season .. I’ll be taking you all along with me as I do my Christmas decorating!
As always don’t forget to hop on over to my friends below and you can follow them for some great inspiration as they will be sharing their colour schemes too!
Have a great day all and stay tuned each week as we share our homes and ideas with you all!
Hi friends and welcome back. If you have stuck around so far you will know that today is day six of our master bedroom refresh and it’s also the reveal day.
Today we get to show you the whole room in it’s glory!
Don’t forget to check out my friends bedrooms reveal today, as usual I have posted all there links at the end of my post!!
So let’s begin with the reveal!
I painted up the mirrors and brought in some night stands from the other room . I painted them charcoal to match the new dresserI’m really loving the colours here.This is the before picture!Before I painted the mirrors and brought in the new night stands A view with the ceiling lights off I’ve had this trunk since I was 20 .. I put Al my treasured items in this such Christmas cards birthday cards etc .. things from vacations that are close to my heart! The corner in the room , I brought in the table that I revamped a few weeks ago .Main lights are off in the room . Don’t you just hate when photos don’t do the warmth of the setting any good !
Hope you all enjoyed the series
Skip on over to my friends below and see their bedroom reveals
Hi friends!! Welcome back to one room at a time Master Bedroom refresh.
Today is bed making day, where we finally get to style are beds!
Im joined up with our host Terrie from decorateandmorewithtip.com Tammy from patinaandpaint.com and Corine from https://www.facebook.com/JunkToGems
Friends you may have gathered by now on this series of the master bedroom refresh that the excitement of buying this bedding has got the better of me and the day Is finally here!!
Let me just remind you of the bedding before I change it!
The bedroom before I put the new bedding on it.It’s not in a bad way and still quite nice I have to say but I just needed it to pop a bit!
I always like to iron my sheets but sometimes I take the lazy option s
Just a different view of the bed! The first thing I did was stripped the bed and Iwashed all the white linen as I’m still going to use this on the bed!Getting the bedding out of the wrapping felt like opening up my presents at Christmas! this is the back side of tbd cover so I can reverse it if o wish! I’ll be using the floral side. This is very reason why I bought this cover in the first place!! It’s starting to look good!! YAY!!It’s all coming together just nicely. I added the white throw on the end of the bed . I left a gap at the end as I really feel that having a little break in the covers adds length to the bed . Especially if your using lots of pillows.. Like I have here! Once I had the bed linen on, I styled the tray and yes , I took the books and the flowers vase off the nightstand . I always change my mind before the end result.. It’s just a me thing!!Here is the tray all styled up!! Daylight photo 🙂Here is the new look on the nightstand! I actually think it looks better!I thought I’d give you a shot of the room with just tbd mood of the lamps.
So my friends I hope you like the new look and hope you get some inspiration here!!
So don’t forget that tomorrow is reveal day.. where you get to see the whole room and I have a bit of a surprise in the room for you and to be really honest it took me a few days to decide on wether or not to do it, but you will need to come back tomorrow to see it!!
Please pop on over and see the other three girls who I’ve teamed up with in this bedroom refresh series.. I’ve provided all their links below below!
Welcome back to one room at a time bedroom refresh
Can you believe that we are already into day four of the bedroom refresh!! Can I just say that I am getting a little bit excited about the finished look of my room..
Just a reminder friends
Jump on over to our host Terrie’s blog at http://www.decorateandmorewithtip.com and Tammy at http://www.patina and paint.com I’ll leave their blog links at the end of my post.. Corine will join us tomorrow when we do our bedding!! Sooo excited for that…
Today we are styling our bedrooms with Items that we purchased crafted or taken from different rooms in our homes.
The first thing I started to style was my dresser of course!! I just couldn’t wait to see this beauty all dressed up!!
But before I start styling the dresser, let me show you some before pictures..
This is the marketplace picture of tbd dresser and mirror
I was so excited about where I was going to place the new book ends and the only realistic place was the dresser as I’ve no shelving in the bedroom. So here they are.
I used my jewellery box instead of books because I needs somewhere to put it, also it looked nice, and also it looked like books!!I took my candlesticks from my entry way and used them here. They are battery operated. The over all look of the dresser.. I used the books on my nightstand. And this is the lamps in this room .. Pretty, I think.
