Windgate Lane https://www.windgatelane.com Tue, 10 Oct 2017 00:57:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 72672288 Ikea Wall Shelves Hack https://www.windgatelane.com/2017/10/ikea-wall-shelves-hack/ https://www.windgatelane.com/2017/10/ikea-wall-shelves-hack/#comments Sun, 08 Oct 2017 18:54:47 +0000 http://www.windgatelane.com/?p=3612 I was gifted a beautiful milk glass collection last summer! But in our house, fragile doesn’t really fit in well, so I decided to get them up in a safe place while displaying them all together.  I found a beautiful wall mounted shelf that would be perfect for a whopping $1000… ummm that wasn’t going […]

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I was gifted a beautiful milk glass collection last summer! But in our house, fragile doesn’t really fit in well, so I decided to get them up in a safe place while displaying them all together.  I found a beautiful wall mounted shelf that would be perfect for a whopping $1000… ummm that wasn’t going to happen so you guessed it… Ikea hack to the rescue!

These shelves are a fairly new product there and you can buy them in a multitude of sizes and really personalize them to what you want.

I wanted them to be a clean white so I simply spray painted them before assembly.  And by assembly, I mean, beat me over the head, have a meltdown, want to throw them out the window, 2 day ordeal.  I say this because I actually take pride in my Ikea assembling abilities.  I know all the little tricks and can read there poor directions like a boss now… but these were a mean surprise because it looked like they would be so so simple! They were not.  I managed to get it done but didn’t end up following any of the directions so I’m afraid I can’t help talk you through it… but I will pray for you! I think it turned out pretty well though and does the job for now.

This is in a corner of our dining room that I will share more of soon!

I’m not bitter at all that the movers removed 2 of the 4 wheels on my antique tea cart and are still no where to be found… not bitter at all.

Dalmation Trinket Dish found here but currently unavailable.

I love that I can enjoy my new collection and that it’s not hidden away anymore! The house is slowly coming along and this is motivating me to finish up the dining room fast 🙂

Pin below for sources later!

xoxo

B

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Five Degrees of Clutter https://www.windgatelane.com/2017/01/five-degrees-clutter/ https://www.windgatelane.com/2017/01/five-degrees-clutter/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2017 06:15:04 +0000 http://www.windgatelane.com/?p=3438 Five Degrees of Clutter. It’s a phenomenon spreading through homes across the world! It starts out with that one pile on the kitchen counter top.  It’s just one pile… it will stop there.  But then company is coming and you quickly move part of the pile to the office and the other part up to […]

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Five Degrees of Clutter.

It’s a phenomenon spreading through homes across the world! It starts out with that one pile on the kitchen counter top.  It’s just one pile… it will stop there.  But then company is coming and you quickly move part of the pile to the office and the other part up to your bedroom.  Night falls.  The pile in the office is out of sight out of mind.  The pile on the bed needs to get out of your way so that you can sleep so it moves either to the bench at the foot of your bed or on the bathroom counter.

There’s no ill intent with this pile.  There is a positivity that it will get taken care of any minute now.  But the truth is harsh.  That pile is added to day after day and before you know it, the counters, the benches, the office, the secret two drawers in your kitchen, even the cabinets under your sinks… yeah.  And at some point it’s just easier to ignore, until that one day.  That one day when you realize that you have no idea what is even in the pile and you start looking and the horror and discovery sends you down a rabbit hole.

After I got out of the fetal position, I decided to formulate a realistic plan.  Because let’s face it, this happened because there are 8 million other things going on around me, so it wasn’t going to get better if I spent all day fixing it all because then it would result in chaos in every other part of the house.  Funny how that happens so quickly.  Actually it’s really not funny.

So let’s just start with 5 Degrees of the Clutter.  Last week I picked 5 frightening spots in my home to organize and declutter.  None of which are huge and would only maybe take an hour each to do.

  1.  Kitchen counters and junk drawers
  2.  Chair in the Master Bedroom
  3.  Under the bathroom sinks
  4.  The pile of bills in the office
  5.  My dresser.  This may not sound like much but as a whole it is a task.

