My latest addition to my bedroom

Here is a shot of my latest addition to my restyled bedroom. I am quite the lover of jewelry and have been craving something fun and beautiful to show it off on. I decided on an old door…

Vintage Door

My super crafty and ultra creative friend Janelle of Sodderbug scored me 3/4 of an old door for a mere $10! Steal!

Step one

It was pretty fab the way it was, but of course I wanted to play around with the finish. I got some of my Annie Sloan paint in Provence and watered it down with plain water to make a “wash”. I painted this mixture over the entire door.

Sanding

I then got out my oh so valuable Ryobi Corner Cat sander…love this thing! I started sanding the entire door down until I had finally achieved “my look”.

Yum!

Now I was ready to figure out the rest of the project…

Cast Iron Bird Hooks

I had picked up these fabulous wrought iron bird hooks months ago on discount for $5 each at Just Be, one of my favorite downtown Greensboro stores! I affixed these to either side of the door. I had saved all the mirrors that had been ripped out of my living room bookcases a few years ago. I grabbed one of the smaller ones and liquid nailed it to the door as well. I added tiny screw in hooks from Home Depot and I was ready to start hanging my jewelry!

A lot of look!

After I had my awesome hubby help me hang the door I then hung my necklaces and bracelets on the small hooks and on the bird hooks.  I placed a small table underneath with a cake stand on top and put my rings and earrings on that.  I do still want to craft a way to hang my earrings on the bottom panel of the door.  I’d love any suggestions!

Smitten!

Of course I needed a little beachyness {i’m not sure if that is a real word} to it so I added a cute little wooden saying I had picked up on my last beach trip and a starfish! A starfish always completes the look!

I’m on the hunt for some more cheap doors {hint hint Janelle!}….I’ve still got a stack of free mirrors and a list of friends who want one of these too!

I’ve been busy adding finishing touches on my Master Bedroom and am still just smitten that this is actually my bedroom!  I love my 4 poster bed, but those poles sure get in the way when trying to photo all I’ve done.  In this photo you can see that I have added an old window over the bed.  This was a curbside find.  I cleaned it up and took my Corner Cat sander for a spin on it to add some distressing.  I also added this end of the bed bench from Hobby Lobby that was on sale for $69.  I plan to maybe put a cushion on top of it.

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Here is a better view of the cast away window.  I love that it is long and 8 panes.  For now I’m not doing window treatments.  I kind of like the clean stark white look for now.

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The dresser was accessorized with the help of my friend Nancy McKee, who owns a fabulous store in my town called Total Bliss. It is Total Bliss. I know I’ve talked about it before because it is the first place I go for decorating inspiration and accessorizing. Nancy will also bring things over to my house for me to try out!  She also uses things you already have and arranges them just right!  I love how she took those great gray blue candle sticks and gave one height with a stack of books.

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We added some simple starfish to the this fabulous wire basket sculpture thing {not so sure what to call it, but I LOVE IT!}.

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I got this fabulous lidded jar at Homegoods for 9.99.  I added some sand and some wooden beach wood from Michaels and dropped in on one of my favorite photos of the boys.  A lot of bang for the buck!

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I bought these lighthouse pictures 12 years ago for my office on clearance. They had cherry frames on them until last week. I found them in my “excess items” closet. I painted the frames white and they worked perfectly into my decor theme!

Nancy also helped me accessorize the top of the armoire!

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I love the driftwood garland from Total Bliss and it was only $18.99!  Nancy also added the wicker tray and lid placed on top of a few books.  We also used empty shoe boxes and draped them in burlap and set a beautiful and very inexpensive platter from Total Bliss and some  beachy bottles and jars from TJ Maxx.

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My next project is my reading corner.  This chair is super comfy, but worn out and is cranberry!  I could not stand the sight of the cranberry so I threw a large piece of fabric over it.  I’m going to have a slipcover made for it.  I painted the little table next to it Woodlawn Blue.  The same shade that the fronts of the nightstand drawers are painted.  I’m sitting in that chair right now!