I hope you have found some inspiration and ideas regarding styling! Remover always play around with your items until you are happy with the look..
Don’t forget to check out my friends Terrie and Tammy below!!
I will be using some items from around the house and I have also purchased a few things!
These are some items I’ll be using! First of all I want to show you these covers . I’m in love with this bedding even though it’s still in its packing!! Soo excited to rip those bags off them and finally sleep under this elegant bedding that is just oozing beauty!!Next I want to talk about these two bookends and I just want to say WOW!! I can’t wait to use them.. I just love love love the colours they have a hint of silver and Gold and I’m crazy about them!! Next up I have these books that I painted a few years ago for a different challenge on Instagram or fb or something.. I’m definitely keeping these in the room as I think the scripture on them is relevant to have in a bedroom. The scripture is from Job 33 v 15–17 when deep sleep falls upon man God speaks. These are my lamps from my lounge!! I’m a little bit apprehensive taking them out of my lounge only because I adore them so much and use them every single day but however as you can see on the below photo they match my headboard so well!! A change for them will be good I think!! Oh dear oh deer!! Do I love this little guy ? Yes yes yes! He’s been locked away for quite a while and now he is finally free!! Where will I use him ummm! See where he will go in Fridays reveal!! These pillow covers are going to look amazing on my bed the zips where broken so I picked them up for little or nothing!! I can easily fix that problem!! These are the European pillow shams the are standard size at 65×65I’ve had this wreath a few years and want to place it on my focal wallThis is the dresser when i first purchased it! I’ll be doing a tutorial in another blog post about the dresser makeover,
The list of items I purchase are
Bedding king size price $299 from Bed Bath and Table
Pillowsham size 48×73 price $39.99 each
Pillowsham European size 65×64 $49.99 each
European pillow inserts are from KMart price $14.99 and these are the cheapest I could find.
Books ends TkMaxx 19.99 each
White books with scripture done by myself for a challenge a few years ago.
Lamps where originally from Early Settlers price $199 each (5 years ago ) they don’t stock them anymore
The deer head was $40 when I purchased it but I can’t recall where I bought them!
The dresser was $150 from market place.
Wreath was from $50 from TkMaxx 2 years ago
So check out the other girlos below and see what they have purchased!!
So what I want to achieve here is a touch of elegance by doing a black French provincial dresser and mirror to match!
I’ll give you a sneak peak of the dresser I’ll be using in the area ..
Unfortunately I wanted to use this mirror on the wall but yesterday it broke !! So I had to come up with something new so here was I’m doing..
I’m still going to use the mirror frame but I’ll diy it
So I decided to paint it black by using a chalk paint.
I give it one coat of black chalk paint and let dry! I then screw some eye hooks into the back and add some wire so i can hang it so I can hang it These are what I used.I take it outside and spray it with two different colours of grey.. I love the two tone effect. It came out more rustic than I expected ( winner ) I put a hook in the Centre of the frame as I want to hang a wreath.I measured the wall and put a screw in the centre of the wall.I hung the frame . I hung the wreath on it. I measured from the ceilings and the from the outside of the wall so I could line up the nails for the wall sconces! So both are perfectly lined up Here is the focal wall!
I’m loving it and hope you all like it too!
Tune in tomorrow where we show the items we purchased and the items we will decorate our furniture with!!
So here are a few pictures of the focal wall!
All I know is I am recalling looking forward to seeing what the girls below have done ..
So don’t forget to jump on over to my friends blogs and see how their focal walls turned out .. I’m sure you will love what they have done!
Hi friends, we are back again with a one room at a time makeover / refresh
This time we will be working on our bedrooms for the next week.
Each day we will post our before pictures. We will also focus on a focal wall decorate our furniture style our bed etc and on Friday July 29th we will post our reveals.. Videos will be posted on our Facebook pages.
Big thanks to Terrie for hosting and always coming up with a great plan.
So I’ll Be joining up with Terrie from decorateandmorewithtip.com. Tammy from patinaandoaint.com. and Corine from Junk to Gems and you can find Corine on Facebook. I’ll be posting their links at the end of my blog so please skip on over and see what they are up to.
