Beachy Bedroom Reveal

First I would like to thank Kindra for taking over my blog yesterday, it was so fun to swap with her and thank you to all of you who commented both on my blog and hers, you gals know how to make my day!

Ok, so I know that I have "revealed" my bedroom before, like about three months ago, you can see that here, but I really missed my beachy bedroom.

Don't get me wrong, I loved the color that I had before this one, it was very cozy, but I just felt like it wasn't me.

My bedroom is the one place that is mine to relax and unwind in, to lay in bed and be able to look out my window at the stars and be surrounded for 8 hours or so by the things that I love.

So I went back to my beachy blues and white, added some more treasures and gave my windows and bed that breezy feel with new curtains.

I am really happy with the way it turned out and so happy with the "frantel" (thank you Lisa from Informal Home, I love that word! :) ) and wanted to thank ALL of you for the wonderful and sweet comments you left, I so appreciate it more than words can say!

Here we go....

Before

After

The walls were painted with "Shoreline Mist" from Behr or Glidden, now I can't remember....must too many paint fumes.

I added two sheer panels that have a crinkle look to them (they are the same that I used for my daughters room) to each window and hung at the level of the board and batton and then draped one panel on each of the bed posts.

I can't wait until I can open the windows and feel the warm breezes and watch the sheers blow in the wind.....aahhhhh summer breezes!!!

My wire basket-o-driftwood and a driftwood garland that I purchased last summer.

I still kept the same ruffled gray bedding but added white sheets and blue pillow cases (I got the bedding at TJ Maxx)

My bedroom is also the favorite spot for the cats, they must enjoy the beach too! :)

So there is my little paradise away from paradise, a place that I can unwind and dream of the sea.

Thank you so much for following me on yet another bedroom redo, I will back later to show you some of my favorite little details.

My weekend is pretty pack full already but I hope that you all have a wonderful weekend full of sunshine warm weather!!

(I will be linking up to the parties in my linky party tab)

Little Touches

Hello Dearies!!!

How are you?

I hope that you all are having a great week so far. I am a little behind on things and spent yesterday trying to catch up with everyone. This weekend was a busy one for me and I wasn't able to visit with you all like I wanted, but I am slowly making my way over to your place. :)

I wanted to thank you all for your wonderful comments about my beachy bedroom! I am enjoying it so much and I can't wait to open those windows and let the warm summer breezes blow through the sheers......ahhhhh!

When I picture a house on the water that is the image that comes to my mind; warm, soft breezes flowing through the house gracefully sweeping the soft sheers enough to see them dance.

COME ON SUMMER!!!!!

I just wanted to quickly show you some little touches around the room before I dive head first into my next project.

Speaking of sheers, here is how I attached the ones on the posts of the bed. It was pretty easy and I didn't even make any holes, which made my hubby happy!

I simply found some thicker gauge wire, thread it through the top of the sheer..

and then wrap it around the top of the post!

Easy peasy!!

On one side of my dresser I have my apothecary jars filled with my treasures from the trips to Florida, Mexico and just some beauties that I found at local shops that I loved.

On the other side of the dresser are some of my favorite photos. My son when I took him to the beach one afternoon when he was about 8 months old, my daughter when she came home from the hospital and two pictures of my trip to Belize on a little island that we snorkeled from called Gilligan's Island!

(no the Professor and Skipper were not there) :)

I also added a mirror to the barnwood frame that I had displayed on my frantel. I was so inspired by Kindra from At Home with K and her door mirror that I HAD to do it!!

A while back I received a little package from one of my dear friends Laurie from Heaven's Walk, sorry Laurie I did not take a picture of the package, I was so excited to open it, I know, bad blogger! But it was so cute and came with a little note and some dried lavender.

Inside where these little beauties that she made.

Aren't they beautiful?

She just started making them too! She is a pro already!! If you have not met Laurie, please stop by and say hi, she has a heart of gold and will welcome you with open arms!

