Skirting the Bed

Hello Friends!

Finally posting a picture on the sewing project I was working on....well, months ago. I'm sure you've all been anxiously waiting to see the final result ;)

Isn't it strange that you can live with something for years and then notice it doesn't look finished? That's what happened with this bed skirt project. I don't think we've had a bed skirt since we've been married. I just never even thought about it. Corey did, and he let me know he thought it was weird. So then I reupholstered our headboard and as I was looking at the final product I thought that it didn't look finished  {and Corey was right. Don't you dare tell him I said that}.

 After looking for one online and not finding what I wanted I decided to make one.  I found some great charcoal linen fabric at Joann Fabric and used a naptime {and Starbucks, which is a very important key to creating beautiful things ;) }. Here's the deal, though- I suck at sewing. I don't sew regularly so I forget how things work and don't even get me started on re-threading a bobbin. Torture. So this project that should have taken me about 30 minutes took me two HOURS. Two very, very long hours. I was about ready to chuck that Starbucks and whip out the margarita maker. Things were tense ha! BUT! It's finished! And I love the final product and Corey doesn't think our bed looks lame anymore ;)

This is before- WAY before. Right after Corey built the panel wall behind the bed.

And, now for the after

Things Are Looking Up

Hi friends!

It's been a bit since my last post, but I have some free time thanks to the snow storm that has had me quarantined the past few days 😁

One of my latest projects was a fairly easy one (thank goodness!). I painted the ceiling in our master bedroom. It's a project I wanted to do for awhile and finally got up the nerve 😄 This is the first ceiling I've ever painted and I really love the way it turned out. 

I started with several different sample colors and painted the same ones against the wall color and against the whitewashed pallet wall to see which one went the best with both.

I really liked how most of them looked and ultimately chose one that was one shade lighter than the lightest one- so four samples and I didn't choose any of them ha!

The lighting in the final result isn't great but you get the idea 😁