tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37242279854362928202024-03-03T19:25:45.512-05:00The Great IndoorsMrs. Great Indoorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11067541195408476086noreply@blogger.comBlogger125125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724227985436292820.post-39399280105923358582013-06-23T14:15:00.000-04:002013-06-23T14:15:28.469-04:00Garden UpdateSince I <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2013/05/garden-40.html" target="_blank">last blogged about the garden</a>, it has grown a ton thanks to all the rain we've had in the last month.<br />
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A few weeks ago, we spread a truck load of mulch around the yard, including the garden. I'll always believe in the power of mulch to make gardens look nicer. Here's a shot with and without mulch.<br />
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Doesn't it make the bed look more defined? You can also tell what green <i>should</i> be in the bed, rather than what shouldn't -- namely all those weeds that the mulch smothers out! Since I took these pictures, I've pulled out the radish and broccoli (we got several radishes, but no broccoli... it was too hot).<br />
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Mr. Great Indoors built a squash climbing frame, and our volunteer squash (maybe a pumpkin?) is already trying to climb over the other side. I just planted cucumbers on the other side, and hopefully they'll be climbing just as fast as the squash.<br />
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As last year, though, I think we're dealing with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squash_vine_borer" target="_blank">squash vine borers</a>. I haven't used any pesticides in our previous gardens, but after some research I think I'll use <a href="http://npic.orst.edu/factsheets/neemgen.html" target="_blank">neem oil</a>. It's a naturally-occurring pesticide that fights yuckies like vine borers without killing off good things like honey bees or our puppy.<br />
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We're now up to 12 tomato plants, all caged. That's after pulling up a ton of seedlings and giving away several plants. We hope to have plenty of tomatoes to eat and freeze by the end of the summer.<br />
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We're finally welcoming beautiful flowers to the yard -- from left to right, zinnia, salvia, marigolds (volunteer!), and more zinnia.<br />
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And, of course, our hydrangea bush! We had two blooms, both of which have almost petered out. I'm hoping to see more before the end of the summer.<br />
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<b>How is your garden growing this summer?</b>Mrs. Great Indoorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11067541195408476086noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724227985436292820.post-43917275949022729762013-06-05T21:37:00.002-04:002013-06-05T21:53:36.825-04:00Hopes for SummerLast summer we were up to our elbows in bathroom renovations, <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/04/guest-bathroom-more-than-we-bargained.html" target="_blank">not completely by choice</a>. This year (knock on wood) we'd like to <i>plan </i>a few projects. Here's a rundown of our summer goals.<br />
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<b>Fix up the mailbox and get patriotic</b><br />
Since we moved in, Mr. GI has been lobbying for a new mailbox post. It's not an expensive project, but (perhaps because this is the great <i>indoors</i>), I easily forget it. So that's on the docket for this summer. Also, we really need to have a full-sized flag for the front of the house. We have a small flag right now (thanks Becky!), but it certainly doesn't represent the veteran who lives under our roof, Mr. GI.<br />
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<b>Pergola shades</b><br />
Since Mr. GI built our pergola a few years ago, we have really enjoyed it, especially in the evenings. However, I'd love to enjoy it more during the day, and to do that requires some shade the pergola itself doesn't provide. I've been inspired by the pergola curtains and shades I've seen around the web (like <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/257549672413004883/" target="_blank">1</a>, <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/257549672412559275/" target="_blank">2</a>, <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/257549672409825447/" target="_blank">3</a>, and <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/257549672412804721/" target="_blank">4</a>), so I'll be looking for a way to make that happen. <i>Follow <a href="http://pinterest.com/erine85/green/" target="_blank">my outdoor Pinterest board</a> to see my ideas about our garden and pergola.</i><br />
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<b>Garden 4.0 and Landscape the front yard</b><br />
We've already got a <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2013/05/garden-40.html" target="_blank">great start on our summer garden</a>. Our squash last year didn't do so well, but now (thanks to my sister's help) I know more about the nasty squash bugs that were giving us grief last year. We also successfully rooted hydrangeas (I'll have to post pictures of our two hydrangea blooms!) and have lots of other flowering plants around the yard. But we still have lots of work to do. <i>Read more about <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/p/our-garden.html" target="_blank">our garden</a> so far.</i><br />
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<b>Repaint our kitchen cabinets</b><br />
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This is the biggest project on deck for the summer. At our housewarming party four summers ago, our kitchen was a cave of dark wood. Although the cabinets were (mostly) functional, the dark cabinets felt so overbearing.<br />
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So the weekend before Christmas 2009, I convinced Mr. GI to repaint the cabinets. I have since realized <strike>I was a crazy person</strike> I have the best husband in the world -- he agreed to my half-brained idea, and it made the kitchen look <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2011/05/around-house-kitchen.html" target="_blank">ten times better and brighter</a>. (Sorry this picture is from a different angle than the before.... rookie blogger.)<br />
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However, we weren't experienced painters or DIYers at that point, so the coverage isn't that great, and there are a few things looking back that we would have done differently that first round. So I've been gleaning magazines, Pinterest, blogs, etc. for inspiration the last few years. The white seemed a little too... white. Especially with our white appliances, it was a bit much (<a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2011/05/kitchen-itchin.html" target="_blank">I wrote about this two years ago</a>). This time around, I've decided on an olive-gray for the bottom cabinets. I'll stick with white on top to balance things out. I think it will tie in the floor and counter better, which have specks of olive green in them.<br />
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Clockwise from left: <a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/no-gloom-here-g-146296" target="_blank">Apartment Therapy</a> / <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/257549672409741063/" target="_blank">pin</a> // <a href="http://paloma81.blogspot.com/2011/05/while-were-on-subject-of-kitchens.html" target="_blank">La Dolce Vita</a>* / <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/257549672409751040/" target="_blank">pin</a> // <a href="http://theletteredcottage.net/kitchen/" target="_blank">The Lettered Cottage</a> / <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/257549672409833133/" target="_blank">pin</a></div>
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<i>*I'm looking for the original source of this photo, but having a tough time. Any help?</i></div>
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<b>What are your summer plans? </b> Mr. GI and I are both taking summer classes, so we won't be vacationing much. Instead I plan to live vicariously through my friends and family who are adventuring all across Europe, Africa, Aruba, and the Bahamas. I'm still working on fitting myself in a suitcase....</div>
