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Oh gosh! I’m so sorry I’ve been MIA lately! I’ve been busy with every day life events and haven’t found much time for projects or blogging. So sorry! I’m still slaving away in my bedroom. I have a little sneak peak of my faux brick wall for you! Its a little teeny portion of the wall… I don’t want to spoil the reveal ;) I promise to share my tips and tricks with you as soon as its finished! I was inspired by Brooke’s faux brick wall and I’m using her tips, just adding a little as a I go.

I was out and about shopping the other day and I found these awesome moss balls at Rod Works, love them! They add a perfect splash of green to my media center.

 

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Master Bedroom Update

Sorry I’ve been MIA lately. I’m slaving away in my bedroom trying to get it finished.  All of the molding is up and waiting to be painted/touched up. I’m also working on creating a faux brick wall. Its gonna take me a little while but I hope to have it finished soon. This is my inspirational picture and what I hope my wall turns out like!

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I’ve also slightly changed my original plan for my bed. I’ve seen several tutorials on how to build/upholster your own headboard. That was my original plan until I found a great headboard for only $80. It will give me the exact look that I want and I wont have to build it, BONUS! I still plan to reupholster it I just need to decided how.

The New Headboard

Here are my Options:

1. Painted/Stained with a Pintucked Center

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2.Upholstered with Nail Head Trim

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3. Upholstered with Nail Head Trim and Pintucked

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I’m leaning towards option 2 but don’t let that waver your opinion. For now please be patient with me and my lack of posting! I promise it will be worth it :)

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Refinshed Coffee Table

Alright guys my $30 coffee table took me FOREVER to finish, phew sorry about that. I had a “vision” and I ignored it…. BIG mistake. My vision was the stained top table but I painted the entire thing white and I hated it! I had to sand all of the white paint off and stain the top but it was so worth it!

After I finished sanding the top the little nobs turned more silver colored. It added a little industrial feel that I really liked so I added the industrial wheels to match and to add height.

I’m getting major spring fever so I figured it’s time to use some fresh decor. I found these metal floral prints at Rod Works and couldn’t resist. They are really meant for my bedroom but I’m using them here for now.

I switched out my stenciled curtains for the white curtains I had in my bedroom. They lightened up the room and gave it a fresh new look.

Do ya wanna see what my living room look liked when we first moved in? It was about 3 years ago…. for the LOVE of brown lol ;)

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Ahhhh much better! Our new paint color changed the entire feel of our home and its exactly what I was going for!

So have you started switching things up and adding in your spring decor?

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Kitchen Design

Why is it when I’m in the middle of a re-design I find a bunch of really awesome things that I want for another room? Does this happen to anyone else? I always have this awesome vision for my room, and then when I finally start working on it, I kinda loose it and get inspirational OVERWHELM for a different room. So weird! Yes, I’m still working and going strong on my master bedroom, but I can’t stop thinking about my darn kitchen. Let me just show ya a few of the things that have distracted me lately…..

This industrial pendant light from Home Depot caught my eye especially at a price of $24.88.

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I found these lovely chairs on Overstock a few months ago.  I was searching for them to put this post together and they dont have them in my color anymore! EEEK I totally should have impulse bought them…. now I kinda regret it. These are the same chairs but the ones I liked matched the pendant light above. These are an AWESOME deal at $157.49 for four of them.

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No worries I found a few alternatives that I think I might like even better. I like these for the end of the table at $150 for two.

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and these for the sides of the table at $118.84 for two. They are more expensive than my industrial metal chairs but they are lovely!

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Ikea has a few kitchen islands that I’m totally in LOVE with.

I really like this style at $199. I would paint the legs/bottom white and stain the top a dark walnut.

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While I’m on this inspirational picture sharing kick…. I might just have a new little idea up my sleeve for my accent wall. Brooke at All Things Thrifty is adding a faux brick accent area in her home right now. I’m waiting for her reveal and tutorial to see how it turns out ;) I repined a few of her inspiration pictures on

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Phew! I feel better… now I better go get some work done in my bedroom!

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