GOODWILL STRIKES AGAIN!

It’s no secret that I frequent Goodwill, right?! And it’s no secret that I’m working on finishing up my bedroom, right?! Okay, so the other day I found a bedskirt for my room!

It matches the sheets and the fabric that I used for my inspiration board perfectly. 

And the best part about it is that it was less than 4 bucks!!!

Originally I had planned to make a bedskirt with the flat sheet from my sheet set, but this has saved me a whole lot of time and my boys from being neglected

After a quick wash and iron, here it is on my bed

I really need you to ignore the wrinkled sheets….No seriously!

Pretty boring post for my first day back, huh? Yeah, think so too! But hey, I did manage to work on the table!  I’ll talk more about that tomorrow!

It sure is nice to be back.  What did I miss?!

Happy Monday!

STEPPING BACK

Yesterday was a beautiful day!

My boys are on summer break and this is the second week.  Yesterday we had a picnic at the park and stayed for the laser show and fireworks.  It was so much fun! From playing to dancing to laying back on a blanket and looking up at the sky,  it was nice to take a step back and enjoy a bit of slow living… No phones (well, I did tweet a few pictures!), laptops, TVs, etc..  Just pure southern fun! I think I need a little more of that soooo……

I’ll see you next week!

WHERE DID YOU GET THOSE PRINTS?

Several of you have asked where I got the prints used for my gallery wall

Well…..I got them out of this book!

     

I paid like $2.00 for it and it is just wonderful! It’s filled with all types and colors of wildflowers

Just in case you’re wondering what made me purchase this book, here is where I got my inspiration

I will be using more of these pages in other areas of my home! This probably was the best $2.00 I’ve spent in a long time

I hope you guys have a great weekend!

Who else is going to see Kung Fu Panda 2?!

IS THE GALLERY WALL COMPLETE? Yes!

For the past two weeks my poor little mini gallery wall has looked like this

Why? Because the frames that got for a seriously good deal over a year ago wasn’t enough to finish it off!

I finally made it back to Michaels just to see if they still carried the frames, but maybe in a different color…And wouldn’t you know, they did!  Best part is that the frames came in white so it was easier to to get it to the shade of white used in my bedroom

Some of you may wonder why the need for primer if the frame is already white…Well, primer is to help the actual paint adhere to the surface.  So if I didn’t prime, chances are the paint would eventually start to come off…

I now have a finished “mini” gallery wall with the prettiest framed purple wildflowers!

Now, about that table! I’m going to try to work with the fabric that I found at goodwill to make the skirt.

I’m thinking of doing a skirted table with a painted top…Sounds weird? Yeah, I have no idea where I get these ideas from either.  But I’m surely going to Google it to see if somebody has done it!  I do have an idea of the direction I want to go with the skirt part.  I’m just a little curious as to how it might actually look!

On a side note, did anyone else email Oprah yesterday?!?!? I did and guess what? She responded!!! **insert scream here!**

 

TUFTED VINTAGE SOFA….A total score (if you ask me!)

I am super siked about this purchase I made yesterday!

Okay, I know that many of you may be like “what were you thinking?” But I know so many of you are just as excited as I am!   I don’t know about you, but I immediately thought about Crate and Barrel’s Azure sofa, but with a wood trim and a skirt (which will be pulled off)!

Another difference that these two sofa’s have is that one was $25! Yes, $25

Now all I need is a fabulous upholstery job and some inexpensive fabric.  The style of the sofa reminds me of the vintage chairs I purchased at Goodwill a while back

And we all know their potential

Yeah, I must say, I’m about as happy as a kid in a candy store! I can’t wait to have the sofa and chairs reupholstered.  Sadly, it probably won’t be until December when I do…

Okay, I’ll shoot for November!

Hey, is anyone else sad that today is the last day of Oprah? Really last week was since today is just a farewell… I hope I’m not the only one crying about this!!

TO SKIRT OR NOT TO SKIRT

Yesterday while catching up on my magazines and store catalogs, I ran across a skirted table in Ballard Design

Then I started looking for other skirted round tables!

Tom Sheerer

These aren’t round, but you get my drift!

I’m wondering how that would look for this table in my bedroom

I think the base of the table is what I’m concerned about.  It just look too restaurant style to me.  What do you think?

 

Oh and by the way, I did find a frame to complete the gallery wall! I’ll share that tomorrow!