I also recently won this beautiful sign from Anne at Bird/Like. She is so sweet and talented and if you have not met Anne either, please stop by. I love her home and her love for birds shines through! Everything is so beautiful!

So there are a few touches around my room, I am still playing with and rearranging things and Anne gave me the suggestion of putting a mirror in the open area of the frantel to reflect the candle light, make it feel more like a fireplace. I am thinking of doing the method from Kindra on a bigger piece of glass and see how that turns out, I just love the look of the aged mirror.

I also wanted to thank Sharon from Infatuated with Homes and Gardens for sharing an award with me!

Thank you so much Sharon and please stop by her place, there is so much beauty and inspiration there and I am enjoying getting to know her!

Have a wonderful day and I will be back later to share with you my next big project!

Hey guess what?

I am painting again!!!!

Hugs!

A Faux Fireplace

Happy Valentines Day everyone!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

The sun managed to show itself here Saturday and Sunday so that was wonderful! It is supposed to get a bit warmer but then colder. Michigan is always such a tease when it comes to the weather!

Speaking of teases, I left you with a little sneaky peak at what I was working on last week.

Well, we are all finished with and I am happy as a clam about it!

It feels like a whole new room even though I would have loved a real one, budget would not allow.

But,

that is ok because we spent a whopping $30.00 on it!!

I know right!!

Ok, ok, I will stop talking and start showing! :)

So without further ado....my faux fireplace!!

This is how the wall between the windows started out.

We ripped out the the vertical boards of the board and batten.

(Oops!!)

We hung the shelf that used to be above the bed after I painted it white.

(if you want to see what it looked like before click here)

We then started framing in the sides of the faux fireplace.

After the sides were in, I purchased two brackets to hold the "hearth".

Hubby surprised me and added some trim around the sides!

Nice!! :)

I also patched up the huge hole in the drywall as well as the screw and nails holes.

I should note that we screwed in the shelf because it is very heavy!

We then used the nail gun (love me my power tools) for all the other pieces.

I then painted the whole thing white and added two strips of wood to add a pop of color.

I used the Shoreline Mist and the color that I used on my daughters bed, which for the life of me I can't think of.

I then sanded it up a bit and dry brushed it with the gray that I had left over to give it that aged look.

Then I "beached" it up by adding some things that I had around the house including driftwood, shells, fake coral, candles.

It felt so good to open the windows, even though it was only about 38 degrees, and feel the sun come in.

Even Bosco enjoyed his little bit of fresh air!

The photo in the frame is from my visit to Carmel California, which I would love to go back to someday, and the picture in the flower frog is one of my favorites of my hubby, my daughter and myself walking down the beach.

I have changed some things up a bit on the mantel and I will show you that along with the whole bedroom reveal this coming week! :)

I am so happy with the results of this and even happier that it didn't cost much of anything. We just used the things that we had and the only we purchased were a few pieces of wood to frame out the faux fireplace.

Also, don't forget to enter my CSN giveaway!

I am enjoying reading all your favorite things about Spring, it makes me even more excited for the sunny days, flip flops and getting my hands dirty in the garden!

Keep em coming!!

I will linking up to the parties in my "Linky Party" tab!

Almost Finished!

What used to be this shelf......

is now becoming this........

I have been busy, busy this week working on my latest project in between carpooling kids and my daughters basketball games!

I am sorry if I have not made it around to see all of your wonderful posts this week, hopefully I can catch up this weekend!

I am really happy with the way this is turning out and hubby has been wonderful with this too! He has been measuring, cutting and nailing this week for me!

Thank you babe!!! :)

I will be back soon with a giveaway for you and then with the reveal of my project!!!

I also wanted to welcome some new friends and a thank you to all of you who read, comment, and hang out with me!

Thank you!!

Have a wonderful day my sweet friends!!

One thing leads to another, then to another, then....

