Thrift Store Desk To Vanity Makeover

Remember my $20 thrift shop desk I institute last week?

 I wasn't quite certain what I wanted to practice amongst it, until I saw this Crate & Barrel LaSalle Black Vanity Desk.

My petty thrift shop desk was a like size to Mr. LaSalle, in addition to I right away knew what I had to do.

Check out my petty guy's novel look!

He's hence sassy now.

 And I'm smitten. When I start spotted this desk inwards the thrift store, a lightbulb appeared inwards my brain. I knew EXACTLY what I could practice amongst a desk this size....make a bigger, ameliorate vanity than the i I was currently using. Just to jog your memory, here's the concluding vanity I was using. It was cute, but ultimately only also small!

Teeny weeny vanity, I RELEASE YOU!

 Now y'all tin run into how much ameliorate my upgraded version is! I made a few changes, too. I moved the whole vanity setup to a dissimilar wall (over closer to the bathroom door, which was a bigger wall) in addition to and hence I also added a few other favorite ugrades.

 I institute a GIANT one-time wooden mirror at the thrift shop in addition to painted it Sherwin Williams Sea Salt blue (same coloring every bit bathroom). I added to a greater extent than or less other i of my ribbon-trimmed drum shade lamps. Then, I also decided to convey my favorite thrift shop chair makeover into the mix! It's hence much comfier than my petty dinky stool I was using. All combined, my 8 1000000 thrift shop creations brand i AWESOME vanity/dressing table!!!

I volition become into slap-up special nearly how I transformed this desk inwards my next post (since it was a slight-debacle-that-took-3-days-but-ended-up-perfect). So, remain tuned!

Also, remain tuned for a cupboard update soon!

And an update on the side room!

It's actually starting to come upward along!

That's all for today! Thanks for stopping past times to cheque out the novel vanity!

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DIY Striped Upholstered Bench

Yesterday I shared a few changes I made to our master bedroom. One of those changes was the pianoforte bench that I made into an upholstered stool. And the best operate is that I made it for but $5!

I was originally inspired past times the $400 Ballard Designs Simone Bench. It's totally awesome...and totally out of my cost range.

So, I decided to brand my ain instead.

The entire projection took less than an hour, together with was super tardily to do. Basically, I saved virtually $400 (the cost of the real bench) past times making it myself. Not besides bad for an sixty minutes alongside a hammer together with a mucilage gun. 

I started alongside a basic pianoforte bench that I originally flora at a thrift store.

 I purchased 2 yards of textile (a remnant I was lucky plenty to discovery for a few bucks), 1 box of nailheads, together with and then used what I had on hand: hotglue, mucilage gun, hammer, scissors, together with pillow stuffing.
You tin give notice invest inward foam padding if you lot want, but I bring tons of extra accent pillow inserts together with but used the stuffing from those equally a inexpensive option to foam.

The kickoff affair you'll desire to exercise is accommodate together with secure your textile to your bench. Line upward your textile how you lot desire it together with and then secure the textile to ii of the bench legs. Use ii nailheads, 1 on each of the ii legs. 

  

Once the textile is secured, piece of work on making the corners for both legs on this side. To brand a neat corner, hotglue the textile onto the leg together with crease over the travel past times part. 

Once it's folded neatly, together with you lot tin give notice clearly run across how much textile you lot need, cutting the fabric. Leave plenty to crease virtually an inch of it under.

Next, crease it nether together with larn far fifty-fifty alongside the operate of the textile that's already secured.

Next, secure the corner alongside ii to a greater extent than nailheads, 1 straight on the corner, together with 1 close the border of the leg.

Next, add together some nailheads to solely ONE of the long sides, together with both ends. 

You'll create amount inward your nailhead trim down later. For now, you'll but desire to add together plenty to secure the textile inward place. That way, if you lot mess up, you lot won't bring to pry upward a 1000000 nails.
At this point, your bench should survive secured on three sides, alongside 1 side all the same open.
TIME TO STUFF!
I used the stuffing from ii pillows for my bench cushion. You tin give notice larn far equally fluffy/unfluffy equally you lot want.