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Here's a picture of our garden from afar.<br />
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In early April, I tilled the garden (all by myself! I'm a boss) and planted radishes, broccoli, and two types of lettuce. The rosemary and oregano were stays from earlier gardens.</div>
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I'd never grown radishes successfully before. This time I left them alone, and it turns out that the radishes pop out of the ground when they're ripe. Who knew? <i>Well, probably many more experienced gardeners... which of course I'm not in the slightest.</i><br />
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We've got multiple volunteer marigold plants that have sprung up from around the garden, thanks to <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/p/our-garden.html" target="_blank">gardens 3.0 and previous</a>.<br />
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And plenty of volunteer tomatoes. I counted 12 plants so far, but I've also pulled out a ton, too.<br />
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I feel like we're cheating by having tomatoes ready in May. Actually, my sister is/was a horticulture student (she graduates in August after a fun summer abroad) and the tomatoes were a class project on fertilizer placement. Having a sister in horticulture definitely has its perks.<br />
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Juicy, yummy tomatoes. I can't wait for loads of tomato sandwiches this summer. White bread, mayo, a little bit of salt and pepper, thick tomato slices, and crunchy Cheetos on the side. Trust me.</div>
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We rooted this hydrangea from Mr. GI's grandmother's plant. I can't wait to see what color the blooms are; they're blue at her house. Hydrangeas are my very favorite flower, and I'm so excited to have a bush in our yard.<br />
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I've since planted the zucchini and squash. I planted the marigolds from seed, which is funny now considering all the volunteers we have in the garden. I'll probably be more patient next year and wait for the volunteers first.<br />
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Over the weekend, Mr. GI and I helped with a local music festival in our town. We took the chance for a family photo. :-)</div>
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<b>Have you planted a garden this year?</b><br />
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<i>Read more about our past gardens on the <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/p/our-garden.html" target="_blank">Garden page</a>.</i>Mrs. Great Indoorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11067541195408476086noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724227985436292820.post-65888915887284828382013-05-13T22:46:00.000-04:002013-05-13T22:46:46.846-04:00Spring 2013 Pinterest Challenge: DIY Roman ShadeSince we finished the master bathroom about six months ago, I've been wanting to replace our crap-ola miniblinds with a Roman shade. The trouble is that I could never make up my mind on a fabric. Mr. GI finally guilted me into finishing it, so I looked in earnest last weekend for the perfect fabric -- and I found it on sale at JoAnn's: <a href="http://www.joann.com/home-decor-print-fabric-robert-allen-baja-damask-greystone/zprd_12296141a/" target="_blank">Robert Allen's Baja Damask Greystone</a>. It was marked down to $10/yard (originally $20/yard), and I'm glad I swiped it up because it's no longer available online. (They also have a <a href="http://www.joann.com/home-decor-print-fabric-robert-allen-baja-damask-marine/zprd_12296133a/" target="_blank">beautiful blue version</a> of the same pattern). To spoil the ending, here is the finished product in our bathroom.<br />
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Really, I've had the idea for much longer than just the few months. I first read the tutorial on Little Green Notebook in 2009, which uses a set of miniblinds to hold the Roman blind fabric. Her <a href="http://littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com/2009/02/make-shades-out-of-mini-blinds.html" target="_blank">original tutorial</a> used the slats from the blinds, but the <a href="http://littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com/2013/02/diy-roman-shades-from-mini-blinds.html" target="_blank">revised version</a> uses plastic drapery rings instead. Although her tutorial was good, I had a few questions when working on it, so I thought my post could serve as an explanatory addendum. Her post was actually pre-Pinterest (there was a time this was true??), but I've since pinned a few images that pin-spired me to complete this project: <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/257549672411051042/" target="_blank">this one</a> and <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/257549672410408468/" target="_blank">this one</a>.<br />
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First off, LGN's blinds were made of linen, while I chose a large-patterned outdoor fabric. Since I was using a large pattern, I made sure to line it up when planning my blind. I was lucky that the pattern repeated every 23" or so, which is how wide my blind needed to be. (This is the fabric wrong side up, by the way.) I cut 26" wide and 42" long for my 23"x38" opening.<br />
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After cutting, my next step was to sew it up (which you could definitely do with hem tape; I prefer my sewing machine!). My tip here is to be sure your iron isn't set too hot. I accidentally shrunk my fabric a bit on one side because I had the iron setting too high. When it came to cutting the ladder cords, I got additional guidance from <a href="http://simplymrsedwards.com/2012/02/27/diy-roman-shades-from-mini-blinds/" target="_blank">Simply Mrs. Edwards</a>, especially <a href="http://simplymrsedwards.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/diyblind9withtext.jpg" target="_blank">this photo</a>. <a href="http://welcometoheardmont.com/2011/09/operable-roman-shades-a-tutorial/" target="_blank">Welcome to Heardmont</a> helped me decide how I wanted to attach the fabric to the top of the blind <a href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6074/6150330592_ab5a082ec0.jpg" target="_blank">with this photo</a>. I ended up not using velcro, but I have some if I change my mind.<br />
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Here's how I glued my wood slat to the bottom of the blind. I opted to glue it on three sides, partially because of the ironing oopsie I had earlier (I could hide it better by wrapping it around the slat). Also, who wants to go get a manicure with me? Ugh.<br />
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And a close up of the eyebolt screwed into the wood slat. (I feel like <a href="http://hisugarplum.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Cassie</a> is going to <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=twss" target="_blank">TWSS</a> me any time now.)<br />
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I'm so glad I went back for this fabric. That's right-- I fawned over it in the store, knew it was exactly what I wanted, <i>put it back</i>, walked away, then changed my mind later. Luckily it was still on sale when I returned!<br />
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Folded goodness. I did have to help it up, but I'm hoping after a few weeks the fabric will get the hang of its new life as a Roman blind.<br />
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Here's a look at how I accounted for the blind's attachment points. I used fabric glue up to where the connectors would go, which gave me enough space to slide those suckers in when the blind was ready to be installed. The fabric is thick enough that it lays straight across the header without an issue. The folks who installed the blinds put it on the top of the window molding, and although most blinds are mounted inside the window frame, I'm too lazy to move it.<br />
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The fabric is especially lovely against our greenish-grayish-blueish walls.<br />
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I thought about making a shower curtain (probably from a bed sheet), but I'd like to live with this for a while just to see. Until Mr. GI guilt trips me again, that is.<br />
