Showing posts with label quail. Show all posts
Showing posts with label quail. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Living Room Update

As promised, I am now just getting to updated living room pictures.  Remember when I painted the wall here? Or got the new chairs here? Good times.  Everything else in the room I already had so it is a truly work with what you’ve got room.  A lot of the stuff is temporary but I am pretty pleased with results until something more permanent is created.  Is it close to finished? Of course not!



I brought these throw pillows in that I re-covered for a pop of color and used the ottoman from here as a temporary coffee table. I also used my sand hurricane from my coffee table update, and the electric insulators from this post. 




My amazing bird finds, and globe that was a gift from my sister in law work well with the texture of the woven tray.  My sister in law bought the globe at a rummage sale when she was, like 7.  I think it is very charming!


These old keys were salvaged from a friends Grandpa’s garage and are placed on top of some vintage books.  I used a lot of different shades and colors of blue to create a monochromatic effect.


I used this vintage basket as a holder for all my magazines.  I like how the basket brings a rustic and vintage touch to the room to create an eclectic feel against the more traditional cottage looking chairs.



I transported this pale blue Ball canning jar that holds my sentimental wine corks to the mantel.  I tried to keep the mantel color pallet very basic with blues and whites as to not overwhelm the room.


 
I love that you can put a starfish almost anywhere and it will look great!

 

As we think about what we want this room to eventually look like we are going to be adding the couch, possibly DIYing a coffee table, and adding a funky rug.  We will definitely be giving the back wall, which is still wood, a makeover and adding some bold curtains.  A new side table is potentially in the works and something needs to be done with that mantel.  There is a lot I have going on in my head for this room, and I am excited to see how the vision comes to life!

Monday, May 9, 2011

Rope + Vase = $0.49 DIY Decor Awesomeness

Math is not my thing, but if it leads to thrifty DIY accessories with a nautical feel I'm in!  Moving this weekend was hectic and since our new place is lacking internet I will share this DIY accessory post from my old house until the smoke clears at my new house enough for me to get the new house pictures and moving adventures online.

 It all started when I looked in my craft closet (yes I have a craft closet, my craft drawer just wasn’t cutting it anymore) and spied some leftover rope from this project lying around and a vase I had snatched up on a recent Goodwill trip. 





The vase was $0.49 which is a major bargain!  Let’s just say I was lucky I didn’t have to fight anyone off for it…but don’t worry I would have if I had to. 


One day I just put two and two together and started shoving the rope into the vase. 



I looped the rope and shoved it down into the vase several times to make sure all the rope was beautifully intertwined rather than just laying perfectly in a circle around the perimeter of the vase. 



After enough shoving you have your accessory.  The goal is to make it look messy and haphazard, so don’t worry about being perfect.  Before I was finished I look the leftover end and threaded it down into the vase to leave a loop sticking out of the opening for some added interest.  This project takes like 30 seconds and it cheap as dirt, so where can you go wrong?


My newly created accessory went to go live with my quails from this post and vintage books on my dresser. 

Monday, April 18, 2011

A Quail of a Tale

I went on another antiquing adventure with the pops and I cannot wait to share what I found.  It was a find that was so monumental it was deserving of a “GET OUT” push by Elaine from Seinfeld…..yes that epic!  Let me give you some back story.  Several months ago I stumbled upon Young House Love’s crash of the Bower’s pad.  This ceramic bird shot had me green with envy.  It was a bit like my brass birds that are perched on my coffee table, but I was drawn to the white ceramic-ness of it. 



And guess what….I FOUND IT! I did a happy dance in the store that to an outsider probably looked like I was having a seizure. 



But wait, there’s more……it had a baby!



AND it was only $6.00 for the pair! Probably not as good of a deal as Katie Bower got, but it made me all warm and fuzzy none the less!  My dad informed me that they are quails.  He also told me  that when I’m driving I take turns too sharp….it was an interesting day. 

I also ran across some large antique Ball canning jars with pale blue glass.  As I’m going up to the counter the pops casually says “Ohh I have some of those out back I’ll give to you when I get home”.  Score! So I walked away with these bad boys for free!  With just a little elbow grease I am confident they will shine. I am thinking I need a larger home for my wine corks (from here and here) to live and this seemed like the perfect solution, but only time will tell.