I've been super busy.... and I'm getting way behind on my scrapbooking:) Seriously, I'm a year behind and it's killing me! Here's a little snippet of one of my MAJOR projects.
My cousin (Libby) and I have taken upon ourselves the project of our Grandma's house.... we call it Granny's Cottage. We've had a death in our family that has made this house vacant. We'd love to keep the house, but it's really a money pit. Our grand plan it to make it a vacation rental. We've been cleaning, painting and decorating.... it's been a major undertaking. One of the biggest problems was that the house wasn't kept clean. Another problem was that when our family painted the house, they were very "efficient" and painted everything one color. This turquoise room was turquoise... the walls, ceilings, trim, doors, everything... even the hinges and door knobs because, heaven forbid anyone should tape anything (okay, I'm off my soap box). This is the first bedroom that we feel like is finished. We have been trying to be as cheap as possible. So, we've tried to use fabric and things that we already had.
The back throw pillow with the pompoms was made with fabric my mom had in her stash... I love it! Libby made the cute orange one with fabric she had in her stash. My idea for the front pillow was kind of a combination of
this pillow and
this shirt. I had the brown fabric only scraps... so I wanted something that used little of that fabric.
What's a cute cheap decorating idea?.... a bunting! I used my map scraps and my fabric scraps. I got the idea from
Dottie Angel.... super cute vintage stuff.
I already had a lot of embroidery hoops on hand from my
previous craft room. They were just sitting in a box, so I pulled them out! We added a few more so that we could have some of the fabrics we had used in the room. Always a super cheap and easy way to decorate a room.
This dresser was an awesome vintage find that we already had in Granny's house! I love it! I love the worn vintage look and I love the orange handles. Libby wants to paint it, but I won't let her:) The top is really quite worn, so I made this cute table runner out of doilies... got the idea
here. I wish I would have taken a better picture of my doily table runner for you:) Libby had the vintage art from her Grandma's house. And Libby and I have been collecting the white milk glass from yard sales and DI. I don't know if we are going to put anything in it or not... I guess I should at least get candles:)
Now, back to my original picture of the whole room.... Don't you love our vintage bed? This was one of the treasures that was already in Granny's house:) Libby had the awesome afghan from her grandma. Libby got the night stand at DI and painted and glazed it. I found the awesome vintage lamp at a yard sale, of course! And no night stand for a vintage room is complete without a doily:) I made the curtain out of an old sheet and a few fabric scraps we had left.
This has been a rather fun project for us, but very time consuming! I'll keep posting as we get more rooms finished:)
