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fresh display ideas for spring

May 4, 2011

It must be Spring! The warm weather has inspired me to find creative ways to display my pictures and things. Here are a few ideas I found that I thought you might enjoy too.

Shutters are always an easy find at yard sales and flea markets. Sometimes they are perfectly beautiful as is, while other times, you may decide they need a fresh coat of paint before they are ready for show. Either way, they put the fun in functional for sure. Susan, at The Cozy Chickadee, decided to use hers as a mail holder. So cute!

Another idea is to repurpose an old locker door, like the one below, as a photo or note board in your home office, kitchen or mud/laundry room.

And my favorite idea of all – I always knew there was a way to reuse those old metal bed frames! Thanks to Jill Ruth, I will now be on the lookout for one in the very near future. I love, love, love this idea! What a great way for displaying and organizing my craft room. You could also use an old bed frame or locker door, like the one pictured above, to display your accessories. By adding a few “S” hooks, just think of the possibilities? You could use it to hang your jewelry, scarves or even your purses.

Enjoy until next time,

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a whole lot of glazing

November 15, 2010

Well, the Country Club of the South 25th Anniversary neighborhood event we did early this fall finally paid off. A couple came to us for help with their office/study room. The problem, the room was dated and poorly done by the previous home owners. For starters, they had used plywood instead of real wood for the built-ins, which is a BIG FAT no-no for a high end home such as this one. Not only were the built-ins an eye sore, but they also took up too much real estate in the room. The worst part, because this room sits just off the front entrance to the home and receives a lot of natural light via the bay windows, it should have been a statement room. Instead, it was the room of doom in which the couple rarely used. What a complete shame! However, we were about to change all of that.

Client Request: Ttransform this space not only into a useable and functional area, but also make it feel cozy and inviting.

Our Solution: Our clients already had all the right furnishings so we used the colors and the textures for inspiration. The area rug and the sofa and chair fabrics had a lot of bold colors; golds, blacks, reds and tans, while the wood tones in the furniture were a darker brown. The idea was to add dimension to the walls and trim that regular paint just can’t do, but to also make sure they were subtle enough that the furnishings remain center stage. Therefore, we decided to do a warm, but not too dark glaze on the walls. We also decided to do a light antique glaze on all of the moulding, and moulding there was!! (Not only did we have all of the trim on the cawford ceiling, but we also antiqued the 3 window sills, the french door and door trim, the 1′ tall baseboards, as well as the fireplace.)

The first step, our clients had the built-ins removed, walls patched, hard wood floors replaced, and finally, had their painter come in and prep the room before we came in to add the finishing touches. Once the remodel was complete, we got to work…

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