home art: June 2009

Squares and stripes

First of all...bear with me. This is my sister dancing with Donnie. (About 30 seconds in.)Warning: Turn down the volume unless you are a fan. Lots and lots and LOTS of screaming:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7Qth0Rp0JoSniff. I'm so proud!! Oddly enough, she was only up there for 20 seconds or so. It felt like four minutes while we were there. This is a good thing, because it means I was only

It. was. awesome.

Oh my goodness people. I cannot even tell you how. much. fun. we had last night. I'm not even kidding. It was the time of my life!!! First, some pictures, and then you'll just die at the story at the end!!!!Our seats were AWESOME, thanks to a former coworker of my sister/second cousin of my best friend (long story). We were right behind the sound stage. Thank God I'm 11 feet tall: I kept standing

Check HER out!

I'm a total slacker. I know I was supposed to blog about my squares and stripes today, but the day got away from me and so did the natural light. Any self-respecting blogger does not take night pictures if they can help it. (Yikes.)So bare with me folks, I will post it first thing next week! Until then, I am sharing more inspiration with you. Some bloggy love for your weekend pleasure...You just

Free paint?!

Holy crap! If you go to:https://www.glidden.com/promotions/free-paint-giveaway.doPick a color online or at Home Depot and they will send you a free quart. That's it. And it's in my favorite finish -- eggshell. Swoon. The offer is good through July 2 or while supplies last. Get to it!!Ummmm....I gotta figure out what color I want!! The pressure, I can't take it!!! (Thanks Tara, Renee and Kari for

My fruity kitchen.

Our kitchen is ever-changing. I am always tweaking something. I have major Decorating ADD in this room. Issues people.I have noticed lately that many of my tweaks involve faux fruit and I'm starting to think it looks like the farmer's market on a Saturday morning. I thought I would share the room and my fruity obsession with you so you can decide for yourself. I know the rage right now is light -

Gumball fish tank

I saw this project at least a year ago, probably more. I fell. in. love. I knew, one day, it would be mine. Well, Thursday was that day!! I have been had my eye out for a gumball machine for all this time, and last week there it was, at Goodwill!

I squealed with glee! (Really, I did. Out loud.) It didn't matter if it was $30, I was gonna get it. But it was only $10. Scha-wing!!

So this weekend,

Giveaway! And another giveaway!

This weekend, I have two -- count 'em -- TWO fantastic giveaways for you chickees to enter! I am so excited to introduce you to my two of my latest advertisers. They both have graciously agreed to give away one of their items.

Squeal!

The first is my friend Beki, who has an Etsy site called Pampering Beki. It is filled with items you can pamper yourself with...I tried to find just a couple to

One dollar kitchen decor.

I was going to show you the start of my deck transformation today so I could link up to Kimba's party, but the rain is putting a major cramp in my style. I love rain, but when it interferes with my decorating, me don't likey.So instead, I did some spray painting in the garage. A couple weeks ago, I saw this project at Angie's place and fell in love with it!I was thinking of ways to try this out

The cutest little bench you ever did see.

I do love a garage sale, don't get me wrong. I do. But I find them hard to attend with a two-year-old. He loves to drive by them to look for "choo choos," but can't stand it when I try to run up a driveway real quick. Not a fan. He must see it all first hand.So obviously, lately it's just not something I do much. Last week, I realized I love Thursday garage sales. First, it's the first day of the

Another lamp transformation!

Ohhhh I am sooo excited about this! I have been looking for new bedside lamps for, like, EVER. Like ohmygawd forever!I found these for $20 each a month or so ago...and had to dwell on what I was going to do with them. I loved the shape of the bases and the shades, but the color was wrong for our bedroom:The color was an easy fix. I spray painted them with my oil rubbed bronze paint (all the

Constructive criticism (?!)

Do you Rate My Space? It's a fantastic spot for inspiration over at HGTV. I used to be quite obsessed with it. Like, blogging obsessed. I would post my rooms and wait by the computer for those first few comments and ratings, biting my nails....all a-flutter.Well, it wasn't quite like that. But it was exciting to get decent ratings. But about a year ago I was a little over it. There was so much

How to paint laminate.

I should have known better to attack this project. I have learned over the past year or so that laminate is my nemesis. He hate me. (Check my first post to understand.)I know how to paint stuff. I do. I even knew/know how to paint laminate. It just doesn't like me much, and from now on, I think we're gonna keep our distance. Hater.It started with the TV cabinet in the playroom/loft:I kept looking

All things PAINT!

Alrighty, I don't assume to know much. But I have picked up a few things about paint in da "biz" that I wanted to share with you. So here. we. go. OH, and I'll throw in a few of my paint colors in here to, so I can link up to Melissa's Paint Party!Family Room: Sisal, Ralph Lauren/BehrPicking out color:MOST of the time, it is helpful to start with some sort of inspiration and work off of that. A

Gettin' my craft on.

***I added some how to's for this project below, based on the questions! Hope it helps! Keep linking to the party here ladies! I may have to take down Mr. Linky in a few days and just put up the links -- the linky is causing major issues with my site. Either way, you'll be able to keep linking up! (Anyone out there happen to be a computer expert by the way? I would lurve you forever.)Anyhoo, my

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