It don't matter if your Black or ...Blue?!

Gotta love a little MJ.

No, no one has beat me up.

Remember the striped wall and blue fabric itty bitty guest room? Yeah, I didn't forget. Our visitor (my daddy) came and is now gone and it's time to share some pictures and dilemnas. So when I started I was all about the blue. I think it was because of this great fabric I found, but now I'm sure I'm really feeling it. I sorta feel like it doesn't really go with the other rooms in the house. It's a bit too rustic beachy instead of ecclectic beachy. Anyway...let me show you some details and then explain what's going to change.

Now: No natural light except for a teeny tiny sky light = bad pictures. sorry.

The blue here are what I'd originally decided on.

Later: I'm thinking BLACK!, white, tan, and some yellow.

How about these two?

Oh, and that black and white rug you see a corner of. Again, no natural light here = crappy picture.

I'm thinking of going for it. I already have the fabric and the rug and I can find some yellow accents somewhere. I found the Waverly fabrics at Joanns on sale (their home decor fabrics always seem to be 40 or 50% off), and the rug was $12 at IKEA. Also, see those ginormous fluffy down pillows on the table and futon up there (euro size!), aside from being found at Tuesday Morning's for $12, they also have them at IKEA for $9.99! Deal. I've been slowly working on quite a collection of these. I think I have an addiction for pillows. The hubby knows.

Sneak Peak...Guest Room

I snuck out again! No time for words. Just pictures!

A freshly painted and re-covered chair by moi...

A giant DIY crown molding frame...

Some sassy blues...

and freshly painted walls.

It's a guest room coming together before our guest arrives on Thursday! Oh man, do I have time?!

Burlap for a Bed

One of my younger brothers has lived with the hubby and me for almost two years. It's been a very interesting past two years. Imagine suddenly being the parents to a teenager; completely skipping the whole growing up thing. I can't say I haven't been the parent to him before because I was like a third parent to him when he was born. He's 11 years younger than me. It's been a growing experience for the three of us.

As a senior in high school he is much more concerned with recording his music and hanging out with his friends than doing things like cleaning his room or sometimes (urgh) doing his homework. As a teacher, the second part really gets to me and the other part just drives me nuts. I was that girl that always made her bed in the morning and cleaned her room for pure enjoyment. Cleaning gives me a great feeling of accomplishment. You can actually see the results immediately. Well, in order to alleviate a bit of my anxiety over his extreme messiness, I've been working to tweak his room to a point where even if it is messy, there will be something that keeps it looking at least a little done up. Crazy, I know.

On my quest to do such a thing, I have made and hung new curtains, bought new linens, new lampshade, new rug, and today a new DIY headboard.

Inspired by the youngsters over at This Young House, I decided to make my own headboard using a frame used to stretch a canvas (bought at an art store for $15), some burlap I already had laying around (I know, burlap? great texture), a roll of upholstery nails (bought with a 40% coupon), batting bought with a coupon from Joanns, and my handy stapler.

Start with the frame and the batting. Staple it all the way around.

After the stapling of the batting, continue with the fabric.

Make sure to keep it nice and taute

Then, add the nails around 3 sides.

Final step, hang up with nails as you would any other canvas.

All done!

I am in love with it. Of course the teenager wasn't as thrilled by the change. Teenagers. Soon enough the room will be clean all the time. I'll miss him when he goes to college. =(