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Week in Review

Howdy, awesome people! This week, I tell ya! It was a little off for me. I was coming off a Spring Break high and ditched my usual tendencies to stick to a schedule. Schedules are comforting to me and help me collect my thoughts and ideas so I am already set to get back at it. Thanks for hanging in there as I just posted my every whim this week.

How’s your weekend shaping up? We are having 60 degree weather so hopefully I will get some much-needed outdoor work done if it doesn’t rain cats and dogs like they are predicting.

Here’s the weekly recap:

SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT:

Monday I featured Frette. It’s a wonderful company that specializes in bedding and linens for your home. You can check out their full line of bedding, linens, bathrobes, and home accessories here.

FRETTE Luxury Bedding Sets Fine Linens Hotel Collections Frette

THIS IS WHY I THRIFT.

Tuesday I did a little throwback post on one of my thrifty finds and what it’s going for on one of my favorite online shops. If you like a good thrift store makeover come check out my arrow table.

This is Why I Thrift

GET IN MY HOUSE.

Wednesday I expressed my continual love for Zgallerie, especially now that they are offering so many great home accessories in gold!

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THE GREAT OUTDOORS.

Thursday I shared our backyard water garden and patio. I am hoping that the temperatures will stay warm enough so we can start getting our green thumb on once again.

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 FEATURED.

Our bedroom makeover is featured over at She Knows. How cool is that?!  A big thank you to She Knows for the article. That made my week!

PicMonkey Collage

 

WEEKEND.

Fingers-crossed…outdoor yard work. We are also going to be doing some finishing work in the kitchen. We have a couple more baseboards to install and some trim work to finish. I will be taking some beauty photos of my desk makeover so I can share the process and the finished product with you on Monday.

Desk Teaser

So there I am editing photos…excuse the ugly over-sized Grandpa sweater. I was cold! This photo brought to you courtesy of my 9 year old. I also am not camera ready as they say, but this is how I look most of the time when I’m in work mode. You can see a tiny tease of the desk, but I’m saving the goodies for Monday! Let’s just say for now, I love it and it’s working out great.

Enjoy your weekend, see you Monday!!

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Best of August Round-up

Howdy, Everyone!

It’s that time again to round-up the best of the month. Here’s the best of August!

1. Living Room Mini-Makeover Reveal

2. Pink Fashion & Beauty

3. Pinterest Boot Noodles & Sharpie Mugs

4. DIY Mirrored Table

5. Fall Tablescape

6. This is Why I Thrift

7. Six For Fall

8. Gallery Wall For Less

9. DIY Large Scale Fabric Art

10. Dressing Up My Beauty Products

11. DIY Metallic Leaf Art

We are rolling into a lot of great projects in the months ahead with lots of festive fall ideas and holiday goodness! September promises to be quite blissful indeed!

On a side note, today I have been married to my Dave for 10 years! I am one lucky girl to have him. We are celebrating with a trip next weekend that we have been looking forward to for so long!

Have a wonderful weekend! Happy Labor Day!

Today’s fallspiration:

The 2 Second Tray Table

Hi, Everyone!

I am in love with tray tables.

find these at www.westelm.com

They are so versatile. You can use them as bars, end tables, occasional tables, night stands, and the list goes on.

I wanted to achieve the same look. So, here is my little 2 second tray table!

I used tv trays. Super inexpensive, and I think most everyone has them or can get them. I used trays that were almost the same size as the tv tray top.

 

This could be a fun DIY. You could paint the legs or even take the tv tray table top off and use the tray as the table top. Since I am a creature of change, I didn’t want something so permanent. I love the finished look though.

Other posts you may like:

  

Transitioning the end of summer into fall

Navy!

Hello, friends!

I shared with you a month back a design board for my living room. I have been slowly adding in the navy over the summer and just wanted to show you some changes. I am still going to paint my navy accent wall, but I wanted to show you some ideas to bring color into your rooms through accents. This is great if you are unsure if you want to commit to going all in!

My spring and summer room:

Yellow!

Some subtle changes to transition from late summer to fall:

Navy!

Get a colorful rug:

My brother-in-law, a Marine, sent this to us from Afghanistan.

Paint photo frames:

My DIY seashell art with the painted frame.

Buy pillow covers for existing pillows:

Navy greek key pillow cover. Easy way to change a look and not have to buy a million throw pillows! Light on the wallet too!

Add a colorful blanket or throw:

Paint a piece of furniture:

Plans to bring it all together:

Just painting one wall with a pop of color will transform this room. The whites, gold and silver metallics, and navy accents around the room will play well off a navy accent wall. Can’t wait!

Happy Tuesday!

DIY Mirrored Furniture

As many of you know, I am a fan of grays, whites, and metallics. I love mirrored furniture and my personal style for my home usually lives in the Hollywood Regency realm, just toned down a little for family living. Today, I’m going to show you an easy way to add a little glamour to a pedestal table.

I picked this table up at an antique mall for $8. It’s a piece of Lane furniture and I was told it’s from the 50′s, but I don’t know. I loved the design on the top and the gold accents on the legs. It just needed a little love and a little jewelry. It also is the perfect height for my fireside chairs. Hooray for fall nights of hot cocoa and scrabble challenges all by the warmth of the fire!