I know you all are just chomping at the bit to see the before pictures.  Wondering if I am the fraud who says my house is a mess but there is one single cup on the counter… no my friends… I am no fraud.  In fact my honesty usually gets me in trouble… just ask my school and the PTA! I show lots of pretty pictures here because let’s face it, that’s really what you want to see the majority of the time, but this is going to give you the satisfaction of some nice before and after shots.

Before:  Kitchen counters and Junk Drawer(s)

Kitchen Make-Over Here

Basic instructions:  Take everything out of them and place on the floor.  Look at it all in disgust.  Throw out all obvious trash.  Throw out everything you didn’t even know was in there anymore, like the 4 cute planners that you never used, the 45 chapsticks you were looking for, the hair clips because you know you have 400 others, and the copies of recipes you saved which you can now google in two seconds.  Now divide and conquer.  What goes where and before you go buy all the cute little organizers that would make this project fun, actually see what you need.  (That was hard for me because I reeaaalllly love buying organizing stuff.)

Ummm… here’s a back scratcher…

And After: (the boys insisted we keep the back scratcher)

That is a glorious cleaned off counter!

Before: Master Bedroom Chair

Let’s all just fess up.  Everyone has that chair or bench in their room that is not used for it’s intended purpose.  It would probably be extremely helpful to just not have it so you wouldn’t put things on them! But they are cute and we have them so let’s just get on with it.  All of my kid’s laundry?  Put away.  All of my husband’s laundry?  Hung up neatly.  My laundry? Dirty and clean ends up here.  Also paperwork that I intend to go through after I hide it (read first paragraph) and other odds and ends that are in my hands and I set down when I get distracted by said kids and husband.  All here.

This is pretty simple, but it actually has to be done.  Put clean clothes away, wash dirty clothes and actually put those away, file or trash paperwork, put toys in appropriate places, and put caution tape across the chair to try and avoid this same scenario the next day.

And After:

Restored! You can find the DIY fabric and painted chair tutorial here.

Before Bathroom Cabinets

I’m not proud of this one.   It’s been awhile for all of them.  Old product, old cleaner, old hair tools (have to keep the crimper though because people need to borrow for 80’s parties all the time).

And because under your bathroom sink is the only place to keep space ice cream…

It’s time to get real.  If you haven’t looked for it in at least a year, it’s out.  Now I can actually see what I have and what I need when it’s running out.  Amazing concept but when you run a household these are the places that come last.

After Cabinets:

Before: Bills in the Office

I hate mail clutter.  Why don’t you just pay them all online and go paperless you ask? Because I tried that and for whatever reason I didn’t see the emails or my brain doesn’t work so then I paid bills late.  You want money from me? I need notice in my hand.  So my plan is usually keep the last 6 months and shred the rest.  Sounds good and attainable but as noted about every other situation in my house, life happens.  This is a dirty job and an annoying one and just has to get done.  Separate by bills and then file or shred.

Side note: The best part about making these little tasks each day is that they kind of naturally lead to a general tidying around the areas.  Did I need to have spray paint in my office… ummm no.

After:  Bills

To see the office make-over head here (yes this 70’s file cabinet is going to get a make-over soon)

Before: My Dresser

Ugh.  A dumping ground.  I appreciate all of you that don’t let these things happen but in my world, it just happens.  The kid’s masterpieces need to be displayed, I leave my jewelry out, 5 legos that I found and could possibly be needed, the bandaids that were brought up in an emergency play room situation, bug bite cream, and the glass of water I meant to drink.   And the cords that still need to be hidden from getting a new TV.

After: Dresser

Master Bedroom Make-Over

It’s not all about picture perfect on my dresser and I like it that way.  I love seeing my pictures and trinkets that may seem like clutter to some, but are actually momentos from very special people in my life that have gone before me.

