Upholstered Headboard Twin
Wow, blogland never ceases to amaze me! It as if my world has become bigger but yet smaller. Case in point. Two things happened last night while I was trying to catch up on my reader.
The first thing was, I was scrolling through FindingFabulous posts , I saw that she announced a winner for her give away on June 15 (yes, I am that behind). I read that it was Judy from DIY by Design, another blog I follow. I was so excited, so I went to congratulate Judy on her blog, and noticed she hadn’t posted anything about her win. I mentioned it in my comment and guess what? She had NO clue she had won! I was pretty darn excited for her, and that I was able to be the bearer of good news. I had no clue she followed FindingFabulous, and what were the chances out of all the entries for that giveaway it would be someone I knew. Weird.
The second thing that happened, was a master bedroom feature on Justagirl that I fell in love with.
Isn’t this room gorgeous? It is from Haley at The Hills As I was reading through her process of design, she described the fabric she used on the headboard. The look, the description of the headboard sounded just like the one I did for Shanon and Nate for their master bedroom
Dining room chair love
I have been admiring these chairs since I first saw them on Restoration Hardware
They are on special right now for $109, {not including shipping} which isn’t so bad.
But a couple of days ago I saw them at Steinmart, of all places, and they were $99. My daughter Shannon had been looking for a couple of chairs for her dinette table for about 3 months now. I showed her and Nate them this weekend, they weren’t so hot on them at first. But I told them to get them, take them home, and see how they looked. They could always bring them back if they didn’t like them.
They put the two chairs around the table and they loved them! It really tied in the wood tone of the hutch, and the open design of the chair gives the space a visually lighter feel. A perfect fit, just like I thought it would be {wink, wink}
In case you don’t have a Steinmart near you, I found them on Overstock.com for $85.99 each and only $2.95 shipping. These chairs are very versatile in style, they would look good with modern, country, or cottage decor, and believe it or not, they are super comfortable.
A few finishing touches
I have a lot of finishing touches I am trying to do at my daughter’s house, but it is going really slow. I am still waiting on fabric from Kravet for the headboard for this guest room, I have been waiting 2 months already! I wish I would of known that before I fell in love with the fabric and made the purchase. I would of looked for something else if i would of know about the looooong wait. I also needed a bed skirt for this room as well. But I was running out of options because I just couldn’t find the right color of gray and style that I was looking for. Then it dawned on me, I have been dying to do something using a drop cloth. Seeing so many creative people use them for curtains, upholstery and stuff I wanted to try it too. So I decided to use one for the bed skirt. It was the perfect gray. I have to be honest here, I didn’t sew it myself, I got lazy and paid someone else sew it for me. I just wasn’t up to the challenge.
She did an awesome job! Plus I introduced her to the ruffler attachment and she wants to ruffle everything now! I can’t wait to get this room finished and check it off the list, but it looks like it might be awhile.
Not So Easy Bar Stool Covers
My daughter and I found these bar stools at Homegoods for her kitchen. Nice lines but pretty boring. {sorry about the random leopard rug underneath it. This is the only picture I have of the before}
They were the perfect size and shape but I wasn’t really digging the “pleather” fabric. So like I always do, I told my daughter I would put some fun fabric on them for her to brighten them up. Looked pretty easy to do. I decided it would be easier and smart to leave the “pleather” fabric on, and just make a slip cover and then staple it under the bar stool. That way they could easily go back to the “pleather” later if they wanted.
I bought some outdoor fabric from Calico Corners. Thought it would resist staining and it was pretty inexpensive. Cut out my pattern, lined it with some backing, I was good to go.
But dummy me, halfway through I realize things aren’t going to be so smooth. I guess it wasn’t the best choice in pattern. I didn’t even think about having to match the pattern, I just thought about the price and the color. I tried SO hard to match that pattern up, but then the other side would be slightly off. In the end {and endless hours of frustration} I just let go of my perfectionism and did the best I could with what I had.
