Stool Makeover with Gold + Fur

We were given a really cute desk to makeover for one of our boys. It came with a little stool that we don’t need for it, so I decided to give it a little makeover and use it in our bedroom. This time of year I am home more and I like to mix things up around the house.

fur stool makeover It’s just a basic fold down stool. I forgot to take a before of it, but it was pretty basic. Black legs and a wooden seat. A coat of 18kt. gold spray paint and a little sheepskin cover and I love it.

Je taime art

I also hung the our little DIY Chalkboard above it. I think the simplicity of this is just sweet. As you can see my 4 years of French class have paid off! I joke!

bedroom decor

I will be showing you guys some little tweaks we’ve been doing around here. I have been adding a little more gold to our master bedroom.

xoxo Kristin

 

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DIY Butterfly Art

DIY Butterfly Art

Today I am sharing some easy-to-do art for the Summer Celebration Series. There have been so many great ideas from this group of bloggers! I am so happy to participate in it.

summer celebration save the date

This DIY Butterfly Art is a quick and easy little project you can do to add a touch of summer inside your home this season. I live in the Midwest, so seashells and starfish aren’t around these parts, but butterflies show up in abundance. I like to decorate for summer with things that are native to our area. Now, this summer we are going to the east coast, so I may just have to collect some things along the beach and bring them home with us. We may have something beachy in here before the summer’s over after all!

For this project, I just used some old frames I have been hoarding. These frames had seen better days and the glass was broken out of them, but they are perfect for specimen art. So, hold on to those old frames. You can always use them for something!

old frames

 

I gave them a coat of some white spray paint I had leftover from another project.

spray paint old frames

 

Then, while I was out and about I saw this gift bag for only a dollar and loved the pattern and colors so I used it for the background. On the second frame, I just flipped the patterned side over for the solid color. I glued them to the backs of the frames using super glue.

use gift bag for framed art

 

I used faux butterflies that you can pick up at any craft store this time of year and coated them with the same white spray paint I used on the frames.

butterfly collage

 

Once everything was dry, I assembled my frames and used the same super glue to glue the butterflies in place. Quick and easy summer art!

DIY Butterfly Art

 

I am using these on my bookcase for a little summer touch and a pop of color.

framed art on bookcase

Butterfly Art 3

 

Butterfly art 5

Be sure to check out Claire’s  Headboard Porch Swing  over at The Rustic Pig from yesterday and Taryn from Design, Dining, & Diapers is sure to have a wonderful project lined up for us Tuesday! I hope you have been enjoying the Summer Celebration series!

Check out these wonderful blogs for more Summer Celebration Inspiration:

June 9th- Making Home Base// DIY Nautical Wreath

June 10th- House By Hoff// Three-Tiered Summer Planter

June 11th- Migonis Home// Beachy Summer Tablescape

June 12th- Mom 4 Real// Free 4th of July Printable Water Bottle Labels

June 13th- The Golden Sycamore// Vintage Patriotic Decor

June 14th- Crafty Texas Girls// Outdoor Kid Mats

June 15th- The Wood Grain Cottage// DIY Garden Stakes

June 16th- The Rustic Pig// DIY Headboard Porch Swing

June 17th- Bliss at Home// DIY Butterfly Art

June 18th- Design, Dining, & Diapers

June 19th- The Lilypad Cottage

Happy Summer!!

xoxo Kristin

 

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I Heart THIS Sundays

For the summer, I decided to try out a new series to feature some of the things I’ve been gushing over all week. I’m a night owl this time of year and find lots to gush over! So, this Sunday I heart…

#1

Emily's Desk from Recently

 Emily’s desk from Recently. I love everything about this!

#2

coming-soon...

This new art coming soon by Laura Dro. The colors are gorgeous and I am not much into florals but I am totally into this! That first one would work great in my house!

#3

new rocks

These agates, geodes and crystals that I just got in the mail. Gorgeous! Thank you Sun & Glory!

#4

foil art

This foil art from Charm & Gumption. I think this would be perfect for the boys room.

#5

painted pot arrows

This painted arrow pot by Allons-Y Kimberly. So simple yet perfect.

Tomorrow’s the big day! I can’t wait to show you guys our library wall!!

Pimp My Library Wall Schedule

Also, today is the LAST DAY to enter the JESSEd home giveaway. A great chance to win a glam tablecloth!

