Coral, Green, and Turquoise Baby Girl Nursery

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We got the nursery all put together today! So instead of lots of preface words...PICTURES.

The shelves were $0.50 a piece @ Goodwill; 'Twinkle Twinkle' painting by me; Q-tip Flowers tutorial by Homemade Ginger, made by me; Bud vase $0.25 @ thrift store; Green curtains $2 @ Walmart (clearance); White ruffled curtain, originally Target, $3 @ Dirt Cheap (my most favorite store, ever)

Crocheted blanket, made by my mother-in-law;

Round wall decor...$1 a piece placemats from Dollar Tree.

 Simple white curtain tie backs, made by me from an old curtain;

Repurposed TV cabinet into armoire, $50, by me;

Lamp (already owned), recovered in chevron fabric by me; Double picture frame (with my husband and I as babies...he was so cute. Oh man), $2 @ Dirt Cheap; Small book shelf, $0 (found on the side of the road haha); Picture frame with ultrasound, $0.50 @ Dirt Cheap; Storage boxes, $1.50 a piece @ JoAnns;

BABEH PICTURES SQUEEE!

Mobile, $6, made by me using the t-shirt pom pom method; Framed artwork, $11, by me; Crib sheet, by me; Crib, $100 on Craigslist; Crib skirt, adjustable and made out of an old curtain, by me;

I'm so excited with how it turned out. I knew I didn't want PINK PINK PINK everywhere for her nursery, and I thought the color scheme was bright and happy. I will do more individual posts for the separate projects, but I just got so excited I went ahead and showed you all the end results haha!

Suitcase Sidetable (IT IS YELLOW)

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I had a few people comment on the suitcase table in my previous posts, so I thought I'd just give an little overview of how that came about :)

I love all things old, vintage, and yellow, so when I ran across this suitcase in the thrift store a few months back I was ecstatic!

I whisked it home, with starry eyes full of ideas and dreams, cleaned it up, and...

...let it sit in the closet for 3 months while I hem hawed about what I wanted to do with it.

*sigh*

It would remain sitting in said closet until a few weeks later when I espied my mother dearest headed to the garbage with THIS PERFECTLY USABLE PIECE OF WOODINESS!

I almost grew a heart defect right then and there. Now, you can't really blame my mother for trying to sneak this into the trash before I saw it, because I have a VERY bad tendency to throw NOTHING away and let it be added to my ginormous pile of well-intentioned craft projects. 

So I was given an ultimatum; Either I actually USE the table in the next three days, or to the trash it went.

That simply wouldn't do. It was about that time that I remembered my suitcase...and with a little finagling and  sawing and sanding, I had a bedside table.

I can only imagine how confused the suitcase probably is right about now ;)

As to the logistics;

1. I unscrewed the original wooden table top and set aside (into the well intentioned future project pile)

2. Gave everything a good sanding with some medium grit sand paper.

3. About 2 coats of primer, 4 coats of silver Krylon, and 1 coat of Valspar clear enamel sealer.

4. I cut a piece of MDF to fit (snugly) the bottom of the suitcase, and drilled several screws through the MDF, suitcase, and into the table in a circular pattern. 

I can still open it up and store random stuff in it if I need to! 

Thank you so much, everyone!

Toodlieos!

-J.

Bedroom Makeover...COMPLETED!

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It only took forever, but I finally finished my bedroom! *rejoicing* So enough talking and more pictures! (If you would like to refresh your memory of the delightful 'before' post, check it here!)

I really love my new room! And that it's finished, lol! 

Toodlieos!

-J.

Delightful DIY Decoupaged Dresser!

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I NEVER spell 'decoupage' correctly the first time. Everrrr.

Anyway.

So I've recently seen a swarm of decoupaged furniture swirling about the interwebs, and have been itching to try it out. The possibilities are seriously limitless, and only confined to what you can get your hands on!

So this is what I started with...

And here is what I ended up with...

A brief breakdown...

1. Moved everything outside. (Hard when you have no muscle like me)

2. Gave everything a good sanding.

3. Spray-primed everything, then did 2-3 layers of satin white paint.

4. Sanded. Again.

5. Cut fabric to fit the drawer fronts, and hit those with 7-8 layers of Hard Finish ModPodge, sanding every two layers with 400 grit (super fine) sand paper.

6. Coated with some acrylic sealer.

7. Painted the hardware and DONE.

It really wasn't as hard as I thought it would be! The hardest was waiting for everything to dry, I think. And getting the fabric to fit right. Oh dear. That was a chore. 

This can be used with fabric or paper, whichever you wish! 

Toodlieos!

-J.

Dresser + Picture Frames = Easy Chic!

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My grandmother passed away recently, and I inherited this dresser:

Now darker brown woods aren't really my vibe, but I LOVED it due to all of the GLORIOUS DRAWERS. I love drawers. Especially in large amounts. So I decided I'd paint it white and maybe get a different novelty knob for each drawer, make it kinda kitschy-like. Good in theory, more or less.

After standing in the knob aisle of Hoobby Loobby (as my brother calls it) for the better part of an hour, trying to decide on seven random knobs, I gave up. I didn't want them to match...but...I wanted them to not match in a matchy sort of way. I did, however, snag a few small picture frames from a clearance shelf on my way out for a totally unrelated project.

Well the sad little dresser sat in the garage for a week or so before inspiration finally got around to descending upon me. (it normally takes a while).

I spray painted 7 small picture frames brown then silver (to antique them a bit) and nailed one on the front of each drawer. (If you need several frames and want them to match, place card frames work a treat! These are beautiful!) I also went back and sanded down the edges of all the drawers to break up the white-y whiteness of the dresser. The result?

I was very pleased with how it turned out. I haven't decided if I will actually go back and put pulls on the drawers or not. Cute > functionality, right?? The drawers actually slide very easily, but we shall see.

The breakdown:

Dresser = $Free!

Picture Frames = $12.75 (for 7)

Paint/Supplies = I already had it all on hand!

Time = ~4 hours

So all told this project was only about an afternoon of work and $13! Even though I already had the dresser, the local thrift stores constantly have a variety of dressers for fairly inexpensive that could be used for this! And I picked up some of my frames there also, for ~$.50 a piece! Check yours out today!

Toodlieos!

-J.