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Here's the view from outside, which would be interrupted by miniblind slats if I'd gone with LGN's original tutorial.<br />
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And the lovelies that bloomed just below our bedroom window last week. They remind me of the shade pattern. Maybe I'm just that in love with it.<br />
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As far as a cost breakdown, the project totaled about $20. The fabric was $13 (I got 1.3 yards), plus the fabric glue and plastic drapery rings. I used a JoAnn's 40% coupon, and the fabric was already 50% off.<br />
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Linking up to the Pinterest Challenge at <a href="http://www.younghouselove.com/2013/05/spring-pinterest-challenge-boxed-up/" target="_blank">Young House Love</a>, <a href="http://www.bowerpowerblog.com/2013/05/double-size-double-u/" target="_blank">Bower Power</a>, <a href="http://www.sparklemeetspop.com/pinterest-challenge-reupholstered-parsons-chair/" target="_blank">Sparkle Meets Pop</a>, and <a href="http://redbird-blue.blogspot.com/2013/05/pinterest-challenge-reversible-painted.html" target="_blank">Red Bird Blue</a>.<br />
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<script src="//assets.pinterest.com/js/pinit.js" type="text/javascript"></script>Mrs. Great Indoorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11067541195408476086noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724227985436292820.post-42156703306770573532013-05-04T12:31:00.000-04:002013-05-10T09:55:15.350-04:00Spring DecorIt's good to be back! I'm thankfully on the other side of the spring semester, with a few weeks off before I start classes over the summer. While I have a little time sans school, it'll be a great time to catch up on the ol' blog. Although we're not too far from summer, I thought I'd share our spring decor. Mr. Great Indoors and I celebrated our fourth wedding anniversary this April, so I try to bring our wedding colors into our decor in the spring: lavender, blue, and green. What a beautiful cake we had. (Photography by Tommy Blaylock of <a href="http://www.accomplishedproductions.com/" target="_blank">Accomplished Productions</a>, cake by our <a href="http://www.gordonleemansion.com/Wedding%20page.htm" target="_blank">wedding venue</a>.)<br />
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<br /><a name='more'></a>With those colors as our inspiration, here's the bookshelves this spring. The print on the top shelf was from IKEA several years ago.<br />
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I needed a taller element to introduce to the bottom shelf, so I grabbed the extra section from our <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/05/guest-bathroom-crate-shelving.html" target="_blank">guest bathroom crates</a> (Mr. GI lopped off one layer of the bigger crate so that it fit over the toilet). I used some washi tape and leftover wedding ribbon to hang our anniversary cards.<br />
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This flower piece was a wedding shower gift from my former boss (now friend), and the jar full of jewels was decoration for my bachelorette party.<br />
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Chewy is such a ham. Although he's an inside dog, he loves to go sit out in the grass on a nice day.<br />
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Since we decorate on the cheap, one of my favorite details to bring in is books. We have so many with fun titles and bright colors (sometimes I find myself waiting to buy books just for the spine color).<br />
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I hope you liked looking around! I aim to post more often once summer starts. How is your spring going so far?Mrs. Great Indoorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11067541195408476086noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724227985436292820.post-47133307834976681892013-03-23T12:41:00.000-04:002013-03-23T13:24:16.584-04:00A Bifold Door Headboard<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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If you're like me, you've ripped every set of bifold doors out of your house. And you've probably stuffed them in your attic until you get around to donating them. Well, <a href="http://www.younghouselove.com/about-2/book/" target="_blank">Young House Love</a> showed me a better way. Without further ado...<br />
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We started off by measuring the width of the bed. I wanted the headboard to be just slightly wider than the bed. Our guest bed is a full size, which is 54" wide. Mr. Great Indoors had to first chop the bifold door into one side (a unifold door? haha), then cut the single door down to size.<br />
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We had some trim left over from our master bathroom board and batten project, so Mr. GI attached the trim around the front. Although I didn't get a close-up shot of it, he also finished the sides of the headboard (so you couldn't see the hollow portion that is visible in the photo above).<br />
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Rather than attaching the headboard to the wall in some way, Mr. GI split a piece of lumber down the middle and attached it to the back of the headboard. That way we could just secure it to the bed frame. Mr. GI measured to be sure the board would stand tall enough above the bed.<br />
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(I realize how redneck it looks for us to do home projects using two patio chairs for supports. Some day we'll be grown ups and actually have a workshop with sawhorses and such. Until then, we use what we've got.)<br />
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Here's the completed headboard, pre-paint. As usual, we stuck to our deal that Mr. GI builds it and I paint it. We bought a few small cans of paint from the Oops shelf at Lowe's (<a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/search/label/Oops%20paint" target="_blank">I just can't quit</a>), and I got to work.<br />
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I really did try to take these pictures without Chewy, but no luck. So I pulled a <a href="http://decorandthedog.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Decor and the Dog</a> and went with it.<br />
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We've still got a TON of work to do to get this bedroom <strike>out of teenage girl territory</strike> up to speed. Starting with a new comforter and a coat of paint, I'd like to redesign this whole space. Check out <a href="http://pinterest.com/erine85/guest-bedroom/" target="_blank">my Pinterest board</a> to see what I'm considering. <i>I do love that comforter, though (I bought it for my freshman dorm), so maybe I'll save it for a baby girl waaaay down the line. </i>:-)<br />
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Chewy is day dreaming of a new paint job in the guest bedroom, maybe with a birch pattern like <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/257549672412707961/" target="_blank">this</a>.<br />
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So there it is! Young House Love's book (specifically project #11) got me thinking about this over Christmas, and we actually finished it in January. Depending on the color scheme I choose for the bedroom I'm not sure if I'll keep it blue, but I like it in the meantime.<br />
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Except for the two small cans of oops paint (which were about $5 total), this was a free project. We already had the door, trim, and lumber. Can't beat that!<br />
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<b>Do you also have a supreme hatred for bifold doors? Does your dog photobomb all your project pictures? </b><br />
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P.S. If you're a Google Reader user, I'm sure you've heard <a href="http://googlereader.blogspot.com/2013/03/powering-down-google-reader.html" target="_blank">Reader is shutting down on July 1</a>. I've switched over to <a href="http://www.feedly.com/" target="_blank">Feedly</a>, which is an app that pulls everything directly out of your Reader (and it's <i>beautiful</i>). The other popular option is <a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/" target="_blank">Bloglovin'</a>, but the Android app crashed my phone a few times.
