Our Nest

I know you've seen parts of this room before but Kelly at *Kelly's Korner*

is having a link party for bonus rooms so I'm 

linking up our TV Room.

  

TV Room.  Hummm.  I'm thinking I really date myself by calling it a "TV Room".  I think from now on I'm calling it a "Media Room".

Yeah, that's right.  I have a Media Room.  I'm cool.

Here's the story on the loveseat from an earlier post -- the loveseat was made from a antique bed belonging to my husband.  It was old and rickety and really wasn't sturdy enough to be used as a bed any longer. So, I took it apart, had the footboard cut in half (I thought I was going to throw up) and I put it all back together to make this cool loveseat.  Before, the kids were drawing straws to see who was going to have to take it when we're gone...Now, they're fighting over who gets it!

I painted this pair of florals and their frames.

Oh yes, that wild and crazy recliner is my office.

I built the book case to look like it was original 

to the house.

Here's the TV, for which the room is named, tucked into one of my favorite antiques.

I love this lamp.  Here's a look at the before version...

...Now it loves me back.

This converted room is the smallest of the bedrooms and is right off the kitchen -- what could be better?  It just made sense to make this our "bonus" room.  It has made a perfect little spot for us two nest empty-ers!

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Vintage KitchenAid Mixer - Painting

Wouldn't you just love to have one of these?  The real thing, I mean?

12x9 Oil on Canvas

 

I saw one of 'em in an antique store a year or so ago.  It was in great condition and was only $69.  The ticket read "works".  I walked away without it.  I've been kicking myself down the road ever since...

Here's my painted version.  It's 12x9 on canvas board, painted in oil. I'll be adding it to my Etsy store...

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Baby Blue Bird Box

After

If you're wondering just what I saw in this homely, beat-up box -- well, not much really, except it's $.99 price tag.  I seem to have a thing for stuff that's less than a dollar and I have 

to say I love how it turned out.  

Before

I like this project because even if you're not a super duper painter you can do this...

So, how do you do it?

I gave it a good sanding (because it deserved one) and after several coats of pale blue spray paint it looked like this -- believe it or not.

  

The twig was painted freehand.  I let my paint brush do most of the work.  You may be able to tell those are single brush strokes I used.  That's okay -- I'm lazy that way.

Again, keeping it simple, I used single brush strokes 

to paint the leaves.  

 

Now for the real hard part.  Remember the bird I used as the pattern for my hand painted silk pillow?  Well, here he is again.  

 This time I simply downloaded him from the Graphics Fairy,  enlarged him to fit, printed him, cut him out, and using Mod Podge, glued him down.  Oh, I did have to flip him over 

and print him in reverse -- that part was hard!

"Is it time for my break, yet?"

Next, I distressed the box and the hardware.  Wait a minute.  Didn't I just sand it and give it a perfect coat of paint? 

 

Last, I glazed and splattered everything.

 I wish it was mine but it's not.  It's for a client.  I staged it in my bedroom just to show it off.

 

Dear Client, 

After a long and exhausting search, I regret to inform you I have been unable to locate a box for your bedroom...

Sincerely,
Lindy

...just kidding

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Client's Guest Bedroom

That looking at the calendar thing has backfired, big time, and I'm a little under water!  So, I thought I'd share some pictures of a room I did pre-blog for a client.  Hope you enjoy...

 I worked with the existing, impossible to describe, wall color.  

I guess I'd have to say (if you held a gun to my head) it was a brownish, grayish, putty color..

Sounds like maybe I didn't like it but really, I did!

The screen was cut from a sheet of plywood that I hinged and painted to compliment the room.

This sweet little chair belonged to the client's mother.

 I love the window treatment.  The silk fabric is a very wide stripe.  I used inverted pleats and rings and cut the wooden rods short because the window was very wide and I didn't want to see a lot of bare rod. 

  I covered the padded headboard and made the dust ruffle out of the same fabric.

I hope you enjoyed the tour!

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