Showing posts with label Re-Designs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Re-Designs. Show all posts

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Miss Mustard Seed's Gorgeous Guest Bedroom

Meet Miss Mustard Seed...



She writes a fantastic blog...



She was kind enough to share some photos of her newly re-done guest bedroom with us recently and we were truly blown away by the results of her makeover!

She said loved the look of the exposed boards in our guest room, so she decided to find an inexpensive way to replicate it in hers.

After going row-by-row through Lowes, and pondering everything from fencing to pine boards to wood shingles, she finally settled on masonite.
They sliced it into 4" widths and attached it to the wall using a nail gun...







The total cost of the wall was about $30.00, and the paint is "Crisp Linen" by Sherwin Williams.

Click here to read her full
Wood Wall Tutorial

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Here's what she had to say about all the pretty furnishings and accessories she incorporated into the room...

The bed frame belonged to my great-grandmother, so it's a very
special piece to me.



One of my best friends purchased the bedspread for me at an antique store. The European pillows came from TJ Maxx for $20/each, the monogrammed pillow is from Ikea and I made the red toile pillow out fabric left over from the curtains.

This room is a very odd shape, with two attic doors and a dormer, so there
was only room for one small nightstand by the bed. I purchased the table,
which I think is meant to be a plant stand, at a yard sale for $5.00 and the
wall-mounted lights are from Ikea.

"Gasthaus" means "guest house" in German. My dad was in the military, so I
grew up in Germany. I wanted to represent that in the room, so I hand
painted the sign above the bed on a piece of a broken antique crate.

The ottoman was a freebie, but it was "pleather" and my cats had shredded
it. I slipcovered it in a bleached drop cloth and hand painted stripes
and lettering on it to mimic an antique, European grain sack...




I made the curtains out of fabric I purchased from a remnant bin a few years ago.



I think I paid $16.00 for all of it. I hadn't planned to use it in this space, but when I was digging through my fabric stash, it immediately jumped out at me. I brought it upstairs to see how it would look in the room and it was the perfect punch of color against the whites and dark wood tones. I then trimmed the curtains in upholstery webbing that I cut in half length-wise and affixed with a glue gun. The curtain rod is from the BHG collection at Wal-Mart.

The chest in the dormer is an antique Indonesian dowry chest that my parents bought for me as a high school graduation gift.




Some kids want cars, I wanted antiques. I was a strange bird.


The 1940's alarm clock was purchased at a yard sale for $8.00, and the small fan was purchased at an antique shop for $10.00...



I inherited the baby dresses...



I found this beautiful antique walnut dresser on Craig's List for only $35.
It just needed to be revived with a little bit of stain...




The jute rug is actually a leopard print rug that I found at Hobby Lobby on clearance for $26.00. I just flipped it over to display the natural back side.

I haven't sat down and figured out a bottom line for what I spent on this
room, but it has to be well under $500. I'm still in the "tweaking" phase though, and I'm planning to make a sliding closet door out of an
antique barn door that I found at a yard sale for $5.00.


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Isn't it great?
I can't wait to see how her sliding barn door project turns out!
We actually plan to do the same thing on the doorway that leads to our master bathroom, so maybe we'll wait and see how she does it first!




We hope you enjoyed the tour of Miss Mustard Seed's guest bedroom as much as we did, and if you've got a guest bedroom you'd like to show off, we hope you'll link to it here!

Here's how it works:

- Create a descriptive name for your re-do in the “Name” field. This will make it easier for folks to browse through all the different re-do's.

- Make sure to link to your specific guest bedroom re-do post, not the main page of your blog.

- If you want to, link to this post from your post so that all your readers can join in on the fun too.


Thanks in advance to everyone who links up!







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Thursday, July 29, 2010

Reader Re-do: Sandra's Beautiful New Loo


Hey friend!

Thought I'd mix things up and publish three posts today!

I know.
I'm a real wild woman.



Anywho...I receieved this letter from a friendly reader the other day, and I just had to show you her radical re-do!

Check it out...



Before...



AFTER!













Isn't it great?

Sandra said the white paint they used on the wainscotting and trim is called, "Ultra Pure White" by Behr (available at the Home Depot)- and the wall color is called "Rawhide", by Benjamin Moore.

