My Sweet Things

I have been  working on changing our bedroom up a bit. I decorated the switch plates that you can see here. I painted the room and with the help of Oil Rubbed Bronze spray paint I switched out the gold accents!

Here’s that gold mirror that I have had for years.

Curtain rods that have been hanging around for years as well.

Before

After! That chair is there to help me hang those curtains. I really want a chaise lounge chair for that corner! Love that ORB on the curtain rods and the mirror trim.  The room is almost done with just a few more decorative touches but take a look at this….

The paint color before! Paint makes a huge difference! I used the Behr Premium Plus Ultra. It is a paint and primer in one.  Love that paint! It took only one coat to cover this dark red. It was $32 for a gallon and I used 1 whole gallon and less than a half of another. Good deal!

I love the warmth of the new color. It’s called Peanut Butter. There is more work to be done but it’s all good!

~Donna

I am a huge fan of the creative and very crafty Thrifty Decor Chick. Every time I visit Sarah’s page I am inspired. We both like to decorate on the cheap and love the thrill of a good find at a thrift store or Goodwill. I shopped around a bit at the Dollar Store and came up with a few good items to work with. Here are my results!

A few bunches of Onion Grass, Floral Foam, and a tin planter. Total cost – $4

I spray painted the tin with Oil Rubbed Bronze spray paint and I love this color!

I popped in the floral foam and pushed in the onion grass. So Simple!

I added some floral moss to the top of the container to hide all that funny business going on inside. I picked up the moss at the Dollar Tree for guess how much? $1!

Tada! But wait there is more!

Thrifty Decor Chick picked up these birds at the Dollar Tree and I was lucky to find them as well!

A quick spray of Heirloom White….

Sitting pretty! I was loving the white so I then took these…

Candle Sticks I have had for years. I really loved the dark color but let there be light!

Change is a good thing. I can always paint them again!

Mantle Before.  It has looked this way for years and I was bored with it. One day I woke up and looked at it and thought it needs more light! I have so many dark, rich colors in my home and I am ready to change it up just a bit.

Mantle After! More light. Those flowers on the bottom right should be up on the coffee table and I’m still working on the lower half of the fireplace. See Abe Lincoln in the Painting? That’s Dali’s Gala Contemplating the Mediterranean Sea which at 20 Meters Becomes a Portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Whew! That’s really the title!

Thank you Thrifty Decor Chick for the inspiration! I hope to pay it forward and inspire someone else!

It’s all good. ~ Donna