Monday, December 17, 2012

Christmas in the Dining Room

Another job done - actually the dining room is finished now - another icy look - ( the kitchen is full of reds and greens so there is SOME color in this house lol )








The mirror candle holders come from Pier 1 imports - many years ago - the 2 on the left are much larger than then one on the right - I've mentionned before that I'm a magpie right?  All that glitters.


There's garland and lights on the top of the buffet - and some sprigs of christmas flowers on each end door


plus they hide the fact that I still haven't put handles on the doors of this thing -

I really still miss this one



has anyone ever tried to buy something back from someone lol?  I sold it right after last Christmas actually -
which is when I'm going to sell the one I have now - time for another one................
this is what it looked like when I bought it by the way


Ok - only I can take a Christmas post and stick a year old before and after in there - but I really do miss it!
Back to the present now

I put the ladder in the dining room ( where the tree usually goes - because I'm going to somehow try to fit the tree in the living room this year ) and I stuck a string of lights on it


John REALLY doesn't like the ladder btw - even less so today than yesterday




not much color this year but lots of bling!
my Paris Snow Globe - you want it, right Nicole?


Paris and New York are my two favourite cities - a few years ago I picked this up at Saks


Ok that's it for the Dining Room -
Oh I forgot to show you the table!!!
It's the very best part - if you'd like to see a gorgeous table - go visit Stacy at
South Shore Decorating.  She's on top of her game!


Let's see,
chalk paint - check
sanding block - check
Santa boot - check ( Debbie do you remember this? You brought it one year with flowers in it!!! )
books - check
lights - check
spray paint - check
bon ami - check
pillows - check
stencils - check
Ok - just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything - because the table is exactly how I meant for it to look. All ready for Christmas,  It does scream christmas doesn't it?
And you thought I was afraid of color, didn't you?

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Sunday, December 16, 2012

A REALLY easy Christmas decoration

2 Posts in a day - go wonder woman lol -
I've done a few posts in advance so I could just simply click " Post " each night
Watch I'll post them all in a day AND be back to square one!
But this one is so Simple - Simple - Simple - and I wanted to leave time for someone to do one if they'd like to
Little effort - Big Impact.

Things you need

Frame
I took a frame ( empty folks - it has to be empty ) I had already spray painted this one silver ages ago but gold would be beautiful too - even white - actually any color that ties into the theme of your home or your Christmas for that matter )
Stapler
Christmas Ornaments
Ribbon - and as my girlfriend Debbie's husband would say " that's it, that's all "
Cost - nothing - nada - zilch - 0.00

Now I just went to download the photos and they're gone - all of them ( I deleted a bunch of photos last night - must have accidently deleted these ) I have no business having a blog like this - I do the stupidest things - constantly!!!

So you can only see the after shots - because I have to run and take photos all over again!
Ok - done -
Usually I do this in a window - but the frame is pretty special too!


I placed this in front of a mirror for double the fun - 2 - 2 - 2 mints in one.......................
I was going to cut the ribbon on top but decided to curl them instead -




there's quite the conversation going on in this house about me having Christmas ornaments in bowls and on plates - I'll save that conversation for the Living Room post.


just so you can see the back - and how simple this project was.......................

I'm really liking this - going to make a whole bunch of them next year - wouldn't a huge oversized frame look amazing?

That's it for today everyone - go find an empty frame - and if you make one please send me the link  - I'd love to see more of these!




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