Ok, so last time I left you I showed you three paint samples, one of which I chose to repaint my bedroom.....again! :)

I loved them all....ALOT

but

I did want to go lighter and a bit softer so for those of you that guessed

Shoreline Mist

you are correct!!!

YEAH!!!

Sorry, I don't have anything to give you...

yet.....

hint hint.. :)

Anyway, the painting is all done but if you know me, you know that I just can't stop there.

I have been inspired by some of the pictures below and have always wanted one of these in my bedroom.

I am pretty sure you can tell from the pictures what "it" is that I am talking about.

However, you must think on a smaller scale and way smaller budget.

Elle Decor

Coastal Living

Erik Johnson Photography

unknown

unknown

So this weekend I enlisted hubby to help me with this little project

and once again I am pretty much flying by the seat of pants on this one

but,

hopefully it will all work out!

Fingers crossed!! :)

I wanted to thank my sweet friend Deborah over at With All My Heart...Deborah for featuring my daughters room in a way that just melted my heart and seriously made me cry, smile, laugh and swoon all at the same time!!

Thank you do much sweetie for for your friendship, love and inspiration!!

Love you so!!!

I also wanted to let you know about a little giveaway that Anne over at Bird/Like is having.

It is her 50th follower giveaway!

She is so sweet and so talented and her blog is so full of inspiration!

This is what she is giving away,

a beautiful hand painted plaque with this design on it!!

If you have not yet, click on the image below and go say hi and enter to win!!

A Girls Beachy Bedroom

Hello my wonderful friends!

How are you?

I hope that you all had a wonderful weekend!

The sun managed to show its face around here for a couple hours on Sunday, it was so good to feel the warmth.....I even cracked my windows a bit on my jeep! :)

If you remember a while ago, I had promised my daughter that I would redo her bedroom if she made some headway on her sleeping issues.

Well, as you have seen from some of my previous posts, I started her room.

She has been doing ok with her sleep issues and it was my hope that creating a pleasant space for her will ease her anxiety and help her feel relaxed and in a place that can take her away from it all.

She loves the beach (apple does not fall too far from the tree) and her room was somewhat beachy but it didn't have a good feeling to it.

Here is room before..

and here is her room now.....

Oh, no more Hannah Montana, the twin boys or the snobby girl from High School Musical!!

Just calm, soothing beachy colors!!

This is the craft table that I brought down from my craft room. I scrubbed it up pretty good and after finding out from Kristin over at My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia that you can paint laminate, I will be sprucing it up!

I hung up some metal crates for some of her books and purchased some little drawers from Target to use as extra storage.

The lamp I made a while ago, it was actually in her old room and still went perfectly in the new room.

I painted the flamingo the color blue that I used on the bed.

(this was our compromise for her "allowing" me to paint the walls white, all the little pops of color)

I freshened up the closet doors and distressed them.

The window treatment I showed you earlier.

I used a small stool that I got from Ikea a long time ago for a bedside table. I cleaned that up too and gave it a fresh coat of white paint.

She is currently reading the "The Last Song" so I guess Miley is still in the room. However, I did enjoy that movie and balled like a baby!!

I "beached" up her headboard a little more by adding the driftwood sailboat that I made last summer.

You can see that here. You can also go to Simple Daisy and see how Heather made hers.

I also added some mason jars filled with sand small candles.

I did my little rendition of the lovely artwork that I have seen around blogland with the punched-out hearts. We used Starfish, sand dollars and crabs!

I also picked up 5 large barn wood frames from a new facility that my boss just purchased. They took them off the walls because they didn't go with decor and I kindly volunteered to take them off their hands!!!

Woo Hoo, I finally got a bonus!!! :)

And then at any given point in the day, my daughter can just look up and see blue sky's with big white puffy clouds.........a perfect sky for a day at the beach...

I will be linking up to the parties in my 'Linky Parties' tab.