Home wood sign with succulents

 

I started this project by putting together the wood sign, painting it white and then distressing with sandpaper. 

The HOME letters are cardboard letters from Hobby Lobby. I used an utility knife to cut the top off of the O and hot glued faux succulents from Michael's inside. I painted the letters with black craft paint.

 I figured out where I wanted the wording and then painted it on. Then I attached the HOME letters.

Lastly I cut, stained and attached the frame.

It looks great in my entry/craft room area for now, but I love rearranging so we'll see where it ends up.

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Stenciled floor

Our half bathroom in our basement had the ugliest floors. Stained vinyl the previous owners had installed. I needed an inexpensive fix and replacing them wasn't an option. 

I'm addicted to Instagram and saw several people that had chalk painted their vinyl or linoleum flooring and it looked fantastic. I figured it couldn't get any worse so I gave it a try and holy smokes the difference is amazing!  

Here is what the old floor looked like. 

Step one was cleaning and then priming the floors. I used some leftover primer from another project and rolled it on with a paint roller.

I let the primer dry for several hours and then painted on the base coat color. I used 
Rust-oleum Chalked paint in charcoal. I found mine at Menards (link)

I used a small roller to roll on the paint and angled brush to get in the corners.

I let the base color dry overnight.

The next morning I started on the stenciling. This part took me all morning and afternoon to complete. I used painters tape on the edge of the stencil and lightly rolled on the Chalked Linen White paint with a small roller. 

My advice is take your time, don't rush, and wear some knee pads.

There were spots where the paint bled through the stencil. After everything dried I used a tiny paintbrush to do touch-ups. 

The third day I used a matte finish polyurethane and did three coats on the floor, letting it dry completely in between coats. This one is my favorite (link)

I love the floors and since I have leftover paint I'm thinking about stenciling the floors in my laundry room as well. I'll keep you posted. 

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Craft room tour & source list

I'm excited to be back and blogging again, this is my first blog post in almost a year. I've spent the past year working on my Etsy shop, and of course doing home interior projects.

 I am looking forward to blogging more often and sharing what I've been up to. A big change that I recently made was renaming this blog (previously home happy home) to match my Etsy shop. It just made sense to have everything more cohesive. I'm also attempting to upgrade the look of my blog which is challenging for me since I'm not tech savvy.

I figured I would start off with a little tour of my craft room and a source list to help anyone who is in the process of shopping, decorating, etc.

This side of my craft room is where I have my computer desk and do all my shipping, bills, paperwork, etc. 

My desk is the Linnmon model with Alex drawers from Ikea (link)

The chairs are Ingolf models from Ikea (link)

Shelves are also from Ikea. Brackets are inexpensive plastic Ekby Stodis that I spray painted gold (link) White shelves are Ekby Osten (link)

Bulletin board is from Hobby Lobby

Artwork and photo boxes also from Hobby Lobby

Office and Create sign were DIY

This little corner is functional and pretty to look at. It holds items that I don't use as often and some fun pieces.

The shelf is the Ikea Hyllis, it is a steal at $14.99. I spray painted mine gold and added the wood shelves which I painted white. (link)

Photo boxes, large storage boxes, and gumball machine are all from Hobby Lobby

Curtains are Threshold from Target (no longer available)

This is what I consider my crafting corner. I paint, scrapbook, make banners, anything crafty happens over here. I also store my many filled scrapbook albums over here (yes they are all filled). 

My craft cart is the Raskog utility cart from Ikea (link) I could no longer find it in this color, but I've seen similar ones at Michael's (link)

I purchased my desk and cubby system at Ikea years ago. The exact model is no longer available, but it is similar to the Kallax workstation (link)

The large cubby system is similar to the Kallax shelf unit (link)

Wall shelf and storage jars were from Michael's years ago. I found this similar one on Amazon (link)

White storage boxes from Ikea fit perfectly (link)

 I hope you enjoyed my craft room tour. Let me know if you would like a more detailed look at how I organize my space or a video tour.

Thanks for stopping by!

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