Monday, February 24, 2014

Master Bedroom

We started progress in our master bedroom shortly after moving in. My inspiration came from the Katy Magazine. I was flipping through it before we moved into the house and found this picture.

http://www.katymagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Katy-Texas-Homes-Feature-Color-Trends-2012-Katy-TX.pdf

In our apartments, I always went with the calming blue and cream colors to resonate peace and relaxation. I was in love with the dark color and how these rooms just spoke romance. I wanted that for our master bedroom.

I first chose our paint color and decided on Red Delicious by Glidden but I got it color matched with a cheaper brand, America's Finest.

Although I enjoy the color that came out, I wouldn't use the same brand again for two reasons. The color is more of an orange red than the red red I was looking for and when I clean off the walls, the paint comes off as well.

Overall I was satisfied with how the room turned out. I enjoyed the dark colors all combined.

However I am completely redoing the entire room. I want the room to have a rustic glam with romance all thrown in one.

Here is my list of changes:

• paint the trim

• touch up the walls with fresh paint (same color)

• add crown molding

• replace the lighting with a chandelier (which I already found from Craigslist)

• add a door to our custom closet (the closet is another post all together)

• custom headboard

• new bedding

• make pillow cases for decor pillows

• new dresser and night stands

• possibly add a built in book shelf to our window seating area.

Chandelier, Above Bed Decor, Duvet, Wood Sign (source?), Headboard and Pillow

I don't know when I will ever get to these changes. It may take me a few months (or longer) to get it all completed. My first goal is finding a new home for our bedroom set. I will keep y'all posted with the progresses I make along the way.

How do you decide on the design for a room? Do you choose paint color or fabric first? How often have you changed your mind about a design?

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Saturday, February 22, 2014

DIY

Quick Frame Makeover

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Remember on this post, I said I was going to try gold leaf on this frame?

Well I did. Kinda. I used Liquid Leaf in gold because that's all I could find at the time. I am not sure if it is the same thing as Gold Leaf since this is my first time using any kind of Leaf. I bought mine at Wal Mart, it was more than I though it would be but than again I was originally planning the Gold Leaf. It was almost five dollars for this little bottle.


The bottle is 0.75 fl. oz.

This project took less than five minutes to complete however I let the frame dry overnight.

I first gathered all my supplies and unassembled (is that a word?) the frame. My supplies were the frame, the liquid leaf, a paint opener (to open the frame), a small paint brush and a board to lay the frame on while I paint it. I would suggest a type of mask because liquid leaf has a very strong smell similar to spray paint and I painted while indoors since it was during the night.

I only had to apply one coat because the liquid comes out pretty thick even with applying small dabs at a time. I think with the frame being painted a type of gold before also helped having to use one coat.

And here is the finished product

Burlap Letter Tutorial

For the most part, it looks the same. The biggest difference is there is now a shine to it. The previous paint job looked really dull so I am satisfied with this quick and easy makeover. I am anxious to try out liquid leaf on other things now!

Is there a difference between liquid leaf and regular gold leaf? Are you a fan of liquid leaf? What projects have you completed using liquid leaf?

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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

DIY

DIY Steal

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As I mentioned before I have a love for home decor. It is more like an obsession, it should be illegal. I am always checking out people's decor from pictures they randomly take at their house.

So one day, I was casually scrolling through my Instagram feed and I came across a picture from Jefferson Bethke's profile. I noticed this on their end table:

(Isn't his wife beautiful?) Any who, you see that tiny picture frame with the initial B? I fell in love. I wanted to recreate it with our initial, R. (Is it weird that I spotted the tiniest thing in the picture?)

I began my search for a frame at thrift stores and I found this one at Goodwill a few weeks ago.

I really didn't care for the picture inside. I was looking at the perfect square shape of the frame plus the frame was previously painted a gold color. At first the paint job looked good but once I further inspected it at home, it was a sloppy job. I am leaving the paint for now but I plan to try out gold leaf on it in the future. I will post about that once I actually get to it.

UPDATE: You can read about my experience with liquid leaf here.

Back to the inspiration picture.

I wanted to recreate the picture with burlap but didn't have any on hand so I went through the craft paper I had. I found a textured brown paper from my Thanksgiving banner I made and figured it would work. While I scrambled through my craft stuff, guess what I found? BURLAP!!

I gathered everything together and started to get to work on it.

This project cost me two dollars total (only the frame). I had all other supplies on hand from previous projects. Once I buy gold leaf, the project price will go up by a few dollars but that is nothing. I feel like I practically stole this for how beautiful it turned out with such a cheap overall price.