tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82574921321872506652024-03-05T11:17:54.606-08:00Sew PinkIt's hard to be girlie when you live in a houseful of boys!!Sew Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17928578522648758086noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257492132187250665.post-34377586135784076382017-10-11T21:06:00.002-07:002017-10-11T21:06:36.834-07:00Fall 2017 ORC - WEEK 2<br />
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It's week 2 of the One Room Challenge and I finally have a plan. You can read all about the ORC and week 1 <a href="http://sew-pink.blogspot.com/2017/10/fall-2017-orc.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>. Here is a mood board I created so my son could have an idea of what I was thinking. I have his approval so it's time to forge ahead.<br />
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The room is not very large and my son asked for a desk. Between the bed and the desk, there's not room for much else.<br />
I have started buying a few things. The headboard and bedding are on their way. I ordered an engineering print from <a href="http://parabo.press/">Parabo.press</a> of my son and his rowing partner winning a silver medal at Youth National Midwest Rowing Championships. This race was the highlight of his high school rowing career, so I wanted to commemorate it on a grand scale.<br />
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The prints are $20 each, but I had a coupon for $10 off. I have a code for for you to receive $10 off your print as well if you want to give them a try.</div>
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#1- I have decided to paint the room. You'll have to come back next week to see the color.</div>
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#2- Start the custom window treatment I am making for the 2 windows. I'm thinking cornices, but I haven't finalized the decision.</div>
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In the meantime go check out all the talent over at <a href="http://www.callingithome.com/blog/2017/10/fall-2017-one-room-challenge-guest-participants-week-2" target="_blank">Calling It Home</a>. </div>
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Two blog posts in a row? Don't know what to do with myself. Today I'm linking up with <a href="http://www.momfessionals.com/2017/10/friday-favorites-short-and-sweet.html#more" target="_blank">Erica</a> for Friday Favorites. </div>
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When my husband is out of town and I don't feel like cooking, well let's be honest I never feel like cooking (ha!), I grab these and my kids love them. I like to cut them up in a salad. They are delicious. You need to try them.</div>
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In yesterdays post I talked all about the One Room Challenge. You can go read about it <a href="http://sew-pink.blogspot.com/2017/10/fall-2017-orc.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>. It really is my favorite blogging event. I love following along with people as they design and decorate a room. I enjoy seeing the creative process from other people's point of view. Go check it out. You might get inspired to redo a room in your house.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My highlight of every week is my Monday night Ladies' Bible Study. I love doing life with these precious ladies. We are doing a study on the book of James right now. Here is our verse for the 12 week study.</span></div>
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Sew Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17928578522648758086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257492132187250665.post-69837268248933132262017-10-05T17:37:00.000-07:002017-10-05T17:37:01.160-07:00Fall 2017 ORCIt's my favorite time of year, otherwise known as the only time I seem to blog, the One Room Challenge. If you don't know what the the One Room Challenge or ORC as it's called is, it's a decorating challenge run by Linda at Calling It Home where 20 designers make over a room in 6 weeks. You can check out the featured designers <a href="http://www.callingithome.com/blog/2017/10/one-room-challenge-fall-2017-week-1" target="_blank">HERE</a> every Wednesday for the next 5 weeks. Anyone can attempt this crazy challenge and link up on Thursdays like me. Many of the guest participants are very talented designers and I can't wait to follow them for the next six weeks.<br />
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Let's get to the room I am going to redo. We recently moved back to Florida from Pittsburgh and are temporarily living in our vacation townhouse while getting settled and starting the process of building a house. I anticipate we will be here for a little less than a year. Many of the areas in this house are set up fine for temporary living, but I want to give the bedrooms some personality since we are living here full time and will eventually sell this place when our new house is finished.<br />
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I will be working on my oldest sons bedroom. He has recently graduated high school and will be working full time until next semester when he starts college. For now he is living at home so I want to give him a functional space. He is a typical teen boy! Messy and unorganized. Before I show the appalling pics I snapped this morning, (they are very BAD!) I'll show you his last few bedrooms.<br />
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This was my favorite room I ever did for this kid. He was in middle school and loved dogs.<br />
