Chevron Coffee Table Makeover

I'm an almost-constant Craigslist scavenger. This coffee table came from the "free" section, and I threw my whole family in the car and picked it up in the middle of a snowstorm.

Here it is "before"... i'll admit it, it's U-G -L-Y!

I had a whole gallon of aqua "oops" paint in the basement just dying to be used!

So I painted two coats and then measured and taped off the top for the chevron.

The chevron color is a combination of the aqua and a little white so that the blue was the same. You can use different colors, or even just plain white, too.

And now on to the big endtables that came with it!

-Sarah

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craftomaniac, between naps on the porch, stories from a2z, not just a housewife, tip junkie, sugar bee, blue cricket design, night owl crafting, somewhat simple, house of hepworths, tater tots and jello, at the picket fence, remodelaholic, whipperberry, i heart naptime,the shabby nest,under the table & dreaming, be different act normal

Chevron Canvas Makeover

Like most decor in my house, especially the ones made by me, they get moved around A LOT and get changed A LOT. Like this canvas, after painting the chevron pattern, I hung it above our computer, than over the fireplace, than above our bed and now it resides in our hallway with a new heart initial decal.

We will see how long that lasts. . .

 I was not loving the "V" and "L" vinyl that I bought simply because it was on clearance, so I have been thinking for MONTHS what I could do to change it. This is what I came up with . . . for now:)

I took an old cardboard box, scrap fabric, mod podge and scissors.

Cut out a heart and started mod podging those fabric scraps on there. The back is not so cute as you can tell but I just put some sticky backs on there (because I know me and I will probably change this sometime, hopefully in the not so near future) and slapped it on the canvas. I wasn't planning on putting the vinyl back on but as I was taking it off, I thought I still liked it without the twirly stuff.

 

 A little love in the hallway, just in time for Valentine's Day.

linking up to these parties:

craftomaniac, dittle dattle, between naps on the porch, stories from a2z, not just a housewife,  tip junkie, sugar bee, blue cricket design, night owl crafting, somewhat simple, tater tots and jello, at the picket fence, remodelaholic, whipperberry, addicted 2 decorating, funky junk, i heart naptime, diy showoff, be different act normal

summer "welcome" wreath

it was time to change out the old spring wreath and make a new summer wreath!

i am a bit lazy and cheap so this baby was made with a pair of old pants that have never fit me,

(why do i buy things just because they are on clearance and try to will them into fitting??)

scraps for the flowers,

a banner i made quickly on the computer (yep, too lazy to cut out fabric and iron on letters),

and a wreath bought with a hobby lobby coupon that cost about $2.50

i just cut those pants into strips,

wrapped it around the wreath securing it with a hot glue gun,

glued my banner together and on the wreath

and added those fun pom pom flowers.

i think i might be spending more time on the porch so i can look at it more:)

p.s. do "no soliciting" signs me nothing now a days? i have solicitors ALL the time, usually right when the kids are down for a nap and the dog goes ballistic because a strange person is standing on our doorstep and wont' go away. . . very frustrating. that is all.

linking up to these parties:

craftomaniac, dittle dattle, stories from a2z, not just a housewife, tip junkie, blue cricket design, somewhat simple,

tater tots and jello, at the picket fence, remodelaholic, whipperberry, funky junk, i heart naptime, thrifty decor chick,

diy showoff, just a girl, the shabby nest

{if you ain't dutch, you ain't much}

we have a teeny, tiny bathroom that i can't seem to figure out how to decorate.

i have changed what's in these frames 3+ times.

i think i finally made something i like. . .

after all if you ain't dutch, you ain't much

(that's what my husband tells me anyway)

background paper by SprikSpace

. . . amazing site that you must check out

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