60 days in passing

It’s been a few days over 60 now and I was just thinking as I lay in my bed (new sheets and all) that the room has went through an amazing change and I wanted to show you just how amazing that change is! As the fall leaves change, and Starbucks rolls out its Christmas settings and holiday drinks I think of how grateful I am (as opposed to thanksgiving this year where I just felt full).

It’s hard to believe just a bit over two months ago I didn’t even have curtains or pillows, let alone even the slightest idea of what I was going to do with my room. It was what I like to call a “messy delight”.

Then slowly after that we go through the phase of hiding the mess. Like to chipmunks at their best Karen and I ran around storing our nuts (clothes and makeup) for the winter. With that comes the saying “how much can a blanket hide?

Not to worry, it was only 2 weeks later at the blessed Urban Barn that we found these fabulous mark down bedding sets! To which I do believe the sales clerk shuttered when I squealed (glitter cloud to follow). So with that I instantly ran home and through the new bedding set over top of the bed in one seamless realization of what the lovely room could become. Not just a room, but a space that fit both my personal and entertaining needs!

Once we had found the perfect night stands the room started to roll right along, well that was until we started looking for chairs to go around the bistro table (the worst/but hardest find in the history of my decorating life) with that some TLC went into those projects eh voila! A perfect matching set!

After that everything started to fall nicely together, now the room has flow (a new set or curtains from the old ones, a great smell (cini-berries) and a really cool clean feeling! –Almost uplifting-

With one quick glance all the hard work of a few months can be drawn out at a glance, it’s a modern yet, lovely feel, which as soon as the chairs cure I’m looking forward to hosting my first girl party to discuss some wonderful things. The key here is to complete the room because... well folks... Christmas is coming and Santa will want to take a good look at what lovely things in a bedroom downtown on Christmas eve.

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Night Stands (Part 1)

This morning when I woke up I had decided that it was time to tackle another project! The night stands (although beautiful in their own colour) were outdated and needed a little bit of... lets say... inspiration. After a few steady days of research, I had come up with a list of the things that would be needed to make these vintage finds shine! If you plan on doing something similar you’ll need the following handy tools:

Oil based primer

Latex paint

Paint brush

Roller

400 grit sand paper

Paint floor cover (just in case you’re as messy as I am)

So off I went with my boyfriend, searching for these important tools! Home Depot, is the place I went (at least it always seems to have everything I need under one roof this far) I gathered my supplies and came right home to start off this new exciting challenge.

Step One: Sand it down baby!

One of the most important steps, you want to take extra care to do a good job so that the paint adheres to the surface! That way a few months from now after it’s painted you don’t notice it all falling apart before your eyes.

Step Two: Prime, Prime, Prime

As not fun as this sounds, it was actually pretty relaxing! Although, I made the mistake of using a roller to paint the primer... or well any part for that matter which to my disappointment left little fuzzies all over the table (talk about an angry face when I found out) so I recommend instead to use a paint brush with the simple rule my mother always taught me “less is more”. Now to let these babies dry! 24 hours and counting!