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This one we had just bought this house and lived there 2 months before finding out we were moving to Pittsburgh, so this was just a quick staging for real estate photos.<br />
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This was the tiniest little room in our 100 year old Tudor in Pittsburgh. there wasn't much room for anything in there because he wanted to keep the queen bed.<br />
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Well it can't get any worse, so I have no where to go but up. Come back next week for the plan.We have an idea of what we would like this space to be. Trying to decide if we will paint or keep it neutral. Everything in this house is the same color. Since we will be selling in the next year I'm thinking we will be keeping the color and working around it by putting art on the walls. My son has been an avid rower for the past 4 years, so he wants to incorporate that into the design. there will be major cleaning going on this week. Hope to see you here in a week. In the meantime go check out all the other guest participants at <a href="http://www.callingithome.com/blog/2017/10/7q04wrp69iflcednbbge56pko7f0tr" target="_blank">Calling It Home</a>.</div>
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I'm going to start something new this week. I'm linking up with with these 3 gals, (<a href="http://www.momfessionals.com/2016/12/friday-favorites-walls-of-clay-and-lily.html" target="_blank">Andrea</a>, <a href="http://tabanderika.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Erika</a>, <a href="https://graceandloveblog.com/" target="_blank">Narci</a>) and sharing my 5 favorite things from this week. I'm going to try to do this weekly to jump start back to blogging. So here goes...</div>
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My oldest son turned 18! I can't believe it!!! Time goes so fast. One day you think they're never going to be potty trained, learn to read or be old enough to not be in the nursery at church, then you blink and they're seniors in high school with a job, preparing to enlist in the Marines after they graduate. Sometimes it's too much for this mom to handle.</div>
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I know this is a cheesy sitcom, but I like it. It reminds me of my childhood watching the original. I'm not binge watching, but it's a nice little break when I'm eating lunch or just want to relax for 20-30 minutes.</div>
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<br />Sew Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17928578522648758086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257492132187250665.post-70361420901591595062015-11-19T07:54:00.000-08:002015-11-19T07:54:45.235-08:00Gallery WallsOne of the trends I am loving this year is the gallery wall. I love the visual interest and dimension a gallery wall can bring to a room. Here are a few gallery walls I have done this year. Some of these are in my own home, and some have been for others.<br />
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Teenage son's room. I still need to fill the photo frame.</div>
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I normally arrange the walls I do in a square or a rectangle. So I thought I would try a little more freeform for my recent One Room Challenge. It worked great because of the roof line in my master bedroom. I think I'll do a little more freeform in the next gallery wall I do. </div>
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I'd love to see if any of you try your own gallery wall.<br /><br />Sew Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17928578522648758086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257492132187250665.post-63928076319223276922015-11-12T08:01:00.000-08:002015-11-12T13:38:49.507-08:00ORC Week #6- The Final Reveal<div style="text-align: center;">
Well it is here! My Master Bedroom final reveal. I never knew 6 weeks could fly by so fast. In another 6 weeks it will be Christmas Eve. EEK! Just some food for thought. I am not ready at all for Christmas, are you?</div>
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I did not post anything for week 5 because I was having connection issues and couldn't get my computer working. Sorry about that.</div>
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Make sure you check out all the other guest participants over at <a href="http://www.callingithome.com/2015/11/one-room-challenge-guest-participants.html" target="_blank">Linda's Calling it Home blog</a>. I have my favorites and I can't wait to see how they did.</div>
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Here goes! Let's get to the pictures, because that's what really matters. First we can take a look at where we started.</div>
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This was the listing photo. That wallpaper came off easily, but the glue took days to wash off.<br />
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I created this this vanity area because my bathroom is smaller than a closet. It is very difficult to get ready in there. I really like sitting down and taking time to do my hair and makeup. That little door on the right you can barely see is my husband's walk in closet. It is surprisingly big on the inside and gives him plenty of room to keep all his things.</div>
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Here is the other side of the room. I painted all the doors Iron Ore by Sherwin Williams. I can't wait to paint all the doors in the house this color. It really makes a big difference.<br />
