Monday, October 1, 2012

Black Bedroom

I love black.  
I wear it, I paint my toes with it, and I decorate with it...it's my favorite.

I've been wanting to paint my bedroom black for a while, so here goes!  

before



Here's a little bit of my room featured in 
(Unfortunately, I don't have a better before shot.)

during






This is my view from the top of the ladder...
These two keeping me company while I cut in.


More pics coming soon!


Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Easy Art/Photo Display

Kevin cut about forty of these for Thanksgiving place settings; I took mine home.  

This little owl is cute for fall.
I switch him out with other art, post cards and photos throughout the year.  


Sunday, February 5, 2012

The best sandwich ever!

1. white mountain bread from the Publix bakery
or any good bread

2. mayo

3. fried eggplant

4. mozzarella

5. bacon

6. avocado

7. portabella mushrooms
(cook these in olive oil and sprinkle with coarse salt and parmesan cheese)

put the top on

Put a little butter in a frying pan and cook it like a grilled cheese, 
pressing down hard with a spatula.


The finished product...
Enjoy!

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Organize your junk drawer!

It's that time of the year again....everywhere you look, you're told to 
ORGANIZE YOUR LIFE!

I like to organize, but I don't have time for major projects like the garage....
so I'm starting small.  

This is nothing new but maybe you'll be inspired. 


We use our side door off the dining room as our main entrance, and the dresser in the corner houses all of the goodies: school supplies, note pads, pens and pencils, cards, games, etc.  The surface of the dresser is where we throw our keys, mail, glasses and hair ties.

It was starting to look a little messy, inside and out.



I cleaned out everything and put all of our stuff on the table.  
I threw away any trash and sorted the rest.


I looked around my house for boxes and bowls that were pretty and useful.
This soap box is perfect for the playing cards.

I took some jadeite mugs from the kitchen for the crayons and glue sticks.

The little bowl is from Anthropologie; I have at least one of these in each room for hair ties and loose change.  


I found this old wooden box and lined it with wool felt.
Perfect for eyeglasses and switchblade combs.

I ordered the felt from
etsy.com


A vase gives some height to that corner, 
and the old lamp is useful and cute on a stack of books.
The charcoal grey pot is just another vessel for pencils 
and the pottery is perfect for mail.

Before

After

Happy organizing!

Monday, December 12, 2011

DIY Vintagey Wreath

Here's a fun way to use vintage ornaments.

Start off with 15' of garland and a 10" foam ring.



Wrap the garland around the ring.

I used vintage ornaments, but any will do.



Hot glue the tops to the base of the ornaments so they don't pop off 
when you attach them to the wreath.


Thread the wire through the hoop on the ornament and wrap the wire around the wreath.  
Each time you wrap around, add another ornament.  Pull the wire tight or the ornaments will be loose and wobbly.




Twist the wire to secure it on the backside of the wreath and...
voila!