Unexpected Fabric Find

I saw a home tour on Made By Girl and I fell in love with this fabric:

On one of our three snow days this week, Dave and I braved the elements to keep me from going stir crazy and we hit up JoAnn's to see if they had any left. Sad for me, they didn't, but I did find a gorgeous 4.5 yards of a linen Ikat fabric for less than $30! Woo to the hoo!

Recently I had taken down the old curtains in the guest bedroom because of a weird discoloring so the timing couldn't be better!

I used the tried and true no sew iron on hem and it worked like a charm, yet again.

It's funny for me because our whole home is colorful and then the guest bedroom comes in nice and neutral. I like that you never know what you're going to get. : )

Have a fantastic weekend, friends!

xoxo

Deal Or No Deal !

The mirror is mine! I am so happy to report that the Bellesol mirror that I've wanted for so long is happily hanging in our guestroom today. But, the most exciting news of all is that I found it at Home Goods for less than 1/2 the price! I am positive it is the exact same mirror and almost peed my pants when we saw it yesterday.

I had posted on DecorPad multiple times {sorry, guys!} about how much I wanted this mirror and one of the members said she found one at Home Goods.

I decided to look up some Home Goods in the area and there was one in St. Peters, so off Maw Maw, David, and I went! We have lots of TJ Maxx and Marshall stores but very few Home Goods in my area. I was very hesitant that I would find the mirror because these types of stores are usually a hodge-podge of items, but it was there and it was the only one left! My sweet Maw Maw spotted it and I literally let out a shriek of happiness. You would've thought I won the lottery--I was that excited. : )

Here she is! Isn't she gorgeous???

Guest Room Update!

Thanks to my girl, FC, I fell in love with this gorgeous and thrifty Urban Outfitters chandelier.

You can see it here, in her lovely office, and now one also resides in our guest room. I love it!

Paint Swatch Art

As you may know, the guest room is getting a major overhaul. Things are coming along quite nicely and I just need to get another lamp shade, new mirror, and west elm block art {which has been ordered, but is on back order until November!}.

Tonight I took on another DIY art project from which I drew inspiration from my favorite little DIY magazine that I've raved about in previous posts. Who knew I could be so crafty?

Here are the magazine scans showing you the paint swatch art above the bed. Basically, it's as obvious as it looks....arrange some paint swatches in the colors and sizes of your choice and voila--new art! I took a couple different trips to Lowe's and Home Depot so I didn't look like such a freak taking 100's of swatches at once. I loaded up on all sorts of shades of creams, whites, greys, yellows, some pinks, taupes, tans....and well, the list goes on and on.

I liked the way the magazine had the art set up in a mosaic form on the left and a bigger block form on the right--I'm not one to mess with a good thing, so I pretty much followed their lead!


Here are the finished products in all their framed glory! Let me tell you, the little squares one was the most tedious to space out correctly {dang math--that's why I'm a Spanish teacher, folks!} and glue on just right!

And here they are hanging in their new home. I thought I wanted to paint the frames white, but I'm kind of digging the black--oh and David chimed in saying white "would look dumb." Don't you just love a man's opinion? It's a slow process for me to be OK with everything not being so matchy-matchy, but I'm coming around : ).

Be Our Guest!

It's time to add to the wish list for the guestroom. We've only had a couple of guests actually use the room, but who's counting?

Recently I waved bye-bye to all things shabby chic that once inhabited the space. It was all too matchy-matchy and my taste continues to evolve, so it had to bite the dust and hopefully some lucky person will snatch it up off of Craigslist!

Right now we have this bedding which we caught on a super sale at Macy's!

And I've posted about this mirror before, but I'm just waiting for it to go on sale!

This wood wall art is a steal at 4 overlapping squares for $59!

I think this art keeps it kind of whimsical and fun.

Last, I fell in love with this chandelier thanks to my blogger friend, Freckles_Chic, who used it beautifully in her home office! Check it out! I am 90% sure I am going to make my own headboard with a type of burlap {for real!} fabric to give the room some texture and then make some DIY art with paint swatches {more info on that to come in a later post}!

I'm keeping my eye out for some interesting bedside lamps but nothing has jumped out at me yet! That's quite alright though with the long running list I just posted above ;-)

Mirror, Mirror On The Wall

I'm really wanting this for our new and improved guest room.

Pics are coming soon so you guys can help me accessorize!