So 5 days and 5 areas.  Is my house now clean and amazing?  No.  But at least a new beginning in some places.  Kind of how I look at a new year.  Making a huge resolution seems like a big way to disappoint yourself.  Maybe set your bar a little lower and just focus on being better at what you can one day at a time.  Who knows?  Maybe I will not put things on my chair in my bedroom! I mean that is definitely not going to happen, but maybe I will make myself put my laundry away when I make the boy’s do there’s.  Sometimes the little things add up to a bigger thing.

Organization and life don’t actually go hand in hand.  Be easy on yourselves and know that all the pretty pictures in the magazines and the ones you even see here are just that… pretty pictures.

But organizing a post like this did help me motivate.  So maybe shorter lists is the key to greater accomplishments!

Want to see how some of my amazing friends are organizing there way into this new year?! I do! Secretly I also love some messy before and glorious after shots!  Check out these awesome ladies below!

| Domestic Charm | 11 Magnolia Lane | Evolution of Style | Just a Girl and Her Blog |

| Southern State of Mind | Redhead Can Decorate | Chaotically Creative |

| Robb Restyle | Ciburbanity | Windgate Lane | Suburban B’s |

| My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia | This is our Bliss |

xoxo,

B

 

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Bar Cart Styling | Swap It Like It’s Hot https://www.windgatelane.com/2016/10/bar-cart-styling-swap-it-like-its-hot/ https://www.windgatelane.com/2016/10/bar-cart-styling-swap-it-like-its-hot/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2016 05:43:00 +0000 http://www.windgatelane.com/?p=3344 **this post contains affiliate links** It’s that fun time of year again!! Swap it Like It’s Hot, where a whole bunch of us get together and find thrifty randoms and send them to our friends to transform into whatever they can reimagine and I love it! This year my items came from our fearless leader, […]

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It’s that fun time of year again!! Swap it Like It’s Hot, where a whole bunch of us get together and find thrifty randoms and send them to our friends to transform into whatever they can reimagine and I love it! This year my items came from our fearless leader, Charlotte, from Ciburbanity, and I decided to use them to spruce up our bar cart for fall.

Our antique bar cart got a little make over during the One Room Challenge that you can see here but it was time to change out a few things to try and entice fall to head into Texas;)

Charlotte sent me several fun things but I decided that these two were the stand outs to help in my mini make-over. This little tray and a wooden stand.

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I actually liked the pattern on the tray, but the colors just weren’t working for me, which is the beauty of buying things and seeing them in different ways! All this tray needed was some black spray paint to get me started… and yes, this may be one of my children completely wiping out in the background of this photo… no children were harmed in the spray painting of this tray!

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I used some glossy, black spray paint and gave it a shiny fresh coat! Then I decided to add my personality into the project… a few white stick on letters accomplished that because I got jokes people! My husband may not think I’m as funny as I do but he’s got the rest of his life to figure that one out.

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So a man walks into a bar… and he says… can there ever be enough blue and white in a house? No! and that’s not even a funny question! You know I had to have my blue and white but I love the mix with the black and white and peach… yes, peach! I brought some peach accents with my DIY curtains into the dining room and love the soft contrast it brings.  That peach, velvet pillow cover though, was a recent Target purchase (lots of colors) for under $10- you can find it here and you’re welcome… love! bar1

The wood base was perfect with an old glass cylinder I had.  I simply filled it with these wood beads that once again, I found at Target, and then added some of my little, Christmas battery powered lights for some fall ambiance! So easy but added great texture and interest! For you locals out there, I am not going to lie… there were two boxes at my Target and I snatched them both up- I’m sure they will restock soon but they are on sale online and it is an unbelievably good deal if you compare prices to the wood beads they sell at Pottery Barn, etc, so I suggest you nab them if you can.

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Best advice on decorating I can give… decorate for you… this isn’t going to be everyone’s style and that’s why I love seeing what other’s do with similar things because to some a tray is just a tray but to some it’s way to remind their husband that they are funny every time he sees it 😉

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And FYI in case I haven’t encouraged you to spend enough moola at Target already, that is in fact a fake fiddle leaf fig tree… and I couldn’t be more proud of a fake plant if I tried.  I actually had to ask our store manager and these will only be sold at some stores so once again, if you can grab it online I would for sure- they are so real looking and obviously for me the biggest plus is you can’t kill it!

