I have been working on building up my supply of jazzed up burp cloths. Here are a few new ones I made and currently have on supply. The burp cloths are $5 each or 2 for $9. Contact me at remnantsdiy@gmail.com if you are interested in purchasing one.
Lexi
I was feeling a bit sick of some of the throw pillows on my couch. I was feeling inspired by some pillows I had seen on my latest addiction…Pinterest. I decided to recover/repurpose some throw pillows that I had. Here are two of the new ones:
For the bottom pillow, I used the same technique as I did on my office chair redo. I am really having fun painting of fabric!
Lexi
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wwww.iheartnaptime.net
Well, its been a while, but I’m back with some new projects! I have been busy working on a few different things, this chair being one of them. After I re-did my office desk, I wasn’t happy with how my current chair looked with it. I kept my eyes open for a chair I could fix up and found one at a garage sale. I forgot to take a before picture, but it was black, peeling, and a little sad. Here is what I came up with:
I started out by sanding down the chair and priming it. I painted it with some oops paint I found at Home Depot for a whopping 50 cents! It matched the blue in my comforter perfectly! I recovered the seat with some fabric I had on hand. To spruce it up a bit, I cut out a design on vinyl with my Cricut and used it as a stencil. I stuck my “stencil” to the fabric and painted it the same paint color as the chair. Voila! Loving the pop of color it brings to the room.
Lexi
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What can I get done in a weekend without cable and internet? A lot! This desk is proof of it! The past few months I had been searching garage sales for a cheapo desk that I could redo for my office. I didn’t have any luck at garage sales, but my friend and I went to some antique stores nearby one day and I found a great desk! I knew just what I wanted to do with it.
I had seen and loved this dresser redo over at Scissors and Spatulas http://www.scissorsandspatulas.com/2011/06/grannys-old-dresser.html. I thought this style would be great with the new desk. They even have the same hardware!
I got out the new Mouse and went to work sanding it. I primed it, and gave it 3 coats of Behr Country Dairy (the same as I used on the nightstand redo). Unlike the dresser example, I didn’t do anything with the top of my desk. It was in pretty good condition. I distressed it a bit by sanding the edges. I am debating whether or not to add a little dark stain to some of the detailing in the desk. What to you think? I am just enjoying it for now!
**please ignore the mess of cords in the corner! I will hide them:)
Stay tuned to see what I will be doing with some ceiling tin I got on the same shopping trip…
Lexi
linking to: www.iheartnaptime.net, www.diyhshp.blogspot.com
Ok, so not the kind of mouse you are thinking of…it is me new Mouse sander by Black and Decker. I love it! What a fun little tool.
So, I realize I have totally been slacking on the blog, and I’m hoping to change that. I haven’t been sitting around doing nothing these past few weeks. I’ll give you a little peak at what I’ve been up to:
There has been a baby boom lately, so I have been busy making onesies and headbands. Above are a couple I made for my cousin’s little girl.
I made these for a good friend of mine for her daughters. I think they turned out so cute and can’t wait to make this for my new nephew or niece that is due to arrive in November.
I made these vintage looking signs for myself. I found the idea and tutorial here: http://www.lilblueboo.com/2010/06/vintage-sign-using-canvas-tutorial.html
So here is just a little bit of what I have been up to. I have a big project coming up, so hopefully I will have it done soon to share with you!
Lexi
linking to: http://www.iheartnaptime.net/,www.diyhshp.blogspot.com
I have lived in my apartment almost a year to the day now. Pretty much from day one I have wanted to put up a little curtain in this spot (sorry about the horrible pic!):
I wanted to be able to hide my lovely recycling bins. So today, after I finished lounging by the pool and being very unproductive, I decided to finally make one. Here is what it looks like now:
Making the ruffles nearly drove me batty (that is why I stopped at two!) although the second one went better than the first. I did decide though that I am going to get a ruffle foot for my sewing machine though!
I am looking forward to some time off starting mid-week next week so come back and check for new projects then!
Lexi
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I found this fun frame on a garage sale and knew it had a ton of possibility. Excuse the background of the pic- I forgot to take a picture until I was in my dad’s shop.
After thinking about it for a while, I finally figured out what to do with it. I decided to make it into a framed peg board.
Supplies:
Frame
Peg Board (its under $5 at hardware store)
Paint
Stain
This project was so easy. All I did was spray paint the frame (although I could have left it), and paint the peg board with some paint I had. I did put a couple of layers of magnetic paint on the peg board too.
The frame and peg board both looked super bright after I painted them, so I rubbed on some dark stain to tone it down a bit. Here is the frame completed and in its new home:
Lexi
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