I similar to work pillow stuffing for my upholstery. (It's all from novel pillows though. Don't work onetime pillow stuffing. That's but gross, together with a dust-mite nightmare.)  It's actually tardily to force it into all of the corners together with it makes the cushion actually comfy. You bring to piece of work it a trivial flake to larn it even, but I'm upward for the challenge if it agency saving $50 on foam. 

Once your bench is fully stuffed, describe the textile tight together with start securing alongside nailheads. If you're using upholstery fabric, it should survive heavy plenty that when it's pulled tight, your stuffing looks pretty even. If it's lumpy, rework it or describe your textile tighter. Complete the remaining ii corners but similar you lot did alongside the other ones. Now create amount inward the residuum of your nailheads. You tin give notice work equally many nailheads equally you'd like. I chose to infinite them virtually 1.5'' apart. To brand the textile super secure together with finished looking, I also hotglued the textile some all the edges.

It's non perfect, together with equally alongside every DIY project, it requires a trivial lawsuit together with error. However, for $5 together with an hour's time, I yell upward it looks nifty inward our bedroom!

Thanks thus much for stopping past times today! If you lot desire to run across where this trivial bench ended upward eventually (in 1 of my favorite areas of the house!) larn here.

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DIY Flower Wreath

Today I'm sharing my petty floral wreath I made using items from the dollar store. I absolutely beloved the agency it turned out, in addition to it's the perfect petty wreath for spring.

It's in all probability no surprise that my wreath is coated inwards pearls, glitter, giant crystals, disco balls, in addition to butterflies.

I saw this amazing wreath from Horchow dorsum inwards Dec when I was brainstorming ideas for Christmas wreaths (and ultimately ended upward making this). I but couldn't halt thinking well-nigh it. 

 Horchow's White Floral Wreath (seen below) is absolutely gorgeous. I call back seeing it in addition to thinking hmmmmm...I could brand that.

And I did.

But my own sassy version.

Must. Have. Sass.

All of the supplies came from dollar stores in addition to arts and crafts stores.

 It took a petty fourth dimension to make, but was super tardily to do.

Here are the supplies I used to brand my wreath.

1. Basic forest wreath ($3 at Joann's)

2. iv stems of assorted faux flowers ($1 each at Dollar Tree = $4)

3. 1 strand of drinking glass pearls ($1 at Joanns)

4. Green glitter butterflies ($1 at Dollar Tree)

5. Giant Crystals ($1 purse of 'table scatter' from Dollar Tree)

6. Glue sticks in addition to gum gun (on manus = free!)

7. Mini disco balls from my Christmas decoration stash (free!)

8. Small silvery beads leftover from Christmas garland strand (free!)

9. White ribbon (50 YARDS scored for $1 in conclusion year here)

TOTAL = $10

To brand this wreath, foremost with a basic wreath form. Since the overstep volition last exposed, I chose a elementary wooden stick wreath. Using the largest flowers, optic the bloom heads alongside the lower one-half of the wreath.

Once your large flowers are inwards place, create total inwards the remaining bottom one-half of the wreath with the smaller flowers. Try using several dissimilar sizes in addition to shapes of smaller flowers to laissez passer on the wreath a petty texture.

Now, it's fourth dimension to add together a petty bling. I but randomly chose whatsoever I could honor at the store/my house. I finally settled on pearls, giant crystals, mini-disco balls, small-scale silvery beads, in addition to green-glittered-butterflies.

Once you've attached all of your bling with your hotglue, cutting a long slice of ribbon in addition to wrap it but about the overstep of your wreath. 

I attached the ribbon correct to the wall with a unmarried silvery nailhead, correct inwards a higher house my fantle. 

Jesse opens in addition to closes the front end door similar a Woolly Mammoth in addition to I don't accept a drapery over the fireplace.

So, the fantle it is.

And that's all, folks! 

Thanks in addition to hence much for stopping by! 

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