So now I get to send you on your way to my friend Laurie over at Vin’yet Etc. who I sent this little group of thrifted finds- I can’t wait to see what she did with them!

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And here are the links to all of the participants for today and I will come back each day and add the new participants as this will go on all week!

Monday

| Ciburbanity | Windgate Lane | Vin’yet Etc. | Casa Watkins Living | One Mile Home Style |

Tuesday

Reinvented | ConfettiStyle | Confessions of a Serial Do-It-Yourselfer | Addicted 2 DIY

|Restoration Redoux | I Am a Homemaker | Maggie Overby Studios | PMQ For Two |

Wednesday

Two Thirty-Five Designs | 58 Water Street | Create & Babble |

Dogs Don’t Eat Pizza | Gourley Girl and Guy | The Charming Farmer |

Thursday

This is our Bliss | Southern State of Mind |

Two Purple Couches | My Life From Home |

xoxo

B

 

**affiliate links are included in this post to both ease in the sourcing of materials and Windgate Lane does make a small stipend off of purchases made through click throughs**

 

 

 

 

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Framed Quotes: Habitat for Humanity Projects https://www.windgatelane.com/2016/07/framed-quotes-habitat-for-humanity-projects/ https://www.windgatelane.com/2016/07/framed-quotes-habitat-for-humanity-projects/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2016 03:51:39 +0000 http://www.windgatelane.com/?p=2934 **Affiliates present** This framed, hand stenciled quote was such an easy project! And I am so excited that I got to make it for the sweetest family! This last fall, I was invited by Charlotte, at Ciburbanity, to be involved in the furnishing of a Habitat for Humanity home.  It has been such a neat […]

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This framed, hand stenciled quote was such an easy project! And I am so excited that I got to make it for the sweetest family!

This last fall, I was invited by Charlotte, at Ciburbanity, to be involved in the furnishing of a Habitat for Humanity home.  It has been such a neat experience and I loved working with a special group of ladies and fellow bloggers to make this happen! The primary room I worked on was the master bedroom.  Because all of this was taking place in Connecticut though, I primarily concentrated on what we needed to buy rather than what had to be made.  Charlotte at Ciburbanity and Jilliam at I Am Home Maker were my amazing partners and bless them for the amazing build projects I will link to below!

After traveling out and meeting the family last fall with Charlotte, I was struck by the sweet Momma’s quotes all over her home.  All about love and family- and it was crystal clear that those are the most important things in the world to her.  So it occurred to me that I could create a larger version of one of her favorites for her Master!

“The best thing to hold on to in life is each other.”

I lucked into finding a perfect frame at the thrift store!  The family loves a county taste in their decor and the existing wood frame would tie right into that.

It originally had some birds on it so I primed it with Zinsser first to get a clean slate.  After that, I found some 1 inch letter stickers and placed them on, traced around them, peeled them off and took a black sharpie to color them in!

A fresh beginning for such a precious Momma and her family!

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(photo cred Ciburbanity.com)

I’m so excited to keep sharing more and more of this project with y’all! There was so much heart in this that the outcomes in each room were just overflowing with love.  We have also been so lucky to have HomeTalk and Wayfair sponsoring this with amazing donations, not to mention RugsUSA with some of my favorite rugs!  If you would like to follow along with all of the projects, hop over to Instagram with the hashtag: #bloggershearthabitat.  And I will be back soon to share more inside looks and sources.

And to see all of the other amazing rooms, you can jump to all of these amazing women!