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Last week I had the chance to meet the folks behind the first blog I ever fell in love with-- Sherry and John from <a href="http://www.younghouselove.com/" target="_blank">Young House Love</a>. They wrote <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Young-House-Love-Paint-Update/dp/1579654789" target="_blank">a book</a> that was published last November, and it included tons of projects that were kept "secret" from the blog so the projects would be new and fresh. Since their book tour didn't originally include Georgia, I figured I probably wouldn't have a chance for them to sign it. Lucky for us Georgians, they tacked on a few extra stops and made Atlanta their book tour finale!</div>
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My friend M (also a YHL reader and proud book owner) signed us up for the Atlanta book signing as soon as it was announced. I was so glad to have a buddy to <strike>dork out</strike> wait with!</div>
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It was at the <a href="http://www.flor.com/atlanta-younghouselove" target="_blank">Atlanta FLOR store</a> (haha... that rhymes), which it turns out is tiny. Like not much bigger than my living/dining room tiny. So that meant there was a line outside the store that wrapped into the nearby parking deck. Here's the front of the store...</div>
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...and we were just around the corner. So glad we got there an hour early! There were tons of people behind us in line. M and I guessed it must have been a few hundred (including at least 100 strollers-- whoa babies). We were wishing that the beautiful weather from the previous day had stuck around, but instead we had a chilly, humid wait. Ah, Georgia. Your crazy weather never disappoints.</div>
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On the plus side, there was a precious cafe next door that had warm, tasty coffee. If I'm ever back in that part of ATL, I'd love to try the <a href="http://westeggcafe.com/" target="_blank">West Egg Cafe</a> for real. Their decor was industrial and loverly, especially the old card catalog they use for coffee condiments (that image is from their website, btw). M and I swapped places in line so that we could each get some good-to-the-last-drop refreshment.<br />
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About 15 minutes before the shindig was supposed to start, we heard cheerleader yelling from the back of the line-- it was John and Sherry! I figured they would have snuck in a secret back entrance, but guess they had to park in the deck like the rest of us. :-) Once they got settled, the line finally started moving. FLOR had goodies for us to munch and sip on while we waited (like pastries from West Egg and adult beverages), which felt pretty fancy for a book signing. M and I gladly took them up on it!<br />
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The Meeting (it deserves capitalization) was short and sweet, just enough time for M and I to meet the Petersiks, have them sign our books, and move on. M had them sign a note for her good friend who was preggers at the time, and I also asked them to sign a Pinterest Challenge pic I had printed and framed. And since I'd heard of people gifting fun things at other stops, I made a "Virginia is for {Young House} Lovers" print for John and Sherry to take home. I hope it made it back with them, since I'm sure they had a pile of goodies by the end!</div>
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When I printed the Pinterest Challenge picture, I crossed my fingers that <a href="http://www.bowerpowerblog.com/" target="_blank">Katie Bower</a> would be in attendance. After all, we were in her home turf! We lucked out again and got to chat with Katie and her handsome hubby. The poor things were actually trying to cut and run, but someone cornered them beside the entrance and a line formed.... Jeremy was being awfully gracious by keeping an eye on newborn Weston and even agreed to be in a picture with us ladies. (M, I'm very sorry there wasn't a picture that included your eyes open.)<br />
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Here's a close up on that Pinterest Challenge picture. I just grabbed the graphics Katie made for the Challenge, then put them together in a Word file to be printed. My sweet hubby had it printed at a local shop for $0.60. Add the IKEA Ribba frame, and the whole thing cost less than $6! <br />
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Now I just need to travel to Texas to get <a href="http://hisugarplum.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Cassie's</a> signature!<br />
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What a pleasure to meet my blog idols. I realize that does sound strange (trust me, even my husband thinks it's weird), but I've been reading both YHL and Bower Power so long it feels like they're family. To top off a great evening, M and I went to <a href="http://www.yeahburger.com/" target="_blank">Yeah! Burger</a>, which was tasty and good for the planet. And the humid chill left the skyline looking foggily beautiful as we left. It was a great adventure.<br />
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Here's a close up of the Lovers sign, which is a twist on the original <a href="http://www.thevastore.com/product.cfm?uid=367662" target="_blank">Virginia is for Lovers</a> slogan. For the "Young House" part, I found a font on DaFont that was as close to their blog title as possible, then I used the hearts from their blog background in lieu of the original heart. I just spent a little time playing around with it in Word (I don't have Photoshop or anything fancy like that) and then gave it the same treatment as the Pinterest print. Another $6 project!<br />
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Chewy approves, too. He also said "Ruffruff," which I think translates to "Hello, <a href="http://www.younghouselove.com/category/burger-bidness/" target="_blank">Burger</a>!"<br />
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The YHL signing brings my <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2011/11/love-story-designsponge-book-signing.html" target="_blank">signed-design-book tally</a> to two. Watch out.</div>
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I'd been brainstorming on something to make for the space on our master bathroom wall just above the toilet. I wasn't quite sure what I wanted to do until I saw <a href="http://images.younghouselove.com.s3.amazonaws.com/2012/12/Craft-14-Mini-Paintings-Found-Studios.jpg" target="_blank">this photo</a> on <a href="http://www.younghouselove.com/2012/12/handmade-holiday/" target="_blank">Young House Love</a> with a long, skinny canvas. Then I got to thinking that something long and skinny would suit that space just fine. Read on for how I made it.</div>
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<li>2 - 28" x 0.5" wood (optional)</li>
<li>3 - 3" x 9" wood</li>
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Here's what I used as a template to get started. The best measurement was 28"x9".</div>
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I thought about buying a canvas, but I was trying to do this project on the cheap. So instead, Mr. Great Indoors scrounged around his scrap wood pile to find enough wood for my measurements. The three large pieces are 28"x3", and to add some interest, he put two 28"x0.5" wood strips in between. To spice it up a little, he put two strips in the middle. It's all held together by three vertical pieces of 3"x9" wood that look a little like a shutter (sort of like <a href="http://www.grandfloridianshutters.com/images/Florida-Board-And-Batten-Shutters-Large.jpg" target="_blank">this</a>). To prep it for painting, I sanded it and wiped it down.<br />
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Next up, I planned my paint pattern in pencil. I sorted through a few different ones and landed on three chevron stripes. The stripes were 1.5" wide, with the tops and bottoms of the chevron spaced two inches apart.<br />
