tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18409473874630882642024-03-13T10:05:23.782-05:00The ragged wren Alyson Callisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14838442522810054006noreply@blogger.comBlogger122125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1840947387463088264.post-58932513452604467112015-03-19T22:33:00.000-05:002015-03-19T22:33:40.277-05:00Good Housekeeping Double Feature!<div style="text-align: center;">
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Just a quick hello, at the end of a <b>long</b> week, to share some exciting news....</div>
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I had a double feature on <a href="http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/">Good Houekeeping</a>!</div>
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Be sure to check out all 10 of these fun kids rooms.</div>
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<a href="http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/home/decorating-ideas/tips/g119/themed-kids-rooms/?">10 Super-Fun Themes for Creative Kids' Rooms</a></h1>
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Here are my two rooms in this fun list of spaces...</div>
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Love this football room. Such a simple treatment, with big results. Find the full How-to <a href="http://theraggedwren.blogspot.com/2014/06/how-to-football-field-wall.html">HERE</a>.</div>
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Room Designed by <a href="http://dylynnedecor.com/">Dy Lynne Decor</a></div>
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Room Painted by ME</div>
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This room is my sons old bedroom that I designed, and painted. </div>
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The tent and the campfire are all handmade. Check out the How-To for each here...</div>
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Hope it's warming up wherever you are.....Have a great weekend!</div>
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I want to start off by announcing the Cutting Edge Stencil Give Away Winner</div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Congrats to "Nicki P"</span></b></h3>
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If you missed out on this months "Giveaway", don't worry....</div>
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We have another fun one coming up next month!!</div>
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For today's How-To I want to show you a fun project in the <a href="http://theraggedwren.blogspot.com/2015/02/girls-modern-diy-room-makeover.html">Girls Modern DIY Room Makeover</a>.</div>
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Custom Made Turquoise & Gold Nightstand</div>
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This fun table is super simple to make, and totally customizable! </div>
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All you need is a few basic pieces, and a great combo of paint colors. </div>
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Here are the supplies. </div>
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*A <a href="http://www.lowes.com/pd_1016-99899-L5RND174418S_0__?productId=3602406&Ntt=">Round 1"x18" Stain Grade Wood Panel</a>. I picked up this one at Lowe's for $11.</div>
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The wood top is a pre-made piece that Lowe's sells. They come in several shapes and sizes, so you'll have lots of options for any style table. I like that the wood is stain grade, and the edges are finished. You can cut your own, but for $11 it's worth it to skip that part. </div>
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I prefer the angle plates here, because the legs will spread outwards, not straight down. If your making a coffee table, or something not as girly, you could go with a flat plate.</div>
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The legs come in several styles. At the top there is a screw, so they can attach to the plates.</div>
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These were still a bit long for me, so I chopped a bit off the bottom. I measured one, then lined the rest up to mark them at the same spot. They are small, so either a hand saw or an electric saw will work well.</div>
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Here is what the angle of the plate looks like. It just pushes the leg out ever so slightly. </div>
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You'll need to measure out the three plates on the back. I set the screw holes around 1"-1.5" away from the edge. You can use 4 if you don't want it to be so dainty looking.</div>
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The options are endless here....Though I do love the metal colored band around the edges. You could mix in gold with pinks, or coppers with neutral tones. You could even do a tone-on-tone here, and stick in the same color palette. Adding glitter just to the edges with some glitter glue instead of paint, would be a fun way to glam it up as well.</div>
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I used this gold paint, which is very rich in color, and only required one coat. It is on the pricey side. You can use tubes of acrylic paint from your local craft store as well, and for under $2 a bottle. </div>
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For the legs, I went with a washed out grey tone. The same color was n some of the fabric, and I didn't want them to have a painted look. </div>
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Wipe it on each of the legs, making sure to saturate the seams and indentions. </div>
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Simple, yet a good pop of color. </div>
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I have been getting a ton of questions on the headboard so I wanted to show you the how-to for that first. </div>
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To start your going to need a sheet of plywood. I had the guys at Lowe's cut this to size for me. Her bed is a double/full. I took the dimensions of her bed frame, 53" and added a few inches to each side. The headboard looks best when it appears bigger than the bed. For a queen, you could go with a 64" wide piece, and for a king, make it 80". For a twin, I would stick with 42" wide. </div>
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The plywood was not going to be tall enough to just place on the floor. So I added two legs with some spare wood I had in the garage. You could use really any width above 6". It will be sturdier with a wider board. </div>
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I measured out 9" on each leg, from bottom up, as the height to be mounted to the plywood. To determine the overall height of the headboard, it will really be a preference thing. This was for a teen, so it needed to be the same height for an adult. On a twin bed, for a child I would make the height lower. The scale of the room will also play an important part. </div>
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Next, you will need to decide the shape of the headboard. My daughter was insistent that it not be a boring square shape. So I hand drew a notch off the corner. I ended up cutting it a bit differently that I drew it, but you'll need a starting point. </div>
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The next step is padding the headboard. I purchased this roll of poly foam from Michael's during a sale. I got the foam and batting both 40% off </div>
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I decided to take the foam 2.5" away from the edge. Take the pencil and mark all the way around.</div>
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Adhere with a hot glue gun...YES, my favorite tool. This little guy has has helped make upholstery, Halloween costumes, crafts and more. If you don't have one....get one!!!</div>
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To cut the curves, hold a spare piece of foam up and run the knife through while holing it place. Watch out for your hand :) It doesn't have to be perfect, just use the staring and ending points of the pencil line to create the curve. <u>Always easier to take off less, and go back for more.</u> It's harder to add foam on than take it off. </div>
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The next stage is to add the batting. This helps smooth out the foam, and soften the edges. </div>
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Start with one of the sides, pulling over the back. Using a staple gun flat on the surface, staple in several different areas. I put some right along the edge of the plywood, and some further in so the batting lays flat. </div>
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Normally on a project like this, I would use a strip of tacks. With that you add one tack into a hole every 5-10 "faux tack" pieces. I had a box of tacks left over from a job, so I opted to use these instead. I will say that this way is cheaper, but leaves ALOT more room for error. </div>
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Since adding the tacks right to the edge of the foam is tough, I added staples to help hold my fabric in place. I pushed the staple gun flat to the fabric, and slid it towards the foam edge. Then just added a staple every couple inches. This just gives you a smoother edge to add the tacks to. If you were using an strip of tacks, you could probably just go right over the staples and be fine. I decided to put the tacks just a hair in front of the staples, and then went in with flat pliers and pulled the staple straight out. The fabric and foam pop right back into place, and you can't even tell. </div>
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When attaching the headboard to the bed frame you can do it two ways.....You can mark, and drill holes through the legs of the headboard. Then add bolts and nuts, to keep in place. In this room, I just added some screws through the frame and leg. It does stick out a bit in the back, but it is butted up against the wall. I used two screws on each leg. </div>
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This is in a temporary apartment, and we couldn't do things that were too permanent, or things that would be expensive to change later. </div>
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This room was very budget friendly! </div>
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The shape of the room is very awkward, which really dictated the layout and amount of furniture. It is also very small, but tall. So I had to stick with the white wall, since I didn't want to be repainting that later. I used pops of color, and simple treatments, to make this room feel homey and fun. </div>
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Today I'm going to show you a very simple, stencil how-to. You may be a beginer...or you may have used stencils in the past, and that's awesome too. But be sure to check out some helpful tips for getting the job <u>done right</u>, and don't forget to check out the stencil giveaway at the bottom of the post!! </div>
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This is my daughters room in our temporary apartment, that just got a makeover for her 13th birthday. I opted for something simple, and that took minimal effort to paint over when we move. I chose a small focal wall for the treatment. </div>
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If you are new to stenciling, or if you don't already have all the tools, I would grab a "<a href="http://www.cuttingedgestencils.com/stencil-tools-kit.html">Stencil Essential Kit</a>". This will have everything you need to start any stencil project. If you plan on using lots of colors on one stencil, I would recommend purchasing more than one stencil brush. They are sold in a <a href="http://www.cuttingedgestencils.com/stencil-brush-set.html">pack</a>, or<a href="http://www.cuttingedgestencils.com/stencil-brushes-supplies.html"> individually</a>. The kit also comes with a foam roller, perfect for using one color on a stencil, and a clip on level (a life saver).</div>
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Choosing the right stencil for the job, can be exciting, and a little daunting. There are soooo many choices. Keep the size of your project in mind. </div>
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In this room, I chose the <a href="http://www.cuttingedgestencils.com/indian-arrows-stencil-pattern-for-walls.html">Indian Arrows Stencil</a>, by <a href="http://www.cuttingedgestencils.com/">Cutting Edge Stencils</a>. It also comes in a simple <a href="http://www.cuttingedgestencils.com/indian-arrows-border-stencil-diy-wall-decor.html">border type</a> as well. This stencil is still considered an all over stencil, which means you line up one corner of the stencil, with the previous part you just painted....Even thought the whole wall isn't actually covered. A border stencil is just one row of the arrows.</div>
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For the paint, there are lots of options. I did a small wall here, so I just used tubes of acrylic paint. You can also use sample sizes of latex, or whatever you have on hand. A latex will cover better, as the acrylic paints tend to be a dryer finish as you are painting, and may not spread as well. Just make sure to use a minimal amount of paint for any type, so your paint doesn't bleed though. I have several sizes of stencil brushes, and I was using lots of colors, so they all got used. I like to use a sticky spray of some sort as well, any kind of temporary bond or light bond adhesive will work here. It just helps your stencil stick a bit as you position it. Masking tape for the edges of the stencil, to hang on the wall. Lastly, paper plates for the paint.</div>
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I'm not sure when this was actually created, I guess I didn't get the memo! But this is the best tool ever!!! The stress of trying to make sure it is all lined up just so, is time consuming, and I still didn't get it right every time. If you don't end up needing a whole kit, you can purchase it separately <a href="http://www.cuttingedgestencils.com/stencil-level.html">here</a>. Small price to pay, to not deal with the headache of it. Even if it's an all over stencil, and it seems like you can just line it up perfect......you can't get it perfect.</div>
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You don't want the bristles completely wet, or coated in paint. Or the paint will start to bleed under each area. These openings are small, and there's alot of them, so it would be alot of touch up. Next your just going to stipple the brush on the wall. </div>
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If you push to the left or right, or up or down, the bristles will push under the plastic. This is why the brush is so stiff with a shorter length. </div>
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When you start putting multiple colors on the stencil, be mindful on the first pass, of what you want and where. It will set the pattern, and make it easier to follow later. Once all the colors are done, pull it off and move to the next area. </div>
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In the picture below on the top right corner, you can see a small piece of arrow, and one at the bottom as well. This is your guide for when you move the stencil. You will line the next row up with this piece. Allover stencils will all have something like this, where you can match up the pattern to the next section. </div>
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The coloring came out a bit darker than I wanted here, and the picture makes it look darker than it really is. I used a hot pink, a peach, a coral, and several shades of blue.</div>
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Something like this is very easy to paint over when it's time to move. So if your in an apartment, a temporary home, or just love to change it up all the time, this kind of treatment is perfect. You could also use the <a href="http://www.cuttingedgestencils.com/indian-arrows-border-stencil-diy-wall-decor.html">border stencil</a> at chest height around the room, as a way to bring a room together, and cut down on the cost of artwork. It almost acts as a stripe. Keep something like that simple though, with just one color. You don't want to overwhelm a space with to much pattern. </div>
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I'm super excited to show you today's "Girl's Modern DIY Room Makeover". This fun space is my daughters new room, that I surprised her with for her 13th birthday in January. This room is so super budget friendly, and filled with all sorts of DIY, and how-to's. I even have an awesome give away from <a href="http://www.cuttingedgestencils.com/">Cutting Edge Stencils</a> coming this week!!!</div>
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As I had mentioned to you recently, my husband work was taking on a move across the country. Which meant we had to put our house on the market, and it sold in 24 hours! I was sad and excited, as I packed up the house and made plans to meet up with my husband who had moved in May. Unfortunately, things didn't work out quite like we had hoped on my end, and so I was forced to move into an apartment temporarily. </div>
