Showoff Sunday's #5

I'm really working hard spreading the word about our showoff party.  I would highly appreciate it if you could help us spread the word.  A quick tweet or facebook post would be great.  I'd love to see lots to lots of projects to help inspire all of us.

Here's a cute buffet from last weeks Showoff party @ making it homeyNow Lets Party!

 

Welcome to Show off Sundays. This is where you can post Home Decor projects you've been working on this week. You are welcome to post Etsy listing as long as the photos are from a blog post and not just an Etsy URL. I know the things you sell on Etsy or other sites still take creativity and work so I don't mind if you post them. Anything furniture or decorating related is welcome. If you already know the link party drill, feel free to scroll on down and link away! If you’ve never linked up to a link party before, here’s how it works…

1. Scroll down this page until you see the “add your link” button. Click it, and create a super-descriptive name for your link. Something like, “DIY Floral Rug”, or “Hot Pink Dresser”. That’ll make it easier for folks to browse through all the links.

2. Make sure you link directly to the  Project post you’d like to share- not to the main page of your blog

 3. Please grab this button and stick it at the end of your project post on your blog and/or in your links/ parties section. Just copy and paste the code in the box below into the html part of your post, and voila!

4. Last but not least, we love new followers.  To keep up with what we have going on in the ideas world please subscribe to our blog.

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xo,

mONICa

Showoff Sunday's #4

I can't believe it's Sunday already.  I spent all day yesterday painting my sons room and my old studio to get it ready to sell.  All I can say is that Behr primer plus paint is amazing.   I was able to get dark gray painted to a light taupe in two coats and lime green painted to taupe in one.  I will share pics later this week.

Thank you all who participated in Showoff Sundays last week.  Here are some fun projects:

Like this bench from fro-frugal

and this cute nightstand from I'm Busy Procrastinatingand this cute little bench from Art is Beauty.

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Now lets party!

Welcome to Show off Sundays. This is where you can post Home Decor projects you've been working on this week. You are welcome to post Etsy listing as long as the photos are from a blog post and not just an Etsy URL. I know the things you sell on Etsy or other sites still take creativity and work so I don't mind if you post them. Anything furniture or decorating related is welcome. If you already know the link party drill, feel free to scroll on down and link away! If you’ve never linked up to a link party before, here’s how it works…

1. Scroll down this page until you see the “add your link” button. Click it, and create a super-descriptive name for your link. Something like, “DIY Floral Rug”, or “Hot Pink Dresser”. That’ll make it easier for folks to browse through all the links.

2. Make sure you link directly to the  Project post you’d like to share- not to the main page of your blog

 3. Please grab this button and stick it at the end of your project post on your blog and/or in your links/ parties section. Just copy and paste the code in the box below into the html part of your post, and voila!

4. Last but not least, we love new followers.  To keep up with what we have going on in the ideas world please subscribe to our blog.

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xo,

mONICa

DIY Floor Cloths

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I came across this DIY floor cloth the other day.  What an amazing idea.  A great way to give a room a pop of color.  Seems simple enough and frugal is my favorite word.

All you need is some floor finish poly

and a tablecloth

Check out how cool it looks in the room

Gotta thank Laura at Design Share for posting about this project.

xo,

mONICa

Showoff Sundays #2

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Show off Sundays. This is where you can post Home Decor projects you've been working on this week. You are welcome to post Etsy listing as long as the photos are from a blog post and not just an Etsy URL. I know the things you sell on Etsy or other sites still take creativity and work so I don't mind if you post them. Anything furniture or decorating related is welcome.

If you already know the link party drill, feel free to scroll on down and link away!

If you’ve never linked up to a link party before, here’s how it works…

1. Scroll down this page until you see the “add your link” button. Click it, and create a super-descriptive name for your link. Something like, “DIY Floral Rug”, or “Hot Pink Dresser”. That’ll make it easier for folks to browse through all the links.

