Creative Juices Decor

Oh boy, it’s started……all the decorating!!! I LOVE this part, but at the same time it can be frustrating, especially when you are by yourself and it’s 11:30 at night.  All I can say is that if you have a friend, invite them over when you are trying to place pictures and do a collage.  You need them to say “to the right, or to the left a little!”  What happens to me is I climb on the latter, insert object, climb down, realize it needs to be moved over 3” and try again. (and again and again)   We will NOT discuss how many holes I have in my walls……no we wont!  Here is the BEFORE: And the staying up till midnight AFTER:   Actually I had it like this first (minus the violin) but I have such a love for music I thought adding the violin just felt right.  (The violin was mine as a teenager until I forgot I put it on top of my car and drove away only to hear something fall off the car – ummm lets just say, no violin can s...

I saved the best for last!  OK, I really didn’t do that.  The downstairs is pretty much my husbands, along with the garage.  It will have his arcade games, his big TV, his office and the leather couch he picked out.  I suppose I get to add a little decorating flair to it, put really, it’s his.  He plans to add a pool table at some point in time. But I can’t just skip it so here it is!!! Pool table some day (area) Area for his “games” I guess his office is pretty cool, but I think it’s because I did American clay in it UPDATE! I finished decorating it!!! Here are some AFTER photos and to see the entire post please see HOW TO SPICE UP YOUR BASEMENT   That is it for the official HOME TOUR !  Next, I’ll start all the decorating and start showing you some fun stuff! Be sure and check out Tour # 1-5 if you missed any!  Just enter House Tour in the search box

Let’s go upstairs! At the top is a little homework desk for the kids: We’ll drill a hole and put a grommet on the top of the desk for a computer. Kids Bathroom: Up close of mosaic tiles (yep, just ignore the fact that I can’t seem to figure out how to take a picture without me in it ) Laundry Room: Kids Rooms: I’ll just show one of my kids rooms.  Not decorated they all kind of look the same.  This one is my favorite though, the house designer made all the kids rooms up in the rafters of the house so they have those fun low angled walls.  Oh, it will be fun to show you this room finished!!!! That’s the upstairs!  I have a lot of decorating to do. (long sigh, I’m tired!!)  Give me a little while but I promise I’ll have a bunch of fun posts with all the completed rooms.

I know,  I banned myself from thrift stores but I guess it’s like saying I’ll go off chocolate forever……you just crave it too much to quit – ha! I snuck back in yesterday and thought it would be fun to show you what I got.  Bargains + Shopping = Fun for ALL! These heavy birds were so cute!  The big one had a price tag of $32.00 from whatever store they were originally bought.  I got both birds for $7.00. I found a good place for them which always makes me happy   (verses no spot for them and my husband starts to believe I am a thrift store hoarder)  I really thought this leaf plate was pretty.  It’s actually quite big (about 10” by 12”) and it’s by Hull Pottery which is selling on eBay for around $20.00.  I got this for $7.50.  These small little pumpkin plates were just too cute to pass up (right??)   At least at $1.50 for both they were. And last but not least, I found this pretty turquoise bracelet for $2.00.  Isn’...

Alright, for those wanting to make something similar to the curtains I showed you in this picture, here you go! I bought my fabric using a 50%  off coupon (always Google the fabric store and coupon, you can usually just print off a great coupon right away!) Actually, I think this was already marked 50% off so I just bought it. (but I normally always use a coupon) I measured out how many inches from top to bottom I would need and added 3” extra for the hem on top and 5” extra for the hem on the bottom.  The hems not only gives the curtain nice weight on the bottom, it will just look cheap if you try to skimp on the bottom hem.  Since my fabric could unravel quite easily I did use my sewing machine just along the fraying side in a zig zag stich to keep the frayed ends together. Not only is my sewing machine ancient, I am definitely not a good seamstress!  (so don’t look too closely) I bought some iron-on adhesive tape.  (like Stich Witcher...

First off, I had no idea when I did that World Map project that it would be my second highest viewed post right under my Clock Pottery Barn Knockoff .  (Close to 15,000 views!)  I am soooo happy that people like it and have been inspired to make their own version.  I just had a reader send me her version of my canvas map and it is BEAUTIFUL.  I told her I have to show you guys.  Here is Nicholle’s map she made. Don’t you just LOVE it!!!  The colors are perfect and the edges, everything!  She is super sweet so hop on over to her blog and read up on how she tweaked the project. Here’s another picture of the World Map I did: Has anyone else out there in blog land made this map project??  Please send me a photo – I love seeing what you guys have done with ANY of the projects I’ve posted on here.  I’ll give you guys a sneak peak   where I put this in my new home   Still in my son’s room but with an added twist!...