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I have lived in apartments before, when I was younger, and always hated that temporary feeling of it. It's a hard placed to call home, when you can't do much to turn it into your home. Most all the apartments I have ever lived in, did allow you to paint, as long as you painted it back. So I <u>always</u> painted something. Alot of people would just leave it alone, and live with the color to avoid the stress of painting and re-painting...and I totally understand that too! </div>
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So, coming up I will start showing you easy tricks, and budget friendly ideas to making an apartment, or any temporary space....feel more like home.<br />
These ideas are also great for any type of small space. You have to work with what you have, so why not get the most bang for your buck!!<br />
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You can see here in this picture below, just how small my daughters room actually is. It was a very awkward shape as well, forcing the bed to go right where it is. The box shape of the room, was cut off by an angled wall, which made it difficult to fit even a desk, since it would interfere with traffic flow. </div>
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Over the next week I will be posting how-to's on all the project's in this room. One of my favorites, is this upholstered headboard. I only ended up spending <b>$75</b> to make it! It was a quick and easy project, that is totally customizeable. </div>
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I also custom made the pillows, to bring in several different patterns and sizes. </div>
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When going with a modern, and colorful theme like this, you really need the room to flow but be mixed together. </div>
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All of the <i>fabrics</i>, including the pink on the headboard, curtain panels, and pillows are from Hobby Lobby. All purchased during a big sale for under $100, for everything. The bee pillow was on clearance last fall at Target. </div>
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For the curtain panels, I just bought 11 yards of white fabric, with irregular black polka dots. Normally I would sew these, and add a black out fabric to the back. But I didn't want to put in the extra cost If we would be moving, and may not need this size, or amount of panels.<br />
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Since she loves polar bears, I found her this <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/211145116/sleepy-polar-bear-organic-hand?ref=shop_home_active_15">Sleepy Polar Bear</a> on Etsy, made by <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/ALittleWorld">A Little World</a>. They have all sort of sweet little pillows, to match any theme or decor! </div>
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Since space was an issue, I decided to make a side table, so I could customize it. This table cost less than <b>$32</b> to make. I will show you where to get your supplies, how to make it later this week. </div>
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This colorful table is just the right size for a few things, which helps cut down on all the clutter that a teenager can create.</div>
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The porcelain lamp was used from my other daughter's old room, and originally came from target. It's really fun lit up at night, it casts cool shadows on the walls.</div>
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Since clothes actually finding the laundry basket inside the closet, seemed to be a major issue.....I chose to have it front and center...no excuses. Laundry baskets aren't super pleasing to look at, so I chose to use a large floor basket with handles. This also ensures that the laundry gets done frequently as it won't hold alot of clothes. </div>
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I painted the bottom portion of the basket, to blend it to the rest of the room, and add a punch of color. A simple fix, and I'll show you how.</div>
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You can find more little guys like him in my shop on Etsy, <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/PaintedParade?ref=hdr_shop_menu">Painted Parade</a>.</div>
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This weird angled wall, was the real problem area of the room. The bed stares right at, and the walls are actually very tall in here. I was not about to paint this whole room, and then paint it back at the end of the year. But this small section, was much more doable for me. Keeping it on the existing wall color will save some time as well. </div>
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I ended up finding a really fun arrow stencil at <a href="http://www.cuttingedgestencils.com/">Cutting Edge Stencils</a>. It was a hard choice since they had<a href="http://www.cuttingedgestencils.com/products_search.php?search_category_id=0&search_string=arrow&search="> 7 different</a> ones to choose from. I chose the <a href="http://www.cuttingedgestencils.com/indian-arrows-stencil-pattern-for-walls.html">Indian Arrows Allover Stencil.</a></div>
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The pattern of the arrows went back and forth, and it seemed to be less tribal, or southwestern feeling.</div>
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I will be showing you the how-to for this fun treatment in a few days.</div>
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Be sure to check it out, because I'm pairing that, along with a stencil giveaway from <a href="http://www.cuttingedgestencils.com/wall-stencils.html">Cutting Edge Stencils</a> themselves!! </div>
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If your not wanting to doing something so permanent to the wall, you could also try doing this technique on a roll of canvas, and using it like a panel of art. It would even work on butcher block paper, just keep that away from areas that may get wet. </div>
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This<a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/40159837/"> Ikea </a>dresser had some very basic knobs before, but I swapped them out with some painted, glass ones from Hobby Lobby. </div>
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The large peach glass lantern is from....you guessed it, Hobby Lobby. Hey, you can get some good deals during their sales, and I was on a tiny budget here. </div>
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All of the counter decor (minus the geode) is also from Hobby Lobby. It was at the perfect time with the color palette they were pushing!! I wanted to mix in the bit of gold, here and there around the room. This fun spikey ball is meant to hang, but I rested it on the counter instead. </div>
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On the long, lonely wall, I added 5 pieces of framed art. Keeping them at eye level makes the wall feel, not so big.</div>
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Using large pieces of art, on a wall like this will change the scale of the room. All of the things I have done in here, minus the stencil, are simple and easily moveable. If when we moved, I decided to paint all of her walls, the pieces I have added would still go since the colors are simple, and I stuck to the white. Apartment living is a place to think in neutrals, but use small pieces, paintable pieces to add your color. That way you can always paint them later to fit your space. </div>
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There you have it, a modern DIY girls room! All this week I will be showing you how to make or paint all the projects in this room. And don't forget about the stencil giveaway!</div>
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Find the <b>How-To's</b> Here....</div>
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<a href="http://theraggedwren.blogspot.com/2015/03/how-to-pink-upholstered-headboard.html">Pink Upholstered Headboard With Tacks</a></div>
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Painted Laundry Basket, Painted Mirror</div>
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You may have noticed I had a surge of my house reveals lately, you also may have read<a href="http://theraggedwren.blogspot.com/2014/10/a-series-of-unfortunate-events.html"> here</a>, how we actually sold the house. Since I have some fun projects at our new place to show you, I wanted to get it all out there. </div>
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So here is a complete house reveal, and the links that go to each of the rooms posts. </div>
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I miss this house dearly, but I am excited about all the new projects to come!!!</div>
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So sometimes, you have a friend that really gets you....One that is just as much of a decor-ahloic as yourself, and loves to change it up (all the time). My good friend Laura is just that kindred spirit. I have painted...and repainted<b><u> lots</u></b> of things in her house. When the wind blows, we plot new projects to do in her house. </div>
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This beautiful nautical bedroom she created for her youngest (of 4 kids) boy. She knew she wanted a beachy, nautical theme. </div>
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We worked with the color already on the wall, and just added the mural to the top. Since her son isn't quite 3, she didn't want to do something to babyish, but we didn't want to do something that would have to change in a few years (though with our track record we may anyways).<br />
The map was just painted as an outline. I split it into two parts, and made it big enough to fill the wall space. </div>
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The compass was added for several reasons. The family likes to go boating, so it really pulls the map into a nautical feel rather than a study/office feel. It also allows you to bring in more color from throughout the rest of the room. Filling the map pieces with color, would have been to heavy painted at this scale. But enlarging the compass, and adding colors from the bedding, makes it feel like it's own piece of art.</div>
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Years ago when the room was turned into a nursery, the ceiling was enhanced with this bead board treatment. I love the mix of the modern style in the room, with the washed out, look of the ceiling. A raw pine bead board was put up, and I just gave it a wash with a glaze. This gives the area color, without completely masking the surface, like paint would. </div>
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The color I used was a sort of, sea foam green-blue color. I did custom mix the color, but if you were opting for straight paint, you could use <a href="http://www.sherwin-williams.com/homeowners/color/find-and-explore-colors/paint-colors-by-family/SW6449-topiary-tint/">Topiary Tint</a> or <a href="http://www.sherwin-williams.com/homeowners/color/find-and-explore-colors/paint-colors-by-family/SW6744-reclining-green/">Reclining Green</a>, by <a href="http://www.sherwin-williams.com/homeowners/color/find-and-explore-colors/paint-colors-by-family/">Sherwin Williams</a>.</div>
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This fun piece of art was a custom painting I made for the room. She had found the quote, and we knew we had to use it some where in the room. Since the mural was sort of an all over treatment, I put this on a canvas, instead of directly on the wall. I used two of the colors from the room, which helped carry them all the way around. The octopus was added just because it looks cool!!</div>
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A bench in a child's room, can be a useful piece of furniture. It isn't heavy so it wont weigh down the room, and can be staged simply with baskets or lanterns like here in this room. It would be a great spot to lay out a child's clothes for the morning...or you can even use it as a time out seat. </div>
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I went with a sketchy version of the octopus to give it some playfulness, you don't want to be to realistic in a room like this.</div>
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The pillows and bedding were kept very simple, and added just the right amount of color. </div>
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A fun nautical flag pillow brings it all together.</div>
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The pillow and curtains were custom made.</div>
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Check out this similar pillow, by <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/185374509/down-filled-nautical-code-flag-pillow?ref=shop_home_active_3">Home By The Seashore</a>, made with the same fabric.</div>
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For the curtains, she chose a boyish, soft Ikat fabric. It brings in a deeper blue than in the rest of the room, and adds a much needed dose of pattern. A white curtian would have been to light for the scale of the windows, and against the tan of the walls it wouldn't have looked heavy enough. </div>
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Since the door opens on this wall, I didn't carry the mural all the way to the edge of the wall, since you would lose about 3 feet of it.<br />
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The nightstands were a simple find by the home owner, she painted the two unfinished pieces in a navy chalk paint. See.... she is a girl after my own DIY heart!!! <br />
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I absolutely love how this room came out..she did such a <b><u>great</u></b> job putting it all together, I just gave it a few finishing touches!! Keeping it simple on a room like this is so important, with the height of the ceiling, and the pattern of the curtains, it needs to be balanced out in each part of the room. Amazing ceiling details, door trims, and a gorgeous ceiling fan of course help as well. </div>
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Check out these nautical boat, and buoy pillows...it makes you want to decorate a whole room around them, so adorable!!</div>
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Not an artist? Try adding a series of prints to fill up wall space. </div>
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This coat rack would be perfect, mounted low enough for a child to hang up their own jackets. You can even customize your colors. By <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/171689802/5-boat-cleats-wall-hooks-coat-rack?ref=sc_1&plkey=05ff90118a3c94128ff87b4ea52581cbfd1a4916%3A171689802&ga_search_query=nautical+decor&ga_page=5&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery">Riri Creations</a>, on Etsy.</div>
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This hoop art by<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/201711692/nautical-decor-hand-embroidery-anchor?ref=sr_gallery_21&ga_search_query=nautical+decor&ga_page=4&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery"> Buligaia</a> on Etsy, would be a cute addition to any beach or nautical themed room. </div>
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<br />If your not ready to draw the world on your wall just yet, try using wallpaper paste, and covering a wall in antique maps. These are from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/171689802/5-boat-cleats-wall-hooks-coat-rack?ref=sc_1&plkey=05ff90118a3c94128ff87b4ea52581cbfd1a4916%3A171689802&ga_search_query=nautical+decor&ga_page=5&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery">Hippie By The Sea</a> on Etsy.<br />
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So I wanted to show you the last place of our house that I hadn't really touched on....The living room.</div>
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We did a complete overhaul here too.</div>
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If we could have bought any kind of house, we would have picked something older, something with more character. But we had to be in a specific area for the school district, and were forced into a builder basic home. </div>
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So the only thing to do, was make it into something that we <i>wanted</i>. Paint, and simple changes can help make a house into your dream home...but sometimes you need more. Making areas that are super simple look more custom can help you get there. In each room of our house, we changed a big part of the room, something that was permanent. In the living room, the floor was changed, which carried through to the whole lower floor. That wouldn't be enough though to set it apart from any other house. </div>
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The fireplace was the most obvious in this room. It was a super ugly tiled surround, with a dinky mantel above it. </div>
