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5 In bathroom

Hi Bathroom!

Cassi from Hi Sugarplum! has some sort of Midas touch thing going on, because everything she touches goes from bland to grand! Before her bathroom was a rainbow of colors, and those colors were white and beige. (It was a small rainbow).

So she jazzed it up with stripes, contrast and real colors! Take a look over on her blog to see all the many changes she made, like framing the mirror and spray painting the toilet handle. True!


4 In miscellaneous

Freeze!

Stop! Riddle time! 
What is big, cold and red all over?
Elisa’s formerly ugly and old freezer that she jazzed up with red paint and some fun retro detailing, that’s what! 
Since this freezer lives in the garage, she knew she could get away with a bold color, especially since it really is an old retro freezer with a turquoise interior. I’m still planning to paint my washer and dryer hot pink one of these days… See more from Elisa on her blog Re-Designing Real Life.


0 In Uncategorized

Chantelle Nicole














A little birdie told me about a sweet new sponsor, Chantelle Nicole Designs!













Chantelle creates truly beautiful, one-of-a-kind, customizable pieces that are perfect for everyday or special occasions. Because everyday IS a special occasion, right?




Her hand-stamped jewelry can commemorate any meaningful moment, whether it’s your anniversary date or just a day at the beach.
















Chantelle Nicole Designs
caters to the woman who wears her heart on her sleeve.


or wrist, or around her neck, or even on her finger!





 



Yo, she drew the frames for these stamps herself! No istockphoto stuff here!





Check out her Melancholy Finch collection for some uniquely vintage pieces like this lovely locket.





How cute is this little nest with freshwater pearl “eggs?” An adorable, subtle tribute to motherhood without screaming MOMMY!!!
Is it too early to start thinking about Christmas presents? I say no!







And I love the “lucky penny” ring. Chantelle will even customize the year!


And, like that wasn’t enough to keep her busy, she and her husband recently bought a 100 year old home and started a blog chronicling their renovation process. That is right up my alley, and yours too! See it here: Three11.Main




 






 Click the button above to hop on over and check out Chantelle Nicole Designs!


Or I guess you could just click the link I put at the end of that sentence too. Sometimes I just like to link stuff, you know how it is.





 






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6 In chairs/ottomans/seating

Chairs and More Chairs!

Who’s in the mood for a few chair makeovers? I am! I didn’t mean to, but they kind of segue from wickery weave upholstered chairs to revamped rockers, with one vinyl (holy crap, it just took me like seven tries to spell vinyl) monstrosity in the middle. So enjoy the ride!





LOVE this paisley fabric with the white. It reminds me of ice cream for some reason, or maybe that’s because Team Umizoomi is singing about ice cream on the TV right now. 


From Cindy at Cameras and Chaos






From Ryan at Modern Pop, who definitely added a modern pop of color to this formerly destined-for-dumpster chair.






An amazing do-it-yourselfer upholstery job from Amanda at Heart Tree Home. Check out her blog for the full tutorial!


  

One of these days I’m going to get brave enough to try upholstering myself, I swear. It’s just that there are so many steps involved! Like, first, find a perfect piece of furniture, then find fabric that I like, cough up enough cash to purchase said fabric, gather supplies, try not to get discouraged and give up when I realize my staple gun is out of staples, store it in the garage temporarily, pull it out 2 years later only to realize that I now HATE the fabric I bought and have no place to put the chair. Sigh.


See what I mean about vinyl monstrosity? Yikes. Sarah at Hillbilly Frocks saw potential there though, and it turned out super cute. Love those sexy legs. Now I’m going to get weirdo “sexy legs” spam.




I realize there are only a finite amount of times I can say the words “from drab to fab” but man, that was drab. Looks super fab now. I especially love the glossy white. From Sherylee at Cherry in the City.










An oldie but goodie from Autum at Creative Little Daisy. I had this identical rocker when I had my second child, and let me tell you, the thought of dolling it up never even crossed my mind. Pretty sure I sold it at a yardsale for like, $15. Why! Why didn’t someone tell me I didn’t have to live with a humdrum rocker, WHY?!












And here’s another far-from-frumpy rocker, from Lou at Happy Serendipity who dolled up a plain-jane IKEA rocker with a bold color and snappy fabric. Looks like a work of art!

3 In bedroom

Marvelous Master

Let’s take a peek inside Stefanie’s master bedroom, shall we? What was once nothing more than blank walls and a floorful of ghastly carpet is now a room full of charm and great details and makes me want to move into a tiny old house post haste.

She’ll take you on the whole tour over on her blog Inside the Yellow House. Did she manage to save the transoms over the door that some yahoot had previously PAINTED OVER? (atrocities!) Head on over to see for yourself!


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