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Monday, September 6, 2010

Bathroom Vanity.

Yesterday I was on a cleaning frenzy, every once in awhile I get the urge to clean up an area and try to make it "cuter". (Is that the word I'm looking for? I'm pretty sure my hubby wouldn't agree to that word.) Anyway yesterday, the bathroom vanity was my pick! Here are a few before and after photographs.

This is the "before" I cleared everything out and cleaned the shelves photo:


These are the "after" I cleared everything out and cleaned the shelves, PLUS put some CUTE jars and very tiny but CUTE clothespins (just to spice it up a bit!) photos:


       

I love the look of the different jars, they have such detail!
Now that everything has it's own place, there is alot more room to put things that  belong don't belong! (HA, cause who are we kidding it never stays this clean!)





Sunday, September 5, 2010

Candy Corn, real enough to eat!

I finished another Fall project (last night when I should have been in bed)! Sorry for the poor quality photographs (snapped them before bed as well!)

Okay so I originally got the idea from Chapman Place, who got the idea from Swainston Vinyl and Dezign.

 I LOVED the look of the beadboard, but did not have any on hand ( I plan to buy some, so I can start creating away!)

So instead, I took my wood and drew three different sized "Candy Corn" shapes. I then cut them out, and to "resemble" the "look" of beadboard I took a sharp blade and cut lines for more texture. I attatched small (triangle shaped) pieces to the back to help them stand up better by themselves. After sanding the fronts and edges, I painted away starting with yellow and making my way up. Left them to dry, then distressed them a bit and stained over the majority of each "Candy Corn". Added some "Fall-ish" ribbon, yarn, and leaves and I LOVE the finished project!