Making Gold

 

I wrote last week about how I want to add more gold to our master bedroom and luckily Jeff had a can of gold spray paint. 

 

 So I took this "A" that Jeff had cut out a while back...

 Gave it a few coats of this spraypaint...

 

and waa laa....

Some bling for the bedroom.

Mixing Silver and Gold??

So I have been working on updating our bedroom...

{See our nightstands here, our old/new trunk here, and our new rug here}

Add I have several more projects to do, but have been thinking about accessorizing, because that is way more fun than some of the other projects still lurking.  I have been digging gold as an accessory color.  I feel like gold gives off a vintage vibe, and I like that.  The problem is, that I already have so many silver finishes in the room and I'm not so sure about mixing finishes.  So I started searching the web for inspiration, and I think I'm gonna go for it. The verdict out there is that matching metals is as about as current as matching your purse to your shoes.  Here are some photos that grabbed my attention.

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Eclectic Bedroom design by Dallas Media And Blogs Jamie Laubhan-Oliver
 

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Now I'm off to putting that old can of gold spray paint to use :)

 

Pinned It, Did it: A Footed Trunk

 

Several months ago, Jeff came home with this old military trunk and I knew I LOVED it, but I didn't know what to do with it.  Then I saw this image on pinterest.....

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....and so Jeff had a new project.  He bought the legs at Home Depot and screwed them onto the bottom of the trunk.  I painted them gray and flipped it over.  We considered painting the trunk or doing something with it, but I think I like it as is. 

 

The bedroom is coming together!  And I got our new rug today!! So excited to open it.

Desk to Nightstands with Concrete Tops

I mentioned earlier this week about the nightstands Jeff made for our bedroom update.  He got a free desk from goodwill because it was in such poor condition, that even they wouldn't sell it!  I had been looking for a desk to make into nightstands ever since I saw this post by Sugar Bee Crafts last year. 



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 The one Jeff found was perfect. Of course I don't have a good before picture because Jeff was too eager to rip the old desk apart and start on the project, but I managed to have him snap a few before he made too many changes. The desk had a lot of water damage, so Jeff ended up replacing the sides of the drawers with 1/8 inch plywood.  After, he basically rebuilt the shell, he sanded and painted them white and gray.

The top of the desk was so water damaged that it also could not be used, so we thought of different options for the tops.  More plywood, marble, laminate....and then Jeff had the brilliant idea of making his own concrete tops!  He built a "mold" using a piece of plywood as the base and then left over pieces of 1x2s that he clamped together.  He realized after a couple of cracked tops, that the best concrete to use is actually mortar.  It dries incredibly fast and left no bubbles on the top.

To seal the concrete he used this stuff.

Then he adhered the tops to the base using construction grade adhesive.

 

We chose these glass knobs from Home Depot to finish them off.

And here they are in our bedroom.  Its starting to come together!

(bonus sneak peak of our new headboard!)

 

Bedroom Update

Our current project is updating our bedroom.  Jeff and I have already diyed a new headboard and night stands, which I will share later this week.  But I am so excited to share my recent purchase for the room.  I was tipped off that www.rugsusa.com was having a huge sale this weekend and ended up getting the perfect rug in a 6x9 for less than 200 bucks, including shipping!  We had looked all over and I was so sad because I new a nice rug really wasnt in our budget and was getting ready to settle for something subpar.  So yay for rugsusa.com and seriously check them out.  They have everything you need. Most of their rugs are 35% off right now, but keep checking because when I bought my rug this weekend it was 50% off and people on the site were sasying things about the rugs being marked off 70%. 

Here is the picture of the rug I purchased:


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There were so many choices for me to pick from.  I wanted something bold, modern and in a navy blue.  I ended up with this rug because HGTV's Emily Henderson has the same one in her apartment (actually a more expensive version of the same design) and I love her and i decided that her living room is my inspiration for our bedroom. 

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Call me a biter, I dont care.

Here are some other awesome rugs www.rugsusa.com has:



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Happy rug shopping, but seriously, if you have patience, wait for their sales!!!

and check back here for more bedroom updates!