I asked her about the shelf they made, and she had this to say:

"My hubby built it, and I painted it with simple, white craft paint. I let it dry, sanded the edges, and then I glazed it with a dark walnut coloured wood stain, and wiped it off."

She also gave me her handy-dandy resource list:

Flooring- Silent Step. Style: Antique Oak. Color: Butternut.
They purchased it at United Carpet (www.unitedcarpet.com,) but it can be found in most flooring stores.

Tub- Acrylic soaker tub with chrome feet. Purchased from Acri-Tec (www.acritec.com)

Floor mount tub faucet- Cheviot (www.cheviotproducts.com) Model #5100

Vanity- Euro-Rite Cabinets (www.eurorite.com)

Countertop- Formica. Color: Walnut Quarstone

Wreath- Michaels

Sign above door & wooden bird- Heritage House Interiors (www.heritagehouseinteriors.com)

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There are so many great things in this room, but I am especially in LOVE that incredible ladder, and the fact that they went with an inexpensive-yet-durable flooring material that coordinates so perfectly with the wall color above.
And don't even get me started on that TUB.
Hubba hubba!

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The only problem I have with Sandra's re-do is that it TOTALLY makes me want to work on our bathrooms now!

But, I'm serious about starting our master bedroom re-do this month, so I guess they'll just have to wait a little longer.

(Maybe.)

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PS-
We'd love to see your Before & After pics too, so if you're up for sharing 'em, drop me a line at LaylaPalmer@aol.com!

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Thursday, May 27, 2010

Aimee's Nature-Inspired Nursery and a Leen The Graphics Queen Giveaway

Hello and Happy Thursday!

Today I'd like to introduce you to my new blog friend Aimee.

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Aimee is a self-proclaimed, "do-it-yourself girly-girl with a head full of ideas and fingernails perpetually splattered with paint".



I was so excited when she emailed me about her latest reno project.
She used our reading room as inspiration...

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...as inspiration for her recent nursery make over.

Check it out!

Before...
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After...
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From ripping out the old paneling and ceiling tiles, to installing new windows, to completely re-wiring the room- Aimee really created a beautiful room for her baby-
don't you think?

For the full story, and more before and after shots, head on over to Aimee's blog:

My Pink Life

And Aimee, if you're reading this, way to rock that re-do girl!

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Now on to the free stuff!

If you dig the vinyl "wall words" in Aimee's nursery, you will love today's giveaway!

Leen the Graphics Queen
has offered to give one lucky TLC reader a $50 Gift Certificate to use on the graphic(s) of your choice!

All you have to do to enter is leave a comment on this post between now (Thursday, May 27th, 2010) and Monday (May 31, 2010 at noon CST).

And, yes, she can create custom graphics too.
Remember the number 3 she made for me?

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All I had to do was tell her the size and font I wanted, and voila!
Instant vinyl awesomeness!



Good luck!



Wanna see more wall word inspiration?
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"Word Up: Applying Vinyl Wall Words"

on Houzz.com!



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Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Reader Re-Design: Katie's Fab New Fireplace

Last year, I did a Photo Consultation for a sweet gal by the name of
Katie.

She wanted some low cost/high impact ideas that would help spiff up her Living Room- so I sent her a bunch of suggestions and a inspirational photo drawing to help get her creative gears a-turnin'.

Here's what Katie was workin' with...

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One idea I suggested had to do with beefing up her fireplace.

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Since it was almost the same size as the furniture around it, it was really struggling to become the rooms focal point.
And it looked so tiny compared the wall around it.
I thought a little extra trim molding would help solve both dilemmas in a jiff.

(Move your cursor back and forth over the photo below.)



This week Miss Katie sent me a photo of the finished product...

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Isn't it great!?

She came up with a great, low-dough way to replicate the candleholders I suggested in my drawing too.

She used spindles and spray paint!

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And what's reeeeally cool is that it only cost Katie 12 bucks to make each of them!

So awesome!

If you'd like to make some super-cool $12 candleholders, head on over to Katie's blog, Impatiently Praying For Patience to read her step-by-step tutorial.

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In other news, tomorrow marks the 2 year anniversary of our blog.
It's crazy how fast time flies!



See ya maƱana!



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