Projects for Home

I've been working on making my plain-jane, white-walled, boring, no-character apartment look & feel more like home. Problem is, the lanlord here won't let me paint, which is understandable but how boring is that?! White walls?  No thanks. So, I have decided to improvise. I made my own wall art & home decor starting with Lennons room.

Another Pinterest inspired project:

I got a great deal on cavas at JoAnns a while ago, so I decided I would put it to good use!

Since I am overly obsessed with my daughters name I am putting it everywhere, and against my boyfriends wishes I continue to paint her name on everything I can! Oh, well. :)

So, I began with painting the canvas all black and then as it was drying I went over it with a dry foam brush to make it look a little worn, and more vintage.

Have you ever wrote on a canvas with pencil to paint over it, and then the pencil never comes off?

I have, many times! That is, until I realized I had chalk and it did the same thing, only better! It comes right off!! Genius, right?

The paint I had from Hobby Lobby that was only .99 was definitely not worth it! I should have spent the extra .50 to get better quality paint. Don't try to go cheap, you'll definitely regret it! I had to go over everything about 4 to 5 times to get a good coat.

It isn't quite done yet, but all there is left to do it put a black and white picture of Lennon in the middle, and then apply a coat of Mod Podge on top. Which, by the way I found a good recipe for on Pinterest too! I never knew that it was just glue and water? Hmm!

A big letter above her crib. Only 10$ for the letter, and only took a couple of hours to paint!

A big cavas that I bought and covered in fabric to make a photo board.

I haven't yet decided what I am going to do with these... I am currently pinteresting some ideas!!

I save my old wine bottles, you never know what fancy thing pinterest will have next! I bought a can of spray paint (with primer in it) and sprayed away! I got a little carried away so I thought I would spray paint my knife holder-thingy too! Matches my kitchen now :)

Thanks, Pinterest!!