Striped Wall Update Decor

  You know when you are getting ready to have a party at your house and all of the sudden you need to finish at least two of the things that you have had on your "to do list" for ever but all of the sudden it has to be done right this minute???  That was what I was doing on Friday before our annual cornhole tournament on Saturday.

  This (pic below) is what our wall has looked like since I painted the stripes back in February.  The same mirror has been up since we moved in 2 years ago and the pictures on either side I stole from the bathroom after trying plates that didn't quite cut it....so the bathroom has been pretty much bare since then.  I didn't love the pictures but I left it like this, for a long time, longer than I would have liked but I just didn't have the drive to replace it all until Friday.  And then it was compulsive that I do it all right that second!!!

  Now after a little TJ Maxx shopping trip there's been some much needed changes on this focal wall.  In came a new mirror, and two new pictures, and the console I purchased at a garage sale recently.  The mirror has been switched out with a more rustic finish, the ornate silver finish mirror went into the makeup room, and the pictures finally went back into the bathroom.

Here is how it looks now!

With the addition of the new, bigger artwork...

 and a new rustic, painted mirror that style fits way better 

than the shiny mirror that was there before....

 and the el cheapo console table I scored for $2 bucks!

So after a long wait I am kinda lovin' the changes that have been made and I couldn't beat the $2 console table...still can't believe that!!!  And to top it all off, I painted OVER the coral paint samples that were ALL OVER the bathroom, put the pictures back up and it looks back to normal in there now.  I think I'm kind of over the whole coral paint now that I have a hot pink room!!

~  Kim :)

Striped Wall

  So anytime I say "oh this will be so easy, I'll be done in no time" someone please slap me!  I see these great projects in blogland and everyone makes it look so easy.  I swear, anytime I do a project it costs me twice as much and takes me three times as long as it does everyone else.

  This one little wall about killed me.  No not really, but it caused me a few screaming fits and some nights sleep.  Mainly poor planning on my part was the cause and also my sometimes insane inability to make a decision.  First, I started with (3) wide white stripes.  I painted that and decided I didn't like that look.  I then painted (4) 10" stripes, and I don't know, it looked too perfectly porportionate or something.  This is about the time that (my DH started looking at me all crazy) I wanted to pull my hair out and abandon the project but I had a bunch of stripes on the wall.  So I did a little math and figured out a layout that I thought I would like better.

  I ended up with a 4" stripe at the top of blue, 9" stripes going down alternating white and blue, and ended with a 5" stripe of blue at the bottom.  This was sooo much better in my opinion.  I was really happy with it... for about a minute.  Then I decided that the semi-gloss white stripes were just... too white.  So off to Home Depot I went to buy some off-white eggshell that matched the sheen of the blue already on the wall.  Oh.my.goodness.I.am.insane.

  Here is the process and what I ended up with:

I took a ruler and marked down the wall and connected those lines using a yardstick.  No levels or fancy tools here.

Taped off the lines with painters tape and marked my blue lines with a bit of painters tape so I knew where not to paint.

Most important tip:  dry brush the edges of the tape down before you start rolling on your paint.

After the paint has dried take a white eraser and erase any visible pencil marks.

Wish List:  This is the type of console that I envision on this wall but 'lo and behold, that is not what I had on hand.

I found this pretty lady for $40 at our local CHKD thrift store and thought she looked pretty cute there.

Not my first choice of artwork but I stole it from the bathroom until I can find something I really like.

I would take a picture of the entire table and dining area, but then you would see all my mess :)  Maybe tomorrow.



Seeing Stripes

My latest obsession.  I saw so many great pictures and tutorials online that I just had to give it a try and I had the perfect wall for it!

http://theinspiredroom.net/