Floating Space
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Before & After, Decorating
In the theme of getting the office put together we tackled another project this week. Installing floating shelves. I’ve had my eye on a pair from IKEA. The $20 Lack Shelves. I must be a trend setter because those babies were sold out everywhere. I even called the warehouse and they tried to ship me [...]
Tags: apartment decorating, floating shelves, office
White Out
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Before & After
I finally gave in. The “distressed” look I was going for with our coffee table was not jiving with our white slipcovers and dark wood. It was beginning to look like an eyesore. I should have gone with my gut and painted it white to begin with!
Since I had all of the paint out [...]
Tags: apartment DIY, coffee table revamp, painting
Someone’s in the kitchen
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Before & After
Look at this cutie shelf that I picked up at St. Vincent’s Thrift Shop. Which, by the way, was an experience. Ahem.
What?! You don’t like it? What if I told you it was only $10? Matt didn’t love it either but I had plans for it. I needed a place to house all of [...]
Tags: beadboard, furniture redo, painting, St. Vincents shop
Dining Redux: Part II
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Before & After
Now that we’ve finished the painting of the dining room table and chairs we can move on to the fun stuff. Picking out fabric for the cushions. I found a great little local fabric store here, Fabric Planet, that definitely lived up to their name. I found the perfect fabric for our chairs. Light grey [...]
Tags: dining room project, painting, recovering chairs
Dining Redux
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Before & After
We found this sad little dining set at the St. Vincent’s Thrift Shop in Los Angeles. That place was a zoo I tell you. It made Goodwill feel like Macy’s.
We picked it up to the tune of $49 which we were willing to pay since it’s made of real wood and feels pretty sturdy. [...]
Tags: dining room project, painting, recovering chairs
Light up my Life
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Before & After
Being the industrious lady that I am I decided to tackle a to-do project we had been putting off since we moved in. Hanging up our bedside lamps. We found these puppies for a steal on Craig’s List so we didn’t want to leave them behind when we moved.
Pretty bare huh? Once I finished [...]
Tags: Craig's List finds, hanging up wall lamps, master bedroom
Pretty your Potty
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Before & After, Decorating
Our apartment bathroom is pretty standard. White walls, white tub and tiles and of course the builder issue sink and vanity. I really wanted to freshen this space up but I had to get a little creative since we can’t paint, remove fixtures or hardware or really change the room structurally. So here’s what began [...]
Tags: apartment decorating, bathroom updates, simple solutions
Slip On Over
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Before & After, Craftiness
I showed you our fancy new slipcovers that we found at Overstock.com last week. I finally finished the homemade version for our ottoman. This thing was in seriously bad shape. The dogs had used it as a doormat to wipe their muddy paws, there was that red gatorade incident and the cross country trek didn’t [...]
Tags: ottoman slipcover tutorial, sewing
Slip it on
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Before & After, Decorating
Our slipcovers finally made it! I really contemplated making my own but after finding two-piece twill slipcovers with piping for $60 each I decided I couldn’t make my own for that price. We found ours on Overstock.com.
The slipcovers have made a huge difference. Our couches were so grimy, not to mention ripped from our [...]
Tags: apartment decorating, white slipcovers
Mirror, Mirror
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Before & After, Decorating
Finally! Something on our blank walls. My heavy lifting husband graciously took over this project. We added the mirror I scored for a song above our new bookshelf that I bought with our Craig’s List dough.
Matt did all of the heavy lifting and leveling on this project. I just stood back and told him to [...]
Tags: apartment decorating, ikea furniture, mirror
