Happy Lamp
Several weeks ago, on Craft Day, I stopped by JoAnn’s and found this little roll of yellow (!!!) pom-pom fringe for $2.99. Naturally, I had to have it! I knew right away where I wanted it to go – on the white IKEA lamp in our living room. It was literally one of the easiest and quickest Craft Day things I’ve ever done. All you need is: + a lamp shade + fringe or pom-poms of any sort + scissors + hot glue gun After my glue gun was hot, I put about six inches... Read More
Collage Wall
Earlier this summer I (finally) put together a collage wall for behind our couch! I had been collecting items slowly over the last two years and thanks to Craft Day, I found the time to put it all together. First I tapped together two large pieces of paper and measured it to be the size of “behind my couch”. I then laid out each frame and rearranged them until I figured out my design. Then, I traced each frame and hung the paper (LEVEL!!!) on the wall. Once it was... Read More
DIY White Centerpieces
For my Grandpa’s 90th birthday celebration, which took place two weeks ago, I created the centerpieces out of random jars, bottles and jugs found at local thrift stores. (Thank you Jubilee and Divine Consign!) As you can see below I set out all the jars on a paint cloth. I then spray painted everything white – but it got dark super fast so I wasn’t able to take any photos of that process. It took several coats of the white paint, from all sorts of angles, to... Read More
Ironing Board Makeover
One of my favorite things about our (1929) house is how many little spaces there are. We have a tiny corner coat closet. A tiny room upstairs which is too small to fit anything resembling a bedroom into. And a tiny ironing board that folds out of the wall in the kitchen. Weeks after we moved into our house (September 2009), I told myself that I had to recover our ironing board, asap. Well, almost two years later, I finally got around to it. Several weeks ago I declared to myself,... Read More
Upstairs Hallway
I mentioned in Friday’s post that T.J. spent most of last week painting our upstairs hallway. It was originally a weird tan color on the wall with an even stranger yellow-smoke color on the trim. Truly awful. T.J. started by painting the ceiling with a fresh coat of white paint – and what a difference that alone made! He then taped off all of the trim and painted the walls a nice eggshell white. Once the walls were dry with two coats of paint, he taped off the walls... Read More