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The bed is definitely the focal point of this room. The reason I did the panels over the bed was to hide the small off center window. The valances and bedskirt were custom made by me, but the panels are ready made. I also fabricated the euro shams and large lumbar some time ago. We have moved so many times recently I never got a chance to do anything else. Thankfully we are settled here in the Pittsburgh area for a while now.<br />
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I am very pleased with how the room turned out. The only thing I didn't get checked off my list is the planked ceiling. It was the one job I could not do on my own. Since my husband has been traveling or busy with work most evenings lately, he did not have time to help me. I am still planning on doing it, because there is a hole in my ceiling from moving the light fixture to center over the bed. You can see it in one of the pictures above. It cannot easily be patched so it will get covered up. I think it will take about 2 more weeks before that's complete. I hope you will return to my blog to check up on my progress. I have a whole house to complete and will be posting updates here. You can also follow me on Instagram @ Charla_Szweda. Thanks for joining me on this wild and crazy ride! And thanks to Linda for all she does to promote the One Room Challenge.</div>
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If you're new here, the One Room Challenge is a twice yearly event where bloggers pick a room in their home or someone else's home to redo in only 6 short weeks. You'd think 6 weeks is a pretty good amount of time until you ONLY HAVE 14 DAYS LEFT!!!!!</div>
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This week started off with a big disaster. Painting of the the doors. Silly me I thought I could just clean the doors and then slap that paint right on. Well BIG FAIL! After 2 coats on the closet door the paint was not sticking well at all. Turns out you have to prep shiny surfaces before painting. I've gotten used to chalk paint and have forgotten that regular painting is all about the prep. So the closet door looks like this right now.</div>
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After the paint debacle I decided to take a break from the painting and do something fun. So the rest of this week was all about fabric and sewing. I love sewing and haven't really done too much lately. When we lived in Atlanta I owned a workroom and sewed almost every day. So sewing is my first love. I haven't had room to set up an official sewing space anywhere else, so when I am sewing my dining room usually looks likes this.</div>
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This will actually get installed up into that little window nook. Do you like my makeshift stand? I was trying to see how it will look and no one was around to hold it for me. I also have a second valance that is longer that will be going above my bed with panels behind it. I'm trying to cover up a window that is off center. That's pretty much all the progress I've made this week. I did make a decision on how I was going to plank my ceiling. Lowes has these tongue and groove boards I'm going to use.<br />
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On tap for next week is getting all the doors painted, finishing up the bedskirt and my electrician is coming to install new lighting in all the bedrooms and upstairs hallway next week.Yay! Can't wait to get rid of the old light fixtures everywhere. Normally I can do things like that myself, but this house has old and confusing wiring so I'll let the professional do it this time. I'm also moving the master bedroom light a little to center it up over the bed so I definitely do not want to tackle that job.<br />
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That's it for me today, gotta finish sewing. Go check out all the other guest participants at <a href="http://www.callingithome.com/2015/10/one-room-challenge-guest-participants_29.html" target="_blank">Calling It Home</a>. Can't wait to see everyone's progress.</div>
Sew Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17928578522648758086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257492132187250665.post-32442861198232076622015-10-22T16:42:00.001-07:002015-10-22T16:42:20.253-07:00ORC- Week 3 Master BedroomIf this is your first time visiting here I'm participating in the <a href="http://www.callingithome.com/2015/10/one-room-challenge-guest-participants_22.html" target="_blank">One Room Challenge or ORC</a> put together by Linda at <a href="http://www.callingithome.com/2015/10/one-room-challenge-guest-participants_22.html" target="_blank">Calling it Home</a>. Trying to redo a room in 6 weeks is crazy. I think everyone looks at their room in week three and thinks it CAN'T be half over already!!! Where is the time going?<br />
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This week I was MIA almost the whole week. My husband and I bought a vacation house in Ponte Vedra, FL. I spent 6 days there stocking dishes, bedding, and all the necessities so our family could spend Christmas there. The weather was great. And of course I took a little time out for fun with some friends too.<br />
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While I was gone I got some deliveries for my master bedroom. My vanity and light fixture both arrived. I put the vanity together and it fits perfectly.<br />
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Yesterday I found the perfect tufted chair for my tushie while doing my hair and makeup.<br />
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I was supposed to paint the doors and trim this week, but I'll be doing that today and tomorrow. My house has these amazing solid wood doors. Check out that detail.<br />