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I painted the stripes with acrylic paint (<a href="http://shop.hobbylobby.com/products/coral-blush-americana-acrylic-paint-324491/" target="_blank">coral</a> on top, <a href="http://shop.hobbylobby.com/products/summer-peach-folkart-acrylic-paint-444083/" target="_blank">peach</a> in the middle, and white on the bottom). My vision was originally to have the entire sign painted in one color, but I like the combination I ended up with. I allowed the paint to dry for a few hours<br />
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Then using my paper template, I eyeballed the letters and hot glued my twine onto the wood. I just put a spot of hot glue where I wanted my letter formed, and placed the twine on top.<br />
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To hang it, we used picture hardware just like with my friend's <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/07/summer-pinterest-challenge-5-diy.html" target="_blank">bathroom sign</a>.<br />
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The phrase is two-fold: an inspiration for the beginning of our day, plus a cheeky bit of bathroom humor. What do you think? We love it.Mrs. Great Indoorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11067541195408476086noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724227985436292820.post-31383999934388294362013-01-05T21:34:00.000-05:002013-01-05T21:34:26.417-05:002012 Roundup + 2013I love reading blog round-ups each January, so here's mine for 2012! <br />
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Probably the coolest thing that happened in 2012 is that I got a little bit Internet famous. Mr. Great Indoors and I whipped up a <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/03/winter-pinterest-challenge-mason-jar.html" target="_blank">redneck chandelier</a> for the winter Pinterest challenge, and you guys submitted some <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/03/wrapping-up-winter-pinterest-challenge.html" target="_blank">awesome projects</a>! I wrote a little update on our chandelier to let you know <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/06/our-redneck-chandelier-and-barn-light.html" target="_blank">how it was treating us</a>.<br />
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We whipped out three new bathrooms this year, two of them our own. Our guest bathroom turned out to be a little bit more than we bargained for, and our master took months to finish. Master bathroom <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/07/master-bathroom-humble-beginnings.html" target="_blank">humble beginnings</a>, <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/07/master-bathroom-mr-great-indoors.html" target="_blank">working on drywall</a>, <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/08/master-bathroom-paint-kind-of.html" target="_blank">painting</a>, <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/08/master-bathroom-board-and-batten.html" target="_blank">board and batten</a>, and <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2013/01/master-bathroom-complete.html" target="_blank">finally finishing</a>!<br />
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Thankfully, I had a fun project in my <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/07/another-guest-bathroom.html" target="_blank">friend's guest bathroom</a>, even busting out a <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/07/summer-pinterest-challenge-5-diy.html" target="_blank">bathroom sign</a> for the Summer Pinterest Challenge. <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/08/another-guest-bathroom-complete.html" target="_blank">I loved it finished</a>, especially with <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/09/another-guest-bathroom-guest-amenities.html" target="_blank">the amenities we added</a> (those baskets!).<br />
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We planted a <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/06/garden-30.html" target="_blank">summer garden</a> and ended up with a <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/06/pumpkin-party.html" target="_blank">pumpkin</a> or ten! Only a few of them made it longer than a few days, maybe because it was <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/07/this-is-why-im-hot.html" target="_blank">sooooo hot this summer</a>.<br />
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<i>I realize now those aisles look a little like turds.</i><br />
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We had a <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/02/valentines-day-heartbreak-lost-and.html" target="_blank">heartbreak</a> and a <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/04/another-window.html" target="_blank">window break</a>.... but we had some luck with a <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/04/springing-around-house.html" target="_blank">$5 faucet, $1 mirror</a>, and <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/07/one-dollar-bob.html" target="_blank">$1 light fixture</a>.<br />
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We decorated for the <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/04/springing-around-house.html" target="_blank">spring</a>, <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/07/12th-of-july.html" target="_blank">summer</a>, <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/12/why-hello-there.html" target="_blank">fall</a>, and <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/12/merry-and-bright-christmas-2012.html" target="_blank">Christmas</a>.<br />
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We celebrated <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/04/one-year-down.html" target="_blank">one year blogging</a>, <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/04/celebrating-three-years.html" target="_blank">three years married</a>, and <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/05/happy-birthday-chewy.html" target="_blank">three years with Chewy</a>. I confessed <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/06/how-do-you-organize.html" target="_blank">how much of an organizer I am</a>. It's only slightly embarrassing. Evidently I wasn't organized enough, though, because I ended up taking a two-month hiatus while <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/10/juggling.html" target="_blank">I juggled school and work</a>. Whew! We did get out of the house a few times, though, like <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-great-outdoors-hiking-appalachian.html" target="_blank">hiking on the Appalachian Trail</a> and doing <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/12/why-hello-there.html" target="_blank">all sorts of things this fall</a> like hosting a Halloween party, car camping, and celebrating <strike>Thanks</strike>Friendsgiving. I finally posted <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/12/christmas-crafts.html" target="_blank">the crafts I made for Christmas last year</a>.<br />
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I think that pretty much does it for 2012! As far as my 2012 blog resolutions, I actually did better than I figured. <br />
<b>1. Make the blog ultra-awesome and get to know other ultra-awesome bloggers.</b> Done, on the second part anyway! I've been commenting on as many blog posts as I can this year. My philosophy has been that if it's worth pinning, it's worth telling the writer how much I enjoyed it. And I connected with Young House Love and Bower Power for the winter Pinterest challenge, which I'd consider a win!!<br />
<b>2. Make over the guest bathroom on the cheap.</b> Done! Well, basically. We spent a total of $300 on the guest bathroom, about half of which was to fix our moldy situation in both bathrooms. Then we spent another $200 (maybe?) on the master bathroom.... So not cheap, but a significant portion of that was necessary to fix a problem. The pleasures of homeownership.<br />
