Along for the Ride

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Shopping Galveston

Yesterday I was given a $50 Visa gift card and told to shop away. Needless to say I got out of the door really quick and headed straight to Marshalls. Most of the shopping I did was of the window variety, my husband will be getting new orders this spring and we'll be moving to goodness knows where in July. Because of this, I have made an agreement with my husband not to purchase anymore "wall decor". I sure had fun snapping photos of all the goodies Marshalls had both in and VERY MUCH out of my budget.

This shabby chic frame was one of my favorites, but i'm OVERLOADED with frames right now, I don't have enough surface space for all of them.

I'm in the middle of a desk makeover presently so I can't help but be drawn to trays and drawer sets.

Our Marshalls has a LOT of cute pet related items, I ended up getting a larger version of this basket without the embroidery.

This was one of the hardest items to walk away from. How cute would this be on a coffee table filled with family heirlooms or hung on the wall to display a shell collection (Personally, I would use it for a jewelry box).

I wish I had a bigger house just so this lovely bench could sit in the entryway or in an east facing window. I love drinking my coffee while soaking in the sunshine in the mornings.

This pillow came home with me, I loved it so much I nearly bought 2, then I realized that I only NEED one for my design plan. I may go snatch it up and put it with my gift stash for the next time someone has a birthday.

I ended up coming home with a pillow, a basket for Molly's toys, a set of cruets, and large candleholder to put by our fireplace.

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Sprucing Up An Apartment Entry-Way

I have been eyeing Simply Ciani's DIY projects for quite some time and I decided to take one on. I chose the DIY Tiered Terracotta Planter & Address Flower Pot. I followed the steps she had posted and here are the photos of my progress and the finished product. Keep checking back with the blog for more entryway makeover photos and tutorials.

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Short Term Hiatus

Due to a car accident, I will be unable to work on any large projects. Until my body heals and things settle down a little bit I will not be posting. Here are a couple of little projects I've done while resting (going stir crazy).

Friday, January 25, 2013

House Updates

I've been working on random projects around the house, if you follow me on Instagram you've been seeing the progress. Here are some photos.

I took out the glass in the 12x12 frames and cut cork boards to fit, now we have an ever-changing art display in the dining room.

As the the design of our apartment has started heading in a more shabby-chic direction I decided to shop the Jo-Ann fabrics sale and reuphoster the dining chairs with burlap (since we have no small children and don't wear short shorts the rough fabric is not an issue for us).

I've been lusting after Simply Ciani's mason jar crate for quite some time and we needed something to wrangle our remotes, I followed her Tutorial and I must say, it worked like a charm! I'm so happy with it.

Since I wrote the painting tutorial, I have tweaked the wall organizer by painting it with chalkboard paint (I drew the design with a pencil and used an artist's brush to paint the design on).