Nesting

OK, so perhaps my latest bout of craftiness is more related to nesting than cabin fever. Or it could possibly be a major bank account altering combination of both....

I am up for at least 2-3 hours in the middle of the night so instead of wandering the halls much like a patient in an Asylum I needed quiet crafts to keep me occupied until I can sleep again. These are my two latest projects from Thursday morning.

Neither one of these projects was planned, I was wandering Hobby Lobby looking for some buttons and $$$ later we have inspiration and a depleted bank account.

Cushion for Rocking Chair

The only things I could think about while making this cushion is that my Grandma would not be pleased that I did not iron my seams and the song Ta Ra Ra Ra Boom De Ay.

The lamp goes from plain Jane....

to fancified!

A lamp has been on my find it list for the baby room since the beginning of time and I could never find one that I really liked or was not ridiculously expensive. So I just covered the shade of a clearance lamp that I found. After finishing this project in 15 minutes flat I wonder why I have never thought of this before.

My corner is nearly complete. The only thing missing is my trademark mess which is soon to come. Now that I come to think of it the mess is there it is just moved out of the way of the picture. Ha I fooled you all into thinking I could keep a flat surface clean! Corner complete.

Bedroom Before and After

Master Bedroom - Before

The closet and bathroom below are ALL Naveen's...lucky guy!

We went from walls with flat/semi gloss sponge painted walls to Taupe and Coconut Shell.

Phineas was happy to be snuggled in cushy blankets after being banned from the room all night. Everyone was happy to be back in the bedroom. Hoover was also banned due to his tendency to smush his butt on every wall that we have painted.

Action shot!

After painting he went back to work. Looks fun right?

New plants Naveen bought me after I acquired the "fever" when we went to price dirt at Mulhalls.

A Little Before and After

I thought I should share some of the changes that we have been working on since we moved into our first home about 9 months ago. The house did not "need" any work done to it according to some, but I felt our home was in dire need of a splash of color and some of our own blood, sweat, and tears.

This is the living room before. I thought it looked too much like an apartment with the white walls, and beige carpet and broken blinds. (Oh, and the "window treatment" on the top was a couple place mats sewn together with beads glued to the bottom. EW!) That was the first thing to change. I LOVE my windows, and would not cover it up with furniture or ulgies.

I tried to include Naveen as much as possible in the color and decorating choices for the house, but most of the time he just says I can have what ever I want, as long as it looks nice. Such a good husband!

I struggled with the wall colors for a long time because of the open floor plan. I finally settled on a pretty Gray for the main color and a splash of springy Green for the big wall.

The orange tapestry-like thing hanging is a table cloth that Naveen bought for me on his last trip home to India. It seemed too fancy to spill food on and my mom suggested hanging it up. It looks much lovelier now that there is furniture in the living room and no dog kennel upstairs.

I love my open window so much I didn't want to cover it with anything, but it looked so naked without curtains I ended up getting some sheer winter white linen-like curtains with gentle floral embroidery on them. They are perfect! I should take a picture to let you see the full effect of a completed living room ( OK, completed once I decide what to hang above the couch. I am sooooo indecisive.)

On to the entry way.

Again with the white.....or white smeared with dirty hand prints.


We went from this.

To this.

The light really isn't off center from the door and the star, that's just my awesome camera skills. One thing that Naveen always told me he liked were those metal stars, so I surprised him and picked one out for the entry way. The light fixture is original to the house and while I don't LOVE it in all its unoriginal (every house in the neighborhood has the same one) golden glory, I do LOVE the way the light reflects off the glass and onto the walls. And so it will stay. Until I have an epiphany as to what I would rather have.