LIVING ROOM:
| Jaime from That’s My Letter  | Laura from Finding Home Farms

DINING ROOM/ DECK:
| Kris from Driven By Decor | Annie from Most Lovely Things |

MASTER BEDROOM:
| Jillian from I Am a Homemaker | Charlotte from Ciburbanity | Bee from Windgate Lane |

KIDS ROOM:
| Kristin from A Thrifter in Disguise |

GUEST ROOM:
| Evey from Evey’s Creations | Lynn from On Fern Avenue |

FOYER/ MUDROOM/ BATHROOMS:
| Sarah and Nick from Nestrs |

TEEN ROOM:
| Michelle from Weekend Craft | Stephanie from Sandpaper and Glue |

xoxo

B

 

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Bed skirt: No Sew Sewing https://www.windgatelane.com/2016/05/bed-skirt-no-sew-sewing/ https://www.windgatelane.com/2016/05/bed-skirt-no-sew-sewing/#comments Tue, 17 May 2016 13:27:43 +0000 http://www.windgatelane.com/?p=3115 **affiliates present** The big reveal in my One Room Challenge was last week and the master bedroom is so much lighter and brighter thanks to my new bed skirt! (you can see the reveal here).  The good news is that no sew sewing has become my best friend! I spoke about using Stitch Witchery on […]

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The big reveal in my One Room Challenge was last week and the master bedroom is so much lighter and brighter thanks to my new bed skirt! (you can see the reveal here).  The good news is that no sew sewing has become my best friend! I spoke about using Stitch Witchery on my Dining Room Curtains here and decided to use that on the bed skirt as well.

I decided early on that this could be a simple project because the bed skirt isn’t going to be roughed up by little hands and is not in a high traffic area.  So now we turn to the best invention besides the Stitch Witch… velcro strips! I felt like doing an evil laugh when I came up with the plan (and I might have). And then seeing this fabric come to life in the room? priceless!

Screen Shot 2016-04-06 at 7.53.05 PMIroning and measuring… I can handle that.  I measured how long I wanted the bed skirt to drop- most are 14, 15, or 17 inches- I wanted mine to be a bit dramatic so I made it 16inches (I added an inch on each side for the seems).  I then measured the length of each side (I did each side in individual pieces).

Once I knew the hight and length, I gathered the fabric into folds in about 5 places to have extra length for the pleats I wanted to create.  I was going for a gathered look rather than a clean look.

To Use the Stitch Witchery:

  1. Fold your seams and iron at about an inch.
  2. Cut your length and put Stitch Witch in-between ironed seem.
  3. Start out giving a shot of steam from the iron and then immediately turning the heat down to medium with no heat and hold on one section for about 10-15 seconds.  (The directions do not say to use steam but I found that it holds better for me to give it a quick shot)
  4. Let sit and cool completely.
  5. Done!

NoSewSewing1Now that my seems were done, I gathered my sections that I wanted to add pleats and used about 2 inches of Stitch Witch to fold over the fabric at the top seem.  This gathered the fabric and gave me the look I was hoping for!

NoSewSewing3With the three sides finished, I put on a cheapo white bed skirt that I found here.  I did this to add some fluff behind mine and also to attach mine to.  I can easily go back and sew them together later but for now this was my fast no sew solution.   I simply attached the sticky backed velcro to my skirt and then pressed it firmly onto the other bedskirt.  I really don’t think you can get any easier than that! It has been on for almost a month now and no problems!

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Now for the talented sewers out there, I tip my hat to you.  I truly wish I was a better sewer and that it came more naturally to me, but it sincerely doesn’t! Maybe some day I will do a whole tutorial on how not to sew… that’s about the limit to my helpfulness in that arena.

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NoSewSewing6I hope y’all are having a wonderful day!

xoxo

B

 

 

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|One Room Challenge| Master Bedroom Reveal https://www.windgatelane.com/2016/05/one-room-challenge-master-bedroom-reveal/ https://www.windgatelane.com/2016/05/one-room-challenge-master-bedroom-reveal/#comments Thu, 12 May 2016 19:09:00 +0000 http://www.windgatelane.com/?p=3150 Well the moment has finally come! My (second) One Room Challenge Reveal! The Master Bedroom was not in bad shape, but it was a little blah for me.  You can catch up on all of the projects here. I will admit that two of my projects did not work at all… and by that I […]

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Well the moment has finally come! My (second) One Room Challenge Reveal! The Master Bedroom was not in bad shape, but it was a little blah for me.  You can catch up on all of the projects here.

