DIY Drapes

I went shopping for drapes..

and all I'm going to say is wow.

 When did drapes become outrageous? Or have they always been?

 I read all these blogs with DIY Drapes, and after reading how to do it, I thought hey, I have some fabric, all I need is the Ultrabond Adhesive tape, an Iron, and some clips. It all came out to around $20, I bought a cheap Iron for like $7, three packages of tape, which was around $10, the clips were only $1.. so around $20 for everything. The fabric I purchased at a yard sale, I think it was $3 or something around that. After I made my first two curtains (which came out horrible), I remade more, and they came out perfect! It took a little practice with the measurements. Luckily I saved the first two I had made, and just resized them. I really like them! It was soooooo easy once I got it down. Now I want to do drapes for all the rooms!

Now what was a lot of money was the curtains rods, they came out to about $45 for three rods, and two packages (14 in each bag) drape clips. I do recommend Lowes for your drapes and clips. They were the cheapest. And trust me, I went everywhere looking!

 

(Sorry for the blurred out windows, I have Halloween decorations hanging outside)...

and note, all the trim is getting painted white, we are redoing the wood floors, and getting a nice rug. So stick around for all that. 

All you need is spray paint

 When we bought our house, the couple before us, had a few things they left in the garage for us.

There wasn't much of anything really, I donated a lot of it.. and some of it was just g-a-r-b-a-g-e.

 This light base on the other hand, I had plans for.

 The piece below I found at an Extravaganza Antique Flea Market in Kutztown, PA called Renninger's .

The guy had thirty for it; it came with two smaller tables, I am assuming it was for plants. I only wanted one. So he let me have it for $15.

I went out and bought a lamp, I honestly just wanted the lamp shade, it was simple for the lamp base that I had, the lamp was on clearance for $12.99.  

I bought some spray paint, which I ended up using three different ones, note to self: use one that has primer in it. Since the base was ceramic, it was hard for anything to really stick to it, and actually dry. The spray paint + primer, worked the best. And it was around $5, I ended up buying two for both projects. I also bought some painters tape at the Dollar Store, which surprisingly worked well.

 

After I taped everything off, (I ended up giving the boyfriend the projects).

And ta da! He did a great job spray painting!

I wanted him to help with some of the projects around the house. It took him a few tries, which there for means I'm doing the next spray painting projects. He just got too in to it... you can't be perfect when it comes to spray painting, cause once you get cocky, you get runs!

I am so pleased with the finished touches.

It's simple, white, and clean.

What a difference spray paint does!

You can't ever go wrong with it. And did I mention, there are some really nice colors on the shelves now, I can't wait to use them.

How about you? Do you ever use spray paint? If so, on what?  

DIY Lamp Shade

I found this lamp at Goodwill for $10.

I really liked the base, just not so much the shade.. it was just a little to plain for me.

 I went to my local craft store and purchased a few things such as paint, tape, and a chip brush.

I taped it, painted it, touched it up, peeled the tape off, and ta da!

I didn't think it was going to be that easy, but it was. 

 I was going to go chevron crazy, but decided to keep it simple.

It looks great!

All together the lamp + material = $14

Have you been getting into any projects lately?

 If so, what?



A little change

 

First find was found this past Saturday at a yard sale.

They had $5 on it, but it was later in the day, so I asked for $3, and got it!

They had a whole bunch of different posters; Tomatoes, Corn, Beans, Sunflowers, and Mushrooms (which I later saw a guy selling on Sunday at a Flea Market for $15).  

When I brought it home, I just fell in love with it, it's perfect for this time of the year.

..... the only problem I had was I didn't care for the color of the frame.

So I went to a Local Hardware store, and bought Valspar Primer + Paint in the color 'Copper'.

Spray painted it, within an hour it was dry.

 

 

And the after results put a pretty nice smile on my face.

It looks good paired with some pumpkins, and vintage antlers.

Keeping it simple.