Great Finds Under $6

As many of you, I LOVE Target's $1 section. I found this cute porcelain bird and little owl in there! I just couldn't resist buying them especially since they were only $1. The owl is a dark grey color it is kinda hard to tell in the picture. I will definitely be using these in my Halloween decorations to come in October, but can be used year round as well! 

Now that my kids are back in school, my 1st grocery trip to Walmart with out them again turned up some surprising things. Since I didn't have my older two kids with me, I took my time and wondered up each isle. I found this cute frosted mason jar with the bird and twig for just $2.97! It would cost me more to make this so, I snatched it up. Down another isle I found this cute barn lantern and was shocked to see it was only $5.97. Again I couldn't resist. 

I love it when you find great finds when you are not expecting it!

-chelz

Guest Bedroom Makeover

Remember when I posted about the curtains my mom made for my guest room?  I kept meaning to post pics of the whole room but kinda got sidetracked.  So finally, here is our guest room makeover.

Here's what the room looked like before.  When we moved in there were stripes painted on the wall that I just hated.  Yeah, they had to go!  

We painted the room in Valspar Stormy Weather and accented the room with gray and yellow.

I still need to do something over the bed but haven't decided what just yet.

We found some pillow shams on clearance at Target and a small pillow at Bed Bath & Beyond. 

Spray painted beans and a print on an Ikea floating shelf.

This metal nightstand was silver but it blended in too much so I gave it a coat of black spray paint.  The lamp shade was an off-white color so I gave it a coat of yellow spray paint.  I swear spray paint will fix just about anything! :)

The bathroom:

I found a picture of yellow flowers online and printed and framed it.   I used some small size mason jars and filled them with cotton balls and q-tips. 

I'm so happy with how this room came out.  I absolutely LOVE the gray and yellow and kinda wish I had done it for my room where I would see it all the time.  Instead I'll just have to make sure we have lots of guests that can enjoy it.  :)

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Table Re-do

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Ok, my sister in law bought this table a few years ago off of ksl and wanted to re-do it. Her house that they are in now is really dark, so she wanted to lighten the table to brighten up the space. She asked me to help her and it ended up being quite the process. I have redone furniture before, but this table gave us some trouble. There were so many layers of lacquer that the previous owner had put on there that the table was always sticky. 

So, our first step was to strip the table down. We used lacquer thinner and we thought this should have been easy, but there were seriously like 30 layers of lacquer on the table. We had to pull out metal spatulas and scrape the layers off instead of just being able to wipe them off. What a pain, but we got it done!












We rolled the table out to the 2nd garage and sanded it down. This got the remainder of lacquer off and made it smooth and ready for priming.

Once we got a couple of coats of primer on and dried, it was time for the fun part....painting! Like I said earlier we did this process in her second garage and we did this back in January, so it was cold. The good thing about that is that the cold made the paint crack on its own which was great since we planned to rough up the edges anyways.

We were very happy with the way that it turned out! The lacquer gave us some trouble, but in the end it was worth seeing the finished table!

I would love to know of the projects you are working on or have just finished up!




-chelz

Frugal Friday - Spray Painted Beans

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Remember my spray painted beans from my guest bedroom? Well I decided to make some in Valentine's colors and figured I'd give a tutorial and share a few tips.

I've found the easiest way to do these is using a shallow box.  Spread the beans out in a single layer and give them a coat of paint.  Shake the box and spray some more; keep shaking and spraying to cover all sides.  Work quickly because they will start sticking together.  Once they are dry you can break them apart.  Let them dry completely before using them.

*I've found that flat paint works a little better than glossy -- they don't become so sticky.  But if you use glossy you can give them a coat of clear sealant and that will help.*

 

I also thought it would be fun to spray paint some conversation hearts.  I bought them on clearance last year since I don't like to eat them and figured they'd be cute for decorating.  They match my new plate perfectly! :)

Frugal Friday-Valentine's Wreath

I have been looking for a good Valentine's wreath to make but have not found one that I am in love with. Buff and I were talking and she had the idea to make one out of body wash poufs! We put our minds together and came up with a wreath that we were both proud of!

Here is how we did it....

We found some scrap foam that Buff had laying around the house. We got a wire hanger and bent it into a circle.



We then cut a slit in the middle of the foam so that we could lay the hanger inside the foam. The foam then would bend to the shape of the hanger.

I then took the loofahs and cut the cord and string off them and then I could open the pouf and slide it onto our wreath.

After we got the poufs on the wreath, I took the hook from the hanger and hooked it into the other end of the foam to complete the circle and then taped it to make sure it would stay... I forgot to take pics of that step...sorry.

Buff found this purple heart at walmart 75% off!  It is a Christmas tree ornament! We took some clear jewelry string and decided to hang this in the middle of the wreath.

We had a small pink pouf that we had gotten in a Christmas present and took some purple scraps of tule to make some accents that look like flowers. We just pinned them in but you could also hot glue gun them on. The good think about using the white poufs is you can change the accents on it to fit any season. I searched for some pink poufs to make another wreath cause we have a white heart just like the purple one, but I could not find any pink ones, so you will just have to imagine that I did a pink and white one as well.


*Tip- It only took us 5 poufs to cover the wreath.

-chelz & Buff


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Vase Filler & Picture Frame Makeover

I needed something to put in this dollar store vase that would match the decor of my new guest room.  I had a bag of dried white beans and some yellow spray paint so I thought, why not?  The beans took the paint perfectly and now I have a cute, cheap filler for my vase!

I also had this picture frame that matched perfectly in the room.  But the mat was originally a cream color so I spray painted it gray and then I printed the saying on my computer.  Such an inexpensive way to dress up old items!






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