ENTER HERE

JESSEd giveaway

 Enjoy your Sunday!!

xoxo Kristin

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And the Blog-O-versary Giveaway Winner is…

Birthday Giveaway

We have a winner! Want to see who??

First, I just want to thank everyone for all their kind words about Bliss at Home!! Those were so great to read. I didn’t reply yet only because I didn’t want to mess up our game we set up to select the winner.

The boys and I created this really technical, over your head, involves lots of numbers kind of system for selecting the winner. Well, no, not really. We numbered all the entries and wrote the numbers on pieces of paper and drew them out of a hat. So, over your head, right??

winner 1

Each of my boys selected 2 papers from our Indiana Jones replica hat. Then, I took the papers and placed them under 4 cups and moved them around and they selected 1 each.

winner 2

Then, we had the best of 2 out of 3, right or left hand behind my back choices.

winner 3

With all that ado, we now have our winner and the boys had fun helping! I’m 1    It’s My Blog O versary and a GIVEAWAY Guess who?? One of my fave people!

Cassie from Primitive & Proper!!!!!

YAY!!!

I’d like to thank all of you for celebrating with us!! You have all made our first year so fun!!!

Our first big Let’s Rock This House! reveal is next Monday!!! We have finished pimping our library wall and I can’t wait to show you guys the finished project! Lights, music, secret hiding places, and we made it pretty with moldings and trimwork.

Coming Monday…Pimp My Library Wall–THE REVEAL

 

PIMP MY HOUSE

I also will be over at Sarah’s blog Lacquer & Linen today sharing my latest DIY. Sarah is one of my favorite bloggers and she has just had her first baby! Go on over to www.lacquerandlinen.com to check out this project:

Stationary Box Cover

This project shared at: Inspiration Gallery Link Party, Share Your Creativity

If you don’t already know about Lacquer & Linen you will love it! Sarah is a designer on the west coast and she has the best DIY’s!! Here is one of her recent ones.

Crate-Shelving-Unit1 Pretty creative, right? Check it out!

xoxo Kristin

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Summer Celebration Series & Puppylove

I hope you all had a great weekend! We have a new addition to our family. Sweet little Zoey Cadwallader was an unexpected surprise this Sunday. We went to the pet & garden store to get some more fish for the pond and came home with an 8-week-old puppy instead. We are all smitten with her and she had a great first night. She’s playful, lively, adorable and fits right in. She slept in her kennel in the boy’s room last night because they wanted to be with her and only whined for a minute and slept soundly. We are potty training and she is one smart little pup! Already going outside.

Here’s our little unexpected surprise documented by Instagram. I will be taking better photos very very soon!

We thought we’d be getting fish…

fish

 

Then we had to hold the puppies…

Puppies 1 Sam and puppy We fell in love with this little Maltese. She is considered hypoallergenic and a no shed dog so this is perfect for our oldest who has severe allergies.

Zoey I mean, how could we resist?!! Look at that face. She warmed right up to us instantly and we had to adopt her into our family.

Zoey 2

We needed another lady in this house with style. She’s already rockin’ animal print and modern graphic patterns.

Zoey 3

It was a good Sunday indeed! This is the perfect time to welcome her into our family. Summer vacation has freed up our running around and the boys are excited to have a new best friend.

We have another summer announcement too! I am happy to be a partnering up with a group of great bloggers for a new summer series. With summer in full swing it’s time to add in those warm weather touches to our homes and what better way to get inspired than with 11 days of summer projects!!

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Join us next week and check out these fabulous blogs:

summer celebration save the date

 

June 9th - Making Home Base
June 10th: House by Hoff
June 11th: Migonis Home
June 12th: Mom 4 Real
June 14th: Crafty Texas Girls
June 16th: The Rustic Pig
June 17th: Bliss at Home

Happy Monday!!

xoxo Kristin

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I’m 1!!! It’s My Blog-O-versary and a GIVEAWAY!!!

It is Bliss at Home’s 1st Blog-O-versary!!!! 

Cue the music, let’s dance (I’m dancing right now), let’s be merry, and LET US EAT CAKE!!

I wasn’t sure which way to go…blog-i-versary, blog-a-versary, blog-versary…I decided on blog-o-versary. It fits. I say things like: “lots o fun” all the time. I use the letter “o” like it’s a word. So, blog-O-versary it is!!!

Let’s celebrate!! I am doing a post later next week highlighting the best of the first year, the things I’ve learned and still need to learn, and stuff like that. For today, the official day I sat at my computer and decided to make this blog, we are doing a giveaway!!