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<br />Sew Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17928578522648758086noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257492132187250665.post-84638792255212663512015-10-15T05:36:00.000-07:002015-10-15T07:00:45.935-07:00ORC- Week 2 Master BedroomWeek 2 of the <a href="http://www.callingithome.com/2015/10/one-room-challenge-guest-participants_15.html?m=1" target="_blank">ORC</a> came and went. I have a plan! Yay! I made a lot of progress this week. I primed and painted all the walls. I've used this same color in 5 different rooms in the past 3 years and it looks different in every single room. Sometimes it looks more gray, sometimes it's beige. This time it's more beige but that could change when the lighting gets switched. Here is the wall color, Anew Gray.<br />
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On the ceiling I'm going to do either planking or beadboard in a light blue similar to Cay.<br />
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The pillows I made about 2 years ago. The blue silk with the dots will also be a bedskirt. The large floral will be the main fabric for draperies. I've had this fabric forever, but never made any window treatments because we've been moving so much. So HAPPY to be settled somewhere for a few years!!!!!</div>
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Well last you heard from me it was week 4 of the Spring ORC. I'm sad to say I never quite made it to the finish line with the shared boys room. Waiting for the floors to be refinished did me in. Check in with me tomorrow and I'll give you an update on that room. We did move into our new little tudor house and the next day the kids and I took off for the most of the summer. We had great adventures but I was itching to get home and get this house in order.<br />
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I'm sure I'll have a few hiccups along the way, but there will be a reveal this time around. Come back next week to see how things are going, and stop over at <a href="http://www.callingithome.com/" target="_blank">Calling it Home</a> to check out all the other linking participants. I can't wait to see all the talent out there.<br />
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Sew Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17928578522648758086noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257492132187250665.post-74067399616762013842015-04-23T05:13:00.003-07:002015-04-23T05:13:43.615-07:00ORC Linking Event Week 4It's week 4 of the <a href="http://www.callingithome.com/2015/04/one-room-challenge-linking-event-spring_23.html" target="_blank">One Room Challenge</a>. I don't know why, but when I say that in my head it sounds like the announcer from a boxing match. Ha! This week has been tough. I think I say that every week!! Finally all the wallpaper and glue are gone. My painters got one coat of paint on the ceiling and the tinted primer on the walls. Here is how the room looks now.<br />
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I took down the light fixture. I'm donating it to a sweet little baby for her nursery. It will look perfect there. This room is coming along slowly and surely. The floors are going to hold me up. Sadly I will not finish in the alloted 6 weeks. I will still update every week until I'm finished, so please keep coming back. </div>
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We are off today my husbands MBA graduation this weekend. It has been a long 2 years. Classes have been every other weekend. When we moved from Jacksonville he had to travel there twice a month from Pittsburgh. With plane tickets, hotels and rental cars it has been an expensive venture. I'm so proud of all his hard work. We finally get our weekends back!!!! Just in time to work on our fixer upper. I'm off to pack. Hope everyone has a productive weekend. I'll be spending time with family and friends so no work until next Tuesday for me. </div>
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So it's week 3 of Linda from <a href="http://www.callingithome.com/2015/04/one-room-challenge-linking-event-spring_16.html" target="_blank">Calling it Home's One Room Challenge Linking Event</a>. This marks the halfway point of the challenge. There's still so much to do. Not sure I will finish in 3 weeks mostly due to the schedule of the flooring guy. <br />
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I'm still stripping wallpaper and washing glue off the walls. so there are no pics of the room this week. Removing old wallpaper is a tedious job. I will be finished by the end of the weekend. I decided to hire someone to paint and repair the plaster. He was very reasonable and I need to strip 2 other bedrooms so we can get all the floors refinished.<br />
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I did buy a couple of things for the room this week. The ceiling light and quilt are from PB Kids and the clip light, desk and dresser are all from IKEA. If I have enough time I'd like to do a little paint treatment on the dresser.<a href="http://www.polyvore.com/boys_shared_room/set?.embedder=1390674&.svc=blogger&id=155741096" target="_blank"><img alt="Boy's shared room" border="0" src="http://cfc.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-set/.sig/XO8XDbVTrOvVtBBEVwHg/cid/155741096/id/gHcdYJjj5BGmVI_Rmu7EJQ/size/c600x439.jpg" height="439" title="Boy's shared room" width="600" /></a></div>
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Well week 2 of the ORC didn't go so well for me. What was I thinking attempting this challenge! I hurt everywhere from removing all that blasted wallpaper.
