Blue Mantle

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So I have recently made a few changes to my living room.  

Since I have been married the color scheme has basically been my wedding colors, a burnt orange, brown, and tanish color! I have loved it, and I have been able to use a lot of my wedding props for decor, which is awesome by the way, and a great tip to keep in mind if you are planning a wedding ;-) 

Anyways though, recently I started thinking about how I would love to make some color scheme changes, but to do that to the whole living room is A LOT of $$$. So I decided to add in a color, and I chose royal blue.  Which has never been my favorite color in life, but recently I have really started to like it.  

I made some minor decoration changes with the color blue, and some other more major changes to my living room.  

In this post I am going to start out by sharing the smallest changes that I have made, and in the coming days I will reveal more to you all! I am loving the blue color addition with my orange and brown, but still there is more that I have in mind to do, I just need the time to finish up. 

Anyways, so the first change was in creating a Blue Mantle! 

It is by no means covered in blue, but considering this has never been a color I have used in my home, it was fun to add some splashes of color around! 

I am especially excited about this fun Polaroid Project that I put together.  First, as you notice I have several old cameras on my mantle...which is something that I love! 

I recently snagged a $1 old Polaroid camera from a garage sale and was so excited.  Although the film inside did not work, there were some strips still inside of it, so I used them to make my own Polaroid photos.  Basically I printed out small pics of us with our best friends in Destin from this summer, and modge-podged them onto the Polaroid strips.  I didn't mind the way it turned out! Then I got a tile from a stack in our garage and used some fabric (which you will see more of in our living room) and threw this together.  It's different, but I really like it! 

Another thing I have snagged some of this summer are these Reader's Digest condensed books.  Which if you don't have any, start keeping an eye out, they are so cute! Each one of the different colored books has an awesome pattern on the front of it.  I would say that I paid $5 for all of those books! I displayed the one with the coral and blue on it, to add some more blue to the mantle.  

And then of course my signature "cheap" piece of my mantle decor.....a wine bottle there at the end! 

I ALWAYS use wine bottles on my mantles! WHY? Because I keep them, aka Reduce, Reuse, & Recycle, which really makes them a free decoration piece, and you can do so much with them! Paint them, wrap them, cover them, fill them.....the possibilities are endless and fun! 

On the other side I have a few more cameras, books, and another wine bottle (see this one is painted white and then I wrapped it with blue tulle).  And behind all that is my Scentsy. 

I really do love the way it turned out! 

Just remember...changing your color scheme up doesn't have to cost a ton of money! You can do it by just the little things....before you go changing everything, see what you can add in to what you already have! I am loving my orange and blue right now! And it was very simple to do! 

-Little Sis 

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Upcycled Junk Yard Door

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I am so excited to share this project with you today because the idea had been in my mind for so long.  Remember when I shared the Old Fence turned Rustic Wooden Box up-cycle that my husband made from wood he used from an old fence.  Well this wonderful old door fell into our hands at the same time! And my sweet husband being so thoughtful brought it home to me because he knew I would be interested in making something out of it! 

I absolutely love how our door project turned out! It makes for some wonderful back yard art work.  And it goes great with our yellow and gray colors on our patio! 

Here is how the door started out! It was a lot of work to sand down because it was so thickly coated with a clear coat.  It was a neat door to begin with, the way it had the barn door shaped top.  And my husband just took the door knob out and cut off the rough edge.  

After getting the door all ready and cleaned up, we painted it all white.  We wanted it to be white underneath the painted part, plus we really needed a base coat for what we were painting. 

I then used tape to tape off the sun that I wanted painted.  I just did it to my own desire, so it wasn't perfect, but I think that is what brings character.  

Then I used 3 different colors, a light yellow, a bright orange, and a burnt orange to color the stripes. 

After it was all painted we took the tape off and the stripes looked awesome with the white coming out from behind them.  It naturally peeled some which I loved the effect it gave.  

Then to draw the letters to make "Shine," I decided to try and make my own stencil.  I don't have a fancy machine that does it, and I didn't want to buy stencils.  So I printed the word out in the font I wanted, and cut it out with an exacto knife.  Then after taping and painting in the holes, I pulled the paper up and found that it worked HORRIBLY! don't try that ever.  So I ended up free-handing all the mess ups.  This photo looks pretty good, but in person you can see the mess ups.  That's okay though. 

Anyways, I feel great about the door! I am so pleased with it, and love looking into my back yard to see the vibrant colors lighting up the patio! 

Oh, and I chose to write the word SHINE because to me it is such an inspiring word.  Like meaning SHINE, be yourself, be who you were made to be, do the impossible! It is so inspirational, plus SHINE goes great with a sun! :-) 

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