Birthday Giveaway

 

I am offering some of my favorite things for one winner:

$25 Target Gift Card to get your shop on:

$25 Target Gift Card

 

A mini garden gnome plant stake–you can have your own Cheese McBean!!

garden gnome stake

 

Cute pens just like the ones I am using right now:

Reveal 1 Stationary Box

 

The latest issue of one of my favorite magazines:

fave mags

 

1 Neutrogena Color Stick:

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Here’s how to win:

Just leave a comment on this post and tell me what your favorite thing is about Bliss at Home.

Is it a project? Is it our goofy moments? Is it our open, transparent moments? Is it sharing products we love?  Is it decorating tips? Our thrifty posts? A room makeover? That’s it! Comment away!!

You can get bonus entries by liking us on FACEBOOK, following on TWITTER, and following on PINTEREST. Just leave a comment for each one and make sure you enter your email so I can contact you if you are the winner!

You have until Monday at 8 am to enter, up to 4 entries per person. After that the giveaway closes and a winner will be selected and notified.

My panel of distinguished judges comprised of a very eager and hands on 4-year-old and a very serious and artistic 9-year-old will be selecting 1 winner in a little number game I have created just for this event. It’s all very technical, I assure you! We will contact you via email, and blast it on the blog & FB that you are the big winner! 

This Giveaway is now closed.

Good Luck!!

Thanks for making our 1st year a great one!!!

xoxo Kristin

DIY Framed Chalkboard

DIY Chalkboard Feature

2 days. 2 glorious days. We are but 2 days away from school being out and days of sunshine, playing outside all day, and vacations. That’s when summer begins for us.  I love summer. A break from the rigor. With that thought in mind the boys I decided to do a little project together.

I had the chance to sample Lullaby Paints chalkboard paint. They sent us the perfect chalkboard paint kit to use for this project. This is such a fantastic company! This is a company that cares about your health, safety, and environment. They have perfected the formula for VOC free, non-toxic paint. No harsh chemicals, which means it’s safe for you and your children to use. It’s perfect for nurseries and kids rooms. This is not your regular paint either. This is high quality and so easy to work with!

Chalkboard Kit

Even the packaging the paint comes in is safe for the environment. I chose to go with black chalkboard paint, but they have a whole kaleidoscope of colors for you choose from. You can even get a custom color. Check out Lullaby Paints wide array of paint colors here.

The kids and I ran to our local Goodwill and purchased an old frame and artwork to use. I have really been into bamboo lately so I was happy to find this framed art for only $3.38. It’s the perfect size for Sam to draw on or to use as art or a menu board for when we entertain. The artwork was just a print on heavy board with a smooth finish so it was the perfect candidate to paint a chalkboard on.

GW artwork to chalkboard

We disassembled the frame and artwork and cleaned the surfaces with a damp cloth. I let the boys take turns painting with the chalkboard paint. We did 2 coats allowing for drying time between coats.

Kids painting 1

kids painting 2

While the chalkboard was drying, we took things outside and spray-painted the faux bamboo frame. Then, once everything was dry we coated the chalkboard with chalk and wiped it clean with a dry cloth.

Chalk it up

 

I really love the smooth finish of this paint. 2 even coats covered very well. When it came time to clean up it washed off easily with just water on the kids hands. No strong fumes and fun to use!! Here’s our finished product. Let the countdown begin!! 2 days!! WHOO-HOO!!

Chalkboard finished 1

 

Easily moved to the floor for a kid activity on a rainy day. Don’t know about yours, but my kids do everything on the floor. This is perfect! To wipe off, you just use a damp cloth and dry. This is very durable paint. We’ve wipe this board off probably 30 times already and it has held up just fine.

 

kid art

 

You can get more info on Lullaby Paints by visiting www.lullabypaints.com . They also have free shipping when you place an order.

This is a product review for Lullaby Paint Chalkboard Paint. All opinions are 100% mine.

Linking up to these fab parties: Inspire Me Please Inspiration Gallery Link Party,Share Your Creativity

Check out the Before Shots of Pimp My Patio and see what we’re working with. 

patio before 1

xoxo Kristin

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Kidecals// LABEL EVERYTHING!!

I love to label things. It’s part of my organization sickness. I like to label things even when it is unnecessary. Well, sometimes it’s necessary.

