Not Such a Magic Carpet

Finally I'm getting around to revealing our finished family room.  Right in time, too, as our house is up on the market today! Instead of placing things in the room to feel cozy, we placed things to sell. Staging a home to sell is quite the task, but that's another whole blog post!
Today I'm showing you our family room before and after. Because we all love those (:


Before...carpet and white walls:

After...carpet is a goner and warm carmel colored walls:


We picked this color by bringing our Pottery Barn curtains to Home Depot. We brought 2 samples home of colors we thought would work, painted 3 small patches in different parts of the room {always good to test in different lights}, then chose our fave.  This color is a great match with the curtain panels.

Shasta is always the center of attention. She can't help herself (:

We're loving our new Pottery Barn Adeline rug:

Our bowl of lemons and limes add a summery and colorful touch:

Andddd...

How'd that get in there?!


Overall, we're really enjoying the carpet being gone. It worked no magic in that room. But our new rug sure does! The room looks so much larger...don'tcha think? And the color on the wall really pops the crown molding and pulls the whole look together. Hopefully the changes made will help entice buyers to make a little purchase (:


Hope your week is off to a wonderful start!
Love,



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Painted Bottles

This is our bathroom:

See that blank spot by outlet on the wall?  We needed to fix that.  So I decided to paint some bottles.  It was fun, easy and was totally the missing piece to our bathroom puzzle!

The breakdown:

1. Took bottles with a nice shape like this one:

2. Remove labels, wash 'em out and dry 'em.

3. Use puff paint to do designs on the bottles, then let the paint dry for about 1-2 hours:

Big graphics, easily recognizable designs like flowers, hearts or swirls are best.  For the holidays, snowmen, snowflakes and Christmas trees would be perfect! Make sure to get enough puff paint on the bottle.  Thick dots will show up a lot better!

4.  Spray paint the bottles.  I did 2 coats, just to make sure I didn't miss a spot!

This bottle is the delicious Trader Joes Sparkling Pink Lemonade.  It's my favorite drink. Of all time.

I did three different bottles of mixed shapes and sizes to provide variety and add more interest to the corner.  If you're ever having trouble when setting up a corner, mantle, shelf etc.-- remember, always decorate (& flower arrange, for that matter) in vignettes of threes or fives...or any odd number, really.  Three was perfect for this counter area.  Just enough to cover the ugly duckling wall outlet.  Actually, I take that statement back--I like the outlet, and need it really, for without it, I couldn't do my hair in the morning. And that's important, right?!

Then I got some beautiful Dahlia's from Trader Joes (while I was there to pick up more pink lemonade).

And...the final product!

I love this project because it's simple, fun, inexpensive ($5 for spray paint), could go anywhere, could be any color, and provides a lot of texture for any space!

Here is a post on how my bathroom went from a blast from the past (complete with wallpaper) to a modern, lovely space!

I'm linking to:

Love and Vases,

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