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I want to say this was an easy change, and when we were finished and look back, it seems like an easy change...but it was be messy and frustrating along the way. </div>
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My husband found this antique mantel on Craigslist, a major deal! And it almost fit perfectly. The bigger problem was the tile surround. </div>
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Luckily the tiles popped off pretty easy, it was the thin set left behind that made the mess. We dealt with this at our last house, so we knew what to do, and how to do it, but that didn't make it any easier. A scraping tool with a blade, took off most of the thin set, and a grinder tool with a heavy duty wire brush attachment, helped clean up the rest of the floor.<br />
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....so prep your space, and wear goggles and a respirator.<br />
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In the<a href="http://theraggedwren.blogspot.com/2013/08/entryway.html"> entry way</a> we used plastic and tape, to block the upstairs from getting covered with the dust.</div>
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As far as the wall goes, instead of trying to salvage the drywall, we just cut out the messy stuff, and replaced it. As you can see here below, only a little bit was showing. You don't need to be, or need to hire a professional drywall person here, it's very simple. I used a putty knife to fill in the new drywall area with a thicker than normal layer of joint compound ( you can but it in small quart tubs), covering a bit over the exsisitng wall as well. After drying, I gave it a good sand, and used a can of spray texture to lightly cover the area. We did repair the wall, before attaching the mantel to the wall. For the texture, you can try it on a piece of cardboard until you get a heaviness close to your existing wall. </div>
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I knew I didn't want the mantel to be the solid white, like it was...but you never know what you will find underneath. I took a heavy gel stripper, and tried it on the side of the mantel at the bottom. Putting enough on to get through any layers of paint. It looked like it had only ever been a cream, and a white. So I went ahead and distressed the whole thing. I wanted it to look old, since we were going to all the trouble to install an old mantel. You could just paint it a solid color, but I wanted to see the age. I took the same heavy duty gel stripper, and worked in small areas at a time, just brushing enough on to cover the surface, then with a metal putty knife, I scraped away at it slowly. Not adding enough gel, and not pushing hard enough to take off all of the paint. I wasn't trying to get to solid wood here. My father in law was in town, and was a huge help at getting the paint off. Once it was to a look I liked, I took some sandpaper to it, just to clean up the surface, not to take off an paint. I took a tiny bit of stain to the decorative piece in the middle since the wood didn't have the same tone as the mantel itself. It was much lighter. This just enhanced it a bit so it didn't blend in. </div>
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Once the mantel was attached and the walls were painted, you would think the piece was built with the home. If the mantel doesn't fit perfectly to your fireplace, you can always add a bit of wood, or molding to make it cohesive. </div>
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Our theme to the house was a farm-house, meets beach-house. So we used a good mix of the two. Not all of our pieces we added were meant to be there for ever. Some, like our tv cabinet, were a temporary fix and didn't fit either theme. </div>
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I'm a big fab of a full mantel space. Not everyone would agree, but I think you can get into a space not looking proportionate, or to simple with nothing on it. So I pile all sorts of old books, and beachy decor on. I had revamped this mantel probably 10 times in two years. The mirror was a generic mirror from Hobby Lobby, that I painted in a navy, and added a glaze to. </div>
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LOVE this lantern, I found it at Target a few years ago, and loved the frosted lettering on the glass, and the galvanized look of it. I filled the inside with driftwood, instead of your typical candle. </div>
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This sponge was one of my most favorite finds <u>ever</u>. Strangely from a restaurant gift shop at the coast...but I had to have it. I love the shape, though it is quite large, and was hard to find a spot for. Using old nostalgic books (off clearance section) from the used book store, is the perfect way to prop up items, and give a varied height to a mantel. You don't want everything on the same level. </div>
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This beautiful crock held some "faux" firewood. </div>
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Our coffee table was made some time ago, inspired from a<a href="http://www.ballarddesigns.com/durham-cocktail-table/furniture/living-room/coffee-accent-tables/13705"> Ballard Designs table</a>. We bought some old barn wood, and I cleaned it up, distressed it, and sealed it. Originally, I had made a wood frame base, and painted it to look like metal. When we moved into the house, the movers destroy the base, so we had a friend of my husbands makes us one out of steel. Painted it again, in an aged bronze finish. Costing less than $80 for the whole thing.<br />
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Window treatments can get expensive, so I just used yards of this <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/61714196/french-laundry-linencotton-red-stripes?ref=sr_gallery_2&ga_search_query=red+striped+linen&ga_search_type=supplies&ga_view_type=gallery">red striped linen fabric</a>. From <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/reneesfabrics">Renees Fabrics</a> on Etsy.</div>
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Hemming the tops, bottoms, and sides of each panel. I didn't really want them to close since we had blinds, so I made them to be thin panels. </div>
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The<a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S29002485/#/S59006769"> chair and ottoman</a> are also Ikea, with the <a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/70047594/#/70281167">red striped cover</a>.</div>
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Some antique boat paintings, done by family members, hang above the chair.</div>
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Since there wasn't much space by the chair for a side table, I used an antique metal milk jug as a spot to rest a glass. </div>
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You can see how the space is just one long narrow room. So you have to be conscious of each piece, and how it balances the whole room out. I love a white base, and adding in pops of color. It makes it easy to change up the room, when your style or color choices change. We used lots of reds, and blues throughout our home. </div>
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We have two small dogs, and instead of using a traditional dog bed in the space, I made them a custom bed. I found this antique wood wagon, at an antique store. What made this piece so great was that the sides came off, each panel, individually. </div>
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He took off the wheels, and we added a 4"x4" block of wood to each side, where the wheels were previously attached. I gave them a quick wash of stain to match the rest of the wood. I took off one panel so they could get in and out of it. </div>
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For the bed, I used a 1' thick piece of foam, cut to the size of the bottom. I found a kind sized pillow case, in a color similar to the wood. The case fit almost perfectly so I just left it as it was. Super easy to take it off and wash it. </div>
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Since Christmas, I have been weeding through all of the kids toys, adding the new, donating the old, and tossing the ones with missing parts. In all of the chaos, it got me missing my house, and my nicely organized play room area. We have all of the same pieces at our temporary location, but with all the extra floor space, the mess seems to expand as well. </div>
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The apartment kitchen has an eat in area, and there is also a dining room. Since we had gotten rid of both of our dining tables, I gave the dining area up for the kids play room. The space works well, and is bigger than the kids play area at our house, but with room, comes more places for crap to sit. </div>
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When we were purchasing the house, this room seemed like such a strange spot. It was about only about 10 feet by 8 feet. You couldn't really add any big pieces of furniture, and a desk and chair, would take up too much of the floor space. Since the loft area is just around the corner, we opted for that to be the toy free, lounging location, and for the toys all to be in a central location. This is a great idea if you have the means to do it. </div>
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In our place now, the toys seem to get up and walk to the kitchen, the stairs, and I find Lego's in the bathroom, and my office....dang Lego's!!</div>
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Since we had a beachy theme throughout the house, I sort of stuck with the same theme, just made it more kid friendly. The chair was one we had in my sons nursery from Ikea, a <a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S29010895/">Poang Chair</a>. It's a good little rocker ($99), but had a woodland print on it. The chair pad is removable, and I just recovered it with an Ikat print. </div>
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To save space, since the room was so skinny, I made a wall mounted book shelf. I saw a book ledge at the doctors office that I liked, but you couldn't fit very many books on it. I even tried to find a planter trough to mount, but couldn't find the right length or depth. So I ended up making these. They are just a simple box construction, slats of wood, screws, wood putty, stained, and painted, and disressed. </div>
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They were mounted straight to the wall. </div>
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I found these vintage, metal beach shovels on Etsy. They were the perfect color, and how stinkin cute! Every time we would take a beach trip, my son insisted we take them. </div>
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On the large wall I made a gallery wall with frames. Notice I didn't say photos. That would require time to sit down, pick photos, and send them off to get printed...</div>
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But I did plan on doing that, sooooo......I did take 5 different sample colors of paint, and painted the frames in different colors. They were all just a shade or two off from each other. I did hang the same frames up at the apartment, and guess what.....still half empty :) One day!!</div>
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For toy storage, I went with cloth boxes, <a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/30219281/#/40217955">Drona</a> in a<a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S99017186/"> Kallax</a> shelving unit from Ikea. They have held up pretty good, surprisingly enough.</div>
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The curtains were a cheap fix, I use a flat double sheet, cut it in half, and stitched up the edge's, it only cost about $15 for the sheet. </div>
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We used a large brown sectional in the lounging space, we had it in our previous house....not super pretty, but super comfy. The rug was $50 from Home Goods, major deal!! A grass cloth basket with a lid, hid the stuffed animals. </div>
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The giant wave art was from Ikea, and all the pillows were all from Pottery Barn. Super simple decor, but a good hang out space, to watch movies.</div>
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There you have it...a super cheap, and kid friendly space.</div>
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Again, a small space, <strike>means less crap </strike>makes for a much easier clean up!!!</div>
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Since January seems to be the month we start organizing, and getting things stashed away...I thought I would show you an easy fix for hiding a few things, that usually end up cluttering counter tops. </div>
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I like decor stuff just as much as the next, and I actually don't mind having all the empty spots in the kitchen decorated. The one thing I don't like looking at though, is all the small appliances. </div>
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Alot of homes have them built in to the cabinets, and sometimes they are above the stove. This house didn't actually have one anywhere. It did how ever, have a dinky little vent hood, which we ripped out and replaced with a custom made vent hood, which you can see<a href="http://theraggedwren.blogspot.com/2013/11/how-to-faux-reclaimed-wood-counter-tops.html"> here</a>. I know it may seem a bit extreme, ripping out useful cabinets, but those half sized cabinets rarely hold much of use anyways.</div>
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We bought a small microwave, and I tried it on the counter, but it took up so much room, that I had to find a solution. Obviously I would have loved a microwave drawer, but that was out of budget, and I was out of storage space to give up. There was a large area next to our back door that wasn't being used, and the door didn't seem to interfere. It seemed like the perfect spot for a new cabinet.</div>
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I thought about having one custom built (costly), but ran across an unfinished pantry cabinet at Lowes for around $200. They had two styles that were two different sizes. One was the depth of the upper cabinets 12", the other the depth of the lower 24". The deeper cabinet was far to skinny to fit a microwave inside, so we grabbed the 12' deep, but wider version and had to made it work. </div>
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Strangely enough, the style of door, was almost identical to our existing cabinets. I know this wont always be the case, but If you are painting all of the cabinets, it should all blend when finished. </div>
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To fix the problem of the cabinet depth, we basically made a 2x4 frame behind the cabinet to set it off the wall, just enough to be flush with the lower cabinets, about 12". </div>
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This actually worked in our favor, since we could run cords behind the cabinet without having to move the electrical outlets (saving more money). Lowe's carries the side panels for both sizes of cabinets. We just bought the bigger sized panel 24", and once attached you would never know the cabinet doesn't go all the way to the back of the wall.</div>
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The microwave was the main reason for installing the cabinet in the first place, and since the shelves were adjustable, I got the coffee maker, and some cookbooks in to boot!! The drawers held my coffee pods, and coasters.</div>
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The cabinet unfortunately only housed about a 10th of my cookbook collection, so I just used some of my favorites.</div>
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For the bottom cabinet, we decided to alter the door to make a pull out trashcan. I looked for the right sized trashcan system that you could mount onto the door, but had alot of problems finding the right size, and the ones that were, seemed crazy expensive. Since we were doing the kitchen on a budget, we opted for making it ourselves.</div>
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Now unfortunately I don't have a photo how-to for this little system. But as you can see in the pictures, it is a pretty simple construction. We used a piece of plywood that we had laying around, and cut it to fit just inside of the cabinet, as the wood platform. A brace was added to the back of the door, on the bottom, to mount the platform system to. The whole thing is similar to a drawer, just without the sides. A couple pieces of 1"x1", were mounted under the platform, and are what the rails are attached to. </div>
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You don't want it to heavy, and its really not holding all that much weight. We angled one more 1x1 on each side of the cans to keep them from shifting around. The other half of the railing, was mounted to the inside of the cabinets, on another 1x1". This will keep the whole thing strong, and it will slide smoothly. </div>