For anyone who missed earlier posts on my bedroom the wall color is Silver Gray by Benjamin Moore and I’m head over heals in love with it!

I’m declaring this room the best in the house right now!  I hope I’ve given someone else a little inspiration in their home!

The furniture has been moved back into the room, the bed has been wrapped in new bedding and about 85% of the decorating has been completed! It takes me time to add the final touches to a room. So today I will reveal the room as it is right now!

The Before and The After

About 5 weeks ago I started with a rather Brown and Boring room. The carpet was dingy and drab, the furniture was feeling dark and my comforter had seen better days. My room did not make me feel good. It stressed me out and it just plain felt dirty. That carpet had raised 2 babies. It had seen a lot of action, lots of sippy cup leaks, dirty toddler feet, and lately some peeing dogs! So, after 9 years of wear I was ready to tear it out. I then set out with a plan to brighten and freshen up my room. After the installation of the hardwood floors I tackled the Board and Batten Project here.

Painted and distressed furniture!

I also got serious about getting rid of that dark furniture and painted 2 nightstands, a huge armoire, and a big fat dresser! I painted the furniture just plain old Benjamin Moore White. I did not want a white paint conflict between the walls and furniture so I did them both the same color white. I had no idea how many shades of white are out there!

I painted the fronts of the nightstand drawers using one of my rejected paint samples from the wall. The drawers are Benjamin Moore Wedgewood Gray. I really thought this was THE color for the walls, but it was a little too green. It was perfect for the drawer fronts. I then got these great cast iron bird knobs for the drawers off e-bay. I distressed everything..my favorite part about a furniture makeover!  This is where the furniture comes to life!

I then tried a new technique to me for the finishing coat. I waxed the furniture instead of painting it with a coat of Poly! LOVE IT! I bought Mylands wax (www.mylands.com) off the internet. My local painting guru suggested this product and I’m so glad I tried it. It gave my furniture a wonderful protective seal. It is smooth and shiny. I just can’t explain how wonderful it feels!! Weird huh? Yes, I feel furniture! My new thing is now WAXING!

Side Table Lamps

I felt the lamps needed a little more height so I covered one book in burlap and then used another book minus the paper cover. I splurged on the lamps from Pottery Barn.  I scoured TJ Maxx and Homegoods for weeks trying to find something cheaper.  I looked online to and when it came down to it I was just not satisfied with anything else because I had these on my mind as “the lamp”.  They are fillable too, so I can change up the look of them over and over.  For now I am keeping them empty and a I tied a starfish around them with some twine.  I love these shades too, they bring in some of the tan color of the beach!

A few accessories...still on the lookout for more!

Here are my TJ Max and Homegoods finds.  I filled the glass containers with shells and sand.  I love this pretty square white cakestand.  I’m still tweaking this, but this is where I am at right now.

Favorite Photo

I loved this frame and I loved this photo…but the photo is a 4×6 and the frame is a 5×7.  Solution…burlap of course.  I made a burlap matt and put the picture on top!  Oh the many uses of burlap!

I’ve still got finishing touches to do.  I want to hang somethings on the walls.  I’ve got an empty corner that I will be recovering a chair for to make a reading nook.  I will keep you updated on all my tweaks!

The new view!

I love walking in my back door and looking down the hall at this! I love waking up feeling like I am on vacation!! All the hard work, and body pain was so worth it! I still have painters arm in my wrist, elbow and shoulder and I’ve had some extra chiropractor visits for my neck!

****Update – I’ve added some more decor to this room so visit this post to see the final tweak!******

decorating with definitions

There was a big blank space above my laundry sink when I was done my laundry room makeover. I’m excited go report that I filled it up! I love vinyl lettering as well all should know by now! I’m was thrilled when I found this great definition of the word”Laundry”. I had my friend’s at Fontastic whip this up for me to fit perfectly in the space!

Please Help!

I’m wondering if anyone in the house has actually read the quote?

What is Laundry?

