the diy revealed! (just for you, jacinda!)

so.. its not completely done. as in it still needs to be secured together properly. but i decided to just go ahead and tell you what it is anyways :) only because jacinda said she hates suspense :P so im being nice to her! :)

so what do you get when you take this pile of supplies..

and this special piece of board, painted black?

you get this:

a chalkboard set into a door frame!!!

thats right! the black paint is actually special chalkboard paint from the benjamin moore paint store. and it works wonders :)

not to mention how lucky i was finding this door frame for only $7!!

its second hand and needs some touch ups on the stain in areas such as the hinges and where the door knob use to be. but you cant complain about a $7.00 door frame. not even a little bit!

now all thats left to do is put trim on the back of the chalkboard, which will hold it in place. and then re-stain the door, taking special care to cover the inside of the door knob hole, and the bare hinged areas.

so.. what do you think!? you going to make one now?!?!

ill be honest. i stole this idea from somewhere else. from here:

and im still debating wither or not i want to paint the frame a different color.. but now you at least know what it is :) ill share the final pictures once i get it completely finished. im not promising it will be soon tho!

as for tonight, its lee's engagement party. and i get to take lots of pictures. she asked me if i could take pictures of all sorts of their wedding things for her. for memories cuz she'll be too busy to stop and take pictures. i said "id love to!" and i totally would love to. it even gave me a wedding gift idea. but in case she reads this, i wont say what the idea was :P

and today, june 3rd, im thankful for life. not only for my own life, but for the life of these little guys:

arent they just adorable?!

continuing my diy project

i havent worked on a diy project in quite a while and tonight, after supper, i found myself to be in quite the mood. remember this? well i decided to pick up where i left off. allow me to give you yet another sneek peek at what this project will turn out to be. one day.

"that bright pink bench!" part deux

remember this?

it now looks like this:

isnt it great?! all i had to do was find a piece of material that was big enough, and then staple it firmly in place. and voila! a new piece of "art".

see that pillow on my bed? the little square one? it has the same material. and luckily i had just enough material left over from a long time ago when i made that pillow. and so, i put it to good use and covered the ugly pink bench with it. and now, it matches my room and looks great!

and for a close up of the great material:

thats one project complete!

as a side note.. that door project? still working on it! :)

check out this interesting "bedroom"

i was browsing on design sponge again and found a post with a house tour of the pictured house. it looks modern on the outside, as well as the inside. i would love to own a house like this, only for one reason. the outside looks very modern and so, one automatically expects the inside to match. wouldnt it be cool to own a house like this and to make the inside totally different then what one expects? for example: make the whole theme cottagey or perhaps country-ish? i think it would be cool!

anyways, the point of showing you these two pictures and of posting this was to show you the picture below:

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theres a bed above the stoves!! how cool is that? i think if i had that though i would have the side of the bed that's facing the kitchen enclosed. that way you dont know its up there! and then on the other side have it in the office or something. or have a sitting room there with the bed up in a loft sort. or.. something. i donno. i think its actually kinda cool though!

whats your thoughts?

the beginnings of 'project two'

im going to admit right now that im pretty excited about this project. maybe even more so excited than my pink bench project. whats also exciting me is that i realized i now have a headboard that is just crying out to me to make something of it. and so maybe ill even have something else to add to my list of projects.

anyways, the revelation of what 'project two' is wont be happening just yet. i just thought id share with you the picture of me trucking home my materials in "the boat". we drove around town like this. mom was driving for a bit. oma in the passenger seat. and then taunte nel and i wedged in the middle seats somehow. but after dropping them off at tim hortons for lunch, it was up to me to get it home and unloaded.

ps. unloading large, floppy material is not fun when its super, super windy out. trust me!

so here is the materials i have so far:

• an old door frame
• mdf board
• trim

ill post the instructions and the finished item once i am totally done it!

till then, happy blogging!!

that bright pink bench!

it all started with me being bored after supper and recruiting my two sisters and two brothers to go to value village with me. of course, once the four of them agreed, i had to rush out to my car and shove all my stuff into the trunk. officially, my trunk has ZERO room for anything out. do i need to clean it out? yes. today? preferably!!