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A simple fix to loosing counter space. If you don't have room for a whole new cabinet, consider using an existing one.</div>
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I feel like the two weeks before the kids get out of school, seems to be the craziest time. Your running around Christmas shopping, there are tons of school parties, and events. wrapping presents, cookie baking...the list goes on and on. I do love the hustle and bustle of it, though I wish it were a bit colder here, so it felt like the holidays. </div>
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72 degrees is a little warm for December! But that's Texas for ya.</div>
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Today I wanted to share with you a How-To for glazing cabinets. I've talked about posting this for some time, just hadn't gotten around to getting the pictures taken. It takes twice as long to do a job like this, with a camera in your hand the whole time. </div>
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And hey, what better season to give it a try...when the whole family is in town, all the kids are home tearing up the house, your baking cookies and giant meals!! </div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">If you don't already know me, or follow my blog....I am a F<u>aux Painter</u>, I paint murals, faux finishes, and cabinets...lots of cabinets! </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">So the work I show you on here, isn't something I just tried out and show you the steps...</span></b></div>
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Here are a few before and afters, so you can see what a difference it makes. These cabinets were already painted before I came in. They were just a stark basic white, and the walls around were a glazed stucco plaster look. The cabinets just stuck out like a sore thumb. This glazing technique, helps tone them down, and warm up the space. </div>
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This process doesn't take a long time (even though it looks like it), and doesn't look super heavy, so it's good in most spaces. </div>
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You can start with any color of base painted cabinets really. Just tweak the glaze to go with your space. </div>
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Most pre-painted white cabinets are sprayed on, and that works well with the technique. But if you looking to start from scratch with yours, you can check out these blog posts on <a href="http://theraggedwren.blogspot.com/2014/03/how-to-paint-cabinets-like-pro.html">How-To Paint Cabinets Like A Pro</a>, or <a href="http://theraggedwren.blogspot.com/2013/11/painting-laminated-cabinets.html">How-To: Painting Laminated Cabinets</a>. </div>
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So to start, lets talk about what kind of glaze to use. </div>
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If your cabinets are an oil base paint, you<b> have</b> to use and oil based glaze. Latex will <b>not</b> adhere to an oil based surface. If your unsure, always use an oil based glaze. </div>
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If your cabinets are a builder grade laminate material, you can still do this technique just stick to the oil based glaze. </div>
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You can use latex here, but make sure you are putting it over a latex surface, if you are unsure, a fresh coat of oil primer, and a new coat of latex white will prep the surface for you. </div>
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I use <a href="http://www.sherwin-williams.com/homeowners/products/catalog/illusions-oil-based-faux-finish-glazing-liquid/">Sherwin Williams Oil-Based Faux Finish Glazing Liquid</a>. They did stop carrying this for awhile, and it was very hard to come by, ( I bought a stock pile) but you should be able to find it in at least a quart size now. The material is pretty thick, so some paint thinner, or turpentine will help the flow of this glaze. As far as color goes, I just buy tint by the ounce from Sherwin Williams. If you are using the oil based glaze, make <b>SURE</b> you ask for the tints that work with oil. They carry two kinds. For this color I used some raw umber, and a hint of yellow and red. A TINY drop goes a long way. So start slow, and keep trying your color on a sample piece.</div>
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For my brush, I used the<a href="http://www.sherwin-williams.com/homeowners/products/catalog/sherwinwilliams-white-china-bristle-chip-brushes/?referringCategory=tools-supplies/brushes/&N=1585223786"> cheapy $1 chip brushes</a>. You don't want to have to go to the hassle of cleaning this out later. Chucking it the trash is much easier!!</div>
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I work with one door at a time. Start at the top, so you don't brush up against wet cabinets. Try picking your smallest door to start with.</div>
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I cover the whole front of the surface, don't worry or mess with the edges yet. The product can dry fast depending on the type of glaze, and your rooms conditions. So you will want to work fast here.</div>
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Next I take a dry rag, and follow the pattern below, wiping most of the product back off. </div>
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I start on the inside edges (1), and go all the way around. I usually take off more in this area, to give the appearance, that the crevasses is a deeper looking color.</div>
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It should look similar to the last picture when done. </div>
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This pattern stays with the natural grain of how the cabinet is built, and will make your faux, look not so faux. </div>
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Next, I take a very soft brush, (a <a href="http://www.sherwin-williams.com/homeowners/products/catalog/purdy-proextra-swan/?referringCategory=tools-supplies/brushes/&N=1585223786">Purdy</a> is what I used here) and brush it softly out, in the same patterned you just wiped in. Don't worry about the unpainted cabinets next to you, they will wipe down easily later. </div>
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Once the product starts to dry, you don't want to touch it again with the brush, it will pull off the paint. So make sure each area is as you want it before moving on the the next portion. </div>
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The softer you press here, the less streaks you will have. You are going for a sort of grain direction in the pattern. If you are looking for a very light glaze, taking off most of the paint, and softening afterward should give you no streaks. Be sure when your getting the sides, you also run the brush around the outside edges as well.</div>
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Once the door is done, clean up any areas that may have gotten painted in the process. </div>
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The door on the left, is the only one painted here. You can see the difference in color.</div>
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After each door is done, I prop it open, so not to get paint on it from a nearby door. If you are doing the back as well, this is the time to do it. Just remember to hold the door from the top (for upper cabinets), or from the bottom (on lower cabinets) when painting.<br />
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When working on the lower cabinets, I start with the doors, and the finish up with the drawers. I like to take them out completely when working on them, though it isn't always possible, like around sinks.<br />
The pattern here is similar. I start with the top and bottom (1), then the sides (2), then the front (3).<br />
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The doors, and drawer on the left are finished. The ones on the right have not been painted yet.</div>
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We were going for a bit of a heavier look here. But again, the more you take off, the lighter it will be.</div>
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There is no need to remove doors for this process. It is actually much easier to work with them hanging. If you dont plan on painting the backs, it is much easier to wipe down the back side as well..</div>
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The next step I do, is darkening the creases. Not all doors or drawers will have these spaces. But If yours does, this is a super important step. It just accentuates the shape of the door. </div>
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I've tried to rush it, and it isnt a pretty site...the words that come out of your mouth will not be pretty either! So just be patient!</div>
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I just deepen the glaze I have already used, with a hint more brown, and a TINY bit of black.</div>
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With a small brush, I run along the inside crease with a good amount of paint. </div>
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Then with a dry rag, around one finger....and at a slight angle, I follow the raised edges, touching the flat surface with my nail. You don't need to press really hard, you just don't want to pull your finger to close to the inside crease, as this will take away too much of the paint. </div>
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The last part of the glazing technique is lining the edges. This may not seem like it is necessary, but this really makes the shape of the cabinet pop. Why go to all the trouble, and still loose the cabinet into the next.</div>
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I use the same color from the crevasses. Coating both sides of the smaller chip brush, I scrap it all back off. You don't want any excess globbed on the brush. Just some of the color covering the base of the brush.</div>
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Then I lightly, run it along the high edges of the each door. Use the middle, to the base of the brush here. The tip of the brush tends to fan out, and can leave little brush streaks on the door.</div>
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Here, the door on the left has the edging in the middle only, and the door on the right has no edging. You can see what a difference it makes to the shape of each door, </div>
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I use an oil base satin sealer when using oil based glaze, Minwax Wipe-On Poly. You can use this same brand but the latex version in satin if you are using a latex glaze (comes in a silver can just like this one). It's only about $10, and it goes pretty far. depending on what finish, and how many coats you want. I have tried TONS, of sealers. And this really is all I use. Now it can tend to yellow a bit over time, but on a glazed cabinet you should notice it. On top of a white based cabinet, you will see the yellowing! Don't brush this product on, infact don't use any kind of brushed sealer. It leaves streaks, and drips, and is always shinier than when you wipe it on. </div>
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The blue nitrile gloves are the<b><u> only kind</u></b> you can use with this sealer!!!!</div>
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The vintage glam look seems to be very popular these days, and with the onset of winter, something cool and frosty seemed to be on my mind. Though, down here in Texas, snow and frost is something we hardly see. It is starting to get get cold here, some freak cold front, which in November is really weird for us. So my mind had been stuck on winter mode...with jackets, boots, and the longing for Colorado snow.</div>
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That being said, this vintage glam bedroom seemed like the perfect inspiration for a winter-time, bedroom makeover. This beautiful room was designed and decorated by the ladies at <a href="http://dylynnedecor.com/">Dy Lynne Decor. </a></div>
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The two main rules for bringing a room like this together are....keeping it neutral, and mixing textures and patterns.</div>
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Most of the colors in this palette, are in the khaki range, with touches or creams and blues.</div>
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There is a wide variety of fabrics here, from a burlap on the chairs, and linen on the headboard, to a silk on the window shade. Mixing them keeps the room from feeling to simple.</div>
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Two small, antiqued gold, and crystal chandeliers were hung over each nightstand. This is wonderful way to really make a statement. These were hung directly on the ceiling, even with the slope, they hang nicely. You want them to sit just off the wall. </div>
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Here is a budget friendly chandelier from Wayfair, at only $99.</div>
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The light in the center of the room, is a smaller, understated chandelier. You don't want to go to big here. Just enough to tie in with the room, and give you light. But not to big, as to draw you attention away from the focal wall. </div>
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Here is an alternative to the ceiling fixture. From Shades of Light, at around $397, it isn't very budget friendly, but it sure is beautiful. </div>
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On the back wall, is a beautiful wallpaper! It has a light gold, shimmered backing, and a cream hand painted looking design. This is the main focal point of the whole room. It is soft, and simple, but makes such a statement. </div>
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Since the gold base is not shinny, it wont create glare, just a soft shimmer, and glow from the chandeliers. No art is even needed above the bed here. </div>
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To get a similar look, you could try using a stencil. Here is an all over stencil that could be used over a soft gold color. Adding a bit of plaster, or smooth texture paint (a heavy textured paint, similar to a light plaster) to the cream paint, will help thicken it up, and give you this textured look.</div>
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On the opposite side of the room, is an antiqued dresser, in a white tone. A large mirror helps open up the space, and more glass and different colors of metals are used in the decor.</div>
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The linen duvet with ruched trim is from<a href="http://pineconehill.annieselke.com/Bedding/Duvet-Covers/c/FA22?q=%3Acolor&show=All"> Pinecone Hill</a>, but is no longer available. A simple linen duvet can be adorned with lace or ribbon to get a similar effect. Mixing patterns, textures and layers helps make this bed cozy, and inviting. I love the blue-grey distressed headboard, it's the perfect compliment to the linen.</div>
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The gold and crystal scones, are the perfect touch of glam. Bronze, silver, and mercury glass are all mixed in here.</div>
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Room designed, and decorated by <a href="http://dylynnedecor.com/">Dy Lynne Decor</a>. </div>
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Just before we decided to move from our previous house, I finished the last two rooms in our house. Like <b>literally</b>, a couple days before. Isn't that the way it always works. You live in a place for years, and finally get it all beautiful, and perfect, and then you have to give it to someone else. BOO!</div>
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Well, at least I got to enjoy this craft room for a month or two, before the whole thing was packed into boxes. The craft supplies you see here, unfortunately, are only about half of what I really have. I know, it seems crazy. It felt crazy when they dumped all the "craft room" labeled boxes in the new study. There wasn't a bit of floor showing....obviously I have a craft <strike>addiction</strike> problem! </div>
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My new place is coming along, but it's really more function, than form right now. My Etsy business is doing really well, as is my craft booth at a local shop here in town, so I'm working in the space during <b><u>all</u></b> of my free time (aka midnight), so it had to be usable. </div>
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It's not to say that this room wasn't usable, because it was. My stuff just seemed to grow on the open shelves, and I kept running out of room. I purchased two of these shelving units from Ikea, "<a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/30058508/">Gorm</a>". They are super budget friendly, at about $30 each. They are made of unfinished pine. I used a thinned-out stain, and rubbed it on with a staining pad, just to give it a little color. </div>
