Couches, Patterns, & Color

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Striped Wall

My sister in law came over the other evening and gave me lots of fun ideas for our house.  I guess it just takes someone else sometimes to get you motivated to do some things that you've been too afraid to do.  I LOVE color. I love fun. I love out of the ordinary, non matching, eclectic style. Sarah helped motivate me to add a little of the color part to our home. I have been afraid of messing up, but it's just paint right?

I also love these bold stripes in grey and white. I'd like to do one wall like this in our living room. I have a can of grey from our office that I think would work...so it wouldn't cost anything!

Office Revamp...

I am still working on getting the pegboard ready to go. My mom came over and helped me organize and straighten some things up. It was much much needed. I have trouble seeing what needs to be done when I see the mess every day.

Her helping me on a few things turned in to me moving a few things around and going through lots of papers and little junk that has needed to be thrown away for a LONG time!  So thanks mom=)

It feels so good to get stuff like that done.

I got my zippers in for my pillows so I am SOOO excited to get to finishing up some of those!  I still have lots of work to do though. I am planning on having my site up and ready to go by the end of summer!!  I can't even wait.  I have LOTs of sewing, designing, and number crunching to do until then.

I just wanted to get my sewing area organized and how I like it before I go full force on the pillows.  Sometimes messes just make me get all unsettled and unfocused. I need cleanliness in order to get things done.

SO....

Here are a few things I've been looking at to help get my space feeling like a real sewing center!

This desk found at Crate and Barrel ( in white)...

Justin and my brother are going to make it for me this weekend if all goes well!  I'm so excited! It will be so nice to have more room to work with.

I was looking for a fun rolly chair too, so I can easily move back and forth from my new serger to my sewing machine...since I'll be using both regularly.  I saw this one on amazon and loved it. I've never quite seen a chair like it.

Justin was looking for a chair too since he works from home.  He has been sitting on an exercise ball for the past year. I don't know how he's done that for 8 hrs a day...but he liked it for a time.   Anyway, he ordered this one for himself... and got me the one I liked too!  He's such a sweet guy...  I'm excited!

So there you have it.  Lots of home office changes for us coming up. I think they will really be nice. I'm looking forward to some organization and some nice seating!

Living Room: Creating Height

Happy Tuesday!  Hope you're enjoying it so far.  I wanted share a little decor tip with you today.  I have had the hardest time in our living room and dining room with knowing how to decorate and fill the space. I LOVE our tall ceilings and am so thankful we have them, but they are a bit of a challenge.

I've been wanting to get a book shelf for the living room to help fill one wall. All we had were short decor pieces; an end table, the couch and a little entry table/cabinet.  I had been looking and looking here in town for a nice one, but just hadn't been able to find one in good shape for a reasonable price.  

I got this shelf in Chicago at IKEA. Yes...we drove it all the way from Chicago to Springfield.  It was in a box, but a long one that barely fit in my mom's van. My poor sisters willingly agreed to let me try and take it home. We all rotated sleeping under and around the thing the whole way back. Thanks K&K...I will always remember our trip when I look at the shelf =) 

Eclectic Home

Some Inspiration for your home....
I love the fun colors with the white walls...and bookshelves...yes.

Getting the Office Tidy

Our office is organized...kind of.  We know where things are, but I'd love for it to look a lot more organized than it does. It's one of those things where you think it looks organized since it is better than it once was, but when you really take a look....yikes.

So...I started last night going through all the little stacks of paper messes (not my favorite thing to do) and filing. I got really motivated to have it looking nice.  I'm hoping we can build a new desk for me for my sewing space.  I have one now, but it doesn't give me much room to work...plus with my new serger, I'm gonna need even more space.

I also took off the collaged art on the wall.  It kinda made a mess.  Some were stuck on the wall with those sticky squares they give you...NOT A GOOD IDEA!  They pretty much ripped chunks out of our wall.  So, I mudded and now I just need to sand and touch up.

I'm wanting to put up a really big peg board and maybe paint it a fun color. I like how peg boards look, and they are great for organizing!

Hope you all have a great weekend.

Kendra.

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DIY Headboard: Stapling the Foam

My Mom gave my a plaque this past Christmas that said I was entitled to her unlimited time of service to the project of my choice...BEST GIFT EVER!  She came over Monday and we went to work. Justin and I built the headboard frame over the weekend so it was ready to go.

The dimensions we used for our Queen Bed are:

5 ft. 4 wide, 3 ft. tall and 3 inches on each side.  If you know the dimensions when you go in to lowes for the main piece, they will cut it for you!  It saves lots of time.  

First things First:  Spray the foam to the wood with a spray adhesive so it won't slide around on you.  We kinda forgot this step and had to open the foam up as much as we could and spray the glue down in the already stapled batting...NOT FUN.  So...spray it first!...it really helps.