I will admit that two of my projects did not work at all… and by that I mean… I did not even try to work on them.  I had planned on painting the side tables, but honestly I am still undecided on exactly what color to paint them!  And the curtains still need something but I was afraid to fight the pattern on the bedskirt to much so they were pushed off the list as well.

What I did accomplish I am pretty dang pleased with though! I already showed you my DIY Floor Mirror and DIY fabric chair, but what I got to add to that little area is my favorite.   This antique needlepoint was the easiest buy I have ever made!

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I came across this beauty at an antique fair and the colors and size of it just struck me.  Without knowing where I would even put it, I brought it on home.  It is so intricate and even stamped 1949 from France on the back, which makes me feel a little guilty that I bought a cheapo frame from Ikea and just popped it in there!  I’m sure it deserves a grander frame but for now, Ikea won out.

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The bedding is my absolute fave.  A full affiliate source list can be found at the bottom of the post.  This quilt is so simple and yet so bright and playful to me and the euro shams weren’t going to be going anywhere, those buffalo check beauties are staying forever.  But it needed a punch somewhere and when I saw this fabric at Spoonflower, I knew just where I wanted it!

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I love what it adds to the simple bedding! I will share the tutorial for how I made it next week… and yes, I did it myself and no, I do not sew!  The matching pillow just needed to happen for my matchy matchy heart and I just loved the fabric that much.

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I still intend to do something to the side tables and would love to hear suggestions, but overall this room has become much more me.  Ahem… I mean us.  It’s cheerier for sure!

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If you haven’t seen the Dining Room make-over, make sure you pop over to it here and I will be back with tutorials next week from both rooms.  But now… we sleep.

Affiliate Sources:

| Similar White Patterned Quilt (unfortunately mine just sold out) | Navy Blanket |

| Buffalo Check Euro Shams | Floral Fabric | DIY Floor Mirror | Lepard Print Tote |

| Similar Accent chair | Similar Headboard | DIY Lamps | Rug |

xoxo,

B

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|One Room Challenge| Dining Room Reveal and Sources https://www.windgatelane.com/2016/05/one-room-challenge-dining-room-sources/ https://www.windgatelane.com/2016/05/one-room-challenge-dining-room-sources/#comments Wed, 11 May 2016 18:53:11 +0000 http://www.windgatelane.com/?p=3126 Labor of love.  For the One Room Challenge, I picked the hardest room in my house.  You can find a full source and affiliate list at the end of the post.  The Dining Room is not only the first room you see as you enter our home, but it is multipurpose in a big way. […]

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Labor of love.  For the One Room Challenge, I picked the hardest room in my house.  You can find a full source and affiliate list at the end of the post.  The Dining Room is not only the first room you see as you enter our home, but it is multipurpose in a big way.  It becomes a painting room for me during the summer months in Texas when I can’t possibly refinish furniture in the garage, so the DIY table and the chairs all need to be easily relocated… not an easy task.

But it is also a room that has at times overwhelmed me with the memory of my Mom.  She was only able to visit twice after we moved here and once was flying down with me and the baby to move in.  She wasn’t able to help with the unloading, so while my dad, husband, and I worked to bring things in, she set up camp in the dining room and played with 4 month old Jack.  Just sitting on the floor in the empty room loving on my baby boy.  I hid myself in the bathroom and cried for a bit knowing that they would leave soon.  My best friends, my parents, and here I was leaving the nest in a big way with a baby of my own.  These are the moments you look back on and can see so clearly but have no idea that they will be so impactful.  The look on her face, the joy that the baby and she had just sitting there laughing at each other with their identical bright blue eyes.  This room had to be blue.  It had to be all the joy and the beautiful that was in that moment.

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I did the paneling a couple of years ago and painted the navy above but it just never felt how it should.   The paint by numbers art has been a love of mine for awhile and all of the colors and landscapes just bring me joy to look at.   This room had to have joy! The biggest aspect that I kept missing was warmth.  How did I forget to add heart and warmth into it?! The curtains and lamps brought the heart right in.

