Bargain ottoman

A few weeks ago Mike and I got up early to check out some yard sales. I came across this ottoman. I knew I wanted it. We got it for just $7, such a bargain! I had a plan for it. It goes really well with the chair in our living room.

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Slipcover

We have had this chair since we first moved in together. It is a really comfortable chair but doesn't match the colors of the living room now. I decided to try out a slipcover. I got it at Bed, Bath and Beyond and of course used a 20% off coupon. I am not positive I like it just yet. It doesn't fit a close to the chair on the sides and I thought it would. I am going to give it a couple days.

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Little things

Our house how shower doors. I hate shower doors. We had a shower curtain that I loved but I could not find a bronze color rod to hang it on. Finally found one. I think it really change the look and feel of the room. We will take down the doors soon but for now covering them up works just fine =]

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Trash to treasure

I love a good deal. Mike and I stopped by the Goodwill store near our house on Saturday morning. So glad we did. We found some great deals. I knew when I saw this dresser I liked it but when I saw the $10.95 price tag I liked it ever more. A little paint and new hardware and it is ready for the master bedroom.

The dresser has great detail so I thought it would look great in white. I was right ;) The top 2 drawers are angled and the legs are great!

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Master bath vanity

The master bath vanity was stained a dark brown by the previous owners. It was not the best staining job. We decided to sand it down and paint it blue, since nearly everything else in our room/bathroom is brown, working on fixing that. It only took about 3 hours to get all the drawer fronts, cabinet doors and actual vanity sanded. It took 5 paint samples to get the right blue, blah!After it was done Mike and I were very happy with the outcome. New hardware helped too!

Nearly forgot a before picture:

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Finished! I love it!

Guest bath vanity

Our "guest" bathroom needed some love. When we moved in it was all black and white with a wallpaper boarder. We took that down and painted to match the rest of the house. The baseboards were black which was super fun to paint over. The vanity was also painted black. We decided to paint it and glad we did. It was not so fun sanding all the black paint off but worth it to make the room look more "us".

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After. The paint didn't photograph very well. It is green but not THAT green. We also added hardware, which I think adds a lot.

And a new toilet paper holder.

Next for this bathroom: removing the shower doors and putting up and shower curtain.

Different kind of picture frame

Our master bedroom is very bare. We have furniture and a wall art but other than that it is pretty bare. It is also huge so covering the walls is a task. I saw this idea in the Pottery Barn catalog some time back and I thought it was a great idea for over our bed.

Here is the space above our bed before:That is a window in the middle.

Here is what I used to create this "picture frame" All from Wal-Mart and all for under $10. Two silver command hooks (I love these things!), clothespins and 1 inch ribbon (mine is brown)

I stuck the hooks up as evenly as possible then tied one end of the ribbon on one hook and draped it across to the other.

I think used the clothespins to attached pictures from our wedding and vacation last year. Our love letters from Valentine's day are up there too, mushy I know!

I love this idea because you can change things up easy and quick.