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So if you don't already know, I have a <u><b>major</b></u> bird obsession!!</div>
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Like, my family calls me the crazy bird lady... it's fine, I have excepted it :) and hey, they keep buying me stuff to add to my collection. So I guess it hasn't gotten too out of hand......<u>yet</u>. My craft room is where most of it ends up, so this room had to have color, and lots of it. </div>
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These little birds below are my favorite. I picked up three at Round Top last year. I would have gotten more, but my friend talked some sense into me. </div>
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What are friends for! </div>
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They are made from wood and hand painted, and they sit on top of a piece of drift wood. </div>
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Here are some fun, colorful, and affordable alternatives, to the ones I have in my room. </div>
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These are by <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/5lovebirdsnest">5 Love Birds Nest</a> on Etsy. I'm definitely going to need a few of these ;)</div>
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On each shelf, I used my supplies as the decor. Alot of what I have, already is full of color. So on the neutral shelving and white boxes, the items really stand out. I did consider painting the rack a color, but I felt like it would have been to busy. </div>
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Flower frogs, hold little note cards.</div>
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Above the shelving, in the blank space, I used some large laminated bird cards, that I received as a gift. These cards are about 8"x10", and are numbered with different types of birds. Calendar cut outs could work here as well, or just a collection of prints. </div>
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Here are some beautiful bird prints, that you could use instead, from "<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/WildHeartHistories">Wild Heart Histories</a>" on Etsy.</div>
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Love these!!!</div>
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These color birds on stands, are from West Elm. They have a wire stand, which makes it easy to bend, and mount on them on a wall. I used books to help make a color theme for each shelf.</div>
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The birds are no longer available at West Elm, but these <a href="http://www.westelm.com/products/seedpod-birds-d2067/?pkey=e%7Cbird%7C16%7Cbest%7C0%7C1%7C24%7C%7C5&cm_src=PRODUCTSEARCH||NoFacet-_-NoFacet-_-NoMerchRules">Seedpod birds</a> are a good alternative.</div>
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This fun chair sculpture came from Urban Outfitters, a fun way to hang jewelry or little nick-knacks.</div>
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On the other side of room hang curtians from <a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/categories/departments/Textiles/10700/">Ikea</a>. They had a fun red tree print, and at only $12 a pair, they were a great deal,. </div>
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The cabinet is an antique, made by my great, great Grandfather. </div>
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I showed you how I updated this piece on the <a href="http://theraggedwren.blogspot.com/2013/10/to-paint-or-not-to-paint-antique.html">To Paint or Not To Paint-Antique Furniture.</a></div>
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I used this piece to house some of my painted animals. </div>
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Above it hangs a little collection of art. The "No Rest for the Awesome" sign, was a gift from my best friend, she thinks I'm awesome :) She got it on Etsy from<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/PrintedPalette"> Printed Palette</a>, they have all sorts of great prints. The hoop art is from one of my favorite shops<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/ThreeRedApples"> Three Red Apples</a> on Etsy, I had this piece custom made. The inspirational quote, "and if not, he is still good", is from<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/raisinguprubies"> Raising Up Rubies</a> on Etsy.</div>
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More amazing birds! How beautiful are these Bali Starlings?!?</div>
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A small couch is on the other side of the room, is the perfect for relaxing....which I <i>never did</i>, not once! But the kids did hang out on it while I worked. </div>
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Since it is a small love seat size, all it needed was two small pillows. The bug pillow was from Target. The striped pillow I made from a sample swatch of fabric, which was discontinued at Calico Corners (and it was free, score).</div>
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Here is how the love seat started.</div>
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It was in my moms office for years, and my parents brought it down with some other furniture after my Grandmother passed away. The color was a bit worn, but it was a good solid piece. </div>
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I picked up this great linen textured, coral duvet from Target. It was on clearance for $20!!</div>
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I cut it up, and reupholstered the love seat with this. </div>
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The end table was also from Target, but I didnt like the color of the wood, so I painted it in a mint color, to go with the room.</div>
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On the wall, I made a little collection of bird things. The antiqued paper print was lacking color, so I painted just a few things on the picture to make them stand out. A West Elm bird, is mounted to the wall above the galvanized shelf.</div>
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In the shelf, fat quarters of fabric are grouped by color. </div>
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The bird print here, is from <a href="http://shop.jonesdesigncompany.com/product-category/art-prints/">Jones Design Company</a>. She has all sorts of inspirational, and religious prints. </div>
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A three tiered wire rack, was perfect for holding my tubes of paint. Found this at Hobby Lobby for around $30 on sale. </div>
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I wont show you the whole work table, since it's usually a disaster, but I will tell you that I found a really great drop leaf table, for around $100. It was wide enough to keep the sides down and still have a good sized work space, but skinny enough not take up a bunch of the rooms space. I can pop up one side of the table, so if one of the kids wants to do some art work, it wont disturb what I'm working on. Here is some more of my storage solutions. An antique bread pan, holds my rolls of ribbon. </div>
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This pan has been used for lots of decorating and storage needs over the years. It's held shells, fall decor, Christmas ornaments, the options are endless. These can be found at antique stores, and on Etsy, at shops like <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/176953417/vintage-industrial-commercial-bread-pan?ref=sr_gallery_8&ga_search_query=bread+pan&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery">Pickers Warehouse</a>, and <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/195061982/industrial-green-metal-tray-bread-pans?ref=sr_gallery_5&ga_search_query=bread+pan&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery">Territory Hard Goods</a>.</div>
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Sadly, this is no longer my craft room, but I like my new one, which I hope I'll get around to showing you before I move out of here!<br />
I'll show you the last couple or rooms, from the old house soon.<br />
You can check out most the house, <a href="http://theraggedwren.blogspot.com/p/house-tour.html">HERE</a>, or at the top of the page, under "My House".<br />
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I'm so excited about today's Color Me! If you haven't seen these before, I will be bringing you these "Color Me" posts, a couple times a month. The goal here, is to show you helpful ways to incorporate color into your house, with paint and decor. Color can be scary for some, others just need some tips on refreshing what they already have. There will be all sorts of color palettes, so if this<i> one</i> isn't for you, check out the others <a href="http://theraggedwren.blogspot.com/p/color-me.html">Here</a>, and be sure to follow along for all the upcoming palettes.</div>
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I love blue, and love all things beach, so this is my kinda house! This beautiful model home, was of course designed, and decorated by the awesome ladies over at <a href="http://dylynnedecor.com/">Dy Lynne Decor</a>. I know you hear their name all the time you guys, but this is what they do, every month, of the whole year....how awesome is that, dream job!</div>
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Beach themes seem to be really popular right now. You can search it on Pinterest, and be there for hours, getting lost in the worm hole. So lets dissect this room, and this color palette, and see why it's so popular?</div>
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I think one of the main reasons that people decorate with a beachy theme, even those far away from the water (like me), is for it's calming nature. This color palette isn't loud, and it isn't overwhelming. Even if your not a big fan of the beach, this set of colors can work well with all sorts of decor styles. </div>
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For the base paint in this living room, something like "Rhinestone", by Sherwin Williams, is a good starting point. This is a light grey color, with a warm undertone. Keeping the base light, lets you build brighter, and darker colors on top of it. White, is also a good fresh base, but to break away from the super simple, try and slight change in tone. Grey's can be a tough one, like white, they tend to lean towards another color. Like a green-grey, or blue-grey. So when your picking your grey, place it next to your other room color swatches, and see which way it pulls. If your room has more blue, go with a bluer-grey, or a white-grey.<br />
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The sofa, being the biggest piece in the room, is kept a light color, similar to the wall. Keeping all of the big pieces in the same range, ensures the room will be soft, and flow. A darker piece would have been to heavy in this room.<br />
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For all of your colors in a palette like this, warm undertones are best, these are colors with a yellow base and not blue. If that sounds confusing, check out my post, <a href="http://theraggedwren.blogspot.com/2013/10/6-tips-for-picking-perfect-paint-color.html">6 Tips For Picking the Perfect Paint Color</a>, I dive into cool and warm colors there. When your working with the blues, a cool undertone color, can really take on a pastel look, and wont look as soft when finished.<br />
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The next two colors in the palette, "Folkstone", and "Burlap", are good for grounding pieces. For instance, a rug, curtains, smaller furniture pieces, and medium sized fabric choices (like chairs and large pillows). Since both of these colors are earthy, and neutral, it will be easy to find things with texture and patterns in these tones. A large woven area rug, helps to ground this space, and brings in good texture. The coffee table and side tables are just a shade darker. Going <i>to dark</i> here, will make the room look uneven, and piecey. </div>
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The last three colors in the palette, "Rainstorm", "Rain", and "Tame Teal", are the <i>accent colors</i>. These colors are used in the art, pillows, chairs, and accent pieces. For the pillows, they used several patterns, and and pulled in all the tones from the color palette.</div>
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Simple, white coral shaped lamps adorn each side table, and a collection of ocean inspired decor is grouped on the coffee table. Keeping just the accent pieces in the colorful tones, makes it easy to change colors, and styles as you like. </div>
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This kitchen and dining space, are open to the living room, so the color is carried through here as well. Kitchens can be a tough place to add lots of color. There are many big grounding pieces, that you can't change, like the cabinets, back splash, and counters. Adding color in seating, and accents, is a simple way to give that pop of color you may need. </div>
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Using colorful plates and napkins, against your neutral colored surfaces, can really add a punch of color. These plates, and simple pieces, can be switched out as your taste changes, or with the season. Decorating for fall, or Christmas would be such an easy transition here, as none of the accent colors are used on large pieces. </div>
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There is also alot of texture in these rooms, which softens all of the hard surfaces. Natural fiber rugs, linen curtains, rope accents, greenery, and textural wood pieces, all pull this space together for a cozy look.</div>
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Here is another space in the house, that follows the same rules. The walls are in the same base paint (Rhinestone), and are broken up with a white bead board accent on the bottom. Since this room is alot smaller, it can tend to get dark, even with a light color on the walls. Using a white on the bottom half, helps to make it look larger and brighter. You could use also use a ship lap, a board and batten, or stop the wall color with a piece of molding just above the chair rail height.</div>
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I hope you loved it too, and that it gave you lots of inspiration, and ideas about how to use color. Don't forget to check out my other <a href="http://theraggedwren.blogspot.com/p/color-me.html">Color Me palettes</a>. Be sure to stop by Facebook, and check out <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DyLynneDecor">Dy Lynne Decor</a>!</div>
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Earlier this week, I showed you how to make<a href="http://theraggedwren.blogspot.com/2014/10/how-to-stripes-old-school-way.html"> stripes the old school way</a>. Today I'm going to show you a shortcut with high tech tools. If your doing more than one wall, this is such a time saver!<br />
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This is a <a href="http://www.dewalt.com/tools/lasers--instruments-self-leveling-line-lasers-dw087k.aspx">Dewalt Self-Leveling Line Laser.</a> I know, it sounds pretty fancy, but if you are a<br />
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Using this awesome tool, will save you from marking all the lines, all the way around the room. It's also useful if your doing a large series of stripes on one wall.</div>
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There are several mounting options, which include different kinds of tripods or mounting tools. The coolest thing is you don't need all of that, it has a magnetic pivoting bracket on the back, so you can just attach it to a ladder, or any metal surface. </div>
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The really cool thing, is that you can have them both on at the same time. If you were marking out squares or diamonds, this is a must have tool!! This would also help with hanging a gallery art wall, or even getting curtain rods hung straight. </div>
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Even if your surface that you are placing/or attaching your level to, is not level, the tool will self level, even if it is bumped. Love that! </div>
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Here is what I did for this set of lines. I just sat the level on the rung of a ladder, the red laser line flows around a good portion of the wall, even around curves and corners!</div>
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Then, with <u><b>no marking or measuring</b></u>, I followed just above the line with the tape. This helps to make sure you are right on the line, and not over the spot you should be. </div>
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I used this same technique all the way around the room, to mask off my three stripes. SO super simple. I just rotated the ladder for each wall, or area, and it leveled right back up each time. I could even get the laser line to bend around these tricky corners below!</div>
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Here it is, all taped off.<br />