This is my mood board for the room.
My bedroom isn’t fully ready for a full makeover and I have a few plans for this room so for now I’ll be doing a refresh ..
This is a photo of move in day This is the bedroom a few weeks ago before we got our new bed!! it took so long unpacking etc We put this room off for a while! I love the new bed and love the look of it .. Already I am visualising the changes I’ll make to this room!! Can’t wait to see the bed put together! Hubby putting the new bed together.I’ll add a chair in the corner and bring in the table .I did a makeover on this dresser 10 years ago! I actually found it on the side of the street on a New Year’s Eve . So for sentimental reason I’ll keep it .. It will go in my walk-in wardrobe for now.This is my bedroom as it stands .. Everything is exactly the way I had it in my last house. Yep, I think it’s time to change things up a bit!! This will be my focal wall .. Maybe a picture gallery or a French provincial dresser I’m working on! These are the curtains I’ll diy, I can’t seem to find the right colour blend of material to match my bedding so I’ll hang on until the right material comes in store.. eventually I’ll be making them myself.
Ok friends Come back on Monday , I will be sharing the focal wall and what I’m doing with mine!!
Don’t forget to hop over to the girls below and see how they transform their bedrooms.. I’ve added their links.
Hi there, friends! It’s that time of month when I join some blogging friends of mine to share some of our ideas where we create different projects each month for under $10. Yes! that’s what I said under $10
The theme this month is Christmas in July!
Whoo whoot!
Can I just say that I’m a little excited . I just love love love anything christmas so this challenge was not getting by me!!
I have a huge Christmas wreath that I always wanted to add some vintage Bells on to it but to be honest I just can’t afford or justify paying the money that they want .. So here I am making them myself!
So basically , the deal is that we can’t spend more than $10 dollars on the project and mine basically cost me nothing! because I already had the paints , glue gun etc all I needed was to save up some bean cans.
Why Bean cans!
The reason why I’m using bean cans is because I want to be able to use them outdoors at Christmas, but my main reason is they are free , tough , durable and not easily broken when stored away. I was going to use soda drink cans but opted for the tin cans instead.
If you don’t usually buy product Items in tin cans you can get your friends to start saving them for you now so that you will have them for Christmas. I used two different sizes in this project. Also , a while ago a good friend of mine gave me some champagne corks tops that he saved up because he knew that I do crafts , so sweet of him.. Funny at the time I had no idea what I’d use them for but they came in handy for this project!
Friends! let me walk you through what I did!
I gathered up my cans, 2 different sizes and peeled off the paper and washed them in soapy water.
These are the cork tops my friend gave me!You can use any type string you can find .. I really wanted to use jute but I couldn’t find mine.I had a tub of beads .. i think they were 5 bucks when I purchased them but they have lasted me years!! I used a few of these for this project .. I had these little thread reels lying around . I think I picked them up for $2.50 For the top of the can I used curtain rings .. I picked these up a few years ago at my thrift store for $2 . There was about 20 in the packThese sticks were from a present given to me on Mother’s Day .. They had chocolates stuck to them. Yep I keep everything just incase I need them for a project and whoopa! I did! At first I used a hammer upside down. It was workable but the technique below was so much easier to work with. I switched to this technique. I turned a long handled pick axe upside down… You may have clamps etc so do what makes it easier for you! Here are the cans all rounded off at the top , you don’t want them perfect. When you paint them the squashed look will make them look like they have been welded! I used my plyers to put dints in the cans so they will looked a bit more rustic. You will need your wire cutters or a tool that will clamp the bottom edges of the tin as they are quite sharp… This is only on ring pull cans .. I used a tin opener as it will be a clean cut and you want need to do the clamping.I did a paint primer on the cans so my plaster / baking soda would adhere to it. Only because the first one I did crumbled away from the can , silly me!! Here I used bi carb soda and black paint Mix the baking soda and paint together well.Then I spread it out smoothly around the can using an old spatula.
