Hey guys! Sorry I haven't posted in awhile....I have been super busy trying to get our house in order. As you know, I've gone stencil crazy these days..lol. After weeks of debating, I decided to go with the Zamira Allover Stencil by Cutting Edge Stencils for the dining room. The base color I went with is Benjamin Moore Silver Chain and went over the stencil with Benjamin Moore Metallic Liquid Silver. I loved the way it came out! Check out the way the dining room looked when we first moved in house:
One really cool thing to do in your house is to add little elements of surprise to spaces no one would expect to be decorated. For example, a closet, garage, or any other space you can think of. I decided to get some more of my money's worth out the stencil I used for kitchen wall to give my closet/pantry a lil facelift!
I forgot to take a before pic but it was a basic closet... the walls had marks all over...so I used paint I already had for this. I went with a white base for the closet and used a light blue paint for the stencil.
Here is how it looked as I almost finished up with the base coat. If you look at bottom of pic, you can see a little of the yellow color I covered up.
Now here is what it looks like now (This pic was taken before I touched up everything):
Wallah.... all done! And it'll be fun to go in the closet now! :)
Okay let me make a small disclaimer...I knew this project would take awhile but Lord knows I underestimated just how long it would actually take. I feel like I've been working on this forever and Im only half done. A large portion of time has been dedicated to covering the buttons... all in all I will have used close to 100 buttons on this project. I was going to use the button making kits but I read online that sometimes they don't hold up as well for thicker upholstery fabrics so I decided to use my trusty hot glue gun to cover them. Not to mention , those button making kits are not cheap... well they are cheap if you only need 10 or 20 but for 100... def not cheap. So I found these buttons at my local fabric store for 5cents each and used my fabric to cover them. I'm about half way done covering them..not fun at all :(
So here is how the bench is looking so far:
I still have to cover and tuft the backs and I have also decided to paint it brown...the same brown I used for the cabinet I painted in earlier posts. And remember, I plan to post a full tutorial on how to do this when Im done! Stay tuned!
So we had an ugly built in cabinet that came with our house. My original plan was to destroy it because it def didn't go with the look of the room plus I kinda wanted to do something different in that corner until my friend suggested I keep it. So I decided to give it a paint job!
Here is how the cabinet looked before:
I decided to use Valspar Satin Java Brown which is a great color that is very similar to the color of a lot of furniture you buy in stores. I purchased it from Lowes for around $10
Initially, I was going to sand the whole thing then paint it, but I got lazy and decided to paint right over it.
After I finished painting the whole thing, I let it dry overnight then added a few coats of this polyurethane in satin:
Lastly, I switched out the hardware for a more updated look. And here is the finished product! Overall, Im very pleased and it looks even better in person. I'm glad my friend suggested I keep it! :)
I was looking for two accent chairs for our family room and came across these at American Signature Furniture.
They were on sale for $79 ....reg $149 each which is a pretty good deal. Now of course I couldn't possibly leave the chairs looking like this :) ... I found some great material for $15 a yard.
This is not a really thorough tutuorial but I took the chair apart first then covered the chair. A little sewing was required for a cleaner look.
Almost Done!
Okay so the seat cushion for this chair was easy to cover...the back was a little tricky because it has a curved back so Im still working on finishing up the backside of this chair then I'll have to repeat everything for the other chair!
Overall, recovering this chair has given it a completely different look and a chair like this could easily go for at least $150-$200 or more depending on the store so I'm very pleased with the outcome! :)
So as you know, I recently moved and I have tons of DIY projects I am working on and plan to post about. I may even venture to do some videos...we'll see about that though....but I'll def try to do tutorials on everything.
So today's feature is on frosted glass window film I used on glass cabinets in our kitchen. I wanted to do a frosted look on these so people can't see straight through along with giving them a slightly more modern look.
I researched online and came across a few options to get a frosted glass window look. One thing you can use is Rust-Oleum Specialty Frosted Glass Spray but I was a little nervous if the coverage would be even. Then I found out about a few films that can be applied. I read a few reviews on Gila Window Film... a few people said it wasn't good then others didn't seem to have any issues. I figured since my windows were pretty small, I should be okay so I decided to get the Gila Window Film and Application kit (which I highly recommend). The film cost about $22 or so and application kit costs around $7 from Lowes.
Its not hard to apply this stuff at all but depending on the size of the window you are covering it may not be a bad idea to have a helper. The basic process is spraying the window film a lot and using the squeegee that comes in kit. The website has a YouTube video I posted at the bottom of this post.
So here is how the first window came out:
Here is how the second window came out as well. Not bad at all...its exactly what I wanted.....you can see small shadows of whats inside but cant see all the way through. Also the lights in the cabinet still shine through. Now I just have to do the other side.
So if you have a window you want a little privacy, I definitely recommend giving Gila window film a try!
Every since I can remember I have always loved kitchen banquettes. I really love them near windows. I love natural light so the more windows in a home the better!
I only have one window in our kitchen in the house we just moved into but I do have a L-shaped corner that will work perfectly for a banquette. So you guys already saw the kitchen wall stencil I did here, My banquette will go in that corner. So I got our contractor to make a frame for the banquette. Originally, I was going to try to be ambitious and do it myself but I figured I would leave that part to a professional :) I probably should have told him to make the bench seat a little deeper so it would allow more seat coverage but it should work out fine. I just cant make the back too thick. I ordered a round glass table for the area so hopefully it works out when it actually comes in.
So here is the frame he did. I painted it white.
I have also decided I want to do a tufted look for the banquette and I found tons of inspiration pics on my new fave site... www.houzz.com !! Here are a few of my inspiration pics:
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