Revamping

I have been doing some general house revamping lately. I've been wanting to do these things for a while but had lacked motivation. Well I had my own little epiphany the other day that slapped me upside the head and got me going. I was running and just dog tired so I stop at the house. Then I realized I had only run one mile and I was toast. Wait what? Since when do I quit that easily, and then I realized I'd been doing it all week. My normal average is 2 1/2 to 3 miles per run. How had I gotten here? Now that I think of it I've been really tired and lack luster lately in general. I would do what was necessary and sack out on the couch. I had been eating really badly, and all of the sudden it hit me that this had become a culmination of a couple months of slowly slacking. So I freaked out a little then pulled myself together and decided enough is enough. So the last three weeks I've been pushing and made it back to 3 miles. I've also been trying to eat vegetarian for most meals. No I'm not thinking of becoming an animal rights activist or even feel meat is bad for you. Eating vegetarian makes me be more mindful of what I eat and it also helps deplete our never ending supply of produce from the garden. And guess what? My motivation and energy is back. I know, genius right? Amazing how much more you get done. So here's a few things I have done so far, they're just little but they make a big difference to me.

New curtains for the bathroom.


They add a sunny disposition don't you think?


Golf ball basket, repainted and repurposed. Love using things for something other than their original purpose.


"The jar corner" my attempt at being artsy-artsy.


A little homemade decor for my sewing room.


More to come soon!

Living Room Makeover!

My last post was about a table makeover and this one is about my living room and its transformation. As I said before I was feeling unhappy with how it looked. It was missing personality and rather blah. Not anymore! New table, new curtains, a little homemade art and picture rails (or shelves) and voila! A whole new look that makes me smile everytime I walk in. It's amazing what a few relatively easy changes can do to a room. I'm so happy I jumped in and went for it. I'm learning to trust my instincts and decisions when it comes to decorating. It might not be everyone's cup of tea but who cares! I love it :) The living room, after a redone end table before curtains.

I'm in love with my new curtains. I was planning on buying some because for the price of fabric you usually can buy them at the same price or cheaper but that plan was quickly changed. The only ones I could find that I really liked where oh about 35$ for one panel. I was not ready to pay that so I was still browsing. I happened to be at Marshall's looking for shoes (quite unsuccesfully) and decided to go into Joanne's on a whim. Red signs all over the fabric section, SALE SALE SALE. Oh yeah baby I was all over it, I had some fabrics in hand for other projects when I saw this fabric. It was mustard yellow with these sweet white berries all over it. I was smitten, it was all over! I grabbed it and dumped my others and promptly got 6 yeards for grand total of 28$! 4.79 per yard. The next day I immediately sewed them and hung them. They are perfect. They add color and let in a lot of light because I didn't line them.

Another day I was feeling quite creative and got an idea in my head. I'm pretty sure I've seen something like this somewhere but I'm not sure where. What do you get when you combine the following: a wine bottle, puff paint, spray paint, branches, felt, and a hot glue gun? Original homemade art obviously!

Fun, modern, felt, mustard yellow, what's not to love? (yes mustard yellow is slowly replacing green in the favorite color spot)

And last but not least the grandest part of the living room makeover. My picture rails that I have been dreaming about for a month. If you don't know, my father is a custom cabinet maker, and a darn good one at that! Whenever I have come to him with little projects here and there he's always been wonderful and never said no. Maybe we both share that love for creating things and it just makes it so fun! I proposed and idea, Daaddddd what if for my birthday you made me some picture rails ( or really narrow shelves) out of some nice rustic crown molding? He was up for it because he's great like that :) My description was rustic (wood with knots and imperfections in it) crown molding, 8ish feet long, medium stain, no preferrence on type of wood, and distress the wood a little bit. I could not have dreamed up anything more beautiful than what he brought over! They're perfect! Rustic alder with medium distressing, and a flat stain finish.

Obviously they aren't filled up yet. That will not take me very long though!

I feel like the pictures just can't do them justice. They are the crown jewel in my living room and I'm spilling over with how to fill them up. Thank you Dad for taking the time to make them and they are exactly what I wanted! It's crazy how making something your own just makes you feel so great. I think I'm liking all this home-maker stuff!