Author Archives: Krista Salmon

11.15.12

E’s Room… Coming Along.

As most of you know, we are in the midst of redesigning E’s room.  She wanted purple and pink… her two favorite colors.  That was all I needed to get started.  When designing a room, I start with one thing, whether it be a piece of art, rug or piece of furniture- and build on it.  For E’s room- It all started with these pillows.  I fell in love.  
We painted the walls months ago.. but due to life and health issues, had a major hault.  Slowly but surely we are piecing it together. 

You saw her new ottoman

I am so in love.  And totally jealous.

 We added some really beautiful polished nailheads and added a skirt because I was not in love with the legs.

The reason that I chose it is because of the great storage space.

She’s got her reading chair.

and her new lamp.

And fully dressed windows.

Next up– I need to hang her Juju Hat that is sitting in the corner… More on that debacle later.

11.14.12

A Little Bit of Lilac Never Hurt Nobody.

What should have taken me 3 hours total, ended up being a project that sat in my garage for weeks.  It all started with this lamp.
I was wanting a lamp similar to this one, but there were many reasons why it wouldn’t work:  1.) The price.  2.) The size.  3.) The color was a little but more grey than I was looking for.

So, after finding this lamp at Target, I figured I’d make it work.  First, I primed it with STIX, painted it with leftover paint (we used that as the base color on E’s walls) and lacquered it.

 I topped it off with a $12.99 shade from HomeGoods and here she is now.  A perfect match!
Check in tomorrow to see more previews of E’s Room.

11.13.12

Pink and Purple Makeover!

Remember this ottoman from HomeGoods?
Well, she has gotten a major makeover.

And this rocking chair that I bought for $20 on CraigList?  The frame used to be a dilapidated brown. (Sorry, I can’t find the original CL pic.)  We stripped it and painted it a high-gloss black.  Here she is before the new fabric…

And here she is now.
We still have a ways to go, but her room is really coming together.  We need to stay on track so that we can make room for her new homework desk that she will be getting for Christmas.
More pics of her room tomorrow!

11.08.12

Ikea to the Rescue (Again.)

I have been pinning lighting options for our guest bedroom for months now.  I was dead-set on pewter sconces over the nightstands just like these.
I even had the perfect pair picked out:
However, something in me couldn’t stomach spending $1,000 on two lights for a room we hardly use.
A few weeks ago, I was at Ikea and spotted these babies….  for $29.99 each!  Done and done.  Life’s all about choices, people.  Now I have more money to put towards my living room lighting budget!