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For help on how to paint stripes, and the best way to get a clean line, be sure to see the previous post on "<a href="http://theraggedwren.blogspot.com/2014/10/how-to-stripes-old-school-way.html">Stripes The Old School Way</a>".</div>
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The final product, two colors, and three stripes, in the game room. This creates a nice flow around the room, and helps pull this large space together. You could use your favorite teams color here, or give it a punch with a brighter color for a more kid friendly space. </div>
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Dy Lynne Decor designed and decorated this fun area. </div>
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This would be such a great hang out for teens, or the perfect spot to watch the game. </div>
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Swivel chairs, and a side table make this space cozy.</div>
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On the other side of the room, is a wood bar, and a set of bar stools. </div>
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So there it is, stripes with high tech tools! </div>
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Super easy, and at around $150 at <a href="http://www.homedepot.com/p/DEWALT-Self-Leveling-Line-Laser-DW087K/203054805">Home Depot</a>, it's a great deal too!</div>
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Unfortunately for this project, I borrowed mine from a friend :( </div>
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But this is definitely on my Christmas list! Go get one!</div>
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So to start the jump back into the blogging boat, Id thought I'd share some of my favorite stuff, painting techniques.</div>
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Probably the most simple, and yet daunting technique, is painting stripes. </div>
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I've been doing this technique for years, and to be quite honest, I used to despise them!! Like<b> actually </b> wanting to turn a job down, I hated them that much. Mostly because they always seem to be on textured walls, and the paint always bleed through. </div>
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So I wanted to show you a couple tricks to make the whole process easier for you. My daughter has graciously assisted me in this how-to, so you can see that if a 12 year old can do it....so can you!!</div>
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<i>The base</i>......Getting the wall prepped, and painted with the right color is half the battle. When your deciding on your colors, you want your <b>wall</b> color to be the lightest of all the colors. No matter how many colors you work with. Trying to cover up over a darker color later, means more paint, and more time. </div>
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Here we started with "Creamy" by Sherwin Williams. </div>
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Thankfully, the walls were floated smooth in this room. Which mean there is no texture. This is ideal for painting stripes, but is rarely the case. If you can find someone to float out your walls before you paint, you will definitely end up with a cleaner looking stripe, and may save yourself some headaches along the way. If your just doing a focal wall, it shouldn't cost to much, and may be worth the investment.</div>
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My daughter helped by rolling out the wall, anything to get messy!</div>
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The next step was to decide the size of the stripes. There are millions of size combinations for striping walls. Here we just went with you basic two colors, and kept each stripe, 8" tall. I used a <i>yard stick</i>, to mark the lines since it lies flat on the wall, which is easier than a <i>measuring tape</i> on a wall like this. Start measure at the top of the base board, for a more even looking stripe. The base board are more likely to be level than the ceiling as well. I made tick marks up the wall, every 8". I then did the same thing on two other areas of the wall. Next, I used the level, and basically connected the dots.</div>
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When you are marking out your lines, start in the middle of the wall. Don't line up the marks to the ceiling or base boards. Both can tend to be angled, uneven, or warped. In this room the ceiling line was not level, and bowed in three different spots. Keeping your starting line away form these areas, will help you to stay straight, regardless of your tick marks, those are just helpful guides. </div>
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The next step was to tape off the marked lines. I painted the walls just before doing all of these steps, and I knew the paint would still be a bit tacky, so I used green <a href="http://frogtape.com/products/frogtape-multi-surface">Frog Tape, Multi-Surface.</a><br />
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If you are painting over a delicate surface, like previously painted wallpaper, or floated walls that may not have been primed correctly, try using the<a href="http://frogtape.com/products/frogtape-delicate-surface"> Delicate-Surface, Frog Tape</a>.<br />
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When taping each line, start the tape just over your pencil mark. Your paint will run over the pencil, and cover it up. If not, you may end up with smeared pencil on the wall, on the lighter stripes. </div>
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Another important thing to remember is how you tape your lines. I hold the beginning of the tape at one corner, and <b><i><u>gently</u></i></b> pull out a couple feet of tape <i>straight out</i>. Then lay the line down, as carefully and straight as possible. You want to be careful not to tug, or pull as you do each two foot section. Otherwise you could warp the tape, which warps your straight line. </div>
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Then the fun part, painting your lines. I made a custom colored gold paint, to match some items going in the room. Metallics are a fun way to <span style="background-color: yellow;">glam</span> up the look. It also gives you more than one sheen, which gives it character in any lighting. You don't need a fancy brush here, just a $1.00 chip brush works great, and you can toss it when your finished! <b>Always</b> brush in the direction of the stripe, going in the opposite direction can force paint underneath the tape.</div>
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This is a great way to get the kids involved in painting a room, with a big end reward. . </div>
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I painted two coats of the gold on this wall. Metallics tend to be pretty opaque, and should all need at least two coats. </div>
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When you take the tape off, no matter the wall texture, when it was painted, or the kind of tape you use....it s <b>always</b> best to pull the tape slowly, back in the opposite direction, and at a slight angle (see photo below). This just helps the tape to come off smoothly without ripping of any parts of the wall along the way. Don't get in a rush and forget halfway through the wall either. I've made some large messes of walls, by being impatient!</div>
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If you wait to long and the paint starts to dry, this is a helpful method as well. As the paint drys, the latex on the top of the tape will be connected to the stripe paint, and may pull part of your stripe paint with the tape. <u>So don't wait to long!</u> </div>
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I didn't even have to touch up one line!!!</div>
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Here is the completed bedroom. Designed and decorated by the ladies at <a href="http://dylynnedecor.com/">Dy Lynne Decor</a>.<br />
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This was a 4 color striped wall. The small stripes in between each color was going to be white. To avoid panting the whole wall white, I just painted a small area, under where each stripe was going. </div>
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In this first sample....I used the green, <a href="http://frogtape.com/products/frogtape-multi-surface">Multi-Surface Frog Tape</a>. I sealed in the edges, by running over the tape with the same white paint that is underneath. Normally a damp rag down the line would suffice, but this was a Monterrey texture, and was pretty heavy. You don't need much paint, just enough to seal the edges in. This will create a crisp clean line. If the paint on the wall is fresh, <a href="http://frogtape.com/products/frogtape-delicate-surface">Delicate-Surface Frog Tape</a> is a good way to go, it wont take the paint with it when pulled off.</div>
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In this sample.....I used a <a href="http://www.scotchblue.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/Scotch-BlueBrand/Scotch-Blue/">Scotch Blue tape</a>, regular tack. I did the same thing, and ran the paint over the tape. The blue tape puckered more than the green, but didn't cause any problems with the line underneath. If it warps to bad, the line may not be straight. </div>
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In this sample.....I used the low tack <a href="http://www.scotchblue.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/Scotch-BlueBrand/Scotch-Blue/">Scotch Blue tape</a>. It didn't pucker as much, but I also don't feel like it gave as clean of a line. Some spots bled.<br />
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In this sample.....I didn't cover up the tape with the white paint at all. I used regular<a href="http://www.scotchblue.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/Scotch-BlueBrand/Scotch-Blue/"> Scotch Blue tape</a>, which has no sealing qualities. You can see how much of the paint bled. I had to use a small brush, and run along the whole length of the line.<br />
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Here is the wall completed. The <a href="http://frogtape.com/products/frogtape-multi-surface">Frog Tape </a>was the winner here! Little to no clean up of the lines, even on a textured surface.<br />
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Here are just a few other types of stripes I've done in the past. You can really mix and match all sorts of colors and sizes. They can be on one focal wall, or for a more powerful look, lead around the whole room.<br />
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Later this week I will show you how to make stripes "With High Tech Tools"!!<br />
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This past year, has been a series of unfortunate events. Most of them from my own making, others I had no control over. </div>
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You may have noticed I haven't blogged in awhile, a long while. I felt a bit anxious about it for the first month, but with the whirl wind that my life was, it couldn't be helped. </div>
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Over a year ago my husband's company announced they were moving the shop to another state. We knew we would have to make a decision to stay with the company and move, or to keep our feet planted and see what that new life may hold. After alot of praying, searching, and more praying, we finally decided on south Florida for our new home. </div>
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The ball stared rolling VERY fast. Within three weeks, he had accepted job to move within the company, and was packing his car and driving away ;( </div>
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I on the other hand, had lots of loose ends to tie up here in Texas. We sold our house on the second day, and for the asking price (such a huge blessing), and they even gave us lots of time to pack it all up and move out. And there was <u>TONS</u> to pack up, it seemed to expand as I was packing. I'm always amazed at how much "crap" we actually have. </div>
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Thankfully, I have an AMAZING father, who flew down to help with all last minute packing and moving. I think we may patent some of our amazing packing techniques!<br />
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It was super sad to leave the house we put so much into! But I know the new homeowners, and their children will love it too.</div>
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Unfortunately, some hangups within the court system, are keeping me from taking the kids and following my husband right now. So basically I've been a single mom of three kids since May. </div>
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I did get to take a long break for about 4 weeks and travel to spend time with family and friends over the summer, back in Colorado. Which was much needed!! I don't think I've stopped working for more than a few weeks since I was in college. </div>
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And the weather...it was amazing! Did not make me miss Texas one bit!</div>
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When school started, life got even crazier, and I've spent the last 4 weeks getting settled in and trying to get into a schedule. That isn't easy to do with the kids involved in sports and other events. I also decided to take on a lighter work load. I was working SO much before, and I need to make sure I'm <i>really here</i> for the kids since it's just me right now. </div>
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Our house is not a very formal house, but we do have a formal dining room. I think we have used our dining room only a handful of times in the past two years. Sadly, the holidays are the only time anyone sits in there. It seems so secluded, like your stuck in a room. We love the layout of the house, how the kitchen, and breakfast area, is open all the way through to the living room, it feels so big and open. </div>
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But you can't just <i><b>neglect</b></i> the dining room. So we had to do something to it.</div>
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I wanted to give it a bit of a heavier feel than the rest of the house. Since it is so separated from everything, it works. In a big open room, I wouldn't do a finish quite this busy or heavy.<br />
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This room became kind-of an eclectic mix of things I found, and loved, but I think it all works well together. </div>
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We found the table, teal chairs, and bench at World Market. The chairs weren't the color I was really going for, but I figured the room was getting its own personality anyways. </div>
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The mirror was originally attached to a dresser in our master, I moved it in here, and gave it a foil treatment (which I'll show you soon). The cabinet was a piece from my grandmother, that I was given when she passed. I gave it a pretty involved, and layered finish, ending up in a navy tone. The botanical curtains, I found at Target. I loved the charcoal, and all the bits of color in them.</div>
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I decorated both sides of the buffet, since it doesn't get much use.</div>
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The table decorations have been the death of me. I first had it all stacked with books, but it made it hard to have a nice dinner at the table. I found this strange greenery piece at Micheal's, and it seemed to go with the flow. Though, it seemed like it should fit inside of something, but it is finished all the way around. It was just the right amount of texture and greenery.</div>
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Some of the books eneded up on the buffet. I folded the pages on a few, to give them more character. The used book store, always has a good selection of nostalgic books on clearance. </div>
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In the corner, I added a little vignette to the floor. A large lantern from Ikea, seemed to big for any space I could find. But filled with old book pages, and set on the floor, it was a good space filler for the corner. </div>
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An old wooden step ladder, was the perfect spot to stack more books. Obviously I was going with a whole book theme here. </div>
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I added a couple of shells, to carry the beach theme through. </div>
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The light for this room, I found in Round Top last year, and I LOVE it! It is an industrial shade, like from a warehouse, mixed with an antique chandelier inside. It had a chain, but no base to mount it with. I found a large jar lid, and my husband mounted it to that. </div>
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The wall treatment was a time consuming one, but I love the old world feel of it. </div>
