I am Back. Hooray and cant wait to see what you think. Hutch before and after

So we moved and my Internet has not worked for over 2 months.

I have felt so disconnected from my friends.

I am very happy to be back.

I did enjoy the summer and have a new project to show off.

The Before is just a regular old oak china hutch

.  My sister in law has been wanting to do something different with her hutch for a while now. 

I have been so busy that its taken me a while to get out to her house to help. 

 (she lives 2 hours away from me) 

I love the finished rustic Turquiose Hutch.

  It makes me smile:)

Hope you love it too!

And I will be linking this up. thanks ladies

Design class at OsMond Designs

The Other night my sister and I went to a Interior Design class.  It was at Osmond Designs.  (A local Interior design store)  I love to talk about Interior Design and Decorating. 

So I thought you would be interested too! 

Here a few things that I learned and/or thought about while I was there.

First off what is your style??? 

Well I don't know exactly what my style is called?

but I do know what I love........

• Antiques (especially when i can make them my own with new paint/fabric)
• Off white (shabby chic)....but I also love dark Walnut stains too! 
• C.O.LO.R. it makes me happy and gives a space energy!
• Crystal Chandelier/french country
• Details...ruffles, trim. Ric rack, pom poms, feminine details...etc  

Oh and I loooVE Poppy Flowers and birds.

so what is that called  Modern Country Chic?

  I did learn that you can get half and double strengths of paint!

This I didnt know existed!  I am excited about it though.  This is such a helpful tip! You can use this when you need just a shade deeper or lighter of your favorite wall color. Or for the perfect color of trim?

Use 100% polyester fabrics when considering Upholstery.  Its more kid-friendly! So far I have relied on Scotch GaRd but this is helpful too.

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This is the first thing you see when you enter their doors.  Beautiful to say the least.

We sat so  we stared at this little Room full of Eye Candy.  I Absolutely Love this Mirror!  The chunky frame and the color...ooh and did you Notice they hung it to bring your eye up.  smart ladies :)

I also love the dresser/entry table.  These colors are so Fabulous.

I had to show you this wall!!  This wall was one of my Favorite Ideas.  Its a small wall with a Huge Impact.  I love the color scheme...classic black and white and check out the mirror furniture!  Ooooh I might think about wallpaper differently now.

Loved this door.  Would be fun on your porch or as a decoration at a wedding...backdrop or card holder maybe?

 

I really liked this chair.  Its bold and I love a little pop of fun in every room.

Loved the chandelier, in the right space it would be so Beautiful.

I saw this metallic table.  I have seen some beautiful home made versions lately in the  blog world. I personally think this is really a neat look.  I think it would look great in a room with Mustard, off white and dark wood too. Oooh with some fun damask and chevron pillows.  Yes I would stay in that room.

I  love Me some upholstered chairs!

The details to this sofa....Oh my!  All the different  details I could take this home...well maybe not until my kids are in college :) lol!

I loved this bed spread as well.   I may have to go back and get this when Avery is in a twin bed.... I love the colors in it.

This pillow was sitting on a bed.  I am totally digging the flower pillows that are So IN style right now.

Thought this was cool that it looked like a bunch of drawers but it really only had 2. Also such a fun color!

 Some fun accessories....My sister has the colors of this frame in her home.  So darling.

I still love these dried flower arrangements too.  This one is perfect for a Spring Table.

I had to get some pictures of lamps in there too.  I am a sucker for lamps.  I had a Great night out with my sister. Thanks Angie!  I will be back soon. ANd I just noticed they have coupons in the Hometown Values magazine. SCORE right! 

Hope you enjoyed the Eye candy as much as I did!  What was your favorite???

Also you can go to www.osmonddesigns.com for more!

xoxo,                        heidi

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Thank you for the link up Ladies!

Inspiration

 photo courtesy of Better Homes and Gardens

Did I mention That I love color!

THought I would share some eye Candy today with you.  This is Old and New photos I have found on the web and pinned (well i just save it to a folder on my computer.) So I guess you could say I pinned before there was such a thing as Pinterest? 

Did I mention I love It!

Enjoy!

Oh and Enter my GiveAwAy here

 I cannot remember this source

I love all these pillows.  I think I should try to make one....

hmmmmm

 B.H.& Gardens

 I loved this lamp shade...

 source...four chairs furniture
love the colors used!

from the movie Somethings Gotta Give

Do you ever find yourself staring and admiring the sets of movies.  this one was phenomenal!

 I   L.O.V.E.  bookcases...especially light colored ones.

  ( so that the vignettes stand out)

summerland style

hope you had a great weekend!

Fresh New Table

ENTER my GiVaWay HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 This is How it Started:

• scroll plate is from Pier 1
• turquoise round place mat Target $1.99
• bowl is thrifted, it was yellow but i spray painted it dover white.
• lemons and limes bought at Roberts clearance store last year

I wanted this place mat to look a little more frilly.

 So I cut 2 strips of burlap about 3" wide and hot glued to the back of  the mat.

 this is what it looked like all done

This is how my table looks right now.  

You must know I re-did these chairs (painted & Reupholstered) and you can see how I did this HERE!

 I finally got ALL 4 chairs done yesterday! yeah and I think it looks so Fabulous!

                                                              AFTER                                                                                BEFORE                                                  

I distressed the legs a little to show off the

wood details

I think a little distressing is good because these

chairs

are vintage and they arent brand new....they have lots of character.

I did refinish this table as well...its a hand me down. Its an ANtique.  I Used to hate the way it looked. It had white spots where you could see when the people before us didnt use a hot pad and the heat developed a mark on the surface.  Me and my friend re-finished the top and painted and sealed the bottom in an Off white color.   

Hope you love! now go get busy on your next project :)

heidi

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Pillow tAlk........tututorial

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So This past weekend I made a few new Pillows and finished some others.

N.E.W  Flower

This is how it started.  I have a few pillow forms.  I just measured from side to side.  Then you add 1/4" for seam allowance on each side=1/2" on top and bottom.

cut out your piece of fabric.  I use a roto-cutter.

It makes it much easier for a staight cut.

Okay the reason I cut out this center is because the

red/orange fabric is 15$ a yard (on sale) and the other

was only 3$ a yard.  I wanted to get more for my money.

This is a piping.  I wanted something funky for the edges. 

 I love animal print. 

 Always have.....

 this step you can find in my tuturial for my chairs here

I will say you need to snip 3 small cuts in the fabric for the edge

 to go around the corner nicely. 

I always have to sew these twice to make sure i get all the edge in.

The back is just the amount of the pillow plus 1/2 so if it were 18. It would be 18+9=27" Then I cut it in half but i cut one about a 1 and a half wider.  This pillow doesnt need any velcro to stay shut.

The pillow on the far right is from Walmart. 

I needed to add a little something to it, so it looked like it belongs. :)

Notice the edge is plain.....

The edge now has the same green print from my chairs.

 First i used a seam ripper ONE of my most used and favorite tools. To take the pillow apart.  I removed the stuffing and layed out the top piece

Then I added the piping around the top.

When i connected the piping I folded one edge over and tucked them into one another and sewed it shut.

Next I pinned the two together facing eachother leaving a space for IT to turn inside out.

Re- stuffed it.  ANd sewed the opening closed!  D.O.N.E.

THIS is a PIllow i will talk about Next week...

  thanks for looking!

xoxo heidi

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