Monthly Archives: March 2011

Big Boy Room Reveal at Tulip & Turnip

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One of the most creative little boys rooms I’ve ever seen is this one designed and DIY’ed by Amy at Tulip & Turnip. 

I don’t know how she does it, being a working mom to 3 little ones (4-year-old twins and a 2-year-old). She must have superwoman powers! Here was the room before the transformation took place:


Not wanting to stick to a themey-theme, she decided to go with a fun camp vibe.  Take a look at this fun little guys’ room now…

I LOVE her creativity.  Check out these cutest little DIY details…

Pottery Barn-inspired oars

So special! Pop-Pop’s Boy Scout badges framed…

Another sweet family treasure.  Great grandpa’s tackle box:


Board Game collage…


A lamp from an old metal jug in the works…

Adorable sticks with styrofoam marshmallows…

Many more pictures with links to her DIY details in the original post 
Amazing!  Thank you so much for sharing your awesome little boy’s room and all of your hard work, Amy. It’s so sweet!
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I‘ve seen some pretty amazing boys’ rooms in the DIY Project Parade this week linked by  my blog friend, Lisa, from Moore Minutes. I love that they’re personalized to her boys’ interests. Head over to get some more fun ideas and talented DIY projects for your little guy’s room…
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PB Inspired Easter

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I shared this tutorial originally over at The DIY Club but love to have it here on my site too.

I fell in love with a Pottery Barn vignette as I often do. This one was for Easter. PB one is pink but I wanted yellow.

Problem:  Silk flowers/branch, pitcher, 2 bunnies = $200 for seasonal decor! 
So pretty much not going to happen on my budget. 
However, out of reach decor inspires DIY projects. 
Materials:
  • Creamy white vase (I had a pitcher. Scour thrift stores/etc.)
  • White ribbon
  • Straight pins
  • Deco Art Paint (Americana Gloss Enamels in white and added a bit of Deco Art Dazzling Metallics bronze and Americana Acrylic in eggshell)
  • White bunnies (I used two ceramic bunnies I already had in my Easter decor)
  • Paper Mache Eggs x 11 (approximately less than $10 with Michael’s coupon)
  • Faux Forsythia ($5 at Michaels).  If it’d every stop snowing, we have real Forsythia but no such luck just yet. 

My Total:  Less than $20 
Tutorial:  Arrange Forsythia or branch in vase.  Decide where eggs should be hung. 
Make a loop of ribbon and knot the end
Insert straight pin through side without knot.
Push pin with the ribbon into top of paper mache egg.
Hang on a branch in your arrangement. 
I used these three paints, mostly white mixing in a touch of the others.
Paint the paper mache eggs.  
I painted them while they were hanging so I didn’t have to paint then dry and turn and paint again. However, my fingers were covered in paint.  🙂
My existing Easter bunny stash dug out of storage…
Ali helped out and gave the bunnies a fresh new look using the same paint I mixed above to paint the eggs.
Let eggs dry about 30 minutes.  Use a pencil to draw the letters to spell 
“HAPPY EASTER” or “spring”.
I made a similar fuzzy/scribbled font as my PB inspiration using a Sharpie, tracing over the penciled letters.
All done…

I’m linking up to
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The Lettered Cottage
Chic on a Shoestring Decorating

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Not an Empty Room

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Meet:  Misty ~ “We live in a 214-year-old house that belonged to my husband’s grandmother. We try our best to retain all of the unique characteristics of our home while updating and making it ours. It’s a lot of work (restoration, rewiring) and a lot of fun!”
Blog:  Not an Empty Room
Not an Empty Room

Visit Misty to see the details of all of their HARD work!  They’re DIY super stars over there!
Awesome DIY Projects:
Outdated bathroom gets a pretty modern farmhouse style makeover! I love the new distressed black vanity and mirrors, pretty window (with a beautiful view) and the awesome barn door!
Complete demo, gut and rebuild…(brave!)
(Makes me wish we’d finally get our dining room track up so I can share. LOVE sliding doors.)  This bathroom barn door adds a farmhouse charm to her old house.
Great idea for kids’ art work too!
There’s more to see!  Pop over to say “Hi” to Misty and check out their great DIY projects! If you’re like me, Misty had you at 214-years-old.  I love the history, the many corner fireplaces, the beautiful floors, dutch door…I could go on and on. 🙂

Thanks Misty (and Charles) for sharing!  Your dedication and hard work is paying off – you’re putting new life into that old home and I love the transformation!  Great job!
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