Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Seeing Stripes...

How to Paint Stripes on a Wall

LOVE THESE COLORS!

 

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • Background paint color
  • 1-inch brush
  • Painting tape
  • Roller
  • Measuring tape
  • Stripe color
  • Pencil
  1. Decide the stripe color and the background color you desire.
  2. Paint the entire wall with the stripe color.
  3. Dry and repeat coats if necessary (let it dry for 3 days).
  4. Tape the first desired stripe on the wall.
  5. Measure between every stripe. This is crucial. If the top of one stripe to the top of the next stripe is 1 foot then the bottoms MUST also be 1 foot.
  6. Use a pencil to mark the tops and bottoms of each new stripe.
  7. Tape all the stripes. Be sure to use a tape that will not remove the paint when you pull it off ( I used green frog tape). To avoid bleed-through, run your fingernail along the edge of the tape. This is especially important on highly textured walls. ( I then painted over the first color paint with the same color that I used above and let it dry for 2 days before applying the gray color stripe, this helped with the bleed through on my textured walls)
  8. Paint the wall with the desired background color.
  9. Dry and repeat coats if necessary.
  10. Pull the tape.
  11. Touch-up the stripes with a 1-inch brush.
Hope this helps and happy painting!!

Monday, August 23, 2010

It is finished!!

After 2 long weeks the room is done! My inspiration for this space came from a simple art piece and I went from there...
" Keep Calm and Carry On"
I knew Ian would like this, since it is how he lives his life.


I did not get a photo of the room before we started, but here is an idea of the large desk and baby blue paint color (which was there when we moved in 3 years ago).

 Taped and Ready to go...     

 The Stripe   
Here it is, the finished room!
Bella loves her new room!
 My style is definitely 70's inspired.
This letter C was blue and a little spray paint changed it to the canary yellow that I wanted.



 Hope this inspires you to find a piece you love
and then design, re-create, decorate, design and make something beautiful!

 My Finds...
*First accent my paint color- Vespar
*Stripe Idea-Vespar
*Futon Cover- Bed Bath & Beyond
*New desk- recycled from college
*Pillows- Marshalls, TJ Maxx, Thrift Store
*Art work- Marshalls, Home Goods
*Chandelier- an antique from my grandparents



Thursday, August 19, 2010

What happened to the recipe cards?

What happened to the days when woman wrote all their secret family recipes on recipe cards and placed them in a box for safe keeping? The American tradition of waiting for the day that mother would let you thumb through her cards for Grandma's secret Thanksgiving stuffing recipe and her famous apple pie have come to an end. Now we run to the internet for recipes wanting to try something new, exotic, and different for our special and traditional meals. Well, I do not like this new fad and I want to give my future children the joy of one day feeling those cards grace their fingertips. Who will join me? Today I decided to start collecting and writing down all my family favorites on cute cards and placing them in my own safe box!!! Here is some help if you feel compelled to join me....



Adorable Printable Recipe Cards!
I just found the cards above on a blog I was reading http://howaboutorange.blogspot.com and I really likes this idea! The cards come in four different colors and designs. 

1.Click on the design you want
2.Type in the ingredients and recipe (or print blank and hand write them)
3.Print them out and store them in your favorite recipe box!


Safe Box
Everyone that knows me knows my obsession with owls!
This is my personal favorite!! I LOVE the wood box and cute recipe cards!

This one would brighten up any kitchen counter






Find these boxes on etsy...
Wood box set and owl box set- Cutthecakedesigns

Vintage Harvest Orange Recipe Box with 3X5 Original Dividers- TwoPoodlePicks

Monday, August 16, 2010

The War against the Fruit Fly!


Last week I was talking to my Sister-In-Law about our common issue with the "FRUIT FLY". We both love to buy fruit, but hate to deal with the annoying insects that sometimes come home with our prize produce! A few days after our conversation a good friend of mine had a tiny dish on her kitchen counter and to my excitement it was her weapon against the fruit fly!!

What you need...
1. A small bowl or dish
2. A small amount of Apple Vinegar (to attract the fly)
3. A squirt of dish soap on the top

That is all you need, the fly will be attracted to the vinegar and try to land on top of it, but the soap brakes the seal on the vinegar and the flies drown in a bath of vinegar. Just clean out the dish when you find a few dead flies in it and start again....

*You can also try washing all your produce as soon as you get home to kill the eggs on the fruit.

*Poor bleach in your sink to kill the eggs that went down your sink, and clean your trash can with bleach or antibacterial wipes.

Hope this helps...
Thanks Amber for the discussion and Stephanie for the ideas and advice!

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Re-Create




My next craft hunt is on..... 
I want to find some cute shelves like the ones on the top and re-create them with paint and wall paper to give them new life!!
Wish me luck and happy hunting!

Idea found on...

Friday, August 13, 2010

"Fridays Quote to end the work week"... Friday the 13th

If you want to be happy, be. 
~Leo Tolstoy

Hello

I have wanted a place to share all the fun things that I come across, from decor ideas to fun shopping finds so I decided that a blog is the place to do it! I already have my Event planning blog  http://coteweddingsandevents.blogspot.com/, so this blog is for everything else, which is what makes it.... Eclectic!

Please share with me your fun finds, favorite blogs, and creative ideas!

Hope you Enjoy - xoxo