Welcome to the second installation of Project Get Something on My Walls (PGSOMW). This loverly has actually been on my walls for a while now, but I wanted to share her with y'all. I had this big empty wall in my family room/dining room. It was sad and bare for nearly a year. I wanted something big to fill up the space. After thinking about it for a long while, I decided I wanted something with more texture than color and I liked the idea of a natural wood look. While wandering the halls of my local home improvement store, I came cross some plank wood paneling that looked something like this: via Lowes I think it was under ten bucks for one package, which was plenty for my project. This is basically how I put my paneling wall hanging together (Sorry I don't have Continue Reading
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Origami Treat Cups
I hosted a small book club at my home the other night. I needed to make some treats, but I decided I was not going to the store. I would simply work with what I had at home, which meant popcorn and chocolate chip cookies. But I wasn't sure how I would serve the popcorn. Then I thought of making some quick origami cups. I used the instructions for folding origami cups here, and I really like the way they turned out. 12x12 double-sided scrapbook paper makes a perfectly sized cup for a serving of popcorn. You can find scrapbook papers in all colors and patterns to match the theme or decor for your party. A quick, easy, cute solution! Continue Reading
Coffee Table Makeover
Once upon a time, we bought an upholstered coffee table at a damaged furniture clearance center. I think we got a fairly good deal. Honestly, I don't remember how much we paid for it. Maybe fifty? It seemed like a decent piece of furniture. It was sturdy. The drawers worked. We could put our feet on it. You know. Then when we got it home I realized the upholstered top had a tear in it. How did I miss that? Oh well. No turning back now. Slowly the fake leather vinyl stuff fell apart until we got to look at this beautiful thing every day: Lovely, right? It was definitely one of the most embarrassing things in my home. I had been wanting to recover it for ages, but I was a little intimidated. I mean, the bottom had so many screws. What if I undid the wrong ones? I finally decided Continue Reading
DIY Upholstered Tufted Headboard
We have lived in our current home for nearly two years. When we first moved in, one of the first things I wanted to do was make a headboard for our room. I am pretty sure I even bought the plywood right around the time we moved in. Well. Nearly two years later: The headboard is done! And I LOVE it. It makes our room feel so much more grown up and complete. And every time I walk by my bed, I want to sit down and read a book or take a nap. It just looks so inviting. I made this headboard as part of the Week 3 challenge over at One Month to Win It, which was to use another blogger's tutorial. Unfortunately, I didn't make it through to the finals, but I did get a sweet new headboard! There are tons of great headboard tutorials out there, but I ended up following the incredibly Continue Reading
Quick Lampshade Embellishment
I originally bought this black and white lampshade for our guest room. Well, my little bug came along, and the guest room became the nursery! Rather than completely redo the room, I stuck with the same basic color scheme (apple green, black, and white) and added some hot pink accents to make it more youthful and fun. I took this pretty lampshade from Target, a couple yards of this pom-pom trim, and threw them together with some hot glue to make a simple, fun, embellished lampshade that fits perfectly in baby bug's nursery. OH! Also. Week 3 projects are up over on One Month to Win It. You should definitely go vote. Only three projects/contestants will make it through this round, so I am double nervous. Keep your fingers crossed for me! Continue Reading
Three Dollar Wall Treatment
I am so absolutely thrilled to have made it through the second week of One Month to Win It! The five dollar challenge was a fun one, and it made me realize how much I rely on my stash of supplies at home to keep things cheap. I decided to do a project that I had actually already been planning on doing for a while. I was trying to infuse more color and fun into my kids' bathroom, and I wanted to do a kind of pinstripe wall. I love the look of wallpaper, but I have this problem: I'm cheap. And, sure, you can get inexpensive wallpaper on ebay and different places, but not three dollars inexpensive, which is all I spent on this room transformation. Truth. To create this look, all you need is a three dollar paint marker and a whole bunch of courage. It's nice to have a supportive husband Continue Reading
Phew! – Family History Storybooks
I made it! I got through the first round of One Month to Win It! Did you go check out all of the projects and vote? There were some awesome projects this week. Did you guess which one was mine? I really love the way these books turned out. I started with personal histories I had recorded, but you could use any memories. Getting the story broken up into pages and on the right side of the paper for printing takes a bit of thinking and finagling (I can't believe I spelled that correctly on the first try). If anyone is interested, I could work on putting together a Word doc with the pages set up for people to make their own books. After I had all the text on the pages, I added illustrations. For one book, I hand drew the illustrations and then scanned them onto my computer. Continue Reading
DIY 3D Floral Canvas Art
I would estimate that about 70% of our wall space is bare.  naked.  sad. I'm sick of it, and I'm taking action. So. Our first PGSOMW project was inspired by something I saw on HGTV Design Star. Do you watch this show? All of the season five episodes were on HGTV's website at some point last year, and I think I probably watched the whole season in like two days. Sometimes TV happens. It's okay. Anyway... For one episode they had to take all of the junk in a sad, old apartment and reuse it in their design. Great challenge, right? The girl who ended up winning the show, Emily Henderson, made this box pendant lamp by attaching silk flowers and then spray painting the whole thing white. I really liked the look and thought  the same technique would make a fun wall hanging. And Continue Reading