***REMEMBER, YOU ONLY HAVE UNTIL SATURDAY NIGHT
I enjoy taking down the scary Halloween decor and replacing it with 
I grew tired of their color almost immediately.
Then washed them with a greenish white.
I love their new makeover!
They're the perfect bright spot of color in 
After cutting out the diagrams of the major pieces of furniture I began to arrange the room. It was fun---like playing house! It was much more fun moving items on paper than it would have been to move large furniture pieces in a small room.There are several computer sites that offer room arranging programs too but I find it very rewarding doing it the old fashion way.
I came up with four different room designs. When we met again she picked the design she liked best and we were able to quickly move the furniture into an arrangement she had never tried in the several years she had lived there. 
She was thrilled with the new look and I was happy that I had let my fingers do the pushing instead of my back. | |
You know how I love a great monogram design! Yep, I love monograms so much that I picked this one to give away to one lucky winner!
Can't you just imagine this beauty above your bed! Or how about in the entry or living room of your home surrounded by photos of your family.
I really wanted this design for my laundry room but I don't have the wall space for it.
Hopefully you do though because we're giving it away!
And if that isn't enough, Belvedere Designs is also letting me give away a gift certificate. The winner of this will be able to pick any item, up to $50 in value, from their site! Ooohhhh so many choices! And they've even added 18 new colors like olive, lipstick, buttercream, celdon, and bubblegum, to name just a few.
Belvedere even has a blog where you can see lots of new ideas. And they have a monthly drawing for a $50 gift certificate from their customer-submitted photos.
I'm sure that you're anxious to enter this giveaway! Here's all you need to do: leave me a comment telling me which of the three choices (monogram, laundry sign, gift certificate) you would love to win. If you want another entry then post about this giveaway on your blog, twitter or facebook. And for a third chance to win, leave a favorite quote that you'd love to see Belvedere Designs make---one that they don't already offer (this might be tough because they offer a ton of great quotes already).
This giveaway will be open until Saturday at midnight (MST) I'll anounce the three lucky winners next Monday. GOOD LUCK!
I could never find a place for them and then it occurred to me that maybe it was because they needed a bit of a makeover---a silver spray paint makeover.
With a few decorative ornament hangers and my army of silver skeletons in hand I proceeded to the dining room.
They're just the spooktacular accessory that my chandelier needed.
I was so pleased with their gory to glam makeover that I gave a larger dollar store skeleton the same treatment. But while the paint was still wet I sprinkled on a little glitter. 
Tied with a bow he guards this shelf perfectly.
The entertainment center that we built.
There's a few walls of my collections.
The thrifted side table that I painted.
And the door sofa table that we built.
But there is one piece of furniture that I try to avoid showing.
Let's call it "the beast!"
But I know that the beauty would soon become a beast because of the habits of my wonderful family (okay, mostly my hubby).
So I thought that maybe if I unleashed the beast for the whole world to see, it might motivate me to make a few changes. I've even given myself a deadline of the day before Thanksgiving. And as much as I love the red walls, I'm considering a new paint color----maybe chocolate brown or charcoal gray.
