After my week without kids, I really got motivated! I painted my bathroom, bought a sewing machine, thought~how hard can it be? and made this fixed-flat Roman shade (different fabric I found at Brentwood Interiors for on sale for $4.25 for 1 1/2 yards! I haven't taken pictures of it yet. I have a few tweaks I need to make on it. It was harder than I thought, but easier than I thought too... does that make sense at all???
Then I used Pure and Lovely's playroom for inspiration on my kid's upstairs playroom. I even stalked Ashley (P&L blog owner) for the paint color but ended up using a slightly different color. I found like fabrics on Etsy and ordered 7 different yards of fabric. I kind of made up my own pattern for these window treatments. They are NOT PERFECT, but good enough for me. I misjudged a few measurements (which has been the hardest part of sewing for me) so they are a little bit off. Then I started painting. I sanded, painted and distressed the boys toybox a bright red (who needs P90X when you are sanding all of the furniture in your house)?? and repainted one of the chairs yellow. Then I made three cute little pillows and the playroom is still a work in progress. I still have a bookshelf (found on the side of the road for trash) to paint and bulletin boards, etc to add. I had painted these pear paintings on canvas about six months ago and didn't have a place for them and the colors match great!
(please excuse the mess, it's a work in progress!!)
Then I WENT ON A HUGE PAINTING FRENZY. I painted a bed I got for Walker~ $10 at a yard sale(thought it was a twin, but ended up being a full) so it's now Will's bed, painted his rocking chair, our end table, coffee table, an antique desk I got at a yard sale for $30, and now I'm repainting our kitchen table and chairs. Our table was my parents first table when they were married and was handed down to us several years ago. We painted it black when Will was a baby and 4 years and 2 kids later, it was looking AWFUL with lots of chips in the paint in a not so distressed kind of way, never mind the fact that our kitchen and den are all one big room and our den is in brown and neutral tones. This always bothered me, but I didn't have the energy or desire to fix it. The table has been a BEAST to sand and I'm still working on it and still working on the coffee table. It's been a lot of hard work, but very rewarding! If you are still reading this I applaud you! Here are some pics of the bed, rocking chair, and other things.
table in progress
whew....I am sore and tired, but love my new hobbies! This has been such a creative outlet for me and has helped me to get back a little piece of myself. It has been very rewarding for me to have a new outlet and something to look forward to.