<b>3. Clean out the backyard jungle. </b> Total fail. Not only did we not touch it, but it looks worse than it did earlier in the year. Oh, well. Two out of three not bad, I suppose.<br />
<b>4. Be more creative and thrifty.</b> Perhaps? Our yard sale finds certainly qualified as thrifty, plus the gallons of oops paint we bought for our projects around the house. Creative? I think I'll always be working on that.<br />
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Given how crazy school and work made my life the last half of the year, I think it's wise for my 2013 blog resolution to be simply to blog as much as I can. We'll see what that means for the year, but hopefully I'll be able to take advantage of breaks like these to bust out some posts. Until then, happy new year!<br />
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<b>What are your resolutions for 2013? </b>Mrs. Great Indoorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11067541195408476086noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724227985436292820.post-86716510275835946382013-01-02T23:31:00.000-05:002013-03-22T17:26:37.786-04:00Master Bathroom: Complete!<a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/07/master-bathroom-humble-beginnings.html" target="_blank">Six months after we started it</a> (well, really <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/04/guest-bathroom-more-than-we-bargained.html" target="_blank">nine</a>) and two months after we finished it, I'm happy to reveal our master bathroom!<br />
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We used a $5 dark gray/green color from the oops section at <a href="http://www.valsparpaint.com/en/find-the-right-product/interior/paint/signature-paint.html" target="_blank">Lowe's</a>. After it sat for a few weeks, I opened it to find a beautiful blue and gray separation. I played with it a little bit to make the design.<br />
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I'm glad the red accent color worked, because it meant I could use my Georgia basket on top of our new <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/08/master-bathroom-board-and-batten.html" target="_blank">board and batten</a> ledge.<br />
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I stole the wooden mirror from the guest bathroom, but we still need to replace the yucky outlet.<br />
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Since we took out the vanity and the over-the-toilet cabinet (<i>i.e.</i>, all of our storage), Mr. Great Indoors drew up the plans for a storage cabinet. He based it off my favorite <a href="http://www.crateandbarrel.com/sloane-espresso-25.5-leaning-bookcase/s220879?rv=Furniture%3aLiving+Room+Furniture%3aMedia+Stands++Consoles%3aSloane+Espresso+Leaning+Media+SKU+220861+Product+Page" target="_blank">leaning shelf from Crate & Barrel</a>, and planned to use the door from the old cabinet.</div>
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He constructed it completely but it turned out to be a little too wide. So he lopped off the top, which meant it fit the bottom just underneath the vanity. I grabbed a basket to corral our bathroom supplies on top, but we still need a hook for the hand towel.<br />
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This is a mix and match fixture, so we chose the <a href="http://www.lowes.com/pd_321908-43501-FV09-042-5_4294737288__?productId=3152133&Ns=p_product_qty_sales_dollar%7C1" target="_blank">brushed nickel light bar</a> and the <a href="http://www.lowes.com/pd_322454-43501-FL09-014_4294737284__?productId=3160213&Ns=p_product_qty_sales_dollar%7C1&pl=1&currentURL=%3FNs%3Dp_product_qty_sales_dollar%7C1&facetInfo=" target="_blank">seeded glass vanity light</a> for a total of about $35 from Lowe's.<br />
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I love the light it casts on the wall.<br />
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We love our little <a href="http://www.containerstore.com/shop/trashRecycling/bath?productId=10029800&N=70623" target="_blank">trash can</a>, which thankfully replaced a pink butterfly can I bought years ago.<br />
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The <a href="http://www.lowes.com/pd_308942-46882-27211CHXLG_0__?productId=3353222&Ntt=hooks" target="_blank">hooks</a> are from Lowe's, and we grabbed the <a href="http://www.target.com/p/10-raised-numbers-red-explosion-wall-clock/-/A-14127881#prodSlot=medium_1_2&term=10" Raised Numbers redWall Clocks" target="_blank">clock</a> from Target.<br />
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Head on over to my <a href="http://pinterest.com/erine85/master-bathroom/" target="_blank">Pinterest moodboard</a> if you'd like some inspiration for your own project. I hope your project doesn't take quite as long as ours, though. It went so long that I really don't have a good budget of what we spent. I would estimate about $200. No matter what, we're so happy to be in our bathroom again. <b>What do you love about your bathroom?</b></div>
Mrs. Great Indoorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11067541195408476086noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724227985436292820.post-30302124761931603612012-12-28T22:10:00.000-05:002012-12-28T22:10:34.020-05:00Merry and Bright {Christmas 2012}I hope you all had a very merry Christmas this week! Christmas is my favorite time of year, so even though it's technically over, I'm posting pictures of our holiday decorating to hold on just a liiiiitle bit longer. :-)<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I waited until the last minute (<i>i.e., </i> right before we left for the holidays) to take these pictures-- we had days of clouds and/or rain, so I was waiting on the sun to finally come out. But by the time it did, I didn't have time to take a picture of our tree at night. It's painfully obvious in the daylight that we need a new Christmas tree. <span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 20px;">The tree has been around as long as Mr. GI has; we inherited it from his mom during our first Christmas together. It's a fake tree, but it has real bark on the trunk which makes it difficult to tell that it's fake. But it's been losing more of its needles than a real tree, so it's gotten pretty bare.</span></span><br />
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Our stockings hung by the <strike>chimney</strike> bookshelf with care. My mom made us those little elves last year, and we thought it would be fun to identify our stockings with them.<br />
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Our living room shelves change every season, and this time I went with a vintage Christmas feel. <span style="text-align: center;">The candle carving on the top shelf was made by Mr. GI's grandfather years ago, and we got several of the figurines from his nana.</span><br />
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Here's a close-up of some of the details. The tiny books were Doug's as a child. They're full books that hang as ornaments. I got the fold-out card from my mom. Isn't it pretty?<br />
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I unintentionally set up several Santas. The two on the left were from Mr. GI's nana, and the one on the right was mine growing up.<br />
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Thanks to some <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/925290/bat-mobile" target="_blank">inspiration from Martha</a>, I made a "bat mobile" for Halloween. I just grabbed a fun-looking branch out of the backyard and went to town. <i>Even though it's supposed to be pronounced moh-bile, I took to calling it a mo-beel (as in Batman's Batmobile)... hahaha.</i> It broke my heart to take it down after Halloween, so a friend suggested I hang ornaments from it for Christmas. I just tied the ornaments and tinsel to the branch with gift-wrapping ribbon and curled the extra ribbon.<br />
