Hutch update

Hey guys, so remember i bought this hutch a while back, seems like forever ago! Here is another update on the progress I have added pulls out of a spool of rope i got at Hobby Lobby for $1. That's right i made 6 knobs with $1 worth of rope! 

This is the rope i used, $1.99 with half off.

I moved the knobs i had on the bottom up to the top 

and replaced them with these wine corks for, that i had laying around.

I used three different knobs for the top, they are from Hobby Lobby. 

 Here is what i still have to do to finish it.

1. I need wood for the bottom shelf.

2. I also need thin plywood sheets for the back of the hutch and the bottom shelf, I'm thinking about doing the lace on the back of the hutch too.... (3.) and i need to fix the top drawer somehow. There is no actual drawer it's just the front of the drawer, we tried putting hinges on it but you could see them on the outside and they were ugly.... so i'll keep you updated on what we do with that.  And (4.) the middle door does not have glass so i'm thinking about putting chicken wire in it instead. 

Here is the before and after so far...

It doesn't look much different but i sanded and stained the whole thing and did the lace on the drawers, remember my inspiration pic...

I love hearing your suggestions so if you have any ideas let me know!

Shelvuary

yes i just made up a word, Shelvuary, meaning this post is mostly about shelves and it is February. don't hate, i'm running out of blog titles, already! No on to the shelves, I changed up my living room a bit, can you tell what i did...

The shelf above the door used to look like this,

But i started using the jars in other places around the house and after a while there were only four left and it started to look a little lonely up there so i added a few things i found around the house.

I also hung the mirror i found last weekend.

Joon it's still yours i'm just putting it to use until i pass it on to you :)

In other news my sweet husband made me some shelves for my closet in the craft room. And he did it for FREE!!

He looks mad there but he's not he's just trying to make a weird face...typical

anyway back to the shelves.  I have been wanting shelves in the closet to store my craft stuff and since i bought the hutch i needed the extra storage because it holds a lot less stuff than my bookshelves did. So we went to home depot to get wood and when we priced it out it was going to cost us $70 for the wood. Are. You. Kidding. Me. Y'all know how cheap i am and that, that is just too much to spend on shelves. So my husband being the amazingly, smart, cheap, frugal, and handy man that he is, went over to the empty lot by our house and picked up some free wood for us to use for the shelves. They were a little wet so we let them dry for a few days and... Wa La!

Perfect new shelves for FREE and the natural wood is gorgeous and matches our trim perfectly. So here she is all loaded up with my goodies!

It holds EVERYTHING! but i kept a few things out to store in the hutch. Which by the way is coming along nicely.

I know it doesn't LOOK like it's moving along, but i got the whole thing cleaned and sanded. 

And i found my inspiration for it....this dresser is from Kara Paslay Designs. 

So all i have left to do is stain the piece and do the lace on the drawers and shelves.

I can't wait, and of course i'll keep you posted :)

This hutch is clutch

Here is the hutch i found at the thrift store today. The guy was asking $30 for it and i asked if he could take any less and he said can take $25. So me being as cheap as i am asked if he would take $20. He didn't. But $25 is still a steal! 

I am starting to collect all different knobs for it.

I think i am going to stain it but i may paint it white. What do you think?

Craft Room Evolution

Since we moved into our cabin i have been working on my craft room. Here is a little evolution of the room.

This is what it looked like when we moved in. i only got one picture, dumb.

Then i painted the walls purple. again. dumb..

This was the other side of the room.

I had this metal shelf to hold all my junk :)

Then i got this guy.

and i replaced the metal shelf with these bookshelves.

I tried putting the table in the middle of the window.

Then we got new couches so i put one of our old couches in my craft room...didn't work. too big.

Then i put the table next to the door.  Are you bored yet?

Then i got the desk

and painted it green

And finally painted the walls flagstone by Martha Stewart.

AND NOW...

I am finally SO SO happy with it!

I have been collecting things to go on the wall above my desk for a while now. (I'll do a more detailed post on that later)

Here are some more pictures of  this side of the room.

Now i've just gotta tackle this...

i've got big plans :) wish me luck!

Cow head

I know you were wondering what in the world i was gonna do with that weird cow head... well i haven't hung anything up yet but i'm getting things together to hang above my desk. I just have to wait until i figure out a paint color... I spray painted some things last night.  Here is what i am putting above my desk, i may add or take away some but wanted to show you the gist of it. The spray paint i used was Cherry Red and Caramel Latte by Krylon.

 I still need to paint the inside of the frames with Blackboard paint, they are from the thrift store for a $1. I wasn't sure what to do with them in this post.  
I think i'm gonna mount the cow head on a piece of wood (that i'll probably paint red) Here are some pics.

Those crates will have to be a whole other post. I made them from scratch a few months ago and they have been about 4 different colors since i made them. The red picture frame on top i got at goodwill last week for $1.50. 

That flower picture on the bottom looked like this yesterday...

Here is a picture of the desk area that i am putting all that stuff above. 

I'm off to find an off white color for the walls. Wish me luck!