My Boys Are A Bunch Of Nuts !!!

                     My boys come to visit every summer. When they get together they act so crazy!!              

   Always good times!

Watch the video and see what one of them did with a back massager.

Eric.. the Man Child. LOL (The one up front in the pool pic) 

They can't leave anything alone... :D
Click the link.

http://www.youtube.com/user/boracho714#p/u/9/eXGIwOm4meA

My Etsy Store Has A New Look!

My Etsy store is "Breezy Beach Cottage"

My line of pet beds are called "Sugar Linen Pet Beds"

Named after our adopted black lab "Sugar"

She's modeling the "Sloppy Drinker" bed :)   And she sure is one... Water everywhere!

She's my sweet girl.

I make my beds just like I make my slipcovers. Sturdy, removable and machine washable.

I've been working hard on this line and will be adding a few more styles and colors that will always be available and reorderable.

A couple of the fabrics are almost gone and will be replaced with fabrics I can reorder.

I hope you like them!

Thanks!

Kelly

Don't Ever Pass These Up!

I almost passed this one up. 

I was at the thrift store and saw this little foot stool.  It was stained dark and was covered in furry leopard fabric.

I almost didn't see it's potential!

I don't paint everything I find at thrift stores...but when you picture a piece of furniture painted white/cream or even French blue, or black... All of a sudden you start to SEE the unique lines and special features of the piece, not just the ugly finish, ugly fabric, dirt or whatever. 

I painted it ivory, then did a little bit of a distressed finish to the wood. 

 I made a cute little oatmeal linen slipcover for it. 

Before that I took off the furry leopard fabric.

 Then I recycled a white cloth napkin and stapled it over the padding. That's how little this thing is!

So...again...

they usually look SO ugly in the thrift stores or yard sales. They may not be your style at all!

So imagine it transformed and make it "your style"!!

 I hope this gives you one idea and a little inspiration to take one home and make it your own.

Thanks for looking!

Kelly

Blue and White Ruffled Chair Cover

I had so much fun making this little chair cover.  The chair is wearing a little frilly dress. 

The blue and white is so classic!

I hope to make more using linen and other pretty fabrics.

The ruffles are made of 100% ivory linen and a blue ticking stripe.

They hang down 7 inches.

Here's a nice shot of the botanical print fabric.

It really makes the seat of the chair look so much bigger! 

I am in LOVE with this slipcover!

I use the rubbery shelf liner under this type of chair cover 

to keep them from slipping around when the chair is sat on.

It works great!

Give that stuff a try.  I get it at Dollar Tree for $1.00 per roll.

Thanks for taking a look ...

I listed it in my Etsy store too :)

Kelly

Cute Little Vanity Chair Re-do

I've had this little vanity chair for awhile. 

I painted it ivory and distressed it with a piece of rough sand paper.

Look how cute this is...It opens!

I think this would be such a fun place for a little girl to keep all of her treasures :)

Or a great place to store magazines.

I know some of you have seen it before when it was sitting in front of my 1940"s vanity. 

It had a blue cover on it then.

I LOVE the new oatmeal linen cover I made for it.  The pleated skirt is 3" long. 

I'm so happy with the way it turned out!

Here's one last look at it.  

Oh, and it's FOR SALE in my Etsy Store.  I have all of the details and measurments in the store. 

It fits in a box (with the legs off)  and can be mailed USPS.

So Easy!!!

Here's a little look at the before. 

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look at my Blog!

Kelly

New Wall Treatment In Our Kitchen

A couple of weekends ago I put up this "square" treatment on our breakfast area wall.

It was SO FAST and easy. I'll give instructions in this post!

Here's how the wall looked the other day.  I liked the blue, but I wanted something a little more interesting, beachy, and unique.

This is covering an arch wall that enters into our family/tv room.  Oh I can't show that room.  It's the room in the house that has been pushed aside for so long.  The room where you dream of a suprise makeover.  Where you leave for the day and come home and see the "Big Reveal".

Anyway...

I did the same thing in our bedroom in the house we sold.  I think these squares were 24". This was done with the 2 1/4" wide lattice wood moulding. The cost was over $8.00 per 8 ft. piece!! OMGosh!

In this room I did the whole wall,  from floor to celing behind the bed.

OK...I'll show a little peek at the other side of the arch. 

That's the glass door that goes into the garage. I got this stencil from a store on Etsy.

Cutting Edge Stencils 

You should check out her store! She has gorgeous stencils!

Click the link and go see the store!

 I tried it on the wall. 

I need to play with it awhile to get the final look.

Click this link to go straight to the stencil I used.  Check out what she did with it...so pretty!

Anemone-Grande

To save money I used the PVC 1 and 1/2" "lattice".  They were $5.00 something for each 8 ft.piece.

The wall is small and the area I covered was small too. 

I got the supplies at Lowes in the moulding dept.  These squares are 19".  The bottom wasn't a complete square. It didn't work out that way.  They're about 3/4 of the 19 inches.

I measured how tall I wanted it to go and put the top "cap" piece up.

You can get creative with what you use as your cap piece.

Thicker, wider, fancy...get creative.

I just used the same 'board'.

Next put up all of your vertical pieces. Use a level to make sure they're straight up and down.

Mine are 19" apart.

Then just fill in the spaces with the small pieces to make the squares.

It' was that easy!!

I cut all of my pieces with hand tools...a hand miter saw and miter box.  This pvc cuts like butter!

I use a few little smears of adhisive on the back...stick it on the wall...and put in a few little nails here and there.

You can use your existing baseboard moulding as the bottom, or add a bottom piece above that moulding.

Keep all of the squares and/or bottom piece about 1/8" to 1/4" away from your baseboard.  That way if you ever have to remove the baseboard, the wall treatment won't be affected..

Then I filled all of the joints, nail holes (set nails with a "nail set") and cracks where the moulding meets the wall with a squeeze tube of caulk.

I also went back with some spackle to go over the joints and nail holes one more time because the caulking seems to sink when it dries.

Then sand and paint.

I love the way mine turned out! And I think it makes such a difference in the room!

And it took just a few hours!!

Thanks for looking...

Kelly

You Gotta Love Him...Valedictorian!!

We're so proud of him!

Yesterday...June 4, 2011 my son Andy graduated Law School!

With the honor of Valedictorian!!

What makes this day even more special is that this sweet boy put himself through school.  He made the decision to go to Law School. The first year and a half, he worked full time in a law office to pay his own rent and living expenses.

He rode a skateboard to work and class, and used public transportation.

He did 2 Internships in the D A's office.

And now.....FINISHED!  He gave his Valedictorian speech last night.

What a kid!...like I said...You Gotta Love Him!!

I'm one proud Mama these days!!