Baby E's Room: Nautical Sea Monster Nursery

I'm SOO excited to finally share this post! I've been waiting for my niece to get here, so I didn't spoil her big name reveal!  July, I flew out to California to help my sister decorate her nursery for her little girl. She wanted a nautical sea monster theme, and I think we nailed it! 

Frames are from Goodwill, Anchor & E, and Octopus are from Hobby Lobby.

Barrel that we turned into a hamper. Barrel is from a store online, and netting is from Michael's.

The dresser and ships wheel were garage/estate sale finds. Lamp is from Target.

They got married on a boat and this sign was there. I recreated it using reclaimed wood, vinyl, and an octopus my sister had bought. 

This E started out much different, but it was on sale, so my sister bought it. Once I had taken off the old embellishments, there was a huge hole. I made this octopus using buttons from my grandma's house that my sister had. I printed off a coloring book page, and hot glued the buttons in it. I then used the Silhouette Cameo to cut out the outline in card stock.

Her favorite peek-a-boo bear from Aunt Joanne.

This rug is sooo soft!

This is what the gallery wall looked like before I painted the stuff. 

Pink Dresser

My sister is an expert garage sale/estate sale shopper. She texted me a picture of this dresser that she found at an estate sale.  It was perfect for the pink dresser I had dreamed about for Little G's room. It was $150. But, it would go half price at noon. She decided to risk it and wait until noon. A little before noon she came back, and it was still there. She sat on it and waited until noon. Another lady was stalking it as well, so Becky just kept waiting. She even went a little early to the register and said she wanted to take this dresser and the one that matched it. She snagged them both for $120. 

The drawers are huge, and the top is perfect for a changing table. 

She bought a can of Annie Sloan Scandinavian Pink Chalk Paint, and when I arrived in Cali, I got started! We wiped it down and took off the hardware. That was all the prep that it needed! 

It took 2 coats of paint, but it turned out awesome! 

Nursery Reveal is tomorrow!

Front Porch Makeover

How I wish I would have taken a picture of my sister's front porch before. It had a bike, gas can, cooler, hose, leaves, and a few dead plants. With a new baby coming she needed a spot to rock the baby. I wanted to make it a welcoming spot for her and Grandma to rock.

Lots of cleaning, sweeping, and moving stuff was involved.... but after that, a run to Michael's, IKEA, and Marshall's and it was ready to go!

Previously, there was no wreath at all.

IKEA table painted with spray paint.

HUGE Gallery Wall

This is the wall at my Sister & Brother-In-Law's house.  They started out with about 30 pictures, only where they could reach. While I was there we hung them up and framed a few of the big ones. I think it turned out awesome! 

Fake Dyed Easter Eggs

I found these "plastic" decorating eggs at Wal*Mart. It was fun to dye eggs again! I will be able to re-use them as a decoration. I bought the cheap-o PAAS dye kit, and it worked well. I didn't want bold colors. I wanted soft pastels. These eggs did float, which was kind of a pain. 

Once they were dyed, I put them with some moss from the dollar store. I think it turned out pretty cute! 

Chatroom Grey Kitchen

Bye, Bye, Bye ...

Red wall is gone! I was afraid to paint over it, but the guy at Lowes gave me an awesome primer, Zinsser Bullseye, that worked great! He tinted it grey and it worked like a charm! My new color is from Sherwin Williams and is called Chatroom.

It makes my walls look crisp and clean!

Here is the before, in a builders beige. 

The color is kind of hard to pick up in pictures, but it makes the room look so much better!

Yellow and Grey Chevron Guest Bedroom

This room is where the most demolition took place.  We had to knock down some closet walls and shelves.  We also had to paint the ceiling.

This room we painted grey.  Once my roommate moved out, I needed to fill it back up! So I went to work! 

Here are a few links to some of this room's projects!

http://createcookteach.blogspot.com/2012/09/diy-headboard.html - Headboard

http://createcookteach.blogspot.com/2012/09/dresser-re-do.html - dresser

http://createcookteach.blogspot.com/2012/09/yellow-grey.html - whole room

http://www.createcookteach.blogspot.com/2012/08/you-are-my-sunshine_29.html - paintings

Playroom Reveal!

This past weekend I went over to my friends house to finish up their playroom. I think it turned out great and the girls love it! It is amazing what a little paint and a few accessories can do! 

This room started out builders tan.  I think we did it under $200.  The paint for the room and bookshelves was about half.  The small accessories were basically free, as I used a lot of scraps and stuff I had at home.  The trough was $80, and makes an awesome, HUGE, toy box! I have to give Abbey the credit for that idea! 

Here you can see the red book shelves, banners, and tissue paper poms.  We painted the bookshelves with Annie Sloan Emperor's Red.  It took us 1 coat of paint and about 12/2 hours to finish them! I can't say it enough, how much I love Annie Sloan paint.  We did not have to sand, prime, or do anything to them before we painted them! 

 These banners were made from scraps of fabric I had. The poms were leftover from a party my mom went to.

Red frames with the girls pics in black and white are from Hobby Lobby. They were $4 each!

I have to give Cody the credit on this one! I gave him the idea, and he was the engineer and construction worker! He used hook and eyes, I think that is what you would call them, and 12 ft of thick wire.  He drilled holes and put the eyes in them.  Then he bought this mini tightener thing to adjust and tighten the wire.  He spray painted some clothes pins yellow to hang up artwork and pictures! 

This Play sign was made from scrap wood, yellow spray paint, vinyl, and washi tape.  

I painted this large frame with Annie Sloan paint. In 2 weeks, we are going to paint chalkboard paint behind it! 

We did a little sorting and rearranging and made an area for the girls to play house. 

I found these bins at the Dollar Tree. I used vinyl to add their names. We used these buckets to store small pieces and baby specific toys. 

The girls love it! They kept asking if they were having a party down there because of all of the decorations!