Headboard Makeover

This room is soooo close to being done !

We still have to buy a mattress ( it only has a box spring on it ) so I smushed a comforter and pillows on it for photos .

I've had this comforter set from Ikea forever and very seldom used it - it works in this room !
( Thank God for unhealthy linen obsessions really )

The words on the headboard were just transferred on ( so they can very easily be removed ) using a transfer which my son had popped into my Christmas stocking last year ( but I DO have a piece of fabric I cut out just in case )
I'm having a love/hate relationship with this right now.

But Lucy says - Lolli - that's perfect - because we all love each other - AND we laugh when we're together - a LOT - and we're so Happy when we're here !!!  ( with both hands up in the air for emphasis )
How the heck can I change it now lol?

and then - right out of the mouths of babes

Lolli says - Oh My God - you're soooo right Lucy -
Lucy says - We don't say that, Lolli - we say Oh My Gosh
Lolli says - Sorry Lucy - I just got so excited for a minute
Lucy says - ( with a big forgiving smile ) That's ok - it was just an accident.

Hope she never reads my blog when she gets older - she'll have a lot of forgiving to do..............

I love the footboard in particular

I used the last of the gallon of Behr's patio and porch paint to do this project
That ONE gallon painted the floors  HERE
The dresser HERE
The armoire  HERE
and all of the baseboards................ I think we paid 35.99 from Home Depot - talk about something going a lonnnng way !

Oh and here's how it looked before - great condition - but again there's no way it was going to work in this almost ethereal room - hmmm - I like that word - it works perfectly for this room lol

e·the·re·al

iˈTHi(ə)rēəl/

adjective

1. extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world.

      "her ethereal beauty"

   synonyms:

   delicate, exquisite, dainty, elegant, graceful; More

The perfect size for 2 little weekend visiting girls

But I'm not going to kid myself - the real reason they are dying for a sleepover has nothing to do with this room at all
It's more to do with this  ( pretending to be at the rodeo while they're being tossed all over the place )
And I have to tell you I was nervous to use the diving board to actually dive until I saw these 2 diving off of it repeatedly - they put me to shame - so I dove off it this weekend for the first time.  And didn't split my head open.  I didn't jump up in the air and do a flip and then dive like they do - but still - I dove ..............lamely.

( at least there's a mattress in the pool - maybe the sleep over can happen a little earlier if they want to sleep in the pool - and I can't even say that as a joke or they'd be all over that idea )

That there'll be a room to allow them 2 days in a row of it is just a bonus in their worlds..
And the real reason I'm dying for this room to be finished is because I simply cannot get enough of them
( the other 3 little angels are just a little too young to want to have sleepovers - but these 2 - they jump at every opportunity with such glee )
Lucy & Olivia

Soon girls - very very soon - I promise !
Lolli & Pop can't wait !
The room is almost done - just a little left to

tweak

twēk/

verb

gerund or present participle: tweaking

1. informal

2. improve (a mechanism or system) by making fine adjustments to it.

   "engineers tweak the car's operating systems during the race"

Ok - that's it for the Headboard -  hope your day is filled with lots of

love

ləv/

noun

1. 1.

   an intense feeling of deep affection.

   "babies fill parents with intense feelings of love"

   synonyms:

   deep affection, fondness, tenderness, warmth, intimacy, attachment,endearment; More
2. 2.

   a person or thing that one loves.

   "she was the love of his life"

   synonyms:

   beloved, loved one, love of one's life, dear, dearest, dear one, darling,sweetheart, sweet, angel, honey;

AND

laugh·ter

ˈlaftər/

noun

noun: laughter

1. the action or sound of laughing.

   "he roared with laughter"

   synonyms:

   laughing, chuckling, chortling, guffawing, giggling, tittering, twittering,

And that's enough with the English lessons

Have a good day ALL !!!
Much love ( and laughter - let's always remember the laughter - and if you're in need of something to laugh about picture me diving - now THAT's funny )

I'll be at these fabulous Parties !
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Fairyville Friday - part 3

Good morning everyone !

The last " episode " ( let's pretend I have a weekly t.v. show, shall we ) I showed you the Fairy Church in the Wildwood..............there's a Church in the valley by the Wildwood

It comes complete with a twig cross on top so that it can be seen from far and wide
No lovelier spot in the dale

There's an ominous looking collection of giant knives next to the Church.................

Ok - time for another house - this one resides on Blue Creek Way...............

Again I started off with a dollar store birdhouse -

I cut the door out with a steak knife - John's going to kill me - really he is - one of these days he's just going to have reached his limit and wham - no more simply vintageous...........by Suzan.

Anyway he didn't catch me - so there's at least one more post in my life.

I decided this house should have a thatch roof - by using this ( also from the dollar store ) faux moss
( remember when we said everything was fake?  fake fur - fake flowers - fake moss ?  How come we don't call false teeth faux teeth?  Doesn't that sound more elegant? )

If you've never seen this - it's so realistic it's unbelievable that it's FAUX - I may just cover my own house with it instead of painting it in the fall :)

I buttered on some Carpenter's glue and a paint stick - because I'm a carpenter building houses don't you know?  ( here is Montreal we have a Home Depot - and a Reno Depot - I'm giving a shout out to Reno Depot because they sponsored this post............. NOT )

Then I pressed the moss onto it and painted stripes all over the " body " of the house
( it's not easy getting into the minds of fairy's and trying to figure out what they'd like, you know, but I do my best  )

I found a little lamp finial that fit on the top perfectly ( there was a hole there where I pulled out the rope to hang the birdhouse with )

I made another twig ladder - because a thatch roof has to be constantly taken care of - and like all contractors, once I'm done with a job I walk away completely - so they'll have to run up and down themselves with repairs.

I was giggling out loud as I was typing -
John says - what's so funny
Suzan says - do you want to hear my post so far?
John says - sure
Suzan reads it to him - again giggling -
John says - in a flat dead voice - You sound mentally defiicient, do you realize that ?
John says - I honestly don't understand why anyone reads you sometimes
John says - It's complete nonsense
Suzan says - Oh put a sock in it for crying out loud.....................

I didn't read him the rest
OH !!!  Say can you see?  In the far right hand corner?

A fairy flag for all of my American Sisters ! ( made with a broken paint stick - the Reno Depot one to be precise - since they didn't sponsor this post )
Happy July 4th - hope you all have an amazing celebration weekend
( well I hope everyone has a nice weekend wherever they are lol )

You can see the last Fairy house made HERE
The village is growing in leaps and bounds
( and I have no idea where I'm going to put it now - never put much thought into that )

Much love,

Partying with these lovely Hostesses

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