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The base is book pages, and a crackled plaster is on top.</div>
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When I decided I wanted to do this finish on the wall, I just grabbed some books I had in a box. I knew you wouldn't be able to see much of the words.....But it turns out, my friends like to read parts of the walls, and possibly my kids in time out. So I guess using a book about pregnancy, and Ernest Hemingway's letters (who is a major potty mouth by the way) was not a good idea. </div>
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So here is what the room looked like before. </div>
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White crown molding, and a chair rail, boring tan, and no character. I wasn't worried about the wall being ruined when I removed the chair rail, since a plaster finish was going on top. I knew it would cover any imperfections.</div>
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To start I took a razor blade to the biding of the book, to separate the pages.<br />
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Then using wallpaper paste, and a wide brush, I brushed paste on the wall, put the page on the wall, and brushed more paste on top of the page.</div>
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I overlapped pages here and there, and tried to get them somewhat level. It isn't super important since the plaster will cover most of it. If your not doing a finish over the pages, be sure it's all straight, and pleasing to the eye. If you are using several books, mix up the pages, above you can see how each area looks different in the color and sizes of the pages. Again, if you are covering it up, it's not as important.</div>
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Don't worry to much about wrinkles. You can take your time, and smooth them out as you go, but the paper will seize up like this, not matter what. Smoothing the page with your hand, to get any air bubbles out, after applying will help. </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Once the paper dried overnight, I applied a crackle to the pages. I used a weather crackle by Valspar, but any kind will do. It may change the color of some of the pages, older books will yellow more. </span></div>
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Next I used a tub of smooth texture paint, which is like a thinned plaster. Most home improvement stores have their own version of this. It comes in a two gallon container, and sometimes can be tinted. Make sure NOT to use the <i>sand</i> version of this. </div>
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On a wall with such an aged look to the plaster, I went with the cheapest plaster. I would't use my good faux finish plasters here. </div>
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Using a trowel I applied it to the wall. Starting at the top, and pulling it straight down. </div>
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From there, I added a glaze to the whole wall. Most paint stores carry some kind of clear glaze. I added some tint to change the color, to a light white/grey tone. </div>
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I brushed it on using a 4" chip brush. I use a cheap chip brush ($1-$4) since the plaster is a bit rough, and may chew up the brush, so don't use the expensive kind. Brush in small areas at a time, to control the amount of color. After I brushed it on, I wiped it down with a rag. The longer you leave it on the wall, and the wetter your rag is, the more likely the plaster is to smear. So work quickly.</div>
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Once the glaze was finished, I added some water to a bit of lime slag. It is like a super white, chalky material. I soaked a brush, and pushed it, just under the crown molding. This dripped it down the wall in lines. You could omit this step, to make it less busy, or aged looking. </div>
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There you have it, my dining room makeover, pieced together for an old world, collected feel.</div>
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Summer fun is bringing on all sorts of fun decorating ideas here in our house.</div>
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It's hard <b>not</b> to hit a decor store, without seeing a whole palette of color. Since some of my friends are spending summer days painting and decorating there homes while they have time, I thought Id throw out a few fun ideas. </div>
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I wanted to show you some inspiration for teen's rooms, since they can be so hard to decorate. </div>
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Girls at that age can be so finicky, my daughter is teeter-tottering on the teenage years herself, and she comes up with some new design or decor scheme everyday (she's definitely got my blood). </div>
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At this age, color seems to be a big part in the overall feel of the room, it cant be bland, or boring. Whenever we hit the paint store, my eldest is immediately drawn to the Pantone paint chips, picking every bright color she can. </div>
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First thing I would keep in mind, is the color on the walls, keep it simple, but still in a color. Soft, warm, blues, pinks, and greens are good in spaces like these. If your teen has some trouble waking up in the morning, maybe consider a super sunny yellow tone.</div>
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The things that are easily changeable in a room, like bedding, art, and curtains, are better in the punches of color. </div>
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Here at this model home, the ladies at <a href="http://dylynnedecor.com/">Dy Lynne Decor </a>made this room into a colorful, mod, teen's room. The bedding was the main focal point in the room, and I painted these custom art pieces, to match the colors in the bedding. </div>
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Picking art pieces, can be just a daunting as picking the theme of a room. </div>
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These fun pieces are bright, colorful, and obviously speak straight to a girls heart.</div>
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What girl doesn't love makeup, shoes, and perfume???</div>
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Keeping the big pieces, like the bed, and dresser in white, and with clean lines, helps keep the bedroom modern. Fun glass knobs, glam up the dresser, and simple beveled mirror is the perfect finishing touch to this area. </div>
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Simple pops of color, like in the frames, and in the jewelry case, help pull the color to this side of the room. It's important to carry the color<b> all the way</b> around the room, and not just on something like the bedding. Otherwise the bedding stands alone and can look to busy, and loud in a room like this.</div>
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The third mod-painting, the high heel. What every <b><i>young</i></b> girl begs to wear....and the when forced to wear them at an older age, curse the day they were ever invented. </div>
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This is definitely a theme that will last for many years, from middle school through high school. </div>
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Well that is if you don't have one of those girls who loves change!!</div>
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This room was designed and decorated by the <b>ever-fabulous</b> ladies at <a href="http://dylynnedecor.com/">Dy Lynne Decor</a>.</div>
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I've gotten some questions lately about boys room, more specifically sports rooms. Iv'e shown you several over the past year, but I haven't gotten to lacrosse yet. </div>
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Some of you may not have lacrosse in your area, but you can use some of these ideas with other type of sports rooms. </div>
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This room was designed and decorated by <a href="http://dylynnedecor.com/">Dy Lynne Decor</a>. This model home was actually a move over, so it is the second time I painted it :) Good thing I like it. </div>
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The logo I painted, is from the local college. </div>
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The stripe of orange, on the main focal wall, was best big, so the logo could fill the space.</div>
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For the bedding, keep it simple. Sticking with 1-3 colors that are in the rest of the room. You want the logo to be the focal point, not the bedding. </div>
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I painted two pieces of custom lacrosse art for the room. One was hung over the bed, the other on a side wall.</div>
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Instead of using a curtain rod here, above the window, they placed a lacrosse stick to hold the curtains. If you were doing a baseball themed, you could put two bats end to end, and use them as a rod. </div>
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This fun orange leather stool, helps lighten the desk area.</div>
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You don't need alot of art in a room like this. Here, the lacrosse sticks hung around the room, act as the art. </div>
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The lacrosse sticks are very simple to mount, and hang with just one screw.</div>
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The logo is obviously the main focal point of the room. If the logo you are using doesn't have alot of words, or doesn't specify the sport, use the space above the stripe, to add it. </div>
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Well, the first time I painted this room, in the other model, I free handed to whole thing, and that's alot of work. </div>
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For this go around, I used my projector. I know it seems a bit like cheating, but when you need to do logos, they should be exact. So this is my go-to method for these areas. I use a modern projector, one I can plug into my computer, but for years I used an old school projector. If you can get your hands on one, this is a simple method. </div>
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If not, you can have the logo printed out at you local copy shop, in a large scale. Then you just tape then together, and tape it to the wall. The easiest way, to get you image to the wall, is to take a piece of chalk (sidewalk chalk is soft and works best here), and rub it all over the back of your paper. When you start to trace the image, it will imprint the chalk to your wall. just be careful not to smudge your lines when you start to paint. Here, I painted all of the blue first, and went back in with the white. Some spots may need more than one coat of color.....especially the dreaded orange, not my favorite color to paint with :)</div>
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For the logo, try to use it in scale, if you have a big empty wall like this, keep it big. If it is going above a bed, make sure it is the right proportion for the space. You can add a circle around the logo, or a stripe to make it appear bigger as well. The possibilities here are endless, pick a team you child plays on, a local team, or even a nationally known team, in any sport. </div>
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And that is all it takes, some color on the wall, a logo, and some sports themed art pieces. </div>
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Here are a couple of other sports themed rooms I've shown you recently.</div>
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Niches can be hard places to decorate. Some times they go to the floor to ceiling, and sometime they are only a few feet tall.<br />
So what do you put in them?<br />
How do you paint them?<br />
I have painted many niches in my line of work, and today I wanted to show you a fun, and colorful technique.<br />
This faux treatment would work really anywhere, on any type of wall, and in any color.<br />
In this room, this space was a blank hole. This is the perfect opportunity to add a real punch of color, something that really makes a statement. Since the niche is only a small portion of the wall, you aren't really committing to a giant wall treatment. <br />
Keep reading for the full how to, and be sure to check back for more nice ideas over the next couple of weeks.</div>
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To start, I painted the niche in a chartreuse color. You can pick any color here really, but use something that may not be in all of your decor, something that will pop.</div>
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Next I measure off the space, marking 6" squares. I went ahead and added the tacks, at all of my intersection, to keep track of my squares.<br />
Then I taped off the sections I was going to be painting. I added a small piece of blue tape to the inside of squares I wasn't painting, just to keep me on track, when your right up on the wall you can easily loose track of where you were. </div>
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For the finish on the checkered squares, I tinted a metallic plaster to match the color of the base paint. This is a tone on tone checkered look, so I kept them both in the same color.<br />
The metallic plaster I used is from a specialty faux paint store. For something similar at you local paint store, try Sherwin Williams Quartz Stone. This material can be tinted in many colors.<br />
For a tone-on-tone look, start with the plaster color first, and match a base paint to the plaster. They can even custom match your paint to your plaster in about an hour.<br />
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The material is basically a very thin plaster, with a metallic glimmer to it. You can also add a bit of water for a thinner version, but it is pretty easy to work with as is.<br />
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I use a flat trowel like this one, mine is a faux finish trowel, and has curved edges, but for this project your working in such small areas, this wont make a difference. For bigger surfaces, takes a sander to the edges of the trowel, to curve the edges. The sharp corners here, tend to leave lines on plaster finishes. </div>
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Use small amounts of the product each time. Putting it on the edge of the trowel will give you the most control. </div>
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Start at a corner, a sweep across each square. Don't worry to much about the application. Once the square is filled, go back over with the whole thing, with edge of the trowel to smooth it out. Keep the rest of the trowel just slightly off the wall, you don't want it flat on the wall. See the photo below.</div>
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The finish will have a little texture when finished, it's not meant to be perfectly smooth, so its hard to mess this one up. </div>
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Then just remove the tape.</div>
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For the tacks, I wanted them all to be in a antiqued copper color, so originally I painted over all of them, since they didn't match. I used two colors of Modern Masters Metallic Paint, in Copper, and Statuary Bronze</div>
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You don't need much of this, even some small tubes of acrylic paint would work.</div>
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I mixed a little of the bronze with the copper.</div>
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Using a small brush, I covered the surface of the tack.</div>
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You may need two coats, depending on the color of the wall, or the tack you are using.</div>
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Pretty simple technique, you could do this on a larger scale, like on a full wall, or in a bathroom. </div>
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As for the color, this may not be your preferred shade....use something softer for a more glam look, like a gold on gold. For a modern space, you could even use shades of white. This metallic plaster is so gorgeous in red, if your willing to go that bold.</div>
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In this room, there were fun pops of color all over the place. The color for the wall, and treatment were chosen form the this beautiful burnt velvet sofa fabric.</div>
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The metallic plaster when dried, has the same sheen as this velvet, very multi-dimensional. It was the perfect addition to the room.</div>
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The home owner hung this beautiful art piece in the niche. I painted the frame to mach the tacks. I love how he hung this. It was anchored to the center of the niche, so it sat away from the wall. It almost looks like its floating. Much more intriguing than sitting flat on the wall. The can lights were placed behind this, so the wall glowed. Not easy to get pictures of though. </div>
