I have been looking forward to Spring Break week since I started my semester in January. This is the only break from school that I will get until next December and I had a handful of projects that I wanted to get done!! So, of course, I would get SICK this week!! Regardless I pressed on and finished the majority of the projects that I wanted to get done. First on the list was painting our nasty orange nook...
This is a picture from the previous owners. That color has bugged me since we moved in because it doesn't match ANYTHING in the rest of the house. I decided to paint it a dark blue to match the curtains in the Kitchen(which it is attached to) Here is a picture of the dining room curtains and the nook...
It's certainly not done but we're making progress. Next on the list for the nook is a white outline of a map of the world. I found a tutorial on pinterest and will get started on that within the next few weeks. So pumped!
I also made a new pendant light for this area because the old orange one didn't match anymore. We are on a tight budget so I needed something for super cheap or free. I decided to make a mason jar pendant light because, well, they are awesome! Thankfully a friend had a mason jar lid that I could attach to a mason jar that I already owned. I nailed holes in the top of the lid, punched out the circle and attached it to that already hanging pendant light. Seen here...
I'm in LOVE!!!! Project number three was probably my most anticipated project. I have been wanting to chevron a wall since we moved into this house!! This week I finally accomplished it!! At first, I was going to chevron the entire nook area. After much research I decided that it would be quite difficult and might be a little too much chevron. So, I decided to chevron the wall across from the nook area. I started out by penciling dots onto the wall with a level. I started in the middle then measured every 8 inches across and every 6 inches down. I then proceeded to connect the dots and cut the angles so they were perfectly triangular. See here...
I thought about painting the chevron white but really wanted something more dramatic. I decided to go with the dark blue that I used on the nook because it is such a beautiful color. This is how it turned out...
I put a mirror that I already owned on the wall and think it looks great!! I am SO IN LOVE with this wall!!!!
My final project of the week was a kitchen island. We don't have a 'small' kitchen but we do lack counter space. Thankfully some awesome friends of ours were getting rid of their ikea kitchen island and offered it to us. (YAY) I let it sit in our kitchen for a week or so going back and forth on what to do with it. I found some awesome pins on pinterest but was still pretty unsure. I decided to stain it with some dark walnut stain that I already had and I THINK I will paint over it in bright red (to match the curtains) then distress it and poly it. Here is what it looks like so far...
Actually, that picture is wrong. The entire thing is stained but I somehow didn't manage to take a picture of it. I think the stain is SO beautiful but really have my heart set on painting it....so, we'll see what happens.
All of these projects cost me ZERO DOLLARS!!! Yippee!!!! The paint was given to us, I already had the stain, the island was given to us, I had painters tape on hand AND we have a Home Depot giftcard if I decide to buy the red paint.
Thankfully during the week an awesome friend dropped off this 'Get Well' basket on our doorstep...
It was JUST what I needed(along with lots of antibiotics and rest) Seriously, the most thoughtful surprise EVER! (thanks Rachel;)
Well, thats all for now! Hopefully I'll update soon with my finished kitchen island and the map mural. But for now, I think I'll get some rest ;)