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<b>How did you decorate for Christmas this year? </b>You can read about our 2011 Christmas decorations <a href="http://tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2011/12/merry-little-christmas-part-i.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2011/12/merry-little-christmas-part-ii.html" target="_blank">here</a>. I didn't have quite the energy to do all that decorating this year (two people studying for finals and big projects are enough of a stress!), so we kept it pretty simple. We're on the hunt for a new Christmas tree, and we're trying to decide if we should buy an artificial tree on clearance or wait and get a real tree next year. What do you suggest?Mrs. Great Indoorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11067541195408476086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724227985436292820.post-20924675040529409312012-12-25T10:00:00.000-05:002012-12-25T10:00:07.236-05:00Christmas CraftsMerry Christmas! It's tough blogging about Christmas gifts because I don't want to give anything away to my family... so instead, here are the gifts I made last year!<br />
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<b>Felt snowflake ornaments</b><br />
I <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/257549672409913351/" target="_blank">pinned</a> a tutorial for <a href="http://www.purlbee.com/felt-snowflakes/" target="_blank">felt ornaments courtesy of Purl Bee</a> and thought I'd try it for my family gifts. Besides a few mechanical problems (don't we all have love-hate relationships with our sewing machine?) it all turned out well. The instructions were easy to follow and I got the fabric on a super sale on Black Friday from JoAnn's Fabrics. Win!<br />
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I played around with it a little, too. Here are a few mittens...<br />
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And a jolly Ho Ho, just for Santa! I planned to make several worded ornaments, but they were time- and patience-intensive. So I opted for more straight lines instead. :-)<br />
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<b>Christmas pin Advent calendar</b><br />
One of my good friends has a Christmas pin for each day of December, and I thought it was high time she had a nice way to display them. I had enough fabric left over from my ornament project, so it just took a little extra time and two dowel rods. I wanted it to be easy to hang, so I sewed in a rod at the top (for the ribbon used to hang it) and at the bottom (to weight it down). I sewed a reverse side to add a little interest.<br />
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I also made some baked goodies for my co-workers and friends. This year I made chocolate-covered Oreo pops instead (inspired from <a href="http://luluthebaker.blogspot.com/2011/12/on-6th-day-of-christmas-peppermint-oreo.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://www.howdoesshe.com/oreo-cookie-sucker-tutorial/" target="_blank">here</a>). Yummy!! <b>What do you give for Christmas?</b>Mrs. Great Indoorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11067541195408476086noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724227985436292820.post-32002173062925297562012-12-23T20:41:00.004-05:002012-12-23T20:49:57.527-05:00Why, Hello There!It's been a while, eh? A break between semesters gives me a little time to blog again, and thank goodness. We've been busy studying, but we've had some fun in there, too. Like enjoying the fall...<br />
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Partaking in a community yard sale... and Chewy helped!<br />
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<i>Our nonalcoholic "poison" recipe can be found <a href="http://allrecipes.com/recipe/pond-scum/detail.aspx?event8=1&prop24=SR_Title&e11=nonalcoholic%20halloween&e8=Quick%20Search&event10=1&e7=Home%20Page" target="_blank">here</a>.</i></div>
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Camping in the North Georgia mountains...<br />
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Hiking and celebrating family....<br />
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And stuffing ourselves for <strike>Thanksgiving</strike> Friendsgiving!<br />
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What have you been up to? I'll have a few more updates (and reveals!) soon.Mrs. Great Indoorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11067541195408476086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724227985436292820.post-91977046468761524242012-10-19T21:54:00.000-04:002012-11-15T15:45:26.634-05:00Juggling<div>
Blog and bloggy friends, how I've missed you! We all juggle in life at one point or another, and recently my juggling has included a promotion, training my replacement, and graduate school, which I started over the summer. On top of that, Mr. Great Indoors has been in school, too. </div>
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Needless to say, our little family has been a tad busy recently. Our house is a a wreck most of the time, or at least approaching a wreck. It's not blogworthy in the least, which is, of course, how we in the blogging community compare ourselves, isn't it? There are half-finished projects throughout the house, including (if you've been paying attention) the master bathroom. We're enjoying the <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/06/guest-bathroom-after.html" target="_blank">finished guest bathroom</a>, at least.</div>
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But we're surviving our classes, learning a lot, and somehow managing to sneak in some couple time, too. This newest adventure is forcing us to challenge ourselves on a daily basis, which leaves us happily exhausted. It's all leading us to a better life together, and I'd say that's the point.</div>
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One of these days it will all calm down, but until then, I'm trying not to be too critical of myself. In the last year, I've gained perspective and patience, which I know is more important than blogging crafty projects on the interwebs. That said, I am missing doing something fun that is completely for myself, and someday I'll get back to it. Until then, keep up the good work. And keep an eye out for our half-finished projects to be fully-finished one of these days.</div>
Mrs. Great Indoorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11067541195408476086noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724227985436292820.post-8211785163278174982012-09-01T09:59:00.000-04:002012-09-01T09:59:00.757-04:00Another Guest Bathroom: Guest AmenitiesI hope you all enjoyed the <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/08/another-guest-bathroom-complete.html" target="_blank">reveal of E's guest bathroom</a> earlier in the week! It's just in the nick of time, too, because UGA football season (starting today!!) brings all sorts of guests to E's house. She pretty much has a revolving door every fall (we also run our own bed and breakfast during football season). :-) With that in mind, we worked some guest amenities into E's guest bathroom.<br />
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Women's: shampoo, razors, floss, toothpaste, deodorant, hairspray, toothbrush<br />
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Men's: shampoo, styling gel, shaving gel, razors, toothbrush, Gold Bond powder, toothbrush<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">E basically just pilfered through her stock of bathroom goodies and then bought a few she was lacking. If you'd like to do something similar, think about all the ways you typically collect (and eventually toss) travel-size goodies. Does your dentist give you a free toothbrush every time you visit him? Stick that in the basket! Going on a work conference? You know you're going to grab the travel-size shampoo and conditioner from the hotel bathroom, so why not give it to your guests? Of course we also consulted </span><strike style="text-align: left;">the oracle</strike><span style="text-align: left;"> Pinterest to see what other people had put together for their guest baskets. Many of the links were for wedding planning, but they're just as handy. Here are a few ideas:</span><br />