so at value village i headed to the home hardwares section and started looking through the junky old furniture. and found a bench. kinda. is it really a bench? not sure. but whatever the case is, i like it. or well, like the image i see of it finished :) so i bought it for a mere $5.99.

lucky mel, john and mike got to sit in the back of my car with it on their laps (due to lack of room in trunk! lol) for over half hour. dont worry, they got a small ice cap as payment. "may i get five small ice caps please?" "FIVE small ICE caps??!?!!" you could totally hear the shock and panick and maybe just plain old frusteration that someone could do that to him, in his voice. good times :)

anyways, here she is. THE BENCH. yes, shes bright pink. but dont worry, im going to be covering her. with what, im not sure yet. i guess youll just have to be patient and wait and see.

as a side note, look at that beautiful flower below...

yes, thats in my room! and its mine, oh mine! for $0.00!!! mostly cuz lana bought it for me as a grad present but still.. was i not just posting like, the day before or so, about pier 1's amazing decorating items. and did i not have two similar items pictured on my list of wants? i can NOT wait to use this somewhere in my room!! :) and ps. i like this one better than the ones on that post!

would you like to win this...

... personalized burlap table runner?

then go visit layla at http://theletteredcottage.blogspot.com/2009/05/coastline-contest.html for contest details! the rules are pretty simple and who knows?! you may come out of this contest with a brand new, super cool table runner.

also, for more cool burlap accessories, visit grace, the maker of this table runner, at her etsy shop. http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=7044601. she has lots of cool things from burlap, like pillows and handbags, just to mention a few.

good luck!!

my d.i.y. list

i have been finding so many great do it yourself projects on design blogs i read. ive given you the links to two of those blogs and encourage you, once again, to check them out. inspiration is only a click away!

anyways, because i love so many of these projects and want to make them myself, i have decided to start a list. that way i can keep track of things i want to make and you can see them as i go. once one of them is done, ill do a post about it, showing you how i completed it. then, beside the number on this list ill leave the link.

enjoy!!!

1. bench http://my-daily-thoughts08.blogspot.com/2009/05/that-bright-pink-bench.html; http://my-daily-thoughts08.blogspot.com/2009/05/that-bright-pink-bench-part-deux.html
2. chalkboard
3. pillows
4. large saying
5. desk

design*sponge

i found yet another great site that has piles upon piles of diy projects. i found one that definitely caught my eye. i think ill add it to my pile of things to make. and ill definitely share the outcome if i do it! check out this site, www.designspongeonline.com. and enjoy!

my dream cottage to live in and fix up

the cottage im in love♥ with

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of course, its somewhere in the states and is in need of some work. but none the less, i love it. i want it. too bad we cant always have what we want eh? oh well. teaches us patience and it also teaches us to be happy with what we have.

doesnt hurt to dream though, does it.

"the lettered cottage"

i stumbled across a great blog today full of decorating ideas, such as these pillows. its written by a lady named layla who is a design consultant in the states. i strongly urge you to check out her blog. definitely let me know what you think!! www.theletteredcottage.blogspot.com. i know i sure will be using some of her diy (do it yourself) projects to make things for my room and future home.

happy decorating!

//* warning!! ...

... you may fall in love with the contents of this blog post and may wish to buy it all. for me, of course. dont say i didnt warn you!! =)

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in order to view the above website, you should be either of the following:

1. extremely rich. and when i say EXTREMELY i mean extremely. these beauties dont come cheap!
2. someone with a kind heart and a full pocket book that way you'll have the funds to purchase these items and the heart to give them to me. wrapped of course. perhaps add a bow :)

the site? http://www.pier1.com/. basically this store always unleashes the decorator inside of me and makes me wish i had a place of my own that i could make home. take a look at this stuff!!!

i dont know about you but i could DEFINITELY find a use for each and every one of these gorgeous items. so... if you ever find yourself with a little too much money for yourself to handle... share the love!

i thank you in advance! =)

not to mention i send all my love ♥

ps. does this say anything about my decorating taste?! older looking and somewhat modern mixed together? love it.