Bedside table makeover.

Well peeps, I'm out. Of the bedroom contest, that is. The finalists have been announced and the rooms are exquisite. See here. So I can finally reveal my bedroom. But, of course I'm going to keep you in suspense. Just one more DIY makeover project before I give you the full enchilada.

Our room needed major storage so I decided to use some chest of drawers as our bedside tables. For months I searched garage sales, thrift stores and Craigslist looking for matching drawers but found nada. On a whim I visited an unfinished wood furniture store and found exactly what I was looking for and for a great price. These twins are made of solid wood too.

You can see them better here in their unfinished state.

AFTER.

New paint, new hardware, new look.

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Stuck!

Remeber this Craiglist beauty? It's really not all that bad (but it's really not all that good either).

I found this lamp several months ago. When I saw it, it was love at first sight. The color was all wrong but that's no problem.

Ta-da!

Here is my DIY custom art project (read about it here). I sprayed the lamp base a cream white and also sprayed the dresser my yellow accent color.

Updated the hardware.

Your's truly with her arm stuck behind the dresser. Our tiny little tv had to go for the pictures so I slid my arm behind the dresser to unplug the lamp and got it stuck. No. Really. Got. It. Stuck. Kind of like a kid who sticks their head between the stair railings. Easy to get it in, hard to get it out. So instead of grabbing the Crisco, my friend grabbed her camera and LOL'ed. I have a nice bruise to show for it. Thanks a lot M.

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Master Bedroom Art.

We just returned from a very posh wedding and jet-setted in San Diego over the weekend. My lower bunk bed with super hero sheets and a black cat walking on my face all night was super glam. I have a nice big welt on my forehead from smacking my head on my sleeping accomodations in the middle of the night. How could I have forgotten my camera to commemorate the event?

I may be the biggest tease ever...promising pictures of my newly madeover bedroom for weeks now and nothing. Here's my excuse. I entered the All The Best bedroom contest. The rules state that you can only enter unpublished photos. Not sure what that means but I didn't want to enter the photos after posting them on my site, just in case. Confused?

After I submitted my photos I went on their site and saw all the stunning bedrooms and am thinking I just might be out of my league. I'm also convinced that they should have catergories for things such as "Best Bedroom on a Budget" (me) or "Best Bedroom for a Limitless Budget" (many bedrooms I saw). Not so sure I can compete with a $10,000. budget. Have you seen some of those rooms? Good Gosh! Swoon! Check them out here, here and here. Contest winners announced this Friday so Friday I'll do my big reveal. Promise! You can (n't) count on it.

At any rate, here's some photos I didn't submit. I had been looking for some black and white photography for my room to no avail. Let me rephrase that. I found plenty of lovely photography NOT IN MY BUDGET. Even stock photos online that claim to be free still cost a pretty penny. I found this black and white 2010 calendar for $1.00 at Michaels. $1.00!

I found the photos I liked (June and September).

Then framed them up.


I bought the frames at Aaron Brothers. Tip: In January and July Aaron Bros. have their penny sale which is buy any frame get one for same or lesser value for a penny.

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A real breakfast nook.

Several months ago I found this table at an antique store. I had been looking for a small, bistro sized table that I could fit in my akward round room. At first glance it's not really my style but I love mixing styles together...makes for a much more interesting space. So myself and the other two shop owners heave-ho'd this thing in to my car. (It's small but the base is some kind of VERY HEAVY metal and the top is marble).

I sprayed the base gray, added a mirror to open up the room a bit and now I've saved myself 10 steps (one way) from treking to the real dining room.

My professional photographer friend, Michelle, came over with her phat camera and took some pics of my entire house. Here's one of them:

Thanks Michelle...Here's to the future Michelle-Squared (one day).

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Expensive look on an ikea budget.

It was my turn to drive the carpool on Tuesday morning. While I was waiting outside the door (and casually spying through the window) I couldn't help but notice my friends new addition to her dining room. (These pictures don't at all do it justice).

