Thursday, June 19, 2014
Hello.
Need a coat hanger for your entry way? An old cabinet door, some paint, knobs and a creative touch, it's done!
Friday, January 17, 2014
Silver Swirl
This nightstand did not have much shape to it, so it could have gone two ways. It could have been a more boy style kitchen or I could totally girl it up. I opted to go completely girly. It was one of the few times I got a kitchen completed and felt like it was REALLY missing something. Something big. I was up against a weekend of Birds of Feather Vintage Market being open and took it over anyway. Once I got it in its place I was even more unhappy with it. So the pictures you see at home are those that show it as I took it in. I went in this afternoon and redid the backsplash. I will get more pictures of the kitchen as a whole tomorrow, but I wanted to get out of the way so the ladies could go home :-).
The updated backsplash. Much happier!
Crib Easel
I snagged this crib from my sister's garage over Christmas. It is a drop side crib, therefore not going to be used as a sleeping place for my new, adorable little nephew. I was helping them out really, by clearing the space in the garage, doing a good deed as it were ;-) Immediately I knew the ends would become an easel, but the details still had to be worked out. A few trips to home depot and a few days of rummaging through my stash of stuff and it all came together. I took a poll from our friends on Facebook and a few of them mentioned leaving the backside open which I really liked. I did not want to do a chalkboard on one side and a white board on the other. Ikea and Melissa & Doug have perfected those easels already. I wanted it to be different. So I considered cork, thinking it would be a great way to display children's art work, or if a store buys it, to display ads or specials. The thought of push pins and littles did cross my mind as a bad idea. A mom suggested mounting clothes pins. Good idea, but I wasn't sure now sturdy, long term they would be. So I opted for knobs with string (that can be replaced as need be with ease) and tiny clothes pins. What do you think?