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sneak peek: best of green
Image above: Green Ferm Living wallpaper from Sneak Peek: Betsy Maddox
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 before & after: striped bedroom + airy living room
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Cost: $650 Basic Steps: Siv painted the room white to brighten up the space and added the striped accent wall. They positioned the bed at an angle and used the curtains behind the bed as an alternative to a headboard. They also added a stainless-steel clothing rack behind the curtains, which provides additional storage space and a changing area for Siv’s cousin. If you like this look, here are a few useful tutorials:
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before & after: salvaged kitchen + boutique spa/salon
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Time: 8 weeks
Cost: $22k Basic Steps: They removed all the flooring and counter tops themselves but hired experts for the more involved electrical and plumbing work. They relocated the door; built a new dividing wall and ran water, gas and electricity to the new kitchen; and added electricity to the island and pantry. The brick wall was installed using thin brick veneers, and the floors were all leveled, as well. Adrianne originally wanted to keep the existing cabinetry, but in the end, they had to replace them all to complete the look. They installed hardwood throughout the space and the appliances in the kitchen; added new counter tops, trim and wainscoting; and painted several times in order to find the perfect color. Phew! The results look well worth the effort, though. If you like Adrianne’s salvaged-kitchen look, here are some tutorials you may find useful: CLICK HERE to see the PALOMA Salon transformation after the jump!
before & after: simple bench redo + painted decanter
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Here’s a quick breakdown of how Erin transformed this little bench: Time: 4 hours Cost: $35 plus the cost of fabric Basic Steps: Erin unscrewed the cushion from the base, stripped the old fabric and removed all the old staples from the piece, which took about an hour. She then sewed the new upholstery for it and reupholstered the cushion while her husband sawed the legs down a little so that they could fit the bench under the console table. They left the wood as is and added felt feet to protect the floors. Voila! If you have a bench makeover in mind, here are some tutorials you may find useful:
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before & after: katie’s bright and modern nursery
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Time: About 3 months Cost: $600 Basic Steps: They started by painting the walls a light gray and had the carpet steam cleaned. Katie created a custom closet design fit specifically for a baby’s needs by cutting down the existing shelves and rearranging them. She sourced the vintage globes at a thrift store and the map wall decal from Etsy, and her mother-in-law made the custom crib skirt, crib sheets and blanket. The rocking chair was a garage-sale find that Katie painted and reupholstered to fit the room. They saved money by cleverly painting the alphabet letters during one of Katie’s baby showers and creating the artwork and bulletin board themselves. The crib was purchased at Babies ‘R’ Us, and the dresser, bookshelf with orange bins, blackout shade, curtains and rug were all IKEA finds. If you like what you see, here are some great tutorials to help you get the look:
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*Does anyone else wish they’d picked a cooler blog name back in the day? I think D*S is pretty fitting for me now, but I do spent an inordinate amount of my day saying the word “sponge”, so sometimes I wish I’d chosen something cooler. Although admittedly I’m not very cool, so I think D*S is probably appropriately dorky.
how to credit? just check the poster…
It’s hard to describe how excited I was to see some of my blogging colleagues become as passionate about blogging ethics and etiquette as I was. For the last year or so I’ve been quietly talking to blogging friends to see if they were as itchy as I was to create some sort of conversation about what we will and won’t stand for in terms of the way we behave and the way other people behave toward us. It was the reason I created the Blogging Etiquette panel at Alt this year and the reason I decided to write the longest three Biz Ladies posts of my life two months ago. One of the major issues I covered was crediting (when, how and why you should do it) and I was thrilled to see that Pia and Erin took that idea one step further and created this playful (but helpful and practical) poster with artist Yvette Boven that will help anyone interested in crediting issues get some clarification. I’m a firm believer that rising tides raise all ships, and I’m so happy to see more people taking their blogs seriously. I really believe it will help everyone in our community and aid in the cause of mainstream media taking us a bit more seriously. Congrats to these ladies on their hard work and this great poster. xo, grace UPDATE: the poster above has been changed to reflect the typo/legal notes brought up in conversations online today.
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