inspiration!!!

after the completion of the bathroom and the high i was on from the bedroom rugs, i havent dont much lately. i started the big diy rug for the living room, but i am at a little bit of a crossroads on how to finish it, and to be honest i am a little burnt out.

anyhoo, i have been looking at some great diy projects and other ideas and just wanted to share. plus, once i put them on here i feel a little bit obligated to do them.

fabric banners! so cute and easy and a great way to add some color to any room.

establishing an impressive pyrex collection. arent they beautiful?? all i gotta do is hit up the thrift stores .

some sort of a cute little diy necklace hanger for the bathroom. 

diy antiqued table. ive tried this once before and failed miserably. :/

i absolutely LOVE this headboard idea. and although i couldnt do this in our room because we already have a headboard, ive been thinking of making something similar to hang above it.

(you can find out where i went to get these ideas and the how-to by clicking on the picture. it will take you to the site.)

so there ya go. a few of my most obsessed over projects. now if i could only get one done...

do you guys ever go online and get inspired to do the magnificent diy projects?? do you ever complete them??

bathroom 201: mission complete

good news friends!!!! remember how i had a little freak out about the bathroom in this post?? well, i got over my color indecisiveness and took the plunge. we painted the bathroom!!!!!!!

the colors i went with were from the disney collection at home depot.

first things first, let me just give you a little background on this project. when i had told will that i wanted to paint the bathroom, it was right after we had the living room floors laid and he was a little hesitant to begin another room. i promised him that i didnt need any of his help for the bathroom except for him to tape for me. well months and months went by and for one reason or another i still hadnt gotten around painting the bathroom. then one saturday morning i woke up and decided to bang this bad boy out. will was at work, it was hoopfest weekend, i was bored... it all made sense. so i went for it. and i stuck to my word, i did it all, except he did tape for me and he helped with the removal of the giant mirror, (that i broke while trying to take down alone). 

a few things i learned while painting a bathroom:

1.) they make primer for a reason, so use it.

2.) even though the room is small and there may not be a lot of surface area, obstacles are a pain in the ass.

3.) getting paint in your hair sucks to shampoo out.

4.) straddling a bathtub will get you to use muscles you never knew you had.

5.) when your husband says that he will remove a mirror for you, dont let your ego get in the way. 

anyway, here are some pics of the progress and mess. 

i sent this pic to will while he was at work to let him know that i was thinking about painting the bathroom.

its pretty dang orange.

all done.

i did the ceiling and all the walls except the big one in the lighter color, the big wall with the (RIP) mirror a darker orange and the trim bright white. i like it, will likes it, our friends say they like it. when it comes to sell the house, i dont know i will think it was the best move but hey, its just a bathroom right? how hard could it be to re-paint?? ha. 

here is a pretty before...

and that is that. next big job is going to be the kitchen. and then the kitchen and bathroom floors. eep!!! exciting!!!!

DIY project gone right!

even though "red rug" backwards doesent spell "success", it probably should. yesterday i was looking at my living room and decided that i wanted to take the purple out and instead focus on the green and yellow as accents. we have a huge purple shag area rug that just collects every single one of the dog's hairs and is nearly impossible to clean, and i have been more than willing to move it to the basement and replace it. so, i started online looking for a new yellow or green area rug and stumbled across this awesome DIY idea found here. i loved the simplicity of it and the open interpretation and how you can incorporate two colors in it. so, we ran to walmart, where i found not only green rugs, but red ones too!!! PERFECT! the bedroom finally gets the bedside runners that i have been searching for!!! i picked up six red rugs, nine green rugs, a spool of teal cotton yarn, a spool of brown cotton yarn and a big fatty needle. i decided to do the bedroom ones first since they were going to be smaller. it took me a lot longer than i expected, although i did a lot of unnecessary stitching. 

three rugs. $5 each from wally world.

soooo, i just stitched along all the edges of the rugs.

and it didnt matter if it was perfect, cause the imperfections sort of gave it personality.

then i stitched the rugs together, again imperfections encouraged. 

oh yeah, that spool is only $7, and it was more than enough. ive gotta think of more projects now!

and here is the final project!! :]] i love it so much!!!

and here is is in our messy bedroom.

BTW, we obviously added red as an accent color to the bedroom. i think the last time i blabbed about the bedroom it looked like this:

you can read more about that here:

...which isnt a whole lot different than it looks now, except for all the new red that adds some pizzaz.

scored those floral prints from ikea in a set of five. the other two are green and  are hanging on the living room frame wall.

fun fact: this scarf used to be my one of my favorite accessories. 

picked up this cute little treasure box at hobby lobby for $3.99. its the prefect hiding spot for my feather earrings so my cat doesnt destroy them.

so yeah, it was a complete success. now i just need to do the green one for the living room. ill be sure to post pictures when its done! 

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