My inspiration...my bedroom

I've been without bedroom furniture for quite awhile. My last "set" (wasn't a set) was literally falling apart and so we decided to toss it when we moved, thinking that we'd have new stuff very soon. Well, that's not going to happen anytime soon. So I decided, that I wasn't living in a dull room anymore...with blank walls, and flat paint, and no pretty bedding or curtains...it was a DIY project.

Here was some of my inspiration.
Headboard: I googled DIY Rustic Headboard, and this is what I found...

I really liked it...and it was super cheap to do...my husband was skeptical..(typical male, eh?)

Decor:

I loved the letters above this bed...and the headboard for that fact, but I didn't think I could get the hubs to build me a mantle.
I love white decor but I always go back to color...for one thing, white would not stay white with my boys. I saw a definition the other day to describe boys. Boys: noise with dirt on it. haha! So true!

Anyway, here is the finished product.

I should have taken a full view with the bedding...

Not sure why this looks so "sharp". Anyway, here's a close up of my 15 dollar headboard~!

I bought 3, 1x6x10's and had them cut in half.

Painted them black and sanded them down to distress them. Easy Peasy!

 Lime green shelf, painted white and dry brushed for distress.

Got the big & on clearance at Hobby Lobby because it was shattered for 3 dollars.

I put duck tape of the shattered part and patted gold metallic paint over it!

Painted the J and A.

All in all, it was a pretty cheap update. I was able to get the bedding at Stein Mart 43 dollars! Tax included. It is an 8 piece set, and I still need to get Euro pillows for 2 shams. Coupons are awesome~!!

I'm loving the fact that I can leave my bedroom door open now and it looks like a bedroom and not a room with a bedframe in it! Now, I just need to build a chest of drawer and dresser and I'll be all set! haha!

Signs of fall...

My mom came over last week. She is so talented. She took all my fall decor out and made something beautiful with it. Here's a peek.

Fireplace. My mom painted and distressed the frame for me. It will be hanging on the wall, when my husband gets back from Mexico.

I got these candles holders from a garage sale for free, because they didn't sale! yay me!

Love this. (pardon the dust)

Mom and I made "BOO" blocks! Her's are even better!

My 8X10 of my gorgeous boys!

 Such a nifty idea!!

Bumpy "punkins"! Gotta love em!

Entry way table

Kitchen hutch...that's a polka dot pumpkin up there!

Antique-y Halloween sign

This sums it all up!!

 

Busy weekend.

Along with repainting the boys bathroom, I took down the dreadful dull wall paper in their room and painted their room also. It had the original flat yellowish color on the walls and was really dirty looking. The color I picked out was Gliddon's Honey Beige. I am still looking for them some matching bedding for their bunk beds. I can't find anything I really like.

When I find some bedding I'll put before and after pictures up of the whole room!

In these changin' times.

I'm sorry. I am super indecisive. I decided I hated the turquoise bathroom. It actually looked way better in pictures than it did in person. So, I repainted it...(also Jonathan helped b/c come to find out, he didn't like it either) So I went with green. I am much happier with it. It's not too "bold" like the turquoise. That's the beauty of paint. If you don't like it- DO IT OVER!

The color looks a little off in these pictures...the last picture is probably truest to color.

I just remembered...

I never posted pictures of the boy's bathroom after I got their shower curtain in! It's hard to take a good picture in a small space, but you get the idea.

One view

Shopping at my moms...

I've been "shopping"...at my moms. She has so many wonderful things she isn't using, so I take them. I'm trying to add to my kitchen table and I have something envisioned, but I need more stuff!!!

I got the black chairs from my brother with the intention of painting them.

But I decided I liked them black!

I moved the menu and put up the old chalkboard for Chantry's school work

The candle, and adorable vase I got from my mom.

Another view...the table runner is from Target. It's kind of a jute type runner.

I took home this table from my mom's...and painted it black. I put it in my entry way where I used to have the green table.

I also took this cool mirror shelf from my mom...she used to have it in her bathroom, but she recently got a new bathroom and changed out all her decor!

Answering the call...

The voice starts out small...just a whisper. It's so faint, you think it's your imagination. You block it out. Ignore the call. Over time the voice gets louder. Still you shut it out. Maybe someone else will answer the call. More time goes by. Then the time comes that you have to make a decision. You are standing before that open door, and the voice screams out your name. That's when you know...







It's time to clean out the refrigerator.