All Because of a Burlap Lampshade

While in the Salvation Army thrift store one day, I came across this burlap lampshade.

I loved it but walked away because really, where was I going to put it?

But then, like I usually do, I walked back over and picked it up. There were lots of lamps just a couple of feet away from this beautiful shade and surely I could look through them and find the perfect one right?

I found it.  I had to look past the orange though and imagine it with a makeover.

{pardon the mess on the table}

I painted the lamp and then added the shade. 

Perfect!  Just how I had imagined.

I put it in our bedroom.  It fit right in with the new makeover in there.  I promise I will show you the room but there is just one more big project that must be completed before it will be "finished."

I will give you a tiny peak into the room though.

Here is my dresser.  Also a 

Salvation Army find that got a French makeover.

The color I was talking about?  You can see a tiny bit of it here to the left of the dresser and also in the photo above...behind the lamp.

I love the color and will tell you all about it in another post!

Have a great day!!

xo and blessings,

Kathleen

The Bedroom Makeover...Revealed

I know that I promised this post earlier, but I've been run down lately with a bad cold.

For the most part, the room is finished, however after looking at the photos, it needs something else. Funny how a photo will do that isn't it? Truth revealed through the lens. I'll tweak it a little here and there and then we'll see.

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So anyway, before I show you the before pictures, I feel I must provide the following disclaimer:

The before photos of this bedroom that you are about to see are beyond hideous, outdated and well, just plain ugly. The color was named "Old Gold" and believe me, it was old and it was gold! Also, I almost forgot to take before pictures until I was well into the throwing around and moving of stuff, so the room is a huge mess! I assure you, I don't make it a habit of keeping our room in a state of disarray with clothes all lying about. It just so happens that I had already begun to tear apart the room before I remembered to take the pictures. But that's okay, better to keep it real! So, without any further adieu....

The Before:
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See? I told you. I had already started to remove the curtains, move the furniture etc...

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The After:


Ahhhh....much better!

The wall color is Alaskan Husky by Benjamin Moore.

I painted my husband's dresser in a creamy shade of white and then went back and sanded the edges to distress it a bit. Then I went over it with a mahogany stain which I applied and quickly wiped off. I painted the hardware black.

Below is the nightstand...

I painted it exactly like the dresser. I was going to paint the bed as well, but then decided to leave it as is. I thought that the bed and the television armoire would look better in their original stained wood finish. After looking at the photos though, I may go back and paint the bed too. I have to think about it. The armoire will definitely stay as it is though. The wood is too pretty to touch on that one!

The lampshades were originally plain white but I added black ribbon to the tops and bottoms of them to dress them up a bit.

An old, vintage fan that I found years ago at a flea market. I added it to the top of husband's dresser along with a miniature globe.

Here is my dresser that you may remember from this post. I liked the way the black handles looked on the nightstand and husband's dresser, so I took the hardware off of this dresser and painted them black as well.

So there you have it! The finished room. Thanks for joining me in the makeover reveal! I'm sure I'll be adding a few things here and there...such as putting the rest of my photos in the frames - I'm guessing you probably saw some empty frames scattered about - haha! The printer ran out of ink :)

Have a great weekend!!

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xo and God Bless,

Kathleen

The Bedroom Inspiration

image courtesy of Country Living

So, have you read the latest issue of Country Living yet? It's the December/January issue and I loved it. I read it cover to cover. Several times actually.

So anyway, the article about the Tiemann Family's White Holiday Home is what inspired our bedroom makeover. Well, actually, it inspired the colors. I had already decided to do the room. I was just looking for a little color inspiration. This was it. I loved the color so much I just had to do it. Of course, I got a sample can first because you know how it is...sometimes a color on a magazine page isn't always the same when you get it on the wall.

In this case it was perfect! It's called Alaskan Husky by Benjamin Moore and I am in love with it. It's the perfect white and gray and very pale blue, all wrapped up in one color.

So far, I've got the walls painted and I've painted one dresser. The dresser is a creamy white to match the other dresser I did here. I have a night stand to paint tonight and then tomorrow I will hopefully put the room back together.

Until I get it all finished up and have photos to share, I will leave you with my inspiration room courtesy of the Country Living website.

image courtesy of Country Living Magazine

Until then...

xo and God Bless,

Kathleen