ME: "Harmony! Where on earth did you get that mirror?"

HER: "We made it ourselves out of some trim from Home Depot and mirrors from IKEA."

ME: "AMAZING!"

Using mirrors to open up a room is nothing new but her version is so aesthetically interesting. Oh, and could those curtains be any cooler?! She made them herself as well.


Sort of reminds me of the windows in this kitchen recently featured on Pink Wallpaper.

Spotted this picture on Chiccoles. Um, hello? Can you say high-end?

IKEA sells these "Lots" mirrors at $4.99 for a pack of 4!

Less than $45.00 for her wall of mirrors + trim. CHA-CHING!

I'm SO doing this in my home...now, to find an empty wall.

Very inspiring Harmony.

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Aluminum Accent Table Back!

I've been searching high and low for one of these babies. It seems Pottery Barn debuted one at $249.00, then I saw one similar at TJ Max for way under $100.00 (I'm kicking myself that I didn't snatch one up), then there was talk of a knock off at Pier One that I could never track down. Arrgghhh!

"Aimee," left a comment on one of my posts that Z Gallerie has just rolled out the red carpet for this little number. $99.00! See here.

Thank you Aimee, you angel!

Now if I could just find an extra $99.00 laying around somewhere.

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My new sunburst mirror.

Sunburst mirrors are all the rage. I keep thinking they might start to loose popularity but they are only gaining momentum. One would be perfect above my bed in my new room.

(Via Made By Girl)

(Via Desire to Inspire)

(Nate Burkus)
Problem is they come with a hefty price tag.
I found this one at Home Goods. Wrong color and too small. Price, $29.00...SOLD!

Time to DIY it up a bit.
BBQ Bamboo skewers at the grocery store: $0.97.

Glue gun + one hour + burned fingers.

Black spray paint first.

Then LIGHT coat of silver.

Instant scale!

Photo by: Michelle Rasmussen, Wondertime Photography.

Photo by: Michelle Rasmussen, Wondertime Photography.

What do you think?

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Moment of weakness.

People say, "never shop when you're hungry."

If you do, things like cheese in a can will end up in your grocery cart.

These little men were introduced to Easy Cheese last weekend. 50% un-nutritious, 50% fun with your food.

If only they made vegetables squirt out of a can...now there's a million dollar idea!

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Art made from wood floor boards.

I've been promising pictures of my bedroom makeover for weeks now. I'm waiting on a couple of final touches to arrive in the mail that I'm hoping will give the room some BAM(!) before I reveal everything. I am however, going to give you a little sneak peak on one of the wall hanging projects we did.

I have a new/old dresser in my newly made-over bedroom. Above it was one big blank wall that needed something. If I had my druthers I would have a big, architectural mirror or an original piece of art. Since neither one of those things were in the budget I had to put my thinking cap on.

I saw this piece of art on Pottery Barn's website (which seems to no longer be for sale). Hmmm...Could I do something like that? Let's see.

For the past 1 1/2 years these left over hardwood floor boards have lived under our bed.


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We dusted them off and glued them together.

I was inspired by these two pictures of Joshua trees.


I bought some self-adhesive shelf liner from Walmart for under $5.00 and covered the glued together boards with it. (By the way, the total cost for this project ended up costing under $5.00 because everything used was stuff laying around the house. I only had to buy the shelf liner paper...score!)

I then copied my selected picture on to a transparency and shot it on my boards.

With the help of a Sharpie marker I traced the image on to the shelf liner paper stuck on my boards.

Those most time consuming part was taking an Exacto knife to the shelf liner paper to cut out the image. I then removed the negative space away from the image.

Next, primed and painted over the entire thing.

While the paint was still tacky, I pulled off all the shelf liner paper.

Here is the end result. My Joshua Tree. I love it. It looks much better at it's new home on the wall.

Final reveal of it above my dresser next week.

*Brought to you by: Prosource Flooring, Written by myself.*

 

 

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