Clever Ways to Organize

I'm not the greatest at organizing. I'm getting better, but still have a ways to go.  I came across these really fun ways to organize.  I love the drawer with the cute porcelain plates.  I have a few of those that I have collected over the years.  I may have to give it a try.  The only thing is that they're hidden I guess, but they make for a pretty little surprise every time you open your drawer! 

 

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colored doors

A lot of rooms in our home are neutral colors.  I've been thinking it could be really fun to paint some doors a fun color.  I don't know though.  It seems a bit risky.  I'd have to be really sure of the color.  That's always the hard part. It would only take a quart though, so it wouldn't cost much if I wanted to change it.  Hmmmm....

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Hope you enjoy the snow today! 

Kendra

Wall Art: Vintage painting with Text

Here's the finished product!  I had so much fun making these two pieces of art. I've had the matching floral paintings for a long time, but never really liked them the way they were. I loved the frames though!  So, I decided to give them a makeover.  I haven't painted in a long time. I didn't know how much I missed it! It was so relaxing.

This past weekend, Justin went hunting and I got really motivated to hang up a bunch of things at our house.  I always think he should do it (because I usually put way too many holes in the wall)...but I think I did ok this time.  I just went for it. Now we FINALLY have stuff hung up. I just had to get over my intimidation of more wall space, and just decide already!

I put these two on either side of our dining room window. Trying to figure out if I should paint the frames a fun color?  I like the antique look they have, but a fun bold color would be fun too.

To make one yourself...

*First, simply stencil or free hand your text on an old painting with a pencil
*Next, pick a color of paint and start painting around the outline of your text, to leave only the text  showing!
*Lastly...hang and enjoy!

Vintage Table Runner

I got this dainty little runner at a garage sale a while back.  I love finds like these.  I always wonder who put all the time into making it. I think this one is so beautiful.  The colors and pattern is so fun!

Clean and Fresh Design

It's official....I love every room in this apartment.  It seems like everything has a place and a reason. They actually thought about a color palette and how to balance out their space.  I forget sometimes that my not wanting things to be a perfect match doesn't have to mean that nothing can match!  Take a look at these gorgeous spaces found here.

More Decor

I was looking at more decor pics and love these. I just want to get lots of ideas before I make too many decisions...since decisions usually = money...if ya know what I mean.

 I love this chair!  And the tv stand is simple and timeless.  The speakers are really neat too!  They actually look like art on the wall and not just a big black box.  I like.

I like how simple the bathroom colors are too. Super cozy.

Photos found here.

Blues and Greens

I decided that I am attracted to greens and blues.  I've been thinking about green curtains in the living room and using accents in the room with this soft blue color...what do you think?

White on White on White

I'm in a slump!  I'm trying not having too much color...like I normally do, and instead have hardly ANY!  I have all these ideas of how to add fun pops of color, but then chicken out.  I want to re-cover our ottoman in a fun pop color... but what if I spend all that time (and money on fabric) and then hate it! I want to make curtains for the living room that are a cheery color for winter...what if I get tired of the color.   So...white goes with...white.  So boring!  I need to just make a move and stick with it!


Can you believe it's already Wednesday!  Hope you have a good day.

Guest Bedroom Update

I hope you had a good weekend.  The weather was gorgeous!  I got to hang out with my sisters and mom this weekend for an evening and loved it.  We made it an extra special night and went to get our nails done, went shopping, and went out for dinner.  I love time with family...it is so special.

I thought I'd update you on the guest bedroom.  We still don't have a bed frame, and may not get one at all.  The bed works as is I suppose...  So here are some pics of what we have so far.

Dollar Lamp

I got this old vintage lamp at a yard sale a few years ago. It was one dollar!  Can you believe it!  I love finding cheap, unique things.  I have never seen a lamp like this one before. I love the combination of the wood and ceramic.  The shade on it is a little worn, but I got one for it at Ikea to replace it. I just have to figure out how to make it fit on the old lamp.  It's the wrong kind of shade....of course.

The lamp was a plain cream color, so I decided to brighten it up a bit and painted it this light blue.  I love blues. 

I need to figure out how to make that other shade work...this one looks really funny!  Oh well, It serves its purpose and gives off light =)

Have a great weekend.

My Chalk Board Calendar

Well, I gave the calendar a try. I love changing my chalk board...it is a soothing thing for me. You get to wipe the slate clean, and begin with a new piece of art. Here's what it was before...

And here's the calendar now...

I just got online, found a calendar set-up that I liked, and found a font that caught my eye.  Here's the font I used...or shall I say "attempted to use."

 Hope you are all able to enjoy this weekend with family.  Thanks for stopping by.

Wall shelves

We have a very blank wall in our house. It's one of those big empty walls that is just really intimidating. I havn't known what to do with it. It is white and would be fun with just about anything on it...that's the problem.  Too many choices.  I think I'd like to just have some big simple shelving.  Here are a few I found that I like. 

 Hope you enjoy...

 

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