Category Archives: Target

07.02.13

Our Living Room.

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Last week I showed you some pictures of dining room with a promise of living room pictures on the horizon.  I always keep my promises people, so here you go!

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The gold leaf tray was a HomeGoods DIY.

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I love this piece.  It was a Mother’s Day gift made by E last year.

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See how I made this butterfly collection here.  The stools are from HomeGoods!

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It took a long time to find just the right paper for the ceiling.  I was thrilled that the winner was from Home Depot!  The chairs were a Craigslist find that I reupholstered.

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As you may know, the curtains were custom painted.

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I had my Grandmother’s piano bench reupholstered with a metallic cowhide. 2013-4-27 - Salmon Portfolio - Web - Larger (15 of 103)

Remember the Nate Berkus turtle shells that I painted?  Aren’t they fab?

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Found this needlepoint on Craiglist.  Had her made into a pillow.  We had leftover turquoise linen from the wingbacks, so I had two pillows made.  The Schumacher pillows are from Etsy.

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We love our new living room.  What I love most is that we didn’t break the bank creating it.

Photos by Ryann Colleen Photography

01.03.13

Gettin’ Shit Done.

The winter break gave me some time to ramp up on some projects that have been sitting on the bench for a while.  What frustrates me most is that I want instant gratification.  Unfortunately, some of these projects have now been started but are now on hiatus.  Like our living room for example.  I finally got my light fixtures installed, then I needed to have the drywall repair done on the ceiling to make way for the grasscloth wallpaper install.
 (That’s little Lou carefully watching our contractor Andy cut holes in our ceiling.)

 I couldn’t wait to get the picture light hung to highlight my butterfly collection.  I love it even more now.

I had a nervous breakdown when I realized that the raffia paper that I ordered is way to irregular and will show lines on the ceiling, no matter how well it is hung, so back to the drawing board to find the perfect paper.  Grrrrr…
As you know, my quest for Turtle Shells ended at Target, with Nate’s porcelain shells.  However, I was not psyched about the color selection.  
 So I amped them up with some gold spray paint.

We also finally got E’s Juju hat hung in her room.  (I accidentally broke the strings in the back and we had to restring the entire thing.)  Oye.

Just a few more things to do in her room and we will be ready for the big reveal!

I also bribed my Pops to hang the chandelier in the Guest Bedroom.

As you can see we need to do some paint touch-up around the base.
All-in-all, things are coming together.  Now that it is back to the daily grind, progress will be sporadic, but bit by bit, we’ll get there.

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.