Spray Painters Anonymous... Hi Sugarplum!

Thank you, Tiffany, for calling this meeting. I was in desperate need of
one because it seems I've fallen off the deep end. But if hitting rock
bottom means I've got a permanently stained pointer finger, then I choose
to stay here...in my spraypainting nirvana misery.

The question isn't so much, what have I spraypainted. But rather, what
haven't I spraypainted?!

There's the obvious projects, like an outdoor
birdcage.

And old metal
buckets made new again.

But how about bigger projects, like beds? Oh yes, I've painted
those, too!

I've even gone so far as to spray the handle on
my toilet!! (Which, by the way, has handled it like a champ! Pun
intended.)

I've made peace with my addiction to spraypaint, and have started using it
for good. No sense in letting old
toys and bad
looking clearance items get tossed aside! No Sir, give them a shot of
paint and you've got some swanked-out decor!

Thanks Tiffany, for letting me share today. It feels good to be amongst
other, equally sick people!

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Every project is so very clever!  I am heading to my boys playroom to steal some of their animals!  Thank you Cassie for sharing your illness and giving us more reason to reach for the bottle {of spray paint!}

If you are not already one of Cassie thousands of followers then you must click over to see her amazing house!  

She is in the home stretch of finishing up her family room makeover and just shared another fabulous spray painting project!

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And now let us all repeat the Spray Painters Mantra:

Friends, help me source all the items I am searching for but can not find.

Give me the vision to think outside of the box and remember the can of spray paint,

and bless me with the patience to let each of the coats dry before I move on to the next step!

Cookies and coffee are in the back! =)

If you need support for your spray painting addiction and would like to "attended" a meeting 

please contact me!

We always love to know other addicts, and can always use more inspiration for our projects!

A Dragon Berry Mojitos Sort of Day

It was 74 wonderful warm degrees yesterday!  It was so nice there was no way you couldn't be outside!  So I took the day off, made a big pitcher of Dragon Berry Mojitos and sat outside.... 

While I was outside I started to play around with my instagram app.  I have never really used it before.  And now I can't see any reason to take regular pictures with my iPhone every again!

Dragon Berry Mojitos

2 parts Bacardi Dragon Berry Rum

1 part strawberry simple syrup {recipe below}

Lime

Mint

Club soda to finish

Fresh strawberries

Muddle mint and strawberry simple syrup at the bottle of a tall glass.  Pour in rum, top with club soda.  Garnish with a squeeze lime and fresh strawberries.

Enjoy!

Strawberry Simple Syrup

Equal parts water and sugar (2 cups)

5 strawberries

Muddle strawberries in pan.  Add water and sugar and bring to a boil.  Let boil for 15 mins.  Remove from heat.  Strain strawberries.

On another note...

Have you been over to check out The Everygirl website?  It just launched yesterday and it is beyond amazing!  It is co-founded by Danielle Moss from Breakfast at Toast and Alaina Kaczmarski from 

Live Creating Yourself.  This site focuses on bring information about house, home, work, food, and life to every girl, every where!  It will now be a daily read!

One Room Challenge... Week 6 It is Done!

Before I move to the reveal I am also guest posting over at A Simple Affair with my favorite things that start with the letter W.  Can you take a guess what one is?
Thanks Carly for having me!

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It is the final week of The One Room Challenge!  I am so excited to have a new room!  This has been a totally great process!  It has been fun to see all of the other bloggers rooms and have a deadline for mine!  Most things never get competed in my own house!  And a huge thank you to 

Linda from My Crafty Home-Life for getting us all together and setting this up!  

Alright on to the finished room!  Though my reveal last week of my nightstands seemed a little premature I had some other projects up my sleeve I wanted to share today.  However... I had a huge brain fart and messed up on my measurements!  I wanted to frame a really great beach photo I had taken in Hawaii a couple of years ago into 6 frames.  The intent was to print the picture out in one piece and then cut it down to fit... but I thought the frames were 8x10 and they are 11x14!!!  So my print was too small!  I might get around to ordering another picture soon!

Anywho... 

Do you remember the before? 

This week I just added some of the finishing touches to the styling of the room:

All of these small things have some meaning to me and my husband.  The glass and silver pineapples were used at our wedding.  We were married on the ocean so instead of lighting a unity candle we joined two pineapple of sand into the bigger vase.  Our moms walked down the aisle with the silver pineapples.  The picture was taken of us when we were in Hawaii 9 years ago.  We actually talked about what sort of wedding we both wanted that day on the beach!

Let me refresh you on where we started...

Here was my design plan and space plan:

I made some major improvements on what I already owned.  Here is a list of the projects:

{go here for all related posts and tutorials}

These chairs {I have two} were reupholstered with a super bright green that just screams tropical!  I added a big chiang mai dragon pillow to the back instead of the original pillow.

I completely remade the pillows on my bed.  I kept the tropical print, but added a green welt that matched the chair.  I also added some more color with the orange lattice and a big chiang mai dragon in the center.  I really like the seagrass welt!  I am hoping to use it again soon!

I redesigned the shape of my existing headboard.  And added some bright gold nail head.

I added the green chair fabric to my existing bed skirt.

I created my own sunburst mirror from bamboo!  Hands down my favorite project of the whole room!

I revamped my nightstands with some paint and bamboo!  I love this color with the rest of the room!

I painted some existing lamps I had.  I found some inexpensive shades and covered them in a brown linen. I do love the white contrast in the peacock nightstands.

And finally I sprayed my mirror the peacock blue to break up all of the wood tones.  I am not sure this mirror will be staying in the new house, and I know the tv will be gone.  

Speaking of the new house, I did this room more so I could just pack these things up and transition them to the next house.  There I will pick out some paint for the walls and add window treatments; maybe I will incorporate the seagrass trim there?!?!

Here is the space plan for the new space:

I hope you enjoyed my design process over the last 6 weeks!  Thank you for all of your comments and advice along the way!  It is always nice to have a sounding board!

Be sure to check out the rest of the finished rooms from the other amazing bloggers

Saved by Suzy
Dutch.British.Love
Trapped in North Jersey
Nicole Scott Designs
Kim Macumber Interiors
Rue de Emily
The Pink Pagoda
refresheddesigns
Nana Moon Shop
Taylor Morgan Design
Insideways
My Crafty Home Life
House Four
(A Lifestyle Thing)