Thursday, May 2, 2013

Bathroom Redo





Our half bath sets just off the kitchen.
After I painted my kitchen yellow
every time I went in the bathroom
that ugly green color bugged me.
I haven't made any changes to the bathroom
since we bought the house
six months ago.
This bathroom is always a disaster.
Everyone walks in the back door
and drops their shoes
right inside the bathroom,
right on the floor,
right in the way!
In fact, we really don't use this bathroom, it just is a DROP ALL.
 





It was so dull and boring.  I had half a gallon of paint left over from when I painted the kitchen
and decided it'd be good to use that paint here.
 
So two hours later I had the bathroom painted.
(I apologize, my camera isn't the best, so the pictures don't turn out quit
as vibrant as I'd like. )


The bottom is painted yellow and I left the top white.
 
I had a star, basket, and the word Believe laying around. It was actually in my yard sale pile. 
I pulled them out and spray painted everything black.
 
I have an old farm box that I picked up years ago at a yard sale for $3.
I figured this would be a good place to use it.  We can throw our shoes in there.
I told my husband I put the word
BELIEVE
on the wall so everyone could
believe in themselves
and put their shoes where they belonged.....inside the box!
 
Now maybe we'll use this bathroom
for what it was intended for
 
and not a THROW all place! 
 
 

Chevron



I am in love with Chevron right now! 
When I saw these chairs that a lady had redid with
chalk paint I knew I HAD to have them!!





 
 
 
My kitchen had navy blue accent walls, wich did not match with my chairs,
so I painted them yellow. I took my bar stools
to the lady and had her paint them to match.

I HATE to pay full price for home decor.
  I always keep my eyes open for treasures at the thrift shops, yar sales, or antique stores.
Luckily I inherited this glass water bottle from my husbands grandfather.
(I still have one more setting out in storage)
About a month ago I saw a bottle similar to this at the floral and they
had it all decorated up cute wich gave me the idea of what to do with mine. 
(since I wasn't going to pay $145 for the one they made)
 Burlap is the in thing now, I see it everywhere.
 I knew I wanted to incorporate it into my kitchen so I bought me some burlap and some chevron material.  I used Fabri-Ta wich works like hot glue other then you don't burn yourself while using it (wich is a plus for me because I'd always blister my fingers) and you don't get the stringy glue everywhere.  It was $11.99 at the fabric store. 
 
 

 
This was such an easy project. 
I had the BINGO card from a project I had done earlier
that a lady picked up at a thrift store.  Everything on this bottle is
glued on.  Even the flower I made with zero sewing.  







 
I haven't sewn in years and I don't even own a sewing machine,
but luckily my sister let me borrow hers. 
I took a white dish cloth and sewed the chevron and burlap on the front
 


 

I added the chevron material to the back of an old window I had.
(again, used the glue to adhere it to the wood frame)


 I cut a piece and put in the bottom of my serving tray
 


 
Then I made me some curtains to hang over my window above the sink.
 
 
 
Total cost for this project was
 
Chevron fabric $10.95 for 1 yard
Burlap $8.99 (still have alot left over to use on other projects!)
Glue  $11.99