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
Going Gray
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Before & After, Decorating
Not my hair color (well, not yet!) but our wall color. Our apartment came with the standard issue stark white walls of every apartment. It wasn’t doing much for us. I decided to try and warm things up a little bit with some paint. We chose Sandstone Cove by Behr.
Don’t be afraid of using gray [...]
Tags: apartment decorating, gray painted rooms, painting
Coffee Table Update
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Before & After
I know I told you I was going to paint everything white but I felt a little different about our coffee table (which by the way-is a repurposed piano bench). It started out black.
I decided to paint it with some Rustoleum spray paint I had left over. It promised to give a hammered metal look. [...]
Tags: coffee table revamp, glazing, painting
Belly Up to the Bar
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Before & After
We’ve had a couple of standard Oddvar IKEA barstools for awhile now. We bought them for the low low price of $12.99 each when we first moved into our humble abode. We used them until we found a dining room set that we liked.
I dug them out of the basement last week and felt inspired [...]
Tags: bar stools, new seating, painting, staining
Do Over
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Before & After, Decorating
That’s what’s happening to all of our accent furniture. Currently our coffee table, side table and wine bar are all painted black. It worked perfectly with our cute little dining table.
Well, we’ve sold the dining table and I’m dead set on putting white slipcovers on the couches (I might make them due to [...]
Tags: easy projects, furniture redo, painting
