knock off decor, copycat decor
As I recently shared on Infarrantly Creative, I am changing things up in my family room after about ten years of the same color scheme. My first big undertaking was painting striped curtains. Considering color, pattern, price, and length, I always have trouble finding just the right curtains, so painting my own was the perfect option. I absolutely love how they came out and cannot believe the difference they make!
I am really loving the look of patchy, pieced-together pillows. Mary from At Home on the Bay shares a great tutorial to create your own pillows that feature blocks of stripes finished with embroidery detail. As always, it is the hand stitching that is my favorite part. Mary suggests checking out kitchen towels for this [...Read More]
Tomiannie from Just What I {Squeeze} In went to some yard sales in search of a dresser for her daughter’s big girl room. Although things went a little differently than planned, the end result is this absolutely fabulous striped dresser. Tomiannie says, “I found The World’s Ugliest Dresser at a yard sale and took it [...Read More]
Carrie from 221 Vision was ecstatic when she finally found the perfect black and white stripe fabric for her new entryway bench. She built the frame using MDF and pine legs before adding a bunch of cushioning and the fabric. This was Carrie’s first “made from scratch project,” as she claims to find power tools [...Read More]
Laura from The Burke Lodge decided to try her hand at rug painting after seeing tutorials featured on other blogs. She used 7 different paint sample colors to create this bright, stripy rug and add a splash of color to her kitchen. I like the watercolor effect she achieved by blending the colors together. Laura’s [...Read More]
After yearning for a zebra print rug for her living room, Charlotte from Living Well on the Cheap decide to save some coin and hand paint her own design on a 9’ x 12’ canvas dropcloth. She coated the surface with shellac for durability and then freehanded her zebra stripes. The end result is a [...Read More]
