DIY projects {part 1}

Free Changing Table:

This is one of my favorite projects! I was coming home from town one day thinking about re-doing Wells room to get all the dark furniture out and make it look more girly! I had been looking for a new changing table/dresser. I saw this sitting on the side of the road and of course drove past it. I got down the road and thought man that would be perfect for a changing table. I turned around and pulled in to check it out. I was going to go to the door and offer to buy it and nobody was home, so I assumed they were just giving it away. It was broken and all beat up, which was perfect because I was going to distress it! I loaded it in the back of my car, cleaned it really good, and sanded/distressed it! It turned out really cute and it was free!

Burlap Wreath:

This was a super cheap and easy project. I had a foam wreath and had 2 yards of burlap. I cut about 4 long pieces, wrapped my wreath first, and then just twisted and pin the burlap in. I like to change things often so I didn't glue it on! I made the flower by cutting some shear fabric in circles and gluing together in the middle.

Painted Rug:

My plan was to paint the rug under my kitchen table an off white color and do tan stripes on it. It was a red rug with the straw type material on the inside. Like an outdoors rug. Didn't turn out like I wanted because the red kept coming through after a WHOLE gallon of paint! So it ended up on the front porch and I  bought a new rug at Ikea for under the table! 

Lazy Susan:

This was a 3 dollar lazy Susan from Ikea that was just a natural wood. I painted it dark brown, then this aqua color, and sanded away! 

Kids Bathroom redo:

I was getting so tired of bright/dark colors in my house! I really hate I didn't take a before/after picture of this bathroom. It was a BRIGHT dark yellow. It was awful! I wanted to lighten it up and give it a clean look! I started by painting the light green color that I painted our kitchen with but I added some white to it to lighten it up a little more. Jared put up the bead-board on the bottom with the molding around. He also framed the mirror just by gluing the wood to the mirror! It is a cheap easy way to dress up your bathrooms! I saw some people glued their wood together before putting it up, so much easier to just glue each piece to the mirror! 

I am going to add some hooks to the molding {on the plain wall} to hang the kids towels on! Check out a new love of mine, the vintage milk vases in the old crate! Love them! 

I still am looking for things to decorate with with some pops of color!

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