Floral Monograms

This year for the twins birthday, I wanted to finally make their monograms for above their beds. When Corah moved into their room nearly a year ago, she came with her own monogram from her nursery, and the space above the twins bed’s was rather lacking.

I finally decided that the girls room wouldn’t necessarily be designed under a strict “theme.” Instead, I chose to just go with all things girly and colorful. These monograms really make a huge impact on the feel of the room.

My original plan was to fill the entire letter with flowers, but as I did that, the letter disappeared and only left a floral blob that resembled a letter. Instead, I discovered that I like the look of the flowers gathered together in one spot.

Here’s the DIY tutorial:

I bought these plain wooden letters at Hobby Lobby, and painted them with a teal acrylic paint, which needed two coats.

Using wire cutters, I took a bouquet of the fake flowers and cut each one off from the stems and hot glued them to the letter. This is kind of a trial and error process in which you try to make it look as full as possible. A lot of these flowers were actually glued right on top of each other.

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Here is the final product hanging in their room! It was really simple to do, and they look so lovely in my girls colorful floral room!

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Antique High Chair Refinished

I have always been in love with Antique high chairs. They are just so much more special then the regular high chairs you get at the baby stores these days. I knew that part of Corah’s first birthday party would include a beautiful antique high chair as a main focal piece. Luckily I have some amazing facebook friends: soon after posting a “keep your eyes out” status, I got a fantastic antique high chair in GREAT shape, FOR FREE!!! Just what I was hoping for! Thanks Loujanna!!

Here is the chair Before
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If you didn’t see the post about Corah’s birthday party, its a must see: click here. The theme was You are my Sunshine. I wanted the chair to be aqua blue with a sun painted on it. I got to work sanding, which took a long time because of the legs of the chair. Once I was done with that I painted the chair with two coats of interior paint (I just used the sample size, instead of paying for a whole gallon) with a regular paint brush. Once both coats were dry I free-hand painted the sun on the back, and the sun bursts on the front. This was the end result.

After:

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Here’s the chair at the Birthday Party:

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I absolutely love the way it turned out! It shined in the birthday photos just the way I imagined! It really did make the party more glamorous! I always get nervous when I free-hand paint, but it always turns out amazing. I should learn to trust myself more 😉

If I wasn’t already addicted to refinishing pieces, this one would have done it for me FOR SURE. I currently have two more pieces in the works! Including a GORGEOUS mini-rocking chair! I can’t wait to share them with you!

Living Room Design

I love interior design. I really do! Who doesn’t want a beautiful space to live in? Ever since we got cable a few months ago, I’ve been watching HGTV probably more than I should. I have also been stalking pinterest like a pro. For a lot of reasons, I’ve not had much time or money to put towards designing our home.

When we got pregnant with our sweet number four, I finally got to do a full nursery design from start to finish (well okay, I still have stuff to do!). Doing that lit a fire under me, and I was hooked! At 36 weeks pregnant, I re-did our main bathroom by myself—including two coats of paint! Now I really just can’t stop!

We have lived in our home for 3 years now. It is not our dream home, and we only intend on staying here for 3 more years, but that doesn’t mean I don’t want a beautiful space in the meantime. Next room to be done is the living room. Our deadline is the day before the Super Bowl. Why? So we can relax and enjoy the game of course!!!
What needs to be done? Everything. Like literally, everything. Yes, by February 2nd. Yes, that’s a little more than 2 weeks away. Yes, I know.

Here’s my list of things to do:
1. Paint all the walls (this means the living room, dining room and kitchen walls, because we have an open concept home) and trim
2. Remove old carpet
3. Paint the subfloor with KILLZ
4. Let the carpet install guys do their thing.
5. Buy TV and mount it above fireplace
6. Buy ALL The furnisher and accessories and put in place. This includes couch, chairs, curtains, side tables, lamps, and other accessories for the living room and a dining table for the dining room.

Can I do this in time? I sure hope so! I would love to sit my butt down and enjoy the Super Bowl!!