Here is a better view. I love how the black pops on the wall color. I get tons of inquiries on the wall color so here it is again. It is Wintergreen Ash by Valspar, except I had Sherwin Williams make the paint. It is their Super Paint in eggshell. I’m not sure why it is called Wintergreen because there is no green at all to the color. It is a wonderful shade of turquoise blue!

DIY Dog Food Bucket

I also used some vinyl to create this dog food bucket. I bought a cheap tin bucket at the hardware store and spray painted it white. I had Fontastic make me a Dog Food vinyl sticker and stuck it on the bucket. The whole thing cost me about $17.00.

So there you have it, a quick retweak of a room with the addition of some vinyl. What about you? Do you decorate with vinyl? Will we one day look back and make fun of all our vinyl and think it was such a silly phase?

Boring!

How fast can a girl get a Fall Nesting Party post together for The Inspired Room Party? And yuck like anybody is going to click on my mantle looking like this!

Dressed up window!

Yesterday morning it looked like this. All beachy and still very much doing it for me. But, I knew fall is upon us. Plus, I had just scored this fab window frame for $10 and I was itching to get it a home somewhere in my abode.

blue chippy window frame!

We also just had our family photo done for the first time by a professional photographer Moments Captured by Kelly Renee Photography! She did an awesome job and I had a large photo mounted big one to hang somehwere.

Not quite right

So Monday night, in the middle of cooking dinner {am I totally nutty or what?} I hung the frame and then scoured the house for Command Strips for the picture. I stepped back and thought…BORING. I flipped the burgers and headed to the garage for paint and a brush.

LEttErS

I drew a square inside the frame with a pencil and then painted it white. I then remembered I had bought a bunch of letters from one of my all time favorite haunt’s Mary’s in downtown Greensboro. She has tons of letters from all over the place in all shapes and fonts. I spray painted the “Y” red for fall, but the rest are as is. Today I set the letters into the bottom of the frame and stuck the picture back up.

The beginning of a Fall Mantle Makeover

At 10:02 pm tonight I snapped this picture for the  first step in my Fall Nesting plan. The next step is to sit back and click through all the great links on the party and get some inspiration to finish it off!

Be sure to check out all the great Fall decorating ideas with Melissa at The Inspired Room today!!

Stay tuned here as I evolve into Fall!

Ahhhhh.....

Today is the first day of school! It is always a bittersweet day. I’ll be the first to admit that I do enjoy my quiet alone time while they are in school. However, I do miss the precious moments we shared all summer.

My coffee mate

I had coffee alone today. Can’t believe just the other day my coffee mate and I were sharing a few moments together. His is decaf! He said he was practicing for when he became an adult. Oh my, I realize that will be here before I know it! How has 8 years of motherhood already passed? Or do I get to claim 14 years of motherhood…8 plus 6?

another goodbye!

I also bade farewell to this gem as well! I was truly sad to see this work of mine go. I wanted to keep her sooo bad!

Ah...the Hunter Green days!

She came to me a glorious shade of Hunter Green. A friend of mine found her for $25! It has a display tray that pulls out, covered in a lovely blue faux velvet. My friend purchased it for her beach house. My only instructions were to make it beachy!

Beachy Blue

I painted the sides leftover blue from my dining room, and I painted the framing around the glass top polar white from Behr. I performed my magic art of sanding and glazing.

The After

I painted the inside of the display area leftover Wintergreen Ash from my laundry room! I’m in love! Sadly I bid her farewell too this week. Oh well, she belongs at the beach!

Can you believe I saw the same Hunter Green table in a consignment shop the other day for $225??? Who is buying Hunter Green? What would you pay for my after? 225?

I’ve introduced you before to my Shih Poo’s Asher and Lanie Lou, whom I refer to as “The Fuggles”. They are my best buds and follow me every where I go. They sleep at my feet in my office {which is actually my dining room} while I work on my computer. I decided that I wanted them to have a comfortable and stylish place to snooze. So, I started poking around Open Sky to see what great dog products they might have available and I found “a must have!”

