Finding use in things lying around

I wanted to fill the wall above the couch in our living room but didn't want to spend much money on it.

I had a box FULL of picture frames of all shapes, sizes and colors.



I decided to paint all of the frames white.

And then filled them with scrap paper.



And hung them on the wall.

I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.


I want to fill it more.



And will ultimately change some out and add other things... I'm not quite sure yet.



But for now it works.

Bedroom makeover

I'm slowly but surely making my way around the house, room to room and trying to make it feel homey and 'filled'.

First up - our bedroom.

My brother and sil left their poster bed, so I gave it a couple fresh coats of paint and rigged it together with our bed and frame.




I also added a plate (found at Dollar Tree) and two mirrors from the apartment that used to be black but I painted them white! I ordered a vinyl decal monogram that I'm going to stick in the middle of that plate. So cute - I'm a little monogram obsessed lately...



I just LOVE the look of it. It looks so comfy and dreamy to me! And simple.



I bought these vinyl decals at Dollar Tree! I couldn't believe it! Some were cheesy and for kids but I found a few that were useful for me. I bought a wooden board from Hobby Lobby and painted it white. Then cut and stuck the vinyl decal to the dried board. I used upholstery tacks to attach the ribbon and hang it. You can't tell but the walls are robin egg blue-ish.


I found these gold frames at Walgreen's today for $3! I made a little mr. and mrs. sign with scrap paper and mod podge and printed out pictures of us.




Then spray painted a small black picture frame white and inserted a vellum quote over a piece of scrap paper and voila!

Oh I used some painters tape to add some ribbon to the back of the frame and feux hung the ribbon with an upholster tack. I love that wall.




This is the only yuck part of the room right now. Remember that armoire? Well it's primed, waiting to be painted and then will replace that small little shelf thing. I can't wait to get that in there!

To keep me humbled...

A few weeks ago I had the worst tooth pain that I think I've ever experienced.

Turns out I had a root canal that got abscessed and infected.

So...I had to have my {molar} tooth pulled. It didn't hurt one bit, have I ever told you all how much I LOVE Novocaine?!

The day before I got my tooth pulled the dentist (whom I actually like) made me 'comfortable' for the night so I could make it through. He basically gave me some pain killers and a shot of Novocaine.

Immediately after the shot of Novocaine, my one side of my face swelled up - it literally looked like I had a golf ball in my cheek.

Evidence...




And the oral surgeon said they nicked a blood vessel, so along with the golf ball cheek I also had a lovely bruise that slowly, day by day went through the stages of bruising.



It was load of fun :-) My cheek is still slightly numb, but I read that it could take up to 6 months I think, so I'm not worried.

Thought I'd share that with you all!!! :-)

Lamp Redo

Remember this red and black lamp?

Well if you don't, here it is!




When we moved I switched out black for brown in our living room and kept the red (for now at least because why are slip covers so expensive?!).

So I decided to redo our lamp instead of buying a new one!


I LOVE how it turned out. I'm working on staining our coffee and side table darker than it is to match the darker brown in the living room.



I found this cute trim at Hobby Lobby. It was so easy, I seriously used the lamp, fabric, trim, spray adhesive and hot glue!

The only thing that I do not like is that I didn't cut my edges of my fabric evenly so it looks all yuck on the inside of the lamp, but hopefully it's not that noticeable.

A fall wreath

Remember that aforementioned wreath that I basically got for free at a garage sale?

Well...I gave it a makeover (can you tell I'm in a makeover binge? The wheels in my head just keep turning and turning!).




You can't really see it, but I got the twiggy wreath part with some old fake hydrangeas at the garage sale. I just bought some fall leaves from the craft store, a wooden plaque and a wooden letter!


I'm SOOO in the mood to decorate for fall but I fear it's too early... I don't think I really care anymore - I want fall here so bad after the cooler weather we had last weekend, I love fall :-)

What's your favorite season?

Garage Sale Day

About a month ago - we found out that it was Garage Sale Day here in our town. I had no clue, but loved the though of it. Especially since we had just moved in and I had a few things in mind that I wanted.

Come to find, I found one of those things...





I was so excited when we found it. It's an armoire! I still want one more and would love a really nice one, but hey - who can complain when it was ONLY $35 and already assembled!

Of course this girl is in transition - she's getting a few coats of some white paint and I know just where she's going! :-)

The lady that we bought it from was just trying to get rid of stuff so she threw in one of those wooden wreath thingies...more to come on what happened to that!