Updated Front Entrance

I love my little house.  The front entrance and the main floor living space have not been painted in about ten years though.  Time for a change.  For those of us who have busy lives, redecorating an entire main floor - front entrance, living room, dining room and kitchen all at once is a big undertaking.  I decided to tackle each section a bit at a time and finish it before moving on to the other parts of the main floor.  First up was the front entrance.  As you can see from above, the entrance is tiny, mircoscopic even.  I knew this space was something I could handle on my own without too much help from Ian.

 

Rebekah took this photo on our vacation.

I repainted the green with some nice new grey.  It was pretty easy to put together a new set of accessories for the new entrance.  Rather than purchase a new light switch, I repainted the old brass one to match the picture frames.

I found this metal M at Michaels, this is the first letter of our last name.

 

 

I made this wreath and I love it!

I made this board to add some interest, the rocks in this mason jar were from my favourite beach.

I love the front entrance.  It is neat, clean, rustic and relaxed.  I hope you like it too.

Live High,

Heather

Finished Table

In June, I had posted that I need found a table for Rebekah's bedside.  Here is a photo of the table I found on kijji.




Cute little table, made of walnut?

I wanted to paint it in a colour that would go with this bedding - Rebekah found this and she loves it.  I do too.

 

 

 

 

 

Here is the finished table:

 







Nice right?!

 

I did not varathane it to seal it, I just used some wax to make it nice and soft.   Rebekah likes candles and I love Art Deco, I found a cool glass candle holder and sprayed it with looking glass spray paint (can't find it in Canada - My Mom brought it back from Florida!) and now the candle holder has a lovely Art Deco feel.  You can't put a candle directly in it, the candle will ruin the finish, but you can put one in a glass container in the sprayed on.

 

 

I like it, how about you?

 

 

Live High,

 

Heather



A Line Skirts - New Addiction

 

Remember this fabric?

I needed to do something with this fabric because we had bought it with the intention of using it for the lining of Jennines book bag.  When that did not work out what was a sewing addict friend to do?

We surfed blog land until I found these wicked cool skirts.  I could see Jennine in it instantly.

While we did not follow the blog examples exactly, I created a lovely little A line skirt for her for summer days.  There were some problems with the waist band.  Some one may or may not have sewn it up side down.  (DUH) but after at least one sleepless night, the skirt was completed and looks good as long as you do not stare too long at the waist band.

I did save some of the print to be used at a later date as an accent bit for a brown linen A line skirt. 

What do you think of this fabric?

There was a mere metre left of this and I had to have it.

In the mean time I discovered this fabric and it turned into a rather nice little skirt.  See the waistband?  Sewed it correctly. 

I know right?!!  Jennine HATES it when I make her pose.

I found this other skirt that I am pretty sure is up soon for Jennine.  Yeah I got issues....

 

Live High,

Heather