DIY Bedroom Drapes messy room and all!

I was determined to show you all my lovely new DIY bedroom drapes, even if I didn't have time to tidy my room before hand!

So here's a few shot of my bedroom, messy bed and all!

I'll be adding some more yellows to the room, and switching a few things up.  This was just the beginning of a new little color change!  I'll be taking some better picture soon!

Finally a finished furniture redo!

I feel as if this makeover has taken me forever to finish! I kept changing my mind as to what I wanted to do with it, lets call it decorating ADD!  I really love so many different looks that I kept changing my mind!  Do you all ever get that way?

 This is actually the second makeover for this little guy, and I am so pleased with how it turned out!!

Just a little recap,  I bought this table at a thrift store for $9.99, with every intention of turning the piece into a bench for a little nook under the window in my bedroom.  

After its first little makeover it looked like this

It lived like this for about a year or so.  I really did love it like this but I've been wanting to do something new in my bedroom and the color of this would have fought to much with the drapes I'm making for the room.  So it had to go!  I've always been a paint- the- furniture- white kinda girl and to an extent I still am, but living in am apartment right now that does NOT allow paint on the walls can look a little blah with all white furniture!  So that was why I went with such a vibrant yellow!

I started thinking about refinishing this project again when I found a gorgeous yellow and white fabric for drapes in my bedroom, and since this is going to be placed right next to my new drapes the color definitely needed to be taken down a notch!

As I didn't need to sand or prime this piece it was much easier to get started on than the last time I refinished it!!  I'm not sure if I mentioned it or not but this was originally a coffee table that  had two inlaid wood squares in the center of it.   That is what I cut out and then put batting and fabric on to give it a nice upholstered finished look.  

Anyway back to the painting I decided to use  Benjamin Moore paint with a pearl luster in graphite.  Its pretty much a soft shade of black...if I can call black a soft shade..

Here's some pictures of me painting the piece!  

Sorry the quality is not the best, I took them on my iphone....it was the closest thing I had, and I couldn't find my camera !

Can you see the chevron fabric in the top right corner?  I've got something planned for that!  Hopefully it will work out!  But I'll share with you all one way or the other! Cross your fingers for me!

After painting all day I then had to undo the upholstery, and as you can see by use of the butter knife it was very professional!

Tiny little staples went everywhere....but don't worry about my little toes....I think I got all of them off the floor......I think.....

Next I measured and cut my fabric

Sorry I couldn't get any pictures of me actually stapling the fabric on, I was the only one home at the time and it was too hard to staple and take a picture!

But if you have never done this before, it super easy just lay your wood on top of your fabric, print side down.   Then take the very center of one side and staple, then go to the opposite side and staple the center again.  Your remaining two side are the same, pull the fabric taut and staple in the center.  Once the center of every side is done,  I then like to staple in between the center staple ( of whichever side you want) and the corner again trying to staple in the center of those two things.  I pretty much do that all the way around flipping to the opposite  of the wood.  I apologize if this is confusing...but its kinda hard to explain.  But by flipping to opposite sides of the wood you ensure that no one side is pulled to tight, making you fabric lopsided.  This is especially important if you are working with a pattern!

But if you just keep in mind that one thing, and keep flipping you will be fine!

Here she is with her new fabric!  

The paint was still kinda tacky so I only set the upholstered squares on top!

And here she is under the window in my bedroom!

And here she is a few days later with a few pillows on her!

I still have not completely pushed my upholstered squares into the wood where they should be.  I really want  the paint to cure for a week or so before I do that!

I love how it came out!  

It was so worth all my indecision with what to do with it!

Now lets see if I can get those new drapes finished!

I've got a little giveaway going on.....enter here!

DIY Bedroom Pendant Lamp!

My most recent bedroom lighting project was soooo easy and so very inexpensive! I am in LOVE with it! When I was searching for new lighting for the bedroom I had my heart set on making a drum shade pendant light  wanting to add some drama to the room.  I searched everywhere and couldn't find a shade big enough for the room, I've seen a few now that I'm not looking!  Isn't that the way it always is!  Well that all changed when I found these lamps at Tjmaxx.  Since they were such a great deal I couldn't pass these babies up!  But with the drum shades on these lamps, it would have been to much to add another large one to the room.  I was stumped till I saw this idea on kara paslay designs, she has so many amazing ideas on her blog!
She is so talented!

Anyway I don't have any pictures of the process ( they got deleted somehow ) but the whole thing was super easy to make.

Can you guess how I made it?

 No?  ................


Coffee filters and and one of those Japanese paper lanterns!   It really is gorgeous when its on, it gives off such a nice soft glow.  Sorry didn't take any pictures with it on, I was trying to show off the details.

Check out the fabric I just bought to make drapes for my bedrooms.....

Keep checking back to see  it all finished!

Tanya's Modern Bedroom Mood Board!

Tanya and her husband moved to Texas several months ago when he was offered a great job in Austin.  Like so many renters out there,  her problem was moving into an apartment where she couldn't paint the walls to add her own personality to the space.  So she had no idea where to start in the bedroom and has been living with it like this for the past several months!

She really wanted to add a little reading and relaxing area to the room, cute organizers for jewelry and other accessories, and fresh modern pops of color!

Definitely in need of new bed side tables and matching lamps!

This little area would be perfect for a reading nook!

Heres what we came up with to give her bedroom a modern fresh look!

Tanya was super excited about the design and has already started purchasing some of the items!  We  also tried to keep everything budget friendly, the most expensive items in the room were the chair and yellow storage bench.  Both will be great in other rooms for years to come!   The 5x8 wool rug was a STEAL from target for $34.99!!  psssttt......it was on SUPER clearance!