Show your Colors! Before and After's {By Colortopia}

Are you guys ready for some awesome Before & After's??

I will admit I am slightly addicted to Before & After pictures....especially those involving PAINT! Paint makes everything better!

I am actually right in the middle of a renovation with opening my own local store. I have a very small budget and no money for new carpet or hardwood floors.......so I just painted the floor! Paint is the most affordable way to update the look of any space.  I also painted all the walls and ceiling. A little paint is transforming the space beautifully.....I know because everyone passing by tells me~!

Here's a few of MY Before & After's involving paint: 

Updated Bath with paint and stencil

A little paint transforms a play station!

This craigslist find was transformed with Glidden's Delicious Red

Paint can ever transform lamps and a piano! 

and finally here is the progress of my new store...

painted trees and a painted floor. 

{I'll be sharing the opening of my shop at a later date}

Wanta see MORE before and after's??? My Colortopia has a new feature on their site called Show Your Colors. It host a very large selection of Before and After Paint Projects! WOWZA!

Now YOU can submit your very own Before and After paint projects....
it's fun and so simple!

Just click on the Visit My Colortopia at the bottom of the widget
to get started.

I'll be sharing these Before and After's over at Show Your Colors.

 Show Your Colors even has a tool to help you match paint colors for your very own project. So while your browsing all the fabulous Before & Afters, if you see one you love just click "Get Paint Colors From This Photo" below the photo and the tool helps you get inspired with your very own color scheme! How Fabulous is that!!!  Easy Peassy:-)

*** { I have been sponsored by Glidden brand paint to write this post but the thoughts 
and opinions expressed are my own.:-)}***

Master Bedroom Makeover-Part 1

 

I'm joining The DIY Club !

 I'm so excited to share my bedroom makeover.

As you know from other posts...(World Map) (Life is Beautiful)

I Love to project images on the wall, paint and save money!

I do LOVE vinyl for smaller projects like labeling, doors and mirrors.

But for the BIGGER projects this is my technique.

 I painted 3 white trees and 1 dark gray to match an accent wall. 

 I added a couple of LOVE birds and some leaves for a pop of color.

I'm in love with this look!!

I knew while our house was being built that I wanted to paint trees in our master bedroom.

 

Repainted a plant stand

 

Had the hubby cut this old table in half

and made 2 end tables. 

Doesn't paint just make everything look better:-)

Part 2 will include a headboard, wainscoting and silhouette. 

So stay tuned.....

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Master Bedroom~ Sneak Peak #2!!

Still working on my Master Bedroom.

But check out my soon to be end tables...

The BIG reveal is coming...... 

Chalkboard Magnetic Pantry Door

I LOVE chalkboard paint!! 

I'm always looking for placing to paint it and I found just the perfect spot on the inside of my pantry door!

I also used some magnetic paint.....

BEFORE 

3 coats of magnetic paint with a half of drying time between coats

2 coats of chalkboard paint

I added a border of green from my kitchen wall 

Perfect! 

The bottom half is just perfect for my son 

This keeps the little one busy while I clean up the kitchen:-)

After!!

Alphabet Wall

I'm so excited to be in our NEW home and I'm transforming each room.....
I painted the world , applied Faux Wainscoting to a wall
Now I'm adding an alphabet wall!! 
I got inspiration for the Alphabet Wall all over the web....
Here at A Time for Everything

And Here at ohdeedoh

Love Love the Button!!

And my FAVORITE here from the Pottery Barn Kids catalog 

The best part about an alphabet wall is you just can't go wrong.....You can find a letter in anything if you just use your imagination. 

Now on to my Alphabet Wall:

I've been collecting letters for awhile at thrift stores and 

craft store clearance bins......

My plan was to add this feature to my son's room BUT I decided to put in above my faux wainscoting and boy do I ever LOVE it!! 

At every meal my son and I go over the alphabet he loves to walk up and down this walk and say his ABC's. 

With my letters and my craft scrap bin......

Here's what I did

The D is wrapped in yarn

E is cut from cardboard and painted

F is glued with moss

G is wrapped in ribbon

K is painted

L is wrapped in craft raffia

M is wrapped in twine

P is framed 

Q is a wreath with a few cuts 

R is painted with sanded edges

S is from Hobby Lobby

T is an airplane that broke off my globe

U is painted with polka dots

I LOVE how it turned out! 

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DIY Faux Wainscoting

We are finally in our NEW home......

I have been blog stalking for months for design ideas...

The DIY Faux Wainscoting post at

The Idea Room

was the inspiration for my wall

BEFORE

AFTER

I love the look of wainscoting!

I wanted my wainscoting to match all the windows

in this one big room.

So I went to Home Depot and got six 10ft ($7) 1x4's that I had them cut in half  and one 16ft ($9) 1x6 also cut in half.

I LOVE that Home Depot will make my cuts for me!

Also I got a 13 1/2 ft (.62cents an inch) 1x1

Laid it all out just to be sure I would like this layout.

The hubby did all the math to make sure it was evenly spaced and used a piece of cut wood as a spacer.

Wood Glue

The glue slides so a couple of nails just to hold boards in place

This is the decorative 1x1 to match the windows.

See?

Thanks honey!

Perfectly spaced!

Fill nail holes, sand and paint!

Took about 3 coats of paint.

Hmmm....I like but think I need to change the top color.

Much better!

I LOVE it!

Stay tuned for my Alphabet Wall:-)

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