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I love to entertain and the silver collection has come from everywhere.  One piece was my Mom’s, friends have given them to me, thrift stores, even Target!  I am forever fighting the battle of no storage in this house so I decided that this was not something I should hide.  Let’s just have it out and ready to go!  I will also never stop mixing metals… you can’t make me.

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I kept the table setting simple.  The chargers and plates were wedding presents, the glass bowls are from Ikea and then the little white berry bowls are a set of milk glass bowls I lucked into at an antique store.  I did not expect such a challenge when I wanted to find Peonies for my centerpiece but I apparently wanted the only flower not readily available! I’m no quitter though!

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The bar cart also stayed simple.  Those of you with keen eyes will notice that the caning got another coat of navy spray paint.  I loved the blue I first did but once the room was coming together I decided it needed to be more subtle.   The metal bells hanging above I found at the Elephant’s Flea Market in New York last year and I have just been waiting for the perfect spot for them.  Happy memories ended up making this room perfect for me.  All the planning in the world but it turns out for my own spaces it just comes down to me and being able to look around and see love and memories.

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Who knew a room make-over could help me learn so much about myself? I guess my therapy has always been creating and this was no different.  I created a space I love and did it for the person I love so dearly.  I know she is looking down and smiling.

Affiliate and Source List

| Chandelier | Rug | Red Marbled Lamps | Acrylic Chairs | Head Chairs | Source for Paint By Numbers Art here and here | Sources for Silver | Dishes here and here | Peach Curtains |

To start at the beginning of the One Room Challenge Journey jump here and to see the Master Bedroom Reveal Go Here!

Love you Mom.

B

 

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|One Room Challenge| DIY Floor Mirror https://www.windgatelane.com/2016/04/one-room-challenge-diy-floor-mirror/ https://www.windgatelane.com/2016/04/one-room-challenge-diy-floor-mirror/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2016 03:38:42 +0000 http://www.windgatelane.com/?p=3077 **affiliates present** I have always wanted a large, leaning floor mirror in our master bedroom but hadn’t loved the prices when I found ones I liked… big surprise. So I went on the hunt when I started the One Room Challenge… online, back alley mirror stores… nothing. DIY ideas started to swim around in my […]

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I have always wanted a large, leaning floor mirror in our master bedroom but hadn’t loved the prices when I found ones I liked… big surprise.

So I went on the hunt when I started the One Room Challenge… online, back alley mirror stores… nothing.

DIY ideas started to swim around in my mind and on a trip to Ikea a lightbulb went off.  They sell mirrored closet doors… mirror… tall… cheap… dunzo! I picked up the Vikedal mirrored closet door for $50 and then set about making it my dream mirror.  Scrap trim to the rescue!

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The steps are pretty simple…

  1. Buy mirror (they do come in different sizes)
  2. Buy some thin trim and cut to desired lengths.
  3. Adhere wood strips with mirror adhesive.
  4. Paint the trim and edges of the mirror to look cohesive.

Side note- I absolutely would have spray painted the wood trim pieces before I cut and glued them on but we have been in the middle of monsoon season here in TX so being outside to spray paint was not an option.

So for $50 and some change, I am happy! And loving it next to my painted accent chair (you can find the diy fabric tutorial here)

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And just for fun because I love a good high vs low comparison, one of the mirrors I loved (link here) that inspired me next to my mirror and guess what… $400 difference!

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This room is so close to being done! and good thing because we only have 2 weeks left in the challenge!

You can catch up below and don’t forget to jump over and see the progress in the Dining Room!

Week 1 Mood Board

Week 2 Accent Chair

Week 3 Fabric Choices

xoxo

B

 

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Thoughts of Home

 

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|One Room Challenge| Peach Curtains https://www.windgatelane.com/2016/04/one-room-challenge-peach-curtains/ https://www.windgatelane.com/2016/04/one-room-challenge-peach-curtains/#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2016 23:04:32 +0000 http://www.windgatelane.com/?p=3070 **affiliates present** This week I didn’t accomplish as much as I had hoped for the One Room Challenge but I did take a few steps forward by DIY’ing my own peach curtains! (if you are just jumping in, you can catch up here). Peach was not an obvious first choice for me and I had actually […]

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This week I didn’t accomplish as much as I had hoped for the One Room Challenge but I did take a few steps forward by DIY’ing my own peach curtains! (if you are just jumping in, you can catch up here).