We did close on our house on Monday. That means I've had 3 days in the room.
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Wallpaper removal is not for the faint of heart. Here is how it looks after 3 days.<br />
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There are many cracks in the plaster that need to be fixed. I'm researching how to do that now. They need to be repaired then primed and painted.<br />
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So when I started the removal process I realized the ceilings are even papered. I'm leaving the paper on the ceiling and hopefully I'll be able to paint it. You really can't tell it's paper unless you look very close.<br />
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See that large crack!!! What am I going to do where the paper meets the wall? I would love to put some crown in here, but 3 of the walls are curved near the ceiling. Guess I'll be wandering the aisles of HD and Lowes Looking for a solution.<br />
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Best $60 dollars I could have spent on this job.<br />
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We are having the wood floors in the whole house re-stained in about 3 weeks. Nothing can get moved in to the room before they are finished. Installation of the room will have be done in just a couple of days. If I finish in time it will be a miracle.<br />
Hopefully next week I'll get to show you some projects I am doing. Here's a list of what I"m going to try to do for next week.<br />
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I'm just getting this post in under the wire today. Can't wait to check out everyone progress this week. I'm sure you are all ahead of me. Ha! Come back next week to see more progress.<br />
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<br />Sew Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17928578522648758086noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257492132187250665.post-2147911650442605412015-04-02T08:13:00.000-07:002015-04-02T08:13:20.187-07:00ORC (One Room Challenge) Linking PartyWell it's been almost 2 years since I last blogged. Wow! We have moved twice since then. The first was a local move, and the second was a move to Pittsburgh, PA. Let me tell you, I do not like the cold here in the North. I am ready for some warmer weather so I can get my flip flops back out.<br />
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Right now we are living in a small rental house south of Pittsburgh, but we are buying a house and are closing in a couple of days. This will be our 5th move in four years! Now you know why I haven't had time to blog! I need some motivation to get stuff done in the new house, which is definitely a fixer upper,so I thought the <a href="http://www.callingithome.com/2015/04/one-room-challenge-linking-event-spring.html" target="_blank">ORC linking party</a> would be good for me. If you are not familiar with the One Room Challenge, go visit Linda at <a href="http://www.callingithome.com/" target="_blank">Calling it Home</a> to learn all about it.<br />
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Our new house is an 80 year old Tudor style brick house.<br />
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The first room in this house I'm going to tackle is a shared bedroom for my 2 youngest boys. They are not used to sharing a room so this will be an experience for them. One that they are not looking forward to. Luckily the room is quite large, but needs a lot of work. This is how it looks in the listing photo.<br />
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There will be 2 twin beds each with this Landon Pottery Barn quilt.</div>
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I was cruising Pinterest the other day, who am I kidding I'm on Pinterest every day, and I saw some string art. If you're old enough, you remember string art from the 70s along with macrame and others from that era. I thought it looked cool. The picture I saw was a custom name plaque. I thought I would try my hand at some.<br />
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I had the perfect little client, my 1.5 year old nephew, that it would work for.<br />
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He has this cute little quilt and I thought the whale would be perfect. I put in a call to my MIL. She's a whiz at patterns, so I thought she'd be the perfect helper for this project.</div>
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The board was selected. I was going for a bit rustic, but it needed a little somethin' somethin'. So I tested a wash on the back. It looked great so I decided to go for it.<br />
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My MIL blew up the whale, printed it and marked all nail spots. She actually did it twice because I originally told her I wanted it 3feet by 4 feet. That was way toooo big. Big Fail!! We settled on 2X3 instead.</div>
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We nailed and we nailed and we nailed, then we nailed some more. Seriously it was a lot of nails.<br />
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I thought it looked pretty good with just the nails. Then we started winding string.<br />
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I'm hooked! I want to string art everything. It looks great on my little nephew's wall. Many thanks to my MIL Nila Szweda for all the help.<br />
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I was finally able to take some better pictures of Grace's room. Let's get to the before.<br />