“I told you so”
Mom’s love to say “I told you so” and lucky me, I get to own that saying today. It all stems from this wonderful open loft area at my daughter’s house
When we were doing the renovation at my daughter’s house back in September, I told her that she might want to take out the railing and do a full wall for safety reasons when she has children. But she said no, that she really liked the openness of the way it looked. “It is fine” she said. I knew that this was not a kid friendly design. But they are newlyweds so it wasn’t a priority to be “kid friendly”
Made me so nervous just even imagining little ones stepping up on the ledge and looking over down into the living room. {by the way, that rug got moved down to the dining room area to match the rug under the couch}
We were slowing working on making this room her office. Since we already had the Ikea chair, we just bought a new slip cover for it, and added the ottoman.
We scoured Craig’s list to find the perfect bookcase to match the desk she had in there.
Hauling all that heavy furniture up the stairs was not easy. But the room was coming together nicely. We purchased fabric to make pillows and curtains for the window. But guess what I did yesterday? I went over to their house to let the contractor in to do this
Estate Sale Art Work
Now that the major renovation is done on my daughter’s house, it is time to start making it more of a home. They need pictures on the walls, throw pillows, rugs you name it. When I was at an estate sale last month I bought three pieces of coral that I thought would look beautiful in their powder room. To bring you up to date, this is what the powder room bathroom looked like when they first purchased the home
And this is what it looks like now (if you want to get the all the details on the update of the bathroom , click here)
Isn’t that rug so cute! My daughter bought it at HomeGoods.
I found the shadow box frames at West Elm. I loved how they are all glass so that you can really see the coral.
The longest piece wouldn’t fit in the glass boxes, and they didn’t have any larger sizes, so I had to go with the white box for the middle one. I am ok with that. {It sure was hard to photograph these beautiful pieces in such a small space, let alone the reflection I kept getting off the glass! Yeah, I might of been standing on the toilet to take these}
Masterbath Renovation
Centsational Girl is having a link up party of bathrooms before and after. She just re-vamped her friends bathroom, and what a difference it made. And she did it in 8 hours…superwoman! It looks beautiful, you should go check it out. When I saw her bathroom remodel, I realized that I have never shown the before and after pictures of Shannon and Nate’s master bathrooms that I renovated.
The master bath. Oh me oh my. This bathroom had some good qualities to it. Two sinks, lots of counter space and storage underneath. The size of the vanity area was perfect. It had good bones but needed updating. On the chopping block was the dated counter tops, the color of the honey oak cabinets, Hollywood bar light fixture, muddy brown looking floor tile and contractor faucets. The one thing that needed addressing the most, was the shower toilet room. When you opened the door it almost hit the shower and toilet. Then once you got in the bathroom, you would have to close the door in order to use the toilet. It was super squishy and poorly designed. Once I got in there and accessed the situation, I noticed there was some wasted space in the vanity area next to the window. Since the wall between the toilet and vanity wasn’t structural, I had the contractor move the wall out 16″, closer to the window and install a pocket door instead of a swing door which saved even more space.
Drum Shade Chandelier
Happy New Year everyone! Now that the holidays are over and everything is put away, I got the itch to do a project. Lord knows I have a ton of them sitting on the back burner waiting to be completed, so it felt good to start the new year with actually completing something. I am off to a good start, woohoo.
A couple of moths ago I had posted a picture of this light fixture I had gotten for my daughter Shannon’s dining room area during the renovation stage of their house. Loved it.
It was perfect for the space. It fit both their decorating styles, a little bling for Shannon and stream lined look for Nate. Here is a picture of it hung during the renovation construction
But unfortunately we had to send it back. We noticed that once it was turned on and actually was being used, the paper around the shade that had all the bling on it started warping from the heat of the light bulbs. I guess no one thought of that when they designed it. We were so bummed, but it just started looking like a really cheap light fixture the more they used it. Overstock.com let us return the fixture with no problems. They have the best customer service and you can’t beat their prices! So for about 2 months now there has been no light fixture in Shannon and Nate’s dining room. It was hard to find the right fixture to compliment their styles without spending a ton of money and not looking cheap. The drum shade style of the old fixture really looked good in their house, so I was on the hunt for something along those lines. I have always loved these type of drum shade chandeliers
