A Work In Progress...: August 2010

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Thrift Store = Inspiration?

So, who would've thunk that the thrift store could set the spark for my entire room design? Yesterday, I found this great buy at the thrifter for a whole $7.00, in all of its gold glory:

And thanks to a can of Rustoleum spray paint,

My finished product =:

So I am in awe of how the fact that the canary yellow lamp base has inspired my whole guest room motif!!!

These are my thoughts-

Lamp Shade

Duvet Cover:

I could make a duvet cover out of this material by Waverly, or....

I'm completely coveting this Clover duvet cover by West Elm! And it's only 60 clams! (plus shams of course)

Bed Skirt

I think this pattern would make an awesome bedskirt (found it and all of the other fabrics here).

Pillows

I'm totally digging these patterns for fun throw pillows:

Headboard

So completely loving the upholstered headboard...plus thanks to all of the blogs I read (I'm completely obsessed with Young House Love....I seriously get made fun of at work because I am constantly on their blog getting immersed in inspiration! I check their blog so much (reading archives, etc.) I almost feel like a blog stalker, can you be a blog stalker to people you've never met but sure you could totally be friends with if you did know them? They have so many great ideas! I have half of our department hooked on their blog now! But anyway, back to the headboard...thanks to YHL and their tips/step by step info, I could totally DIY a headboard like this myself! That is, if Brad's dad would turn me loose on a piece of power equipment.....HA! I could see how that would go, can't you?

Friday, August 27, 2010

A bedroom of my very own!

So the master bedroom is definitely, as my blog's title states, "a work in progress." My inspiration: A picture I saw in the Kilz catalog with a Purple room, with beadboard halfway up the wall....completely drool worthy and of course, my computer is not feeling inclined to locate said inspiration picture for your viewing...grrrr.
Room Inspiration (It's the 1st column, 2nd row...labeled "girl's room" hahaha)

Sooo, my goals....

1) Purple walls and white trim....and silly me, realized after the fact I chose good

ole SCHS colors...go Smoky Bears! Hahahahaha

+ 2) New laminate flooring

+ 3) Bright White Beadboard!!! (I have a sick obsession with beadboardy goodness)

One seriously happy room!!!!!!!!!

Step 1: Remove Wallpaper! I officially loathe the creator of wallpaper.....

Remember? "Before:"

Buh-bye hummingbird border!

Wallpaper be GONE!!

Step 2: Paint the Ceiling Tiles!

Here's what it looked like before (complete with a yellowish design)

Please note the ceiling fan MATCHES the ceiling!

Brad working on painting the ceiling white

It's white! And looks a million times better!!

Step 3: Prime and Paint Walls

Ok, so this looks like an icky gray color....I swear it's purple!

See? It's purple! Technicaly, it's "Real Raisin" by Kilz

(the color from the Kilz catalog)

Step 4: Paint the Trim

(Brad's mom, graciously agreed to help me with the painting, and I was basically fired from anything involving detail. So she was in charge of the trim/detail work and I was left with painting the middle.)

Brad's mom working on the trim work (and Cyrus helping.) Obviously, this occurred before the purpleness.

The trim is so nice and WHITE! Ahhhh! I love the cleanliness of white!

Don't the shelves actually look better?!? Ok, well once the trim is nicely finished... Now I'm leaning towards removing the closet doors for some cool curtains...

Ok, now doesn't that look nice?!?

Step 5: Rip up the Carpet!!

Naomi and I completely kicked butt and ripped out the carpet...we are women, hear us "ROAR!!!"

Look what we discovered in the closet!! Rock laminate? For real?

Step 6: Tackling the Periwinkle Blue Closet That Mimics Pappaw Whaley's Old Truck

So, rather than using spray paint as Mammaw once did on the truck (who doesn't want a
polka-dotted truck?), I actually thought this would be a really quick project.....I was wrong!