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I think I need to move on to another room, I need some professional help though, professional DESIGN help…. maybe a little professional mental help too, depends on the day!  I just got done telling Sara I was going to get rid of the white table.  I just am not loving it.  It was one of my MANY failed attempts at antiquing/ distressing/ whatever turned out looking like junk.  It doesn’t look that bad from the BEFORE picture, but it was! 

SO I painted it a fresh clean coat of white.  Then I added the most darling perfect gray (is it gray or grey?) stripes ever!  They were perfect!  Until I got to stripe number three, then they all went down hill from there.  I just should not have been lazy and sanded the top first, but I wanted just to paint, much easier, but not really when it all started peeling off.  I ended up having to sand it all and distress it more than I wanted in the end.  I think it is my new favorite thing in the room though, it turned out pretty fun!  Maybe I wont get rid of it, not yet anyway!

Did you notice that tiny white spot at the end of the sidewalk?  Look again (after you admire those awesome stripes)  It’s little brother.  He is headed to Grandma’s house I guess!  He is just so outta here all the time!

So in it came, I have nothing to put on it.  Claire suggested her ponies. 

I love how it totally goes with the other stripes in the room, but not too matchy, match. 

Don’t you love those fun flowers on the yellow pillow.  They just kind of  happened out of the scraps!  I was afraid they would not stand up to washing though so I just safety pinned them on so they can be removed.  What would you put on that super cute table?

Grays and Yellows

I cant ever love this living room, it is long and skinny and doesn’t have full walls, (because of the window and banister)  I cant ever get it just right, so I continue to change it and change it.  I need some fresh perspective, maybe a shopping trip???  I am liking the grays and yellows and so I changed out my dark reds and browns finally.  I have been wanting to do that for a while but my curtains and pillows are really nice quality so I didn’t want them to get tossed.  The curtains may, but the pillows I could recover.  I love the colors, they are just what I want, but it seems a little beachy, probably because of all of the white (or maybe it is the swimsuit model).  Whatever, it is what it is until I change my mind again.  Long story short, here are the pictures. 

BEFORE:

AFTER:

could you even tell a difference??

They had the most perfect lampshades on clearance at Target and I didn’t get them, I am so mad at myself.  I hope they are still there on Monday when I go back.

I want to add something to frame the kids pictures out a little more.  Hey at least they are all there and only Rett’s is outdated.  All of the walls need help, if I knew what I wanted I would probably have it but I don’t.

I think my fave part are the curtains, although Mom just informed me that curtains pooling on the floor isn’t “in” anymore.  I am always so last season!  (or last 2 seasons ago!)

I'm thinking I need to repaint my two tables, maybe gray with dark tops?  I don’t know. Wouldn’t it be fun to paint the piano …… Ryan already told me no.  bummer. 

Winter Mantel

 

Here is the winter mantel from the funeral home

I took a  picture of all of the trim work too, it was so pretty!

Living Room Changes

I am getting a little tired of the dark colors in the living room, especially this time of year when I am thinking Spring! I am not willing to go to all of the work of repainting just yet, I know shocking, I usually paint and repaint at the first thought of a new favorite color, but I haven't found that favorite yet I guess?? So for now I just added some white to all of that black, These were all clear, two of them were some fancy kind of salad dressing bottles from my MIL, one was from the thrift store and the other I already owned. I just spray painted them all white and they turned out kind of fun.

I have always wanted a topiary and I saw a blog somewhere, (I am terrible about keeping track)
where she made her own, so I did too, I already had everything I needed in my crafting collection except the moss, so I bought some really green moss, I like it, really springy! Oh and you have to love the basket with Easter eggs in it, Claire carries it all around the house, just practicing I guess! (I think the basket is a golf ball basket, not really sure, I have never golfed, but I got it at a thrift store and painted it black.)

Then this idea was from my SIL, she gave me the wood to make it in fact. I just hoge poged the scrapbook paper to it and found the Live, Laugh, Loves at Michaels for a dollar each. I think I will hang it in the office/craft room, but for now it is in the living room brightening it all up a bit!