A little PB knock off anyone...

We has a stuff swap for a RS activity last week. One of my friend brought these old candlesticks. I claimed them right away :) They were exactly what I was looking for. I had seen these beautiful distressed ones in Pottery Barn but at 69.99-89.99 a pop there was no way that was happening. So with a little paint and sandpaper there they are. Although I think I will spend some more time distressing and staining them to look older.

I am dying to....

make over my kids' rooms!

A few weeks ago I did a little swap and got a new bed frame for Bode. It is much more manly compared to the white sleigh bed he is currently sleeping in.  It is very plain but has wooden spindles all across the headboard and footboard. It is the typical honey colored oak wood. I am really wanting to get started on painting it and getting bedding ready to redo Bode's room. After painting the bed, black I think, I am going to get some bedding.  I am thinking a plain quilt and  fun throw and pillows. Kind of like this...

picture from The Pleated Poppy

I found these quilts from Target for both of their rooms. Then I can't wait to go to Joann's to pick out material.

 

I am still going to go with the same cars and truck theme for his room to match his wall decor. Plus I want to make some more shelves, a new lamp and nightstand. Of course you all know when I say "new" I mean Goodwill finds, yards sales, basically anything as cheap as possible.

So here is Bode's before...

For Laine's room I am not quite so sure. I have been gathering inspiration from places all over trying to figure out what I want to do in there. I like the blues, greens and pinks. Basically the whole Pottery Barn Kids collection for girls.

Laine's before.

I just wish my pockets were are big as my plans. I know it will take a few months to do both rooms. I hope I can do them before the end of the year. 

There is always something...

Once the holidays are over and all my Christmas decorations are down I always get the bug to do a little decorating and rearranging. Not that I am getting any of these things...ok maybe one or two of these things when I save my pennies up... here are a few items calling my name.

I think I will attempt, with the help of my sister's vinyl machine, to make this one.

Then these...

they look so aged and weathered. I am loving them.

These hooks are beautiful. They would be perfect for my entryway.

Dang Pottery Barn.

You have such fun stuff and there is no way I will ever pay that much money for your stuff.

I am thinking red curtains will add a bit of drama to my living room.

I love red.

These pillows will soon be plopped upon my couches.

I have had them before. The exact same ones.

I bought them nearly 5 years ago, and love them. Every stripe and flower.

But they didn't last. Not because I didn't want them to though.

Stat, our old boxer (excuse me while I wipe a tear) loved them.

Also he loved to chew on the corners of them.

Bode loved to lay on them and watch movies.

He also love to color, wipe boogers and basically destroy them.

I did all I could to save them.

I washed them, re stuffed them and finally had to cut them down to try to make them last a little longer. Right now they or what is left of them are in Laine's closet.

I just love the fabric pattern and couldn't throw them away.

I am SO happy to have found them again. And at Kmart of all places.

Oh well, they will be on my couch...soon.

And no I don't think they look to old lady for me.

And then there is this. I love it the most, maybe not as much as finding the pillows though.

Again, dang Pottery Barn. I like you just not your prices.

I am so digging the eclectic look of this quilt.

I would look wonderful on my bed.

Too bad that just to buy the quilt and 2 shames is would be over $250 bucks.

I will just have to keep my eye out for it on Ebay.

I love to decorate. Find old things and make them new. Painting rooms, furniture and cabinets. Makes me wish we weren't renting. With the huge horrible mess that has gone on the past 2 years with our Lakeside house it is going to be many years before we are able to get ourselves into a position to buy a house of our own again. I would love to paint the cabinets in this house to make them not look so generic. Then it would be fun to paint the kids' rooms. Oh well. Someday I will get a house that I get to paint and add my own flavor to. Until then I will keep on doing what I'm doing.

Before...

I have been wanting to redo my family picture wall since we got our family pictures taken. I felt the frames were not my style and it just needed to be redone. Frames can be expensive. So a trip to Goodwill was the trick. Here is our before...

Here are the frames I found at Goodwill. After all the frames and paint I spent $15.00. I could barely have bought one good (small) frame for that price.

I originally thought they would be cream with a dark brown wash over them. But that turned out well, just plain ugly. So I fell back to plain and simple black. I love the way they turned out!

Here is the after...

I am loving it! It is almost completely done. The red plaque in the upper left corner will get changed out with a new sign from Off Woodland Lane. It will be a family name sign in the red. I can't wait!

Crafty, crafty, crafty...

Three guesses as to what this cute little kitchen was before it was re-purposed.

Stumped, so was I. It was this...




How fun is that. Click here to see step by step instruction on how to make this fun kitchen. One more thing to add to my "want to make" pile.