The Picture Wall

So Kathy's new condo had this amazing long wall running from the main entrance to the kitchen to the living space.  We decided to treat it like a gallery wall, printing here travel architectural shots in B&W with a couple graphics in colour to break it up.  I thrifted and painted most of the frames.  We have a few more to go, but I think I like where it's going....

Night stand

So I've been busy, I swear...just too lazy to post.  So again I forgot the before pic until I was well into the project.  I picked up this little cabinet at Salvation Army for $10.  Another $10 in hardware and some leftover paint and it was quite the re-do.

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I cut the feather images from tissue paper and set them into the wet paint.  Since the cabinet was a veneer, it needed two coats of primer first, then a coat of poly to seal it up, so that the tissue wouldn't get scraped off.  I was pretty happy with how it turned out.

Finished Bathroom!

So after weeks of waiting we finally finished our mini bathroom reno.  A new toilet, floor, lights, paint and accessories and its good enough to last us through the next few years.  The befores I have are from what we did when we first moved in, a few months ago I posted the previous owners bathroom decor.

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New Side Tables

I saw this this first table at Salvation Army for $6 and could not pass it up.  I kind of forgot to take a before pick, so here it is kind of mid-way.  I realize I didn't do much with just a fresh coat of paint, but I think it's just about spotting a diamond in the rough.

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The second side table a a re-do of a table I got from a retailer that they were discarding after a reno.  I've always liked it but wanted to add a bit more pop to it.

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I used a paint stripper on the metal inlay in the centre of the table to bring back the metal finish.

New Bathroom Lights

So the New bathroom is almost done I wanted to show my new light fixtures before you see the final product.

These are the original fixtures:

These are the after.

Its an Ikea fixture where I replaced the glass covers with small mason jars.  I realized I'm not the first to do this, but it doesn't make me love it any less.  At a total cost of $35 for two fixtures and $1 for the jars, I'm pretty impressed.

New toy box

So I wanted a place to store some of Baby's toys in her room.  It's an itsy room so the rest will go downstair in her eventual playroom.  But for now I wanted a box for a select few toys.  I bought a end of season sale flower planter from a big box store as well as some casters.  I attached the casters to the bottom,  now the box has the option of siding behind the crib.

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Hillary and Jesse get hitched

So I took a short Internet break to spend time at the family cottage and celebrated my sister's wedding.  In the relaxation and then the following stress I forgot to take pictures of all the decorations I helped out with.  I'll post more as pictures pop up on facebook.  Most ideas I got from either Hillary or the blog Ruffled.  If only I had a photo of the sixty sacks I sewed for the wedding favour trees.  Dang.