Vintage Sports Theme Boys' Room

He started climbing out of his crib and we knew it was time.

Time to get rid of the crib and get him a big boy bed. Welcome bunk beds. Welcome a chance at re-decorating the room! This room seriously needed an update. It was the same as it had been since we were pregnant with Beckett.

Check out the before:

Now, feast on the after:

The boys are super-thrilled about their new bunk beds! I figured a sports theme could last 

awhile with little boys, so I opted for that. I made the pennant banner with scraps of fabric I had around that house that *mostly* matched but I wasn't all too concerned with that...

MADE beds! Ha! They never look this good. Don't be fooled. I did this myself.

I customized this cutie pie canvas print on Paper Coterie when they were doing a freebie.

I absolutely love. it. 

Now if only the boys could understand the greatness of brotherhood. 

Allen's parents bought this chest of drawers for us from craigslist and I refinished it with paint and a little distressing. I love how it turned out.

My sweet friend, Misti, works at Beckett Sports Media and acquired these 

awesome magazine covers for me to use on these canvases. I used the inside pages of Allen's old baseball magazines as the background and the covers Misti gave me on the front with some scrapbook paper to frame it. Modge podge was a great and difficult friend through the process. 

Great find at IKEA. Beckett has loved having a place to put his favorite 

treasures so he doesn't have to keep going up and down the ladder.

And finally, the boys enjoying their beds for their intended purpose. In case you can't tell, that's Easton on the right side of the picture. He has a reputation for sleeping anywhere BUT his bed. 

We're counting that part of it a work in progress. ;)

Tiled Bathroom Mirror

I have had some Pinterest successes as well as some Pinterest epic fails. How about you? I have been compiling a list (mainly so I don't make that mistake again) and I will be posting them on the blog sporadically. Today, for your attention, I am letting you know about what I count as a Pinterest SUCCESS! Are you ready?

What's the project you ask?

Tiling your bathroom mirror to make it appear fancy!

I found these mosaic tiles in the clearance section at Lowe's. I honestly didn't even know that Lowe's had a clearance section until I stumbled upon it one day. The one in College Station is in the back of the store behind the organizational isles. They come by the sheet and these were on sale for around $2 per sheet. My mirror needed about 2 1/2 sheets, so this was a very cheap project.

I also needed to buy Silicone Adhesive, which was around $3 for a huge tube that has a lot leftover. So if you are wondering what the total amount is that I spent, let's break it down:

3 sheets of mosaic tiles = $6

1 tube of silicone adhesive = $3

TOTAL: $9

The only thing I love more than a successful project is a FRUGAL, successful project!

So, here goes:

 Pull the tiles off of the backing and order them how you want them (if you are perfectionist like that...)

Squirt a dollop of glue on there and press hard against the mirror, holding it for a second or two to make sure it doesn't slip down.

I just decided to do two rows of them on the outside of our mirror since our bathroom is so small anyway. Didn't want the precious mirror space to get too much smaller, even if it is fancy!

Continue all the way around and when you get to the top, be sure to secure the tiles so they don't began to slowly slide down while they are drying. I did this by putting painters tape in a straight line underneath those tiles. Seemed to work like a charm!

Here is the finished result! I think it's a lovely effect and MUCH nicer than the plain mirror that we endured for many years! Hopefully this is helpful for you as well!

Taylor Joy's Room Makeover

About a year ago, we decided to re-do Taylor Joy's room to reflect her "big-ness." 

We gave Beckett the toddler bed, and set to designing a big girl room. It is now a year later, and we are finally about done. 

Isn't that how it always goes?

Hopefully we aren't the only ones... 

Here are some before pictures:

Here is the after:

A Custom Headboard and Pillows

Allen created the wood aspect of it, based on my dimensions, very roughly referring to this tutorial for an adult size bed (which is way bigger) and going by what I liked instead of following the rules ;)

Here are some pictures of how it all came together:

The 3 dimensional board that Allen cut and nailed together

Stapled the batting to the wood

Attached adorable fabric with a staple gun

Made some piping with contrasting fabric for in between the flat part and the "poof" part of the headboard (I'm sure there is a technical term for that...I like "poof" better)

Plus some cutie fabric flowers...

And Voila!

A Wall-Hanging made from a dishwasher wood frame

I got this piece of scrap wood from a friend and decided to wrap it in fabric and see what I could come up with. I bought the wooden words from Hobby Lobby and hung it with ribbon from the top. I tied other scrap ribbons all around the frame. Very cheap endeavor!

A Fabric Flower Garden around her name

First, I mixed up a batch of the glue. Supposedly this glue keeps it on the wall, but is also easily removeable. That will be the up to the judgment of whoever buys this house next. Not my problem. The first part of the equation is definitely true. The fabric sticks WELL. Here is the recipe for that glue:

 Fabric Glue:

1/8 C. corn starch

1/4 C. cold water

2 C. boiling water

Boil 2 cups of water. In the meantime, mix together the corn starch and cold water. Once water is heated to boiling, pour it into the corn starch mixture. Stir well. Should be away from heat and allowed to cool at room temperature.

Prep walls. For me, this meant stenciling "Joy" and painting on the stems for my flowers.

It also meant sketching out what I wanted the Flower Garden to look like...the types of flowers, the height of the flowers, how many...

And then making a pattern for my flowers so that they would end up all the same...

Laying out all my fabrics to see which ones look best next to each other and the order they should go in...

Cutting out all the flower and leaf shapes...

 Lay'em out nice, like I like them ;) 

(minus the stems)

Okay, time to apply them to the walls! Glue should be dry by now...

 Brush on a good amount, don't be stingy with it!

 Place it exactly where you want it on the wall. Smooth out any bumps starting from the middle and moving outward. (this may not look great on your walls if your walls have a lot of texture to them). The fabric will look darker with the glue on them and then lighten back up later, when they dry.

Pre-Garden:

Post-Garden:

Sweet Birdies to grace her tree...

I snagged a tutorial for those birds here.

A Scrappy Curtain

(quite literally made from the scraps from pillows and the bed skirt that I made)

Plus, here is the dresser I re-did a few years ago that still matches the new decor.

There are still a few things I want to do for the finishing touches, but all in all, I am satisfied. What do you think? Does it inspire you to start a year-long project?

Beckett's Room

As requested by many, here are the pictures of Beckett's room. We went with a farm animals theme and my mom bought him the cute curtains, wall hangings, lamp, etc. and I made the bumper and dust ruffle to match.



I also stenciled the walls, it seems ages ago.



The full size bed that's in here is probably going to go after he starts sleeping in here and we'll move in the changing table and rocking chair (provided Taylor Joy will give them up!)