2. Make sure you link directly to the  Project post you’d like to share- not to the main page of your blog.

3. Please grab this button and stick it at the end of your project post on your blog. Just copy and paste the code in the box below into the html part of your post, and voila!

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4. Last but not least, we love new followers.  To keep up with what we have going on in the ideas world please subscribe to our blog.

xo,

mONICa

Storage Bench- Before and After

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend.  Thought I'd share this nifty little storage bench I picked up at an estate sale.  I looked and it and it reminded me of something my grandpa would've made.  It was calling my name and I had to take it home. This is what it looked like when I got it.

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First I patched up some of the small holes with wood filler.  Than I removed the top and the vinyl seat fabric.  Underneath was smelly original foam padding so I tore that out as well.  Next I primed it.

Then I painted it and started working on the top.  I didn't want to use $22.00 foam padding so I used  $6.00 carpet padding instead.  You can see how I did that here.  I used upholstery/ drapery fabric to cover the top.

And here is the final product.

I love it.  I'm almost inspired to use it as a pattern and make a banquette with similar construction.  I think that would be awesome.

xo,

mONICa

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Show Off Sundays- Link Party

Show off Sundays. This is where you can post Home Decor projects you've been working on this week. You are welcome to post Etsy listing as long as the photos are from a blog post and not just an Etsy URL. I know the things you sell on Etsy or other sites still take creativity and work so I don't mind if you post them. Anything furniture or decorating related is welcome.

If you already know the link party drill, feel free to scroll on down and link away!

If you’ve never linked up to a link party before, here’s how it works…

1. Scroll down this page until you see the “add your link” button. Click it, and create a super-descriptive name for your link. Something like, “DIY Floral Rug”, or “Hot Pink Dresser”. That’ll make it easier for folks to browse through all the links.

2. Make sure you link directly to the  Project post you’d like to share- not to the main page of your blog.

3. Please grab this button and stick it at the end of your project post on your blog. Just copy and paste the code in the box below into the html part of your post, and voila!

<div align="center"><a href="http://www.decoratinginsanity.com" title="Decorating Insanity"><img src="http://decorinsanity.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/di-showoff-sundays.jpg?w=150" alt="Decorating Insanity" style="border:none;" /></a></div>

4. Last but not least, we love new followers.  To keep up with what we have going on in the ideas world please subscribe to our blog.

xo,

mONICa

Blue Side Table

We are back.  All technical difficulties have been resolved.

Here's a cute little table that we put in our shop this week and a little DIY instruction to go with it.  We've named it the Caribbean Blue Side Table.

First, I sanded and used a flexible sand sponge for the rounded parts of the table.

Then I removed dust with a little paint thinner and a rag, primed and allowed to cure.

I love sanding blocks

Then I painted. A couple of coats of spray paint did the trick.  A couple of coats of polyurethane sealed the deal.

 For the drawer I decided to use a  fabric liner:

First I made paper template for all sides...numbering front sides.

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Then I cut out  the fabric.

I spread on regular matte mod podge..one side at a time

I layed my fabric down and smoothed out any bubbles...one side at a time.

After a couple of hours I laid on a top coat of mod podge, let it dry and laid on to more coats.

Last but not least I laid on a couple of layers of polyurethane, this will keep the modge podge from ever feeling tacky, even in hot weather.

xo,

eLAINe

No Sew Ottoman

So Diane at In My Own Style, has a great tutorial for an amazing no sew Ottoman.  Yup, that's right NO SEW!!  I am all about that.  Even though I just purchased a sewing machine, I am only about sewing in a straight line, anything beyond that it above my expertise.  Wouldn't you love an ottoman that looks like this?

Decor Hacks

So if you've got some pretty basic carpentry skills, this project may be for you.  Just gorgeous.

How to make a no sew ottoman- part 1

How to make a no sew ottoman- part 2

If you have tried this project or are planning to try it, please feel free to post your pics in the comment section.  I'd love to see them.

xo,

mONICa