Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Pottery Barn Knock Off- Noel Sign

I was thumbing through the Potter Barn catalog and saw this adorable Noel sign. But the $150, was a major turnoff for something that will sit in my house for roughly 30 days. I have seen a couple of knock off versions in DIY blogland and decided to make my own version.

This is from PB online

I went to Hobby Lobby and bought the chip board letters. They were 50% off! Yahoo!

I hot glued the letters together, making sure the "O" was wonky and reinforced the back with some small wood chips I made by breaking a Home Depot paint stir stick. Hey, use what you have!


When the glue was dry, I whipped out my Rustoleum Hammered spray in Dark Bronze, to give the letters a similar finish as the PB sign.
Here is the finished product!!






Project cost:
4 letters from Hobby Lobby- $1.00 each (they were 50% off) = $4.00
Hammered Paint - $7.99 (but I was able to use it on a few other projects) = $7.99
Total Cost = $11.99

Sure beats $150.00 + shipping!!

Post is linked up here : Home Stories A to Z, Today's Creative Blog, Chic on a Shoestring Decorating, Someday Crafts and submitted to Knock Off Decor

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Silver Bells.....A Christmas Mantle








Happy Holidays!! I am in full Christmas decoration mode around here. First up was my mantle. I had some inspiration for my mantle this year and it all started with this baby. I found this at G-Dub for $7.99:


It wasn't in horrible shape to begin with, but the color was too stark white. I felt it needed a softer touch, so I taped off all of the mirror panels (the back was glued on extremely tight) and gave it 2 coats of my favorite spray and distressed it a bit.



Here is the after, on my Christmas mantle:







I got the lighted silver garland from Costco in October if you can believe that! I knew it would be gone in a flash though so I grabbed it. The tall Santa, Silver Tree, Star Mirror and glass reindeer are from Home Goods and the two stocking holders are from Tar-jay. The "W" is a G-dub find for $1.00 that I spray painted Metallic silver.


Post is linked up here : Home Stories A to Z, Today's Creative Blog, Chic on a Shoestring Decorating, Someday Crafts

Savvy Resoration: A Goodwill Bench

I have been on the lookout for a great bench for the guest bedroom. When I spotted this  bench at my local G-Dub, I knew it had potential and for a $5.99 price tag, I couldn't pass it up. Our guest bedroom has a blue and brown motif goin' on but I don't like everything to be matchy match. So I found the cutest fabric that I thought would compliment the room.

This is really just a before and after shoot, but basically I unscrewed the cushion from the base, took out the staples underneath and removed the fabric. Then I painted the bench Rustoleum Oil Rubbed Bronze, stapled the super cute fabric to the cushion and I was done. I love this bench! I wish it went with our room.

Before:




After: