My Nightstand Solution!

All it needs is a little stack of books in there and I think I'll be happy!

For my master bedroom, I have really, really, REALLY been wanting a mirrored nightstand. Something shiny and reflective to keep the lightness in the room. Winners had one but the bad thing about Winners is that they don't often have the good stuff for long. What's there one day may forever disappear by the next. So of course when I went to buy my nightstand.. It was gone. They had a small mirrored dresser for $399 (which is a fantastic price for mirrored furniture!!) but sadly, it wasn't what I needed.

A Different Kind Of Feature Wall

 

When we started our master bedroom makeover, we had thrown around the idea of a wallpapered
feature wall. We scrapped that idea after looking into the cost and factoring in the not-so-fun labor of applying wallpaper..Then removal if we got tired of it.

Which brings us to this. A wall stencil! Perfect! Much cheaper, easier and almost the same effect! I found a beautiful pattern on Royal Design Studio called Moorish Trellis (in large) and ordered it! I came across a metallic craft paint (Pearl White) by Martha Stewart at Wal Mart for $1.80 a bottle and bought 3 bottles.

The stencil came in the mail on a Friday. I was feeling nervous and intimidated . What if it came out crooked? What if the edges bled through the stencil?? What if I didn't line it up properly??????? How long was it going to take?!?!?! With a stomach full of butterflies, I threw a piece of tape on each side, placed the stencil in the top left corner of the wall and dove in. I used a tiny foam roller and didn't even use the whole 3 bottles of craft paint. Lining up the stencil was very easy and the paint was dry as soon as I was done rolling it, so no smudges. I couldn't believe how quick it went and the impact on the space it had! I finished in under 2 hours and I am in LOOOOVE.

In progress:

Giving Old Dressers New Life

So Greg and I have been busy with THREE beautiful little girls.. But finally decided to take a little time for ourselves and give our dark, drab room a much needed makeover. We started with some awful old dressers we picked up for 50$!

After seeing a picture on Pinterest from this blog post over at Soul Style.. I was inspired! We even used the same wall color. I was so excited to makeover our dressers. I was apprehensive about the charcoal tops, but in the end it was the right decision.

Here are the dressers before:

Our Retro & Owl Inspired Nursery Progress!

WOW. March is the last time I updated. lol! So funny. I have a few posts to make since then. I may make a post for Sisika's 5th birthday since the dessert table was so cute! (Back in MARCH! LOL!)

For now, so much has changed. I am due with our beautiful princess #3 in exactly 2 weeks! Her bedroom is SO close to being done and I wanted to share the progress on here.

Here it is! <3 <3 <3

Candy Apples