Under the Influence

Lately I've been under the influence of the decorating bug.  We close on our house Monday, so my ideas have been going into overdrive.

My husband and I created a headboard for our bedroom, which looks amazing.  I don't want to upload a photo of it until you can see the full picture with it actually attached to the bed.  We bought wood from Lowes for $11.25, Painters Canvas for $13.00, Foam Batting for $9.99, Nail Head Trim for $17.99, and a Full Size Bed Cushion for $13.99.  We already had the staple gun and wood working tools to cut the wood.  Our headboard (which I saw a replica of at Pier One for $399.00) only cost us $66.22 + a few hours of gathering supplies and labor.  SCORE!

Our Kitchen (Not a fan of the Wall Color or Tiles!)

We followed the tutorial found here:  Centsational Girl Upholstered Headboard Tutorial

I didn't intend for our Kitchen to have a Paris Vibe, but as I collect more elements it seems to be heading in that direction.

I also bought fabric for our kitchen windows.  Keep in mind I haven't touched a sewing machine since my introductory lesson in 7th grade Home Economics...soooooo.... I did the majority of the measuring and cutting, while my mother-in-law manned the sewing machine.

Sitting Area Valance

Grape Haze

Kitchen Sitting Area

During our previous visit to our home we measured the windows, so my husband created wood brackets to fit the windows.  We have one small window over the sink and a window in the kitchen sitting area (used to be a dining room, which the former owners removed when they redid the kitchen).We are going to repaint the Kitchen Bluish Purple (Grape Haze), Put our Coffee Bar where the baker's rack is, and new window treatments.  We decided to hang the curtains higher and wider than the window to make them appear larger.


My in-laws are giving us two large comfy blue arm chairs (not

the prettiest, but they'll do for now) for the Kitchen Sitting Area.  I braved the sewing machine and made pillow to match the curtains.

The Canvas on the chair is the completed version of the DIY Wall Art I wrote a tutorial on.  The Spoon is some of our wall art for the Kitchen.  It has a matching fork and knife.

Sitting Area Pillows for the Blue Chairs

Below is a photo of our Coffee Bar (it will go where the Baker's Rack is).  My crafty husband made it - It is very detailed, whereas I wasn't even able to take an unblurry photo of it!  I purchased numbered organization boxes from Pier One for the openings to store small cluttery kitchen items.   I drew plans for a Decorative Shelf/Coffee Mug Holder, and he made it to go above the Coffee Bar as well.  God I love having a handy husband!

Blurry Coffee Bar Photo

The Parson Chairs also have a French Script Pattern on them, but they will be the head chairs in the dining room, which I figured will help the color palette flow throughout the house.  My husband is going to tackle making a dining room table (fingers crossed!)

I can't wait to get all these elements together and see a final picture of the finished product!