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I made some jewelry hangers out of picture frames I got at Hobby Lobby. I have to say the chevron closet door is my favorite thing in the whole room! I'll have a tutorial on that in the next week.</div>
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I gave Grace the ric rac and butterflies and asked her to embellish this lampshade. She did an awesome job!<br />
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This mirror was my favorite find when I was out shopping. I really wanted to keep it, but it doesn't go with my decor. My boys would have had something to say if I hung a pink mirror. Some day I will have a girlie room in my house just for me and I'll hang a pink mirror!!<br />
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The distressed chevron closet doors are my favorite thing in the room. I'll give a tutorial on how I did these later this week. Stay tuned.Sew Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17928578522648758086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257492132187250665.post-39517597130174153492013-04-01T10:18:00.000-07:002013-04-02T19:48:19.716-07:00How I Pick Paint ColorsToday I was picking paint colors for a baby boy nursery I'm working on. It features this dog fabric that is so adorable.<br />
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I thought you might like to know MY process for picking paint colors. I always start with my main fabric. This dog print will be panels and a crib skirt. I might throw in a couple of pillows around the room too. I'll put denim with it and hopefully I'll be able to find a coordinating stripe or polka dots. With all that, the paint colors will come from the dog fabric.<br />
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I want two colors for this nursery. The main wall color and an accent stripe. So out came the paint strips.<br />
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I tried to match up the greige color.<br />
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I matched up the dog bodies and then went a couple of shades lighter. I thought the exact color was a bit dark and blah for a babies room, so I settled with Sherwin Williams Proper Gray.<br />
Then I matched up the blue for the accent color that will be a wide stripe.<br />
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The blue will be almost the same as one of the blues in in the fabric. Since it's just an accent color it can be a little brighter and have some POW.<br />
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There it is! That's how I pick paint colors. Everyone has their own process and there is no right or wrong. This is just what works for me.<br />
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This room will be installed the first week of May when the mother is in the hospital giving birth. I will only have a few days, so everything will have to be ready to go.<br />
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<br />Sew Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17928578522648758086noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257492132187250665.post-8292045704826810082013-02-28T14:43:00.000-08:002013-02-28T14:43:05.849-08:00The PlanI'm back with a plan for my teenage girl client bedroom makeover. This room is small, so storage is the name of this game. Starting with some Expedit bookcases from IKEA flanking the window wall with a bench in between. One of the bookcases will be a desk also.<br />
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The main fabric for the valance, bulletin board and some throw pillows is this colorful PKaufman paisley and floral fabric. I'll add some coordinating polkadots and stripes to go with it.</div>
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This is the valance pattern we settled on. It's a Pate Meadows Design, but I think I'll just make my own pattern. It looks fairly easy.<br />
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The bedding is from Target. She wanted bright colors, and this fits the bill.</div>
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I was at Homegoods the other day and scored this awesome pink mirrored wall decor. </div>
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I was walking in the mirror section and saw this little bit of pink sticking out from behind a big mirror. When I pulled it out, I snatched this baby up fast and put it in my cart.<br />
Next we need to select the paint colors and there will be some surprises along the way.Sew Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17928578522648758086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257492132187250665.post-9121382301861685502013-02-22T17:25:00.000-08:002013-02-22T17:25:54.733-08:00SidetrackedI had every intention of doing the One Room Challenge on my bedroom, then life happened. We are starting to think about buying a house in the next year so I'm not going to spend any money on anything for this rental until we figure out what we're doing. My ORC is semi put on hold. I do have pillows on my bed and am in the throes of making a king size dust ruffle, which means miles and miles of embroidered silk. When I get it done I'll be sure to show my bed, but everything else will not be happening.<br />
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I am doing a teenage girl room. We are in the planning stages right now. I'll show you the before. This was done many years ago when she outgrew her baby room. She's now 14 and in NEED of a change.<br />
