I decided to paint the dining/school room. Because the kids spend so much time in there (and paint cleans up off tile really well) I let them help.
Look how happy he is to help!
That night after we had started painting I saw the coolest thing on a blog. Don't ask me which one, because I don't remember. But she had found bead board wall paper and had fallen in love with it and so I HAD to try it. I thought the school room would be a perfect place to try. And after using it I have to say I am in LOVE!! It is so easy to use and if you can't afford the real stuff or have the tools or patience for the real thing then this is for you. This is my first time hanging wallpaper and it went really well. It's not perfect, but I think it looks awesome and I will definitely use it elsewhere. The wheels in my head are already turning. As for cost, I got two rolls at Lowes and they were 14.99 a roll. So $30 to do a whole room. A huge cost difference from the real deal.
This is the finished product. Again I am totally in love! And the kids love it too. Honey said, "Mom, I think I am going to have a hard time doing my school work because I am just going to be looking at the walls and thinking how beautiful they are."
Oh, and this is the table and benches I built. I love how it all turned out. It has knicks and scratches and is totally rustic.
And it's HUGE!!! Which is what I wanted. There is plenty of room for us to spread out so kids won't say, "she's touching me!" I also love that there is room to have other people over for dinner. I just need to find two end chairs and NO I am not going to build them.
And it's HUGE!!! Which is what I wanted. There is plenty of room for us to spread out so kids won't say, "she's touching me!" I also love that there is room to have other people over for dinner. I just need to find two end chairs and NO I am not going to build them.
I really need to build two tall white shelves to go on either side of the window for more school storage. Hopefully I can get those done soon. I just finished these for the family room so I don't know if I am ready to build two more just yet.
But hopefully soon . . . maybe I can talk my husband into doing it for me . . . maybe not! :)
8 comments:
The table turned out amazing, Heather! I can't believe how beautiful it is...and YOU built it! Totally inspired, you already have my husband and I thinking, thinking, thinking what we could be building ourselves. I LOVE the bead board wallpaper, as well...and the color you chose to paint.
LOVE what you've done! If we could afford to add new furniture of any kind, I would totally run out and build something! You're inspiring! :) Love that beadboard too....someday, somday we will have our own house!
Wholy Moly!! I am in awe. Nice work on building all of those amazing pieces. Ben is building us a HUGE farmhouse table and I can't wait. It seems like you pump these things out in a day! How do you do it? Where's all this time coming from... to say the least I am jealous of your fabulous talent!!
heath! that table is AMAZING! next time we are in town i def want to talk about your mad skills and assess my skill situation.... not sure if can do it but i would like to. you rock my socks!
that beadboard is AMAZING!! we wanted to finish livi's room with real beadboard, but the wallpaper looks just as good! Also, we will be making a headboard VERY soon...thank you knockoffwood!
Wow, the table and your dining room are stunning. I can't believe how much you are accomplishing. I am so jealous of your energy and talent.
Your table and benches and bookcases turned out beautiful!! And that beadboard wallpaper is amazing! Thanks again for inspiring me!
Wow. That is awesome Heather! I love the table...was it hard to do? I have been checking out that website and if I could i would make everything. That bead board wallpaper is awesome! We just bought some bead board from Home Depot...it was kind of expensive, but we are trying to cover up our ugly walls so we had to get the actual stuff. I want to do that wallpaper though sometime. It looks really nice!
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