Wednesday, January 22, 2014

We're Just Eclectic

As I'm looking through all my favorite blogs today, I see reclaimed hardwood floors, original woodwork that's been refinished, wainscoting, exposed beams and brick and history for days. I would love to show you even one room that we've renovated in this style, but here at The House, our ideas of decorating are a bit more...contemporary...


This isn't quite the type of project I envisioned when I started this blog last year. I don't even have any trendy subway art to show you, no walls lovingly painted out in chalkboard paint, no handmade farmhouse table. 

But there is this...


The organizer my daughter and I made this past spring to hold her Wii remotes and dry-erase board supplies. It's not crafted from reclaimed barn wood, but it is circa 2013 Chock Full o'Nuts.


Then there's the tray I picked up at the local antique mall. It wasn't an antique, which is why I was able to afford it. I watered down a little Elmer's school glue to use as decoupage medium and covered over the depiction of winter geese flying south with purchased artwork. This is still one of my favorite projects, though one corner works loose occasionally and you have to be careful when you're carrying Entenmanns through the house on it.


3 comments:

  1. I like the Chock Full 'o' Nuts project. What kind of paint did you use? And did you paint it on with a brush or spray paint?

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  2. Hi Kate :) It was two spray cans of pink glossy paint I bought at Lowe's. Daughter and I painted the cans outside on the lawn. Our grass was pink til fall.

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