Supplies

1.  1-inch pack of glass tiles (I found them online from an Ebay vendor in a 100 pack. My table measured 71 inches around so I have some leftover.)

2.  Quick Drip Permanent Adhesive

3.  

Metallic Silver Acrylic Craft Paint (Sorry the label on this paint is about 10 years old! I purchased it at Michael’s.

4. Small art brush

This is such an easy and simple DIY. All I did was paint the side of the table top and the legs with my paint. I did 3 coats on the legs for a flawless finish. I love this paint! It goes on smooth and you don’t see any brush marks. I left the top as-is because it didn’t need anything, I liked it just fine.

As my paint was drying, I glued on my mirror tiles with Quick Drip Adhesive. Since these are small mirror pieces it worked great.( If you are going to add larger pieces of mirror to your furniture I would advise you to get Palmer’s Mirror Mate Adhesive.)

Voila! A glammed up pedestal table. Don’t you love it?? I know I do! Look how pretty my mercury glass looks on it!

Details

New Fireside Home

Enjoy your Saturday! We are working away in the kitchen.

Linking up with:

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xxx Kristin

DIY table makeover–how to spray paint furniture

This is why I love the world of DIY blogging.

There is such a great network of people to learn from! When I was researching how to go about painting my table, I had so many options to choose from. I wanted something tried and true, so I went with the advice of Kate from Centsational Girl. If you’ve ever tried a DIY project, you know a lot of it is trial and error. It isn’t good to rush a project and I find that if you are doing a furniture makeover, especially involving spray paint,  it is best to do it in a garage with the door open and the conditions have to be right. Not too humid, not too windy, and not too hot! Our Mid-west heat wave put the kibosh on my table makeover. Now temperatures are more favorable so I went to work.

I went outside my box of white, black, and gray furniture and decided to add a colorful piece of accent furniture to our living room.

Remember me from last week?

This is how I did it:

The Supply List

Rustoleum Painter’s Touch Primer

Fine Grit Sanding Wedge

Lint free Cloths

2 cans of Rustoleum Painter’s Touch Paint in Navy Blue in Gloss

2 sponge brushes

Minwax water-based Polycrylic Clear Coat in Gloss

Step 1–Prime it!

Before I applied the primer, I removed the doors and all hardware. Then I cleaned the surfaces of the table and dusted it with a lint free cloth.

This primer covered really well, and I only had to do one coat. It took the whole can to prime this project, doors included.

Step 2:After the primer dries sand off any imperfections.

There wasn’t  much to sand for this, just a little imperfection on the side. Then I wiped it down with a lint free cloth.

3.  Paint it!

I used two light coats, and held the can about 12 inches from the surface. Make sure you use a back and forth motion and be even, especially with a dark color. This covered so well, that I could of gotten away with one coat.

Caution! WET PAINT!

4.  Protect It! I let this dry for 24 hrs. before applying the top coat.

This is water based and cleans up easy with soap and water. It can be applied over fully dry oil-based or water-based paints and stains. I went for the super glossy look!

I waited a full 24 hours before applying it to the table. I applied a 2nd coat to the doors and top since they will probably get the most wear. I also let it dry a full 24 hours before I used it.

The Result:

This turned out so well I had to play with it in my living room. It might just live there now!

Maybe something a little like this:

Remember that urn from my Goodwill trip on Tuesday? Well, he got a nice coat of white lacquer spray paint. The other items I had laying around the house.

I am so excited to paint that wall in the living room now! Oh, how lovely navy can be!

After the kids went to bed, I played a little. I even like the color at night by lamp light! I had some fun playing with different looks…I’m feeling a preppy vibe these days.

Happy DIY Monday!

xoxo- bliss.

When all else fails, color your hair and call it a day!

So, I would love to say that I will be posting a wonderful furniture makeover on DIY Monday, but to my sadness, I can not! This Mid-west heat wave is getting the best of me, and I will have to move my efforts into indoor projects until temperatures are more ideal to work in my garage. On the plus side,  this means (insert happy applause here) that I will be painting and continuing on the kitchen remodel. So, Monday means I get to make a run to the paint store for the obvious– paint and crown molding!!!

Just in case you are wondering, this is the furniture project that is getting put on the back burner…

This table is getting a makeover! It actually was my Grandma’s and used to house a Zenith. Now it is a great entry way table.

Instead, this is what I did today…

A much needed hair color and bought a cute shirt from the thrift store.

So, here are the color inspirations for my table makeover when I get to work on it.

All courtesy of blogs I adore and taken from  Pinterest:

from Centsational Girl

from the blog: cape cod collegiate

from the blog: the long and short of it

from the blog: Crafty Sisters

Maybe you can help solve a color dilemma. I am loving blues right now, but that kelly green is still in the running. Which color would you paint the table??

Hopefully, this heat will leave us so I can use my workspace once again. It looks like the kitchen will be getting worked on along with some crafts too!

Have a great weekend…in the air-conditioning!!

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