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Don't be scared of the color, do it in whatever works for you, and don't be scared of the finish. </div>
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Try new techniques and materials out, you'll be <b>so proud</b> when your done!!!</div>
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Ill be showing you some other fun things to do with niches over the next couple of weeks, so be sure to check back.</div>
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So if you haven't seen my kitchen before, we have a very farmhouse-meets-beach house style. It started off as your boring, and dated builder grade kitchen. We came in, and gave it a complete overhaul. We added an additional cabinet, made faux reclaimed wood counter tops, added a backsplash, and beefed up the island. You can see where it all started, and how we completed it all <a href="http://theraggedwren.blogspot.com/2013/11/kitchen-remodel.html">here</a>, and <a href="http://theraggedwren.blogspot.com/2013/11/how-to-faux-reclaimed-wood-counter-tops.html">here</a>.</div>
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I feel like Im always tweaking something at my house, changing it up, moving it around. I'm sure I'm making my husband crazy! At my most recent trip to the Round Top antiques fair, I picked up some fun goodies for the house. If you don't know about this show, you have to check it out. It's days worth of antiques, salvage, and reclaimed goodies. It goes on twice a year, in the spring and fall. If your any where near south Texas, or can there easily, it is TOTALLY worth staying in a crappy motel for. Last year I went with my aunt, and parents. This year I went with one of my closest friends and her mom. We stayed for three days, and didn't even see it all. Make sure to book early though, rooms fill up the year before in some places. We ended up at a bad motel, but margaritas in town and lots of shopping, made up for it. </div>
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I try not to have to much on my counters, as far as decor goes. But it is weird having empty spaces on the counter, so there is something in most of the corners. </div>
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I love to bake, so my mixer needs to be front a center. And hey it's the perfect shade of blue, so it's decor as well. I grabbed some different sizes of jars, at the Container Store, and filled them with my necessities. These days chalkboard stuff is everywhere, but I picked these up some time ago at World Market. They are just chalk board stickers. Micheal's, and Hobby Lobby carry several similar versions. </div>
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For something a bit cleaner looking, check out this awesome tutorial on <a href="http://thepaintedhive.net/2012/02/magic-decal-transfer-tutorial-with-free-printables/">The Painted Hive</a>, for these water slide decals.</div>
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Also check out these easy, and free printables from <a href="http://liagriffith.com/new-version-of-printable-pantry-labels-in-two-styles/">Lia Griffith.</a> If you need any sort of label, tag, or sticker, she is sure to have an amazing selection.</div>
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Both much nicer, and fancier than mine, but free time, is not something I have much of these days. </div>
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One of my favorite Round Top goodies this year, was this "Black Metal Thingy". Yes, this is the technical term, for now anyways. Most likely a time card holder, but I havent bothered to research it quite yet. If you know...let me know :) </div>
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It has spring loaded holders, and I thought it would be great to display little notes, or cards. You could change the items out for the season. It fit perfectly over the stove, I just hung it with some fishing line to save the back splash from holes. </div>
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Another find, was this fun little pot. I needed something to hold spoons, and one that would fit on my little plate. It's missing a lid, which I wouldn't have used anyways, so it was the perfect piece. </div>
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Finding this chalkboard was a happy accident. I searched high and low last year, while shopping with my parents. I was looking for a cool old cutting board. I couldn't find one that wasn't the same color as my counter, or not shaped like a pig. As we were loading up our treasures on our last day, my mom spied this little guy. It wasn't old, but it was the perfect piece. It has more character than a plain old cutting board anyways. </div>
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I made an attempt at some chalkboard art, with a quote from Julia Child. </div>
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At one of the very overpriced areas of Round Top, I found some old silverware molds. I won't admit how much I paid for it, but I had to have it. It weighs a ton. I love the aged look of it, and the half of a cool old pattern. I'd love to find a piece that actually matched this and have it sitting on top. Maybe on my next trip. </div>
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The scale was from a great little store in Colorado, but you can find these all over the place. The top was pretty small, and it really served no function. I don't need to weigh stuff very often...ok never! </div>
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Well that's it for my kitchen goodies. I'm sure it will all change soon enough, it's a bad (and expensive) habit.</div>
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Next week, I'll show you what we did with the cabinet we added onto the kitchen!</div>
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Here are some previous pictures of our kitchen, be sure to check out the step by step tutorial on making these easy and inexpensive <a href="http://theraggedwren.blogspot.com/2013/11/how-to-faux-reclaimed-wood-counter-tops.html">counter tops</a>. </div>
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So for the past week or so, I have been showing you simple DIY paint and decor tips, to enhance kids rooms, or adult bedrooms for that matter. Use these tips all over the house really. </div>
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So here is what I have shown you so far....</div>
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If <b><u>all</u></b> of that wasn't enough to get your creative juices flowing, here are some bedroom spaces I have shown in the past, all grouped in one spot.<br />
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I've never really been a big fan of stencils, until recently. Since they are growing in popularity, in my line of work, I have to jump on the band wagon. I love a damask stencil, always have. But my favorite stencil to date is this <a href="http://www.royaldesignstudio.com/products/herringbone-shuffle-stencil">Herringbone Shuffle Stencil.</a> I have used it in several rooms, and it has such a versatile look.</div>
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This herringbone stencil is today's DIY wall treatment for kids rooms.</div>
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This fun and simple girls room, is pulled together with this 5 color stencil. <br />
The walls were base painted in a light blue-grey color. Some basic white pieces were used in the room, the bedding, and dresser. The custom ballet art throughout the room, tie in the colors of the quilt and lamp shade. I painted 4 ballet art pieces, with different colored tutu's.</div>
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The wall stencil brings it all together. </div>
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This small dresser acts as a night stand. </div>
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It isn't to tall or bulky, and with the glass doors, it makes it feel lighter in the room. </div>
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A sweet little grouping of pinks and corals fill up the nightstand. </div>
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Here you can see the color of the stencil. I picked these directly from the bedding. Orange, coral, white, yellow, and grey.</div>
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A simple girly chair and more ballet art, fill up this corner of the room.</div>
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Here is a boys nursery, with the same wall treatment.</div>
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The walls here, were in a light tan color. For the stencil I used mostly grey and orange, and a few lines of lime green. All of these colors can be found in the bedding, and in the decor throughout the room.</div>
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With a statement wall like this, you don't really need alot of decor or art on top of it. </div>
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Here they used some simple letters above the crib, to spell out the name.</div>
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You may remember my daughters <a href="http://theraggedwren.blogspot.com/2014/04/shabby-beach-bedroom.html">Shabby-Beach Bedroom</a>, where I used this stencil on a side wall, in <u>seven</u> colors of blue. Seven colors was a <b>big</b> undertaking. I used different shades of aqua, not all of them were found in the bedding, but I started with the wall color, and aqua in the bedding and went darker and lighter than those two.<br />
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Your feature wall doesn't always have to be a back wall. The custom bed we made for this room, was such a statement piece, that I didn't want to detract from it.<br />
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Think about other areas where you can put a statement stencil, such as this one...niches, back splashes, entryways, even hallways. Bigger wall areas make this piece easier to look at. </div>
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Be sure to check out the <b>How-To</b> for this fun stencil <a href="http://theraggedwren.blogspot.com/2014/04/herringbone-stencil-how-to.html">here...</a></div>
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Alyson Callisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14838442522810054006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1840947387463088264.post-64268471911001985782014-06-07T12:55:00.001-05:002014-06-07T12:55:58.162-05:00Wood feature wall<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
My theme this week has been kids rooms.....Simple DIY paint, and decor tips, to update any room. If you missed any of them, you can find those here....<a href="http://theraggedwren.blogspot.com/2014/06/how-to-football-field-wall.html">Football Field Wall</a>, and <a href="http://theraggedwren.blogspot.com/2014/06/how-to-faux-headboards.html">Faux Headboards</a>. </div>
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Today I wanted to show you one of my favorite techniques, Wood Feature Walls. </div>
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It's no secret I love all things old, and chippy. Salvaged wood of course, is right on the top of my list. I have all sorts of old wood pieces throughout my house. I would LOVE a wall like this, maybe someday soon :)</div>
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This room is from a model home, and was designed and installed by <a href="http://dylynnedecor.com/">Dy Lynne Decor</a>.<br />
Dy Lynne and her husband went to a town about an hour away, Gonzales, to collect the wood. There is whole salvage shop there, where they tear down old buildings and homes from all across Texas. They are grouped in piles in a large warehouses. I've been several times, and it's so fun looking through it all, wondering where it all came from.<br />
Others may see this as giant piles of fire wood.....It's all in how you look at it I guess. <br />
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They took alot of time, to hand pick each one of these boards, getting ones in just the right colors. If you have a place like this around you, go see what you can find. If you plan on doing a wall treatment like this, make sure to map it out well, so you don't end up short. If the wood is going in a child's room, it is best to seal a wall like this with an oil based sealer, to keep out any buggies, and prevent an flaking of what is most likely, lead based paint. A light sanding of heavy chipping pieces may also be necessary. </div>
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Varying the sizes makes the wall more interesting, and you may not be able to find enough of one size anyways. </div>
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If you have left over wood pieces, use them to add trim to the window, as they have done here. </div>
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On a side wall in this bedroom, keeping in the vintage theme, a set of vintage lockers were mounted to the wall. They were a bit bright, so i gave them a glaze, to tone down the yellow, and add some age. </div>
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On each of the doors, I added a chalkboard square, so they could be labeled with the contents. </div>
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Now while I love the old wood, it can get very expensive for a large wall like that. </div>
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For a cheaper version, use new wood, and give it some age. </div>
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Here is where this wall started, raw pine boards, 12ft long. Again they varied the sizes of the boards, it gives a more unique look. </div>
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I used several colors of stain, very thinned out with paint thinner. By adding just a wash to the boards, it soaks deep into the wood, and gives more age to the wood, than a solid color would. Also mix up each board with a different color, this way the look found. I darkened the knots, and heavy grain to bring those areas out. </div>
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Use colors that are in the grey, white, sun-bleached, and walnut tones. This give the appearance of age. Bringing in reds, and oranges, make the wood look to new. </div>
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As the stain is drying, I went over the knots with a foam brush, to enhance, and deepen them.</div>
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Once the wall is dry, your ready to go, no sealing is necessary. You could also add a light dry brushing of latex paint, and sand it down, to look like old painted boards. </div>
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This wall was the perfect fit for this vintage boys room. </div>
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Designed and decorated by the gals at <a href="http://dylynnedecor.com/">Dy Lynne Decor</a>.</div>
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Here is another boys room with a similar wall treatment. In a vintage woodland theme.</div>
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This wall started off with cedar planks instead of pine, and alternating the lengths. </div>
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I painted them with a similar technique, thought the boards were a bit rougher with the cedar. Cedar has an orange tint to it, so I used a color of stain to counter act this, and added a bit of purple tint to it. </div>
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Once it was dry, and soaked in, it looked more toned down. </div>
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I mimicked the stain on an unfinished piece of furniture, to pull the color around the room. </div>
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The dresser between the beds of the shared bedroom, acts as a nightstand. I painted it with a red color, and gave it a deep brown glaze, for some age. </div>
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This beautiful woodland themed room, was also designed, put together by the team at <a href="http://dylynnedecor.com/">Dy Lynne Decor</a>.</div>
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If you don't have a boys room to add the wood to, consider other areas of the house. Here in this farmhouse style dining room, old wood boards were attached to the back wall. </div>
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Pairing the wood, with a deep, bold wall color, really gives this room a warm feel.</div>
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All of these boards were free of any paint already.</div>
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I love the mix of fabrics, glass, and greenery with the wood in this room. </div>
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So <u>lots</u> of woody inspiration.. ..Put it anywhere, to make a vintage statement...niches, walls, ceilings, back splashes, etc. </div>
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