DIY: $20 Chalk-Painted End Tables

After the magic that happened with the dresser that I chalk painted, it boosted my confidence to paint more recycled furniture. There's something so fun about taking something that's a little outdated and making it into something completely your own. 

I'm almost finished with the "closet room" aka the bedroom I've turned into a walk-in closet. I've also finished decorating the home-office. So my next project is the guest bedroom and guest bath. To start on the guest bedroom, I found these dated end tables on a Facebook yard sale site for $10 each. Since I already had the paint, this project was only $20 for two new side tables for the guest bedroom. 

These are the two end tables that were $10 each. I saw potential in them because of the design in the front that I knew would be beautiful if painted white. The tables weren't real wood, they are the fake stuff so I didn't really care about painting them. 

I loved the original hardware, the design in the drawers, and there were two of them in really good shape for a fantastic price! 

I used the Rustoleum's Chalk Paint again in the Linen White and then applied two coats of the protective top coat. It's really SO easy to use. 

After painting the drawers, I knew these side tables were going to be gorgeous in white. 

This is the final product! Just like I had imagined, two beautiful side tables for the guest bedroom! 

Not only did I get each table for $10, I found two matching lamps for $10 each as well. That brings the end tables and both lamps for the guest bedroom for a total of $40! 

Here's a preview of the guest bedroom. The bedding is a little dated, there's currently no headboard, and I really want to update the size of the mattress. All in due time and all within a budget of ... well not much. 

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Before & After: Home Office Makeover

It's DONE! 

The office re-do is FINALLY done... or at least for now. It's been a few months since I've done any office update, but I am SO excited to show you the progress I have made! 

If you remember, the last time we were here I was asking which curtains to choose for the room. Well, the popular vote won! For those who may not remember...

THE HOME OFFICE BEFORE

OK. Now for the drumroll, please! 

THE HOME OFFICE AFTER

Peacock Allusion Cabinet from Pier1

The cow head and the small wooden cabinet were both found from a Facebook garage site!

This is one of my favorites rooms in the house right now (probably because it's DONE)!

Here are a few house details: 

• Mirrored Frames - TJ Maxx/Home Goods 
• Peacock Allusion Cabinet (TV cabinet) - Pier1 
• White Desk - Target 
• White Chair - Office Max 
• White Curtains - Home Goodes 
•  Rug - Target

The paint is by Sherwin Williams in color Georgian Bay and lightened it 25%.  

There are a few things I still want to do, get new lamps, change out the fabric on the papasan chair, and get a few more trinkets, but overall, I am very happy of how this room turned out. 

On to finish the next room! 

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Living Room Paint Update

Over the holiday break, I was able to paint the office as well as the living room. Now it's time to show a little progress! It's not 'there' yet but it's getting somewhere! 

If you remember, I was having a really hard time deciding paint color for the living room. Then after a late night Pinterest binge I decided to go with my gut and I'm so glad I did because I am LOVING the color! 

Here are a few before photos... 

So when we first moved in this wall was a terrible tan. It also had a pretty ugly security system monitor right when you walked in. After removing it (because we went with a different system) we patched up the hole it left with a wall patch kit from a home improvement store. 

Here's a look at the house (clearly with Christmas decorations) 

As you can tell there is no overhead light so I have to be creative and move around lamps for the time being. 

Here are all the paint colors that we were deciding on. We ended up picking Sherwin Williams Repose Gray. 

After just one coat we were beginning to tell a MAJOR difference! 

We painted two coats just to make sure we covered all of the ugly tan. I also fund some light silvery/whiteish curtains from Home Goods. Right now I'm light on the art and photos on the wall but all in good time. 

I LOVE the Sherwin Williams Repose Gray. It's a lovely gray but it doesn't feel cold which I was really afraid of when we were painting it. It keeps the room feeling very open and much brighter than the tan. 

I still need: 

- Better lighting (COMING SOON!) 

- Art 

- Console Table 

- Corner Chairs 

- New Pillows 

- Other things I haven't even thought about 

But, I'm happy for now! 

House Blog Updates: 

- A House Tour

- Office Paint Update 

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Home Office Makeover Update

It's been a rough week ... not that work is rough, or life is rough, but geez, I am missing my daily nap after two weeks from being out on holiday break. 

Now that I am getting back into the swing of things at work, it's time to finish the home office. You would think on my time off AT HOME I'd work on finish putting together the home office but ... no. On my time off I actually didn't do anything productive at the new house. 

OK - time for the fun decorating stuff! 

For reference, here was the office BEFORE I started to do anything... As in, here is the office when we moved into the house.

The previous owners had used this split-pea color green room as their baby room. 

Woof. 

I couldn't take this color because it wasn't 1) pretty or 2) dramatic. 

So... insert the paint debate that I mentioned about here. After A LOT of staring at walls and researching paint colors, I went with Sherwin Williams Georgian Bay and lightened it 25%.  

The result... 

A BEAUTIFUL blue! I also painted the built-in shelves a much brighter and cleaner white. The previous color looked very yellow against the blue before I had painted it. 

Now, this might look productive, but I haven't pulled in any of the other furniture, decided how I want to position the desk or hung anything on the walls. 

Because I am stuck with another decision. 

Curtains.

Currently, I am in the great-white-curtain-debate. 

I did a very scientific survey on Snapchat where most people have said the off-white curtains with the texture as opposed to the very bright white curtains with shine. I haven't really made up my mind yet, but what do you think? 

Off white? ... Shiny white? 

Help me decide so I can get this room finished!

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