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So with the baskets all together, it was time to do something with E's bathroom cabinet. It's in good shape, but I wanted to give it a little facelift and bring it into the color scheme. <br />
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Hobby Lobby came to the rescue again. They have a full aisle of cheap scrapbook paper, so I grabbed up a few sheets of this teal wood paper for 59 cents a sheet. I thought it would mesh perfectly with the teal/blue/yellow/gray color combo we had going on. This one is called "Wood Fence -- Turquoise" if you're looking for it in your store. I loved how it would look with the mason jar soap dispenser.<br />
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Four sheets later, I had covered the back of the cabinet, taking care to line up the wood slats on the paper vertically. To attach the paper to the cabinet, I just used a few pieces of regular office tape looped around itself. There was a tricky spot in the top corners where I had to notch the paper, but a little careful marking and cutting solved that pretty fast.<br />
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In addition to the baskets, E also grabbed a few glass jars with screw tops for cotton balls and Q-tips. Don't you love the color of those Q-tips? It's the little things, I guess.<br />
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This is a really easy fix for renters, since you can just pluck the paper out of the organizer afterward. Just take care to separate the tape from the cabinet backing, just in case.<br />
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The only thing I'm concerned about is that the paper might warp over time with humidity in the bathroom. If that happens, E has a few extra sheets that she'll have laminated and cut again to fit in the back.<br />
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Baskets, <a href="http://shop.hobbylobby.com/products/1-quart-diamond-weave-basket-278143/" target="_blank">Hobby Lobby</a> $6<br />
Glass jars* $4<br />
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And I already mentioned the framed poem E incorporated, which tells her guests where to find everything they need.<br />
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<b>What makes you feel at home when you're visiting a friend? </b>Turn down service and a chocolate on your pillow? Fresh towels and a fluffy mattress? I'm used to having a fan on at home when I sleep, so I love when we sleep in a guest bedroom that has a fan.<br />
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<i>Check out <a href="http://pinterest.com/erine85/ef-s-bathroom/" target="_blank">our Pinterest board</a> for the room for more ideas, plus see what the room was like <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/07/another-guest-bathroom.html" target="_blank">before</a> and <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/08/another-guest-bathroom-complete.html" target="_blank">after</a>, and get a tutorial for making your own <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/07/summer-pinterest-challenge-5-diy.html" target="_blank">$5 DIY vintage sign</a>.</i><br />
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A few months ago, I introduced you to my friend <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/07/another-guest-bathroom.html" target="_blank">E's guest bathroom</a>. She had been renting a home for the past two years with a roommate and now has the place to herself. We worked together to make a plan for her guest bathroom. Here's how it turned out!</div>
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Clockwise from the top left corner: <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/257549672410912309/" target="_blank">blue medallion</a>, <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/257549672410912357/" target="_blank">green medallion</a>, <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/257549672410912313/" target="_blank">blue gate</a>, and <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/257549672410912310/" target="_blank">multicolored bohemian</a>.<br />
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Although we both fell in love with the mood board versions of each of the other shower curtains, they just didn't live up in person. Our Kohl's had the <a href="http://www.kohls.com/kohlsStore/bathroom/showeraccessories/showercurtains/patterned/PRD~607596/SONOMA+life+++style+Tiburon+Shower+Curtain.jsp?src=k147466&clickid=0004c85cac0ee3be0aec8d6b3f00768d" target="_blank">green medallion curtain</a>, and we actually bought the <a href="http://www.target.com/p/mudhut-medallion-shower-curtain-blue-brown-72x72/-/A-14028908?ref=tgt_adv_xasd0001&AFID=Performics_Polyvore_0004c85caed7b1fb0aec80a4b7001fda&LNM=Primary" target="_blank">blue medallion curtain</a> from Target online. Both were much less vibrant when we saw them in living color. The bohemian shower curtain was out of stock every time I tried to order it.<br />
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And E loved it! Let's take a look at the whole bathroom, shall we?<br />
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That's toilet paper art, inspired by pins and posts around the blogosphere. I pinned some things like it <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/257549672409832982/" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/257549672409870944/" target="_blank">here</a>. Fitting, no?<br />
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E is still loving the <a href="http://tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/07/summer-pinterest-challenge-5-diy.html" target="_blank">$5 DIY vintage sign</a> that I made for her during the last Pinterest Challenge.<br />
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She actually liked the term so much that she made her own little sign for the bathroom counter. What a great hostess! She found the idea (and the poem) on Pinterest. Gotta love that <strike>time sucker</strike> site.<br />
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One of my favorite flowers is alstroemeria. They're cheap (this bouquet was $3 at Kroger!), they last forever, and they're just plain happy.</div>
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The other happy thing in this space is E's Mason jar soap dispenser. I followed <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/257549672410854029/" target="_blank">these directions</a>, and it was super easy and cheap-- $1 on the dispenser (clearance aisle at Lowe's), and E already had the jar on hand. I love that she can change out the soap color to reflect whatever room it's in.</div>
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I'll be back later this week with a how-to on E's over-the-toilet organizer.<br />
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Our original budget was $60, and E decided we could put a little bit more money toward it since she got a super cheap dining room table. It wasn't too bad over all, I'd say!<br />
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Facilities sign $5 (read the tutorial <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/07/summer-pinterest-challenge-5-diy.html" target="_blank">here</a>) </div>
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Shower mat, <a href="http://www.target.com/p/room-essentials-bath-rug-manatee-gray/-/A-12650636#?lnk=sc_qi_detaillink" target="_blank">Target</a> $10</div>
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Vase, Hobby Lobby $3</div>
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Picture frame, Target (similar frame <a href="http://www.target.com/p/room-essentials-multicolor-11-25in-1-5in-6-25in/-/A-14088396" target="_blank">here</a>) $5</div>
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It was so fun to work with E to create a space she loves! It also
helps that we have similar taste (including our addiction for all things
teal.. evidenced by my <a href="http://tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2011/07/around-house-guest-bedroom-closet.html" target="_blank">closet office</a>),
so I would totally move into her house now just to use this bