I bought this little vase thingy at DI for a dollar, and it was white, and kinda ugly. So I spray painted it red, added some raffia and bought a cute bird to set in it like a nest! It now resides in my living room! I also did some product photography and used it as one of my props:)
Just painted it, getting ready to glaze and seal it.
Anyway, here it is in action! Look at that cute bundle on top of it! ADORABLE!
Dang it! I can't find the before picture to this big vase anywhere! But here is the after shot of it at least. About a month ago I re-decorated my bathroom with blue and brown. This vase was hideous. It was black with gold accents. So I spray painted it turquoise and then glazed it with my fav glaze, and it looks soooo much better now! If I ever find the before pic, I will post it so you can see the transformation:)
Huge improvement if you ask me! I love this sage green color. It is actually the same paint I used on my front door and the accent color on the exterior of my house.
And the AFTER:
After glazing it, I reupholstered the cushion with some (not very conservative) chocolate and white polka dot fabric. And I was a little apprehensive about that, but I totally love it!! I think every room needs a "statement piece" and this is totally it!:)
(My little boy couldn't understand why I was taking a picture of an empty chair, so he went ahead and sat on it for me. How sweet he is!:) We got this retro stepstool a while ago at the DI, and have been using it as my little boy's high chair- with a booster seat on top of it. But now it is too high for our new kitchen table. So I took the booster off, only to remember that it looked like this underneath!:
Obviously I haven't finished this, but I love the idea of it. I love looking at it and seeing how much my baby boy changed each month during his first year. I still need to fill in a few months though!:) But I changed this frame up a bit. It was a baby blue color, and it didn't match his room, so I mod podged some scrapbook paper onto it, touched it up with paint, and now it matches his fisherman room perfectly!:)
I got my husband this herb kit for Christmas last year. I even cut out vinyl with each of the herbs names to stick on the pots. Super cute, right? (We were both really excited about it at the time.) Well, I think we both suck at watering them, or making them grow, cause they didn't. I mean, they sprouted, but then we didn't know what to do with them. Oh, you cook with these things?? Ya, didn't do that. So, they died. And a piece of my heart died with it. So, I dug up these herbs...or what was left of them, and threw them away. Then I got some florist foam from the dollar store, and stuck it in the bottom of the pots. And I just shoved some artificial plants in there. And now it looks like I am oh so green, and grow my own plants. Ha!
And this is the finished "fake out" herb arrangement. I put some artificial yellow pears by them too, just for a pop of color. And I must say, this is a major improvement to my dead window sill display before.
I bought some "accent fabric" for my fall colored bedroom and recovered the bench on my cedar chest, and also made a neckroll pillow complete with tassels to put on my bed!
This is a chandelier style hook that I hung all my neckalces and braclettes on! It really does look like a little jewelry chandelier!
And finally, I put this above my closet, so that I can see it before I fall asleep each night. It is an excellent reminder! Sometimes I accidentally look up at it, and then remember that I need to Pray!:)
BEFORE
AFTER!! Since it was missing glass, I painted some stars with a dusty light pink color and tied them in the slots that I couldn't put pictures in. I also had these 5x7 pictures of my little guy that I had taken so I popped those in there, and I love how it turned out!:)
Total cost: $5!!
