You heard right... painted curtains!

I had this vision in mind for the nursery curtains. I wanted pink and white thick horizontal stripes. I could not find them anywhere in the perfect color so I planned to make them one way or another. My first thought was sewing the stripes. But seeing as how I can't really sew a straight line, I kept looking. Then while flipping through BHG one day I found them! Exactly what I was looking for. The solution -- painted curtains. Not to mention a step by step tutorial (find it here). After gathering up the supplies, I was ready to tackle them.  

Measuring and taping off the lines really was the hardest part. I think the entire project took about 3 hours! 

 So excited to get these up! Just what the room needed!

Did I forget to mention it cost less than $40 for the pair? What a steal! 

I might just have to go show this picture to the paint man. He was shocked to hear that I was painting curtains and even discouraged me from purchasing the paint! Can you believe it? More pics of the nursery to come soon! 

Guest Bathroom #1

You may remember this hideous preview of our guest bathroom. This is a guest bathroom located upstairs and is used frequently when people come over. Looking at this picture I can't believe I let anyone go in there! Yikes! Luckily, it is no longer quite the eyesore. 

 Before: Where to begin? Dark, two layers of wallpaper. just plain gross!

 This pattern is horrendous!

 After: It's amazing what a fresh coat of paint can do! Really 3 coats of primer and 2 coats of paint but who's counting? Removed the border, new shower curtain, hardware and shelf over the toilet.

So much lighter and even seems bigger! Now whenever you come over I won't make you hold it anymore!

Let's paint!

First, a quick apology for my several week long hiatus. I have been crafting but I've been neglecting my adoring fans, as Seth calls you!

This project fulfills a need we've had in our household for a while. We don't have a great place to keep bills, envelopes, scissors, the things we use everyday but either misplace or have laying around. I discovered this mail sorter at a garage sale recently for 75 cents. I've been wanting to test out (hint, hint) a painting technique and this was the perfect transformation.

 Before! This is actually plastic but you can't even tell!

After, close up.

So easy and very happy with the result. Now if you come over, you hopefully won't find all this lying around.