Peach was not an obvious first choice for me and I had actually thought about forgoing curtains altogether because there is such a lack of sunlight in there already, but I was also concerned that the room needed some warmth.   The peach is a brave choice for me and I was frankly not sure if I would like it until I had it up there- it was also a chore to find a light peach fabric! I wanted a velvet but that was no where to be found and don’t think I didn’t just try to buy some but all of the ones I found were darker than I wanted.

Hobby Lobby was finally the winner with a pale peach cotton and then just to satisfy my velvet need, a peach velvet ribbon that I could trim it out with!  Let’s get the tutorial out of the way real quick… my sewing machine broke.  I simply used my iron and Stitch Witchery to get the job done! Measured- cut- ironed- ironed down 1 inch edges- placed Stitch Witchery in-between the fabric- ironed again- and done! Then I hot glued the ribbon down the edge.  Seriously… not a seamstress. Shout out to all of you who are.

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And even lazier? I didn’t hem the long sides because I liked the texture that the fringe added… Bob Ross would call that a happy little accident! Oh and you are going to see a sneak peak of the dining room head chairs I found at Tuesday Morning- also not what I thought I wanted but love!

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It’s hard to share pictures when the rest of the room is still in chaos but you can also see that I hung some of my paint by numbers art.

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It’s coming together but it’s also push time! New lighting should arrive the beginning of next week so hopefully I can get it up to post about it before next week.  Here are links to the first 3 weeks of projects and don’t forget to jump over to see my DIY floor mirror in the Master Bedroom!

Week 1 Mood Board

Week 2 Tea Cart

Week 3 Ghost Chairs

xoxo

B

 

Linking to:

Thoughts of Home

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|One Room Challenge| Accent Chair https://www.windgatelane.com/2016/04/one-room-challenge-accent-chair/ https://www.windgatelane.com/2016/04/one-room-challenge-accent-chair/#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2016 13:32:15 +0000 http://www.windgatelane.com/?p=3011 **affiliates present** We are in week two of the One Room Challenge! You can read all of the details here– but the short version is that I am completing 2 room make-overs in 6 weeks and will be showing updates each week on both the Master Bedroom and the Dining Room! This week I can […]

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We are in week two of the One Room Challenge! You can read all of the details here– but the short version is that I am completing 2 room make-overs in 6 weeks and will be showing updates each week on both the Master Bedroom and the Dining Room! This week I can scratch off two things for the master bedroom: the fabric search is over and the accent chair is done!

I officially decided and ordered the fabric for the bedskirt and can’t wait for it to arrive! I am still undecided on if I will actually break out the sewing machine or use fabric fuse and take the easy way out… time may decide that for me.

The accent chair was fun! One of my thrift store finds, it has gotten a couple of transformations (you can see them here) and if we are being honest, this probably won’t be it’s last, but let’s get to it!

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Navy is always going to be a part of this room, and Velvet Finishes was kind enough to send me some of their beautiful blue, Handsome, paint (shop all of there gorgeous colors here)!

Of course it goes on with no sanding or priming which makes me so happy!

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The fabric for the seat was a little more complicated for me.  You see, I have a habit of seeing something and falling in love with it only to find out that it is waaaaaayyyy out of my price range.  Enter me trying to recreate a similar look!  I had some white fabric in my stash so I grabbed it and a black sharpie and got to work.

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I wish I could give you some amazing tutorial on how I got what I got, but sometimes that’s the beauty of DIY… you just go for it and sometimes your prayers are answered and sometimes they aren’t! Thankfully this time the heavens shown down on me! 🙂

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I like that it mimics the bedspread I am considering and it is a nice contrast of a classic looking chair with a modern twist… my fave!

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Check back next week to what else I have checked off my to do list and hop over to see what I got done in the Dining Room this week!

And if you are interested in a similar chair, I did find some here and here!

xoxo

B

 

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