Home Tour - bedroom

This is one of my favorite rooms in the house... with the two windows this room is so bright and sunny!

I love the white "curtains", my plants, and all the colors.

Secret - this is not a curtain... it's a bed sheet I tied to the rod one day on whim and tied back with a scarf!  It doesn't too much to block the sunlight, but I like it.

Another secret... this isn't a curtain either, its a blanket draped over the rod!!

I've done a couple posts about the bedroom already.  You can learn how to make a similar painting - here.  And about the bed linens (all found at thrift stores) here. 

Those prints and colors look familiar?? It's the background of my blog header!!!

House Tour - spare bedroom

Continuing on with the house tour we're in the spare room / study room / music room / everything else room. Our apartment has two bedrooms. I decided to use the smaller of the two rooms as Lee and I's bedroom because we wouldn't be spending too much time in there other than sleeping.... but we needed space for Lee to study, have is guitars, weights, and anything else I don't know what to do with. This room is still very, very, much a work in progress. I don't have proper bedding and Lee's area is absolute chaos.... and once again, no curtains. But it's working for now.

Think that's a pretty sweet quilt on the foot of the bed??
nope... it's a vintage sleeping bag I got at a thrift store for $2. 
I wonder if my kids will think its cool and want to take it to camp? or think their mom is a huge nerd....

"headboard" is the original,old windows from my friend Michelle's house when she bought it!

Lee's guitar along side my Grandma's sheet music about falling in love in the Canadian sunset <3

I know, I know.... this is a little overdone, but I couldn't resist!!
I love having all these patterns and colors on the wall! 

Not pictured : Lee's study space, Lee's junk, and the dirty laundry :)

Heading down the hall to the next room - our bedroom!

Read more about this umbrella light - here.

Free Find Friday: Duvet trick

I found an adorable duvet cover at a thrift store nearby {originally from Ikea} for $1.50 {basically free right}!! I had to have it.... but it was only the cover.  I figured for $1.50 I could someday buy a new duvet to go inside.
I brought it home and laid it on the bed to see how the pattern worked with other patterns that I have {LOVE to mix patterns} and then noticed that in the corner was a comforter that a friend had given me recently and I was planning on using in the spare room but I didn't really love the colors {but like I said, it was FREE}

I got the idea to see if I could just shove the comforter inside the duvet cover...... and you totally can!

I figured since I already shared part of my bed with you in my last post {DIY Recycled Art} I could go ahead and share about whats on the bed even though the room isn't "finished" just yet.

 my colorful patterns. ALL thrifted or free.

love love love to be able to say that. 

So if you have a comforter that you love, it's warm and cozy.. but is looking a little drab or doesn't quite "go" with the rest, just cover it up :)

DIY : recycle old painting with quote art

Well like all other breathing 25 year olds the majority of my inspiration comes from pinterest these days.
I found a DIY art project I wanted to try

                                                                         Source: craftgawker.com via Kelsey on Pinterest

I had a painting under my bed for at least 10 years (no joke) that I picked up at a yard sale and had always intended to re-purpose.  I liked it because it was large, and have a good frame so I could easy re-cover it with canvas and paint a new picture or something.
Well flash forward a decade and I saw this and remembered my sad, forgotten painting.  And then I breathed new life into it and it proudly hangs above our bed.

This is SUPER easy to do.
promise.

All you need is:

• a painting or some type of picture with colors that you like
• paint - I used cheapo white acrylic paint from Hobby Lobby for $1 and then added a little paint thinner because I wanted some of the original artwork to show through
• letter stickers - I bought some on clearance at Jo-Anns
• a paint brush
• time 

Choosing a quote is probably about the hardest part.  I had so many ideas running through my head... but I ultimately decided on this one because I love it so much.  It has a special meaning to me ever since we lived in Grenada.  We lived in the sunshine, swam the sea, and drank lots of wild air...... 

I love how Emerson turned out.  The colors are perfect behind the words.

the bedroom isn't finished as of yet.... just this lone painting hangs on the wall.
my husband said "do all these patterns go together"
ummm not exactly. and I like it that way.