It is a Dog Bed Duvet by Molly Mutt! The perfect option for me who has 2 puppies that get into lots of muddy trouble. It is machine washable! You can use it to cover your existing dog bed, or do like I did and stuff it with a large pillow I already had. You can even stuff it with old clothes from your “take to Goodwill” pile, old blankets, towels, etc. There is a “stuff sack” you can purchase as well. I picked out a cute brown and blue fabric to match my office colors!

While waiting for my Duvet to arrive, I stumbled upon a picture in a magazine of a dog bed made from an old side table….that was on a Sunday.

On Monday I purchased this from the Habitat ReStore for $20…..

On Tuesday I purchased 4 curtain rod finials from Hobby Lobby for $8….

Curtain Rod Finals

On Wednesday we made our dog bed. I say “we” because being a good mommy I decided to let the kids join in. I had an inner war between the control freak side of me  and the be cool mommy side the entire time!

My Helpers!

We took out the drawer, flipped the table upside down and cleaned her up real good.

Use What You Have!

I then began searching for something I had around the house to make feet for the dog bed. I really was not in the mood for cutting wood. So, I raided the kids blocks….the kids were not so happy about this. I chose the ones with the rounded sides, the ones that are hard to build things with anyway. They gave in to my choice and we proceeded to drill holes and screw the blocks into the top of the table. Well, let me just say that kids blocks are very HARD wood! I actually broke a drill bit off! Yep, I got tattled on too….”Hey, Daddy, Mommy broke your drill!” I put felt pads over the screw and flipped her back over to start painting.

2 Coats of Paint

We screwed the finials on the top first. I then raided my paint collection to see what was available. I had a wee bit of my laundry room paint left {Wintergreen Ash by Valspar} and we {ugh, I let them paint the inside!} slapped on two coats of paint.

Just as the paint was done drying The Big Brown Truck arrived with this!!!!

Molly Mutt Dog Bed Duvet

I stuffed it right away with a big giant pillow I had in a closet that had just been taking up space. I zipped it up and stuffed it in the new dog bed. I was totally amazed at what a perfect match the paint was to the duvet as well!

The perfect dog bed!

Mr. and Mrs. Fuggle are very happy and are sleeping just like doggy royalty in their new bed. When they yuck it up I’ll just throw the cover in the washer! It is so pretty and so functional!

This is the first item I’ve added to my new Open Sky Shop and I’m making it available for you to purchase too! They have 3 sizes and many colors to choose from.  If you purchase anything from Open Sky from now until August 16h you will receive FREE SHIPPING! All you have to do is enter the coupon code FREE SHIPPING at checkout

Medium Dog Duvet 27″x36″x5″

Small Dog Duvet 22″x27″x5″

Huge Dog Duvet 36″x45″x5″

Did I do a good job making a custom dog bed for my babies?  What do you think of the Molly Mutt Dog Duvet? Do you like the concept of recovering your existing dog bed or using things you already have to stuff it with?

before shot of hallway

When you enter my home from the garage entry I have a long hall. The laundry room is on the right. I’ve done and redone this hallway several times. In the preschool days I painted 6 layers of magnet paint covered with chalkboard paint. I could adhere all the artwork via magnets and they could doodle all over the wall. I got sick of the dust and painted over it awhile back.

step 1

My next plan….Board and Batten! That plan entered my brain quite awhile ago when I first saw it popping up all over Blog Land. Well, I finally got the job done. This is not a tutorial. I’ll show you the first step….because that is all I have a picture of! I just got busy with the project and did not take any! {To make matters worse I dropped my camera when taking the final after pictures and it has gone to its grave.  I’m am cameraless!}

I painted the 2/3 of the hallway with Sherwin Williams Super Paint White Semi Gloss. I figured the wall was going to take some serious abuse so I need all the protection and washability I could get. Also, let me add that those plastic pour containers with the lid that screws back on are GONE! What a great idea at first. I can’t tell you how many times I could not get those lids off when I wanted to paint. I would just keep trying until I got it, but I would get soooo frustrated. Maybe it was because I was lazy and did not clean the paint off the rim before I shut it. Oh well, just glad the old can is back!