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<br />Sew Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17928578522648758086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257492132187250665.post-76963858117908698952013-02-07T10:40:00.000-08:002013-02-07T10:40:01.843-08:00Before Pictures ORC<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Fireplace wall- Figure out how to camouflage antenna and all the cords. This is a non working fireplace so I'm going to DIY a screen with tree slices. Add some accessories<br />
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No I didn't make my bed! I made some pillows I'll show next week and I need to do a bedskirt. Maybe some new lamps and figure out what to do with these windows.<br />
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If you've never heard of the ORC get your little fingers typing and check out these fabulous blogs who were lucky enough to be chosen to participate.<br />
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Linda from My Crafty Home Life is the originator of this challenge go <a href="http://mycraftyhomelife.blogspot.com/2013/02/one-room-challenge.html" target="_blank">here</a> to check out her room and links to all the participants.<br />
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I am inspired by the original one Room Challenge to try it myself. Somehow having a deadline always helps. I've been wanting to make my master bedroom in this rental house feel like my own. The windows have paper blinds on them that make me die a little inside every time I look at them. So over the next six weeks, once or twice a week I'll be updating with my accomplishments so far. So check back tomorrow for my before pics. Now off to clean the bedroom so I can take those before pics.Sew Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17928578522648758086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257492132187250665.post-19560548879701016932012-12-05T09:45:00.001-08:002012-12-14T14:10:28.048-08:00Dining Room Christmas Decor<br />
I spent a lot of time this year getting my house just so. I'm just going to get right to it with the pictures.<br />
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This is my dining room, although we eat in this room every day. I took a panorama shot with my iPhone5. I really like that feature on the new iPhone.<br />
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Here are some close ups with my regular camera.<br />
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With the gray venetian plaster walls, I thought gold and silver was a good choice for the theme in this room.<br />
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Many of the ornaments from this tree came from the Dollar Tree. Have you seen the nice ornaments they have this Christmas. Most look more expensive than just a dollar.<br />
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This mantel is huge. You don't feel the full effect in a picture. The mantel is 10 feet long. </div>
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This is my nativity. It's a metal cutout.</div>
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I dressed up my lampshades with a little gold and silver too.<br />
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I'm linking up to the mantel party at The Lettered Cottage<br />
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And The <a href="http://www.kellyskornerblog.com/2012/12/2012-christmas-tour-of-homes.html" target="_blank">SUYL 2012 Christmas Home Tour at Kelly's Korner Blog</a>.<br />
Stay tuned for the Family Room and the rest of the house coming soon.Sew Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17928578522648758086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257492132187250665.post-53119033371032176572012-05-23T07:34:00.000-07:002012-05-23T07:36:50.032-07:00Highwater DrapesOne of my biggest pet peeves is a curtain panel that stops too short of the floor. I bought some ready made panels for my 10 year old's bedroom, but they were standard 84 inch panels. My house has extremely high ceilings so they needed some adjusting. If you are having this same problem, here is what you do. I forgot to take a before pic, so here is a pic with one panel finished and one undone.<br />
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Don't you love the highwater on the right!<br />
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I truly took the lazy girl route and left them hanging while doing this project. I just live dangerously like that!<br />
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I just cut a piece of red fabric plus 8.5 inches longer than needed and 6 inches wider. Lay the fbric right sides together and just stitch it together. Iron open the seam. On each side fold over a double 1.5 inch hem. You can either use fabric glue or any other bonding method, or just stitch down the side. When I do custom panels I hand stitch or blind hem the sides, but remember, this is just the lazy girls method today. Ha! The bottom hem is a double 4 inch hem, and you can secure it the same way as the sides.<br />
To cover up the seam where the red meets the stripes, I just used an adhesive and stuck some ric rac right there. <br />
Here is the final product. Hope you like it.<br />
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I'm linking up to these blog parties:<br />
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<a href="http://savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com/2012/05/wow-us-wednesdays-67.html" target="_blank">Wow us Wednesday @ Savvy Southern Style</a><br />
<a href="http://thetrendytreehouse.blogspot.com/2012/05/create-and-share-features-too_22.html" target="_blank">Trendy Treehouse</a> Create and Share<br />
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