How was your weekend, my lovelies? Mine was filled with upcycling, crafting, and house remodeling... it was beautiful!

One of the projects I tackled was this canvas makeover. I had the original black and white "Paris" canvas hung in my office a few years ago when I first purchased my home, but had since removed it as my office evolved into more of a workspace / craft room. The black and white theme just wasn't inspiring me anymore. I have been itching to revamp this piece, but just wasn't sure what I wanted to do with it until this weekend. I remembered that I still had quite a bit of the coral colored paint that I had used on my birdhouse makeover (HERE) and realized it would be perfect in our guest room.

First I spray painted the canvas white. After it was dry I just used a brush to paint a few vertical strokes of the coral color onto the plain white. 

It is super simple, but I love that it is something that I created. Handmade is always so much more meaningful, isn't it? It also adds a great pop of color to the room which I love. From start to finish (minus paint drying time) this project took under 5 minutes, but I'm pretty sure I love the result just as much as if it had taken me 5 hours. TOTALLY my kind of craft! Here is the canvas in the room with a little Rhonna Designs iPhone app fun to go with it! Happy Monday, my friends!

Painted Birdhouse Makeover

Most of the projects that I do instantly inspire me the moment I see them. I'm a visionary like that. I can literally look at a piece of junk and know how I want to make it new again right away. This birdhouse... not so much. At first I thought it was the color that I didn't like, but maybe it was the vines that were wrapped around the bottom? Regardless, for reasons I can't be sure of, it didn't grab me and beg for a makeover at first like most of my projects do. It was my mom's and when she moved it went in the yard sale pile. As a joke, my father-in-law put it out in front of my house to see if I would notice (I'm a woman, so of course I noticed). I left it there out of pure laziness, but after awhile it started to grow on me and eventually it called my name.

Those of you that subscribe to HGTV Magazine may have noticed the coupons for free Valspar paint from Lowes that have been in the last two issues. When the hubs and I picked up our free paint we chose a bright coral. When we got home from the store... bazinga! It hit me! The birdhouse would be PERFECT in that shade! And the rest is history...

Don't. You. Just. LOVE. It?! I think it's totes adorbs and it was just the color pop that I needed in front of our otherwise neutral home exterior! So thanks, father-in-law. Your attempt to be annoying turned into something I now adore!

Kitchen Pantry Makeover

Whew! The last couple of weeks have been kind of crazy for me! I was on two different medicines with some crazy side effects that honestly (you want the truth, right?) just made me feel like poo! I won't bore you with all the gory details... right now anyway.  :)  Maybe one day I'll do a recap, but for now I'm just glad those two weeks are over with! In fact, I felt so good this weekend that I did a little organizing on Sunday afternoon. Those closest to me or anyone who has worked with me knows I'm an organizing addict. I LOVE organizing! Yes, I'm one of those crazy people.

The disarray of our kitchen pantry has been driving me insane for a few months, but it never bothered me to the point that I would actually do anything about it until this weekend. The organizing bug just bit me I guess because after church I told Darren we needed to go to the store so I could get supplies. "Supplies" are baskets, bins, etc. I hit the Dollar Tree first hoping that they would have some plastic bins that I liked. Thank goodness I decided to stop there first because I hit the jackpot! They had loads of just the type of things I was looking for and in every color you can imagine. I spent a whopping $14.00 and was able to get everything I needed for my pantry overhaul.

As an obsessive organizer, I'm almost ashamed to show you the "before" shot. Please don't judge me! Here is the horrendous mess that my pantry was this morning...

I know! It's dreadful, isn't it?! That's why it needed to be organized. I really can't believe I let it get that bad. Thank goodness there is an "after" picture to that. Much better, don't you think?

 

The best thing about organizing is the purging. I hate clutter so I was almost glad when I found something expired that I could toss. Weird, I know! I love how much more space I have now. All of the red containers are from Dollar Tree. I used a FREE editable / printable chalkboard label (get it HERE) to label what is in each bin. The labels will help me keep things organized going forward since everything has it's specified place. Although I had so much fun doing this I might let it get out of control again one day... I'm totally joking.  ;)