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Hand Stenciled Accent Wall

boring plain wall

My bedroom was lacking character, even after painting the walls a pale lilac. Luckily I had extra time on my hands and a great wall stencil stashed in the basement.

I measured the width of the wall and started in the top center if the wall. Make sure your stencil is level using a small hand level. I have swirled plaster walls so I had to use tape to hold the stencil in place.

I could have simply painted while the stencil was in place but I wanted the look of free hand painting so I traced the stencil lightly with a pencil over the entire wall before painting.

The painting took a few evenings to finish. I used a small brush and custom mixed my paint from my paint collection in the basement. 

I love the way it turned out, it reminds me of the wallpaper in my grandmothers bedroom. Best part - it did not cost me a thing besides my time!

Ugly Dresser Turned French Distressed Chic

Our guest room is a modge podge of various pieces of furniture that either do not fit in other rooms, or are awaiting their new home. One such piece of furniture is the tall dresser from our original bedroom set. When I found an antique dresser and refinished it for our bedroom the old dresser made its way into the guest room, sitting vacant and ugly in the corner of the room. 

before - ugly and outdated

I finally tired of looking at it looking all sad and piled with odds and ends that also did not have a home, so I went into my paint stash in the basement to find a suitable color to paint it. I normally never find the color I like the first time and I am somewhat a hoarder of paint samples. I simply cannot pass up the mis-tinted paint display at any home improvement store without seeing if there is something I just may use down the road. 

I found a nice pale blue/grey tinted paint and mixed up my chalk paint concoction (1 cup of paint with 2 tbsp non-sanded grout and 2 tbsp water). The first coat always leaves a little of the wood showing through, but I love chalk paint as you cannot actually mess it up! Not the color I was looking for so I mixed up a little slate grey with some white and my chalk paint mixture - the second coat was just what I was aiming for. 

I left the base pretty basic, just light sanding with 800 grit sandpaper and distressing along the details to smooth the finish before waxing. The drawers were distressed a bit with 200 grit sandpaper, then 800 to smooth the finish and then waxed. I like the way you can see not only the wood but also the first layer of paint that I applied. 

after - pretty and functional 

I decided not to attached the doors on top and instead added baskets to keep everything organized. Original hardware was kept - I thought about painting it but I liked the way it went with the new paint colors.

Pottery Barn White Stocking Knockoff

I love to shop on Pottery Barn's website and look at all the beautiful home items they have. But with holiday gift shopping and baking, plus not working for a few months, most of those beautiful decorative items are out of my reach right now.

I especially fell in love with their gorgeous Christmas stockings. Not to say that I don't have stockings, and lots of them. I have the kids stockings from when they were little, the ones that my mother had for them at her house, mini stockings and crocheted stockings. Red and green, with glitter paint names on them and pictures of Disney characters and sports teams. But this year I wanted a little more glamorous look. White...with baubles on them and little bows. Yes, big girl glamour stockings!

I saved a Battenberg lace duvet cover that was a gift from my mother in law over 25 years ago. It was perfect on our bed...before kids...and pets. So it has been stashed away in a bag, carried from home to home when we moved, until I found a purpose for it (or no pets, which won't happen any time soon).

I sketched out a basic stocking shape on cardboard and traced onto the fabric, being sure to align it so that there would be a lace panel on the front of each stocking. 

lace panel centered on each stocking

ribbon bow

I cut out two fronts and sewed them together so there would be a backing behind the lace. Then flipped over the cardboard template to cut a back panel for each. I sewed them together, right sides facing, leaving a 2" gap to turn the stockings right side out and hand stitched the seam. After pressing them I added a little bow of white ribbon and glued with hot glue.


Still not perfect, needs a little bling. After searching through my stash of craft goodies I found some leftover swarovski crystals from back when I had to bedazzle my daughters' dance costumes - bingo! I used a little hot glue to apply them here and there to add a little pizzazz.

Swarovski crystals shine so pretty with white Christmas lights

Now they are a perfect addition to my all-white fireplace mantle this year, along with my other crafted or repurposed decor. I just love them!