I love this idea – I am working on a square foot garden, but I had planned on doing lots of containers too!
66 Things You Can Grow At Home: In Containers, Without a Garden – Planet Green.
New Mantle Reveal
November 10, 2009 By
For the longest time, I was a decorating dork – I knew I liked certain styles, but didn’t have the ability (or extra money) to recreate the looks I saw in books, magazines and some of my favorite blogs.
But this year I had a plan. I decided I would visit one or two stores a week and get one or two pieces at a time, and only choose things I absolutely LOVE. The first area I tackled was my mantle. It has always looked sad and empty to me and I wanted to cheer it up a bit, especially for the fall.
This is what it looked like before (well, this is what it looks like empty, but you can imagine a few sad pictures and knickknacks, right? Oh, and minus the jumping boys – lol):
And this is after:
I have to say I am in LOVE with these candlesticks (especially the tall one!):
I love that I can put little things for each season in these:
There is still a bit of work to be done – that birdhouse will eventually be black, and I do have some pictures on the sides of this area, but I have a chair project coming up that I want to reveal as well
PS – everything you see here (except for the mirror) either came from ross or joann, and the total cost of all the items was less than $100!
I’m particiapting in Kimba’s DIY day at Soft Place to Land
DIY Wall Art
June 8, 2009 By
I have never been good at decorating walls. I think I reached my peak when I had Donny Osmond and Scott Baio posters on my wall, torn out of 16 and tiger beat magazines (ack – dating myself!). Luckily for me I know lots of creative chickies who can show me the way…
- The Happy Homebody turned a styrofoam pear into an adorable piece of wall art.
- Lindsay (who you met last week) has a guest tutorial to make a cute twig chair for your wall (I could totally see this by my door for outgoing mail)
- Decorating with Photos over at The Inspired Room
- This post is about paint, but the FABULOUS (and new to me!) 320 Sycamore has filled this post (and her whole blog! ) with dreamy ideas for wall foofing. I could spend hours drooling here…
- Another new-to-me blog is Reinvented - this woman is a genius for decorating on the cheap – I know I will get lots of inspiration here!
- Thrifty Decor Chick has a brilliant post using inspiration from Ballard Designs – SO easy and I could see using this in a few rooms in different ways…
…and last, I thought I would show you what I am working with – this is my living room just after I painted. Consider these the “before” pictures:
This gives you a good look at one side of the living room – the coffee table is soon to become an experiment in painting – I’m thinking black…the couch is a olive-y green.
This is the other end. I have lots of wall to fill, don’t I? I am lukewarm about the bookcase, but it will work for the time being…I am making pillows for the couches too!!
I would love advice, and to see your favorite links for wall art and decoration!!