I was so excited to receive my Kidecals labels in the mail last week! Kidecals makes personalized name labels for all different uses. You can find something for every member of your family. All the labels are super durable and waterproof. They have the cutest designs!  To check out their full line of labels check out www.kidecals.com. Every order has free shipping which is a big plus! Also, if you sign up for their newsletter you can get 15% off your first order.

kidecals mail

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I ordered the multicolored chevron personalized name labels to label our books for the Pimp My Library Wall series. They turned out so great! I am really happy with the print quality.

book labels

book labels 2

 

I ordered the smallest size which got me 66 labels. They are the perfect size to insert inside a book. I added them to the inside of our library books.

book labels 3

book labels 4

 

This is great for when people borrow them and my kids loved this. They feel like we have a proper library! We are so official now. I can’t wait to share the big reveal of the library wall with you guys. I am still waiting on the lights to come in, so hopefully soon.

Stay tuned for another great offering from Kidecals soon. I am really smitten with this company! You guys need to check them out.  I found so many great offerings on their website. Their labels are so great for kid’s school items too. I want to get some more for my kids to label their school books, bags, lunch boxes, etc. for the next school year.

A big thank you to Carmel at Our Fifth House for hosting the Kidecals giveaway on her blog. Check out her fantastic blog. Her style is amazing, bold, and beautiful!

Happy Tuesday!!

xoxo Kristin

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Week in Review

Here’s our little weekly recap, just incase you missed something or want to revisit something again. We are mixing it up and I am ranking them from the most popular post of the week:

#1

The Great Ikea Heist of 2013

You guys dug our silliness and I totally love that! So, if you missed it we shared our latest Ikea finds Mission Impossible style.

The Great IKEA Heist of 2013

 

#2

Duluth Trading Co. & a GIVEAWAY!!!

Again, this post possessed a little silliness and a fantastic giveaway! I reviewed some Duluth Trading Co. products and planted our herb garden–gnome and all. You still have time to enter the giveaway for a $50 Duluth Trading Co. Gift Card. A winner will be selected Monday, May 13th. So click on that bad boy above and enter to win!

Duluth Trading Co.

#3

Great Reads// Primitive & Proper

I am so happy to see that Great Reads is something everyone is enjoying. This week we featured Cassie and her blog Primitive & Proper. Check it out!

P & P 3

#4

Creating Your Dream Kitchen with Electrolux Suite Designs

It was fun to share more kitchen plans with you guys. I have been pouring over so many dreamy kitchen images since we began our kitchen remodel. Just to think that new appliances are a couple of months away is so exciting! Check out the Suite Design approach.

Electrolux 2

#5

This is Why I Thrift #2

I chronicled one of my latest thrifty adventures with one of my best friends. Thrifting is such a part of designing for me and I love to share the inspiration and savings with you guys.

This is Why I Thrift

I wish you all a fantastic weekend! Happy Mother’s Day to all you mommas out there! I’m hoping to spend my weekend working on projects and eating something yummy and drinking something yummy!

xoxo Kristin

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Getting Spring-y with It

Yes, if you are wondering, I totally was singing the title of this post.
I’d like to thank Will Smith for that.

Spring has sprung! The grass is green, the sky is blue, the flowers are starting to bloom. It always inspires me to change things up in my home.

I thought I’d take a moment today to show you some of the minor tweaks I’ve been doing around here to brighten up our surroundings.

First, I have been wanting to paint this little table ever since I bought it last summer. I just couldn’t decide on the color until now! 

Table Before & After with Spray Paint

 

The spray paint I used is  Valspar Peacock Blue in Gloss.

Spray Painted Table

Spray Painted Table

 

I love seeing the peacock blue next to the mint. You saw yesterday how I made this mint bar tray. I also added some real plants indoors. I love this orchid and I even like the pot it came in.

I also mixed things up on my navy blue wall. Since we changed a couple plans for the kitchen remodel, I had to find a new spot for my DIY Fabric Art.

Large Scale Art

 

This works so much better than the floating shelves. Those shelves were thrown up there after we moved in just as a space filler. We took them down, patched the wall and painted this weekend. This large scale art fits the space and creates a great focal point.

Large Scale Art

Large Scale Art

 

On the wall of my desk (or should I say, future home of the library wall!!!!), I added a pillow to the chair and displayed some of my favorite books in complimentary colors.

Spring Color I love how these small doses of color carry the eye…

Spring Color

It’s nothing major, but it says spring.

Happy Spring!!

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