The After

I got the guy at Lowes to cut all my boards. I’m sure he was cussing me under my breath when I left too! I did help him measure everything out and mark it. My neighbor pointed out that I was quite rude for not tipping him. Honestly the thought really did not cross my mind. In my mind he was just doing his job. {of course I had no cash anyway} Feedback here…would you have tipped him? Because I will be going back on my next project. Do I need to switch to Home Depot in case I am recognized as the loser who did not tip?

Love the 3 prong hooks

I got these great 3 prong hooks from Home Depot for $3.23 each! I love them because they give you 3 hooks in one to hang stuff on. Each boy can hang their backpack, jacket and hat! Hopefully they will hang these items up!

Adding a little bling

I wanted a coastal feel {really I just want to move to the beach!} when you first walk into the house. On my recent trip to the Outer Banks I got some great starfish at one of my favorite stores, The Cottage Shop.

Driftwood!

I also got this great piece of driftwood from the beach!

A hook for everyone

Here is another view. It is very difficult to get a good picture because it is a hallway. I had a blast doing this project. I made a few mistakes and learned a few new things. I used a nailgun for the first time {loved it} and found out I’m a pretty good calker!

This look is very addicting as well! I’m thinking about tackling my master bedroom next!

All in all it was relatively cheap to do as well.  The board I cut up was $24 and I sill have 1/2 left.  The hooks were $3.23 each.  The starfish were $12 and I had the rest!

Please leave me a comment if you have any specific questions about the project and I will get right back to you!

I’m linking this project up with Melissa at The Inspired Room! She is so inspiring! Check out her Friday Linky Day!

Trolley Stop Hook from Anthropologie for $12.00

My current project involves coat hooks. I’ve been trolling the powers online to find some. I’m in love with turquoise and Anthropologie, so here is the meshing of my love of both in the Trolley Stop Hook. I will need roughly 6 hooks, so this may break the bank, but I could see maybe 2 scattered in with something cheaper.

coat hook from Lowes $6.75

I’m also digging this one from Lowes. A little bit of a twist on your basic hook, with a better price tag.

Alphabet Hook from Anthopologie for $12.00

How about these happening alphabet hooks?

Wire Initial Hook from Anthropologie for $18.00

Another great alphabet find!

Nut Lovers Hook!

This one is saying “Nutty Girl”!

Anyone have any other hook suggestions? I typed in coat hooks on E-bay and was overwhelmed by Page 10 of 158! Any Open Sky Shop Keepers have hooks in their shops?

Lately I am totally inspired by decorating with letters. My last name is Taylor. So I choose to decorate with T’s! This one dresses up my “rescued from the side of the road window” {hate me!}. It is an old type set T I found in a local antique store and of course I painted it blue.

My favorite!

This is my latest addition to the collection and currently my favorite. I was shopping in Historic Franklin Tennessee {loved it there!} and I found this fabulous store called Redo. I so could of bought one of everything in that store! I fell in love with this T and HAD to have it. I met the owner Mitzi and grabbed a card from her store just in case I have to have more I know where to get them!

Tantilizing

I hung it on my backsplash over my stove!

A Turquoise T!

I took my red T from inside my Christmas wreath and changed it up for spring with a quick shot of turquoise spray paint. I’m working on a front porch makeover. Not loving the greenery in this door bucket….so just focus on the fabulous T!

It is a sticker!

How about this T on the front of my black painted knife block? It is a sticker from a pack of letter purchased at Michael’s. How simple is that!

more to go...

The T projects are not over yet. I’ve got two more waiting in the wings for a proper place.

Last but not least my favorite T of all…..

Trish!

It is Trish from Life to the T! I’d be lost without her! If you have not found her blog, she needs to be your next click!

Thanks Melissa for hosting another fabulous Inspiring Friday over on The Inspired Room! I love Fridays!

Do you have something you are inspired to decorate with lately or a favorite person who inspired you?