I want to mention that the baking soda and bi carb soda is the same product so please do not use baking powder as this product is different
NOTE! Also guys . bi Carb Soda takes 4-5 hrs to dry ( don’t panic it dries rock hard, don’t keep poking at it like I did lol! ) Plaster of Paris dries in an hour and can be sanded right away
Some areas of the can needed to be painted so I painted the can in a cheap black acrylic paint .I painted the inside of the can also.you can also see the texture on this one, it is un-sanded.Before the paint mixture dried I shook some cinnamon powder on the cans .. This isn’t necessary and I won’t do it again. I want to store them away so I was a little worried that the scent of the cinnamon might attract unwelcomed visitors and they may nest! I drilled a few holes in the top so I could easily put the curtain ring in After I drilled the holes I used an old chisel to punch a hole in the top so I could place the curtain rings Once the ring was in I twisted it . Just for extra security.I decided to sand some of the texture off the can and sanded most if the cinnamon. I sanded down the can . Note: this one I used Plaster of Paris
You can always do another coat so the can texture is completely gone, I didn’t have the time right now but on my other cans I will do two coats ..
I started to experiment with different paint colours like gold metal, hi coppers etc . I settled with Gold in the end And I also let some of the black shine through . I want them very rustic and rusty looking. Quick tip: If you do use the cork stop , you will need to drill a hole on the Center big enough to allow the string to pass through I drilled a hole in the Center of the cork and threaded through some roasting cord and added a beadDon’t expect to have clean hands while doing this project .. it’s pretty messy! I then hot glued them together. It’s up to you what way you want to tie and attach the curtain ring beads and cork. That’s if you decide to use the cork… I didn’t stick to the same method for all three bells. Thread it through and then you can add the beads if you like. This is one of the cork tops with a bead attached. I fiddled around till I got the length I liked. TIP: It just needs to be peeping out of the can to make it look like a bell chime
Two different methods!
This shot , the can has been sanded and I used plaster paris here.. This shot is not sanded and i used Bi carb soda.
The list of items you will need!
Empty bean can
Beads
String
Plyers
Sissors
Curtain rings
Glue gun or E6000 ( or any type of glue you have on hand)
Plaster of Paris or Bi Carb soda
Gold paint or your colour choice.
Paint brush
Paint tray
Cover for your work station as it’s messy
Spatula for mixing
Drill if using corks instead of beads
Let me know what you think and if you do happen to use this tutorial please drop me a line and a photo of your Christmas Bells!!
Well my friends here is my take on Old Vintage Christmas Bells.
This shot is with all our lights turned on! I love it!! I’m in love with the tones in the different lighting control around our house!! Every Angle is different especially when the sun shines or a light is turned on , they just glow How good do these look ?
At the end of my post I will leave the links to all the other girls who I’ve teamed up with and are participating in this challenge so be sure to hop on over to their blog pages to see what they have done and I’m sure you are bound to get lots of inspiration !!
Below is what I’m going to Dupe!
This one is $725.99 Nooo way was I ever going to pay that!
My dupe is a faux indoor magnolia tree! I have been wanting to do a faux plant for ages and when I picked up the magnolia stem at TK Maxx for $20 each . I knew that I was going to love this challenge so much!
What I needed for my project!
Magnolia Stems x 2
Pot (Black is what I used)
White Paint (any type except gloss)
Poly styrofoam
Knife ( to cut styrofoam)
Wire
Wire cutters
spagnum moss
Let’s get started!
I had everything I needed already except for the magnolia stems so basically the whole dupe costed only $40 out of pocket!
I grabbed my old plant pot from the garden and gave it a good wash and hose down so it was clean enough to apply the paint..
I used the largest pot! A quick hose wash!
Then I used some white paint .. Any paint will do once it’s a latex or water based paint .. You don’t want gloss as you will need to be able to smear and wipe it so it has an aged look. To be honest I didn’t have to wipe off much I just kept wetting the paint brush to make the paint more watery.
I painted the inside top of the plant pot so it would give the illusion of been painted all the way down through the pot.
After the paint dried I cut the styrofoam into pieces so it would fit into the plant pot.
Next step was putting the two stems into the plant pot and then filling around it with more broken pieces of styrofoam.. I pressed firmly wedging the styrofoam in tightly..
Next thing I did was secure the stems with wire. I messed around with the stems until the stems lined up and looked good I secured it with the wire in a few places.
