May

The Wallpaper Fakeout

Hello beautiful people, I hope everyone’s day is going great! Today I tried my hands on something new and I loved it! I’ve been loving the look of wall paper, but didn’t really want to fork out the cash for it, so I was inspired by The little green notebook’s post on using floral or masking take here to kinda create my own wallpaper effect without breaking the bank. Here’s what I used:

and some good ol tactics to keep the little one busy . Here’s what I did:

And the reveal…

I tried to do some measurements for perfect spacing but that was proving to be challenging so I just gauged the measurements with my eyes. It’s not perfect but I love it. Anyone can pull this off, it sooo easy. What do you think?
I forgot to add a before shot of my entry so here:

And after:

Have an awesome day!!!

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DIY/interior design

Interior design/Stenciling/wallpaper

May

Lovin’ This

Hello friends, it’s been a while since a did a fashion post, so here goes. I’m usually not a sneakers girl but this shot sure made me want to get out and buy a pair.

But those shoes are Isabel Marants and cost a lot of money, visit here to see where she got this bargain version.

Have a blessed day!

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fashion/Mood boards

Isabel Marant sneakers

May

Layered Mirrors

I recently came across this look on Little Green Notebook, and loved it so much I googled the look. I’m thinking of this for our hall bath, hmmmm…

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Interior design/layered mirrors

May

Inspiration Station (tufted headboards)

Good morning, hope everyone’s morning is going awesome, mine is. I’m off work and still in bed with the baby writing this blog. . So I have been scouting online for an affordable upholstered headboard,but they are all so pricey. I’m really not willing to spend 500 dollars and over for a headboard I mean come on lol, let’s be realistic. So I began scouting good ol CL and I found one (YAYYY!!!) for 50 bucks.

Isn’t she a beauty? Of course it’s going to have to be upholstered in a more man friendly fabric. If you know of a good upholstery fabric sale, please let me know because those can get expensive too. I was thinking of also doing some tufting and nail head trim. Kinda like this

Wish me luck guys! Have an awesome day

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Interior design/tufted headboards

May

Tufted Upholstery

Loving all the tufting I’m seeing in these inspirational photos

The turquoise ottoman is so pretty isn’t it?

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DIY/interior design

Tufted upholstery

May

Inspiration station

I’ve been serious lately about getting my place set up, so I don’t have to think about it too much. I’ve been browsing through a blog called little green notebook and I’ve been hit a with a ton of inspiration, I love it. Anyway I saw her convert the Ikea maskros lamp into something amazing. This is how the lamp looks originally

This was her final product..

Is it not soo pretty? Visit her here to see how the transformation took place.

Have an awesome day! Iky

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DIY/interior design

chandelier/Ikea hack

May

Inspiration station (arched bookcases)

Hi friends, hope your day is going great as mine is . So I’m still working on enhancing my space. I was browsing through a couple of my favorite interior design blogs and came across this that I think will fit perfectly in my sitting room.

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In the first picture the lady used four Ikea Billy bookcases and added the arches herself. The second found her bookcases on CL, added the arches and painted. I absolutely love them. I already have two of the bookcases so two more to go, yay!
This is the blank wall that will house the ‘built-in’ bookcase, whenever I get around to it .

Have a blessed day, Iky.

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DIY inspiration/Interior design

Apr

Stairs DIY inspiration

So how do I get my stairs from this

To this

Without breaking the bank? Well I just found a way, and may I add it’s a brilliant brilliant way at that. One day while I was surfing the blogosphere, I can across this blog. Where they spoke about using some Ikea rugs for a runner, why didn’t I think of that, here’s their final product but click on the link to see how the project went. And yea I’m going to try my hands on it .

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DIY/interior design/Mood boards

DIY/Home decor/Interior design

Apr

From this to that

Happy Easter season to all, I hope we were all able to reflect on the real reason for Easter and just not stuff ourselves with Easter eggs . Although I was really tired from working, I went to church and had a very good time. While at work the night before I was thinking of what to wear to church and came up with an idea. I had this Asos romper I bought after I had my baby a year ago, but it was soo big on me now I haven’t worn it but once, so I decided to change it into a dress. The high low seams are big this season so I decided to incorporate that into the style (you can’t really see this in the picture). This year my resolution is to recycle rather than buy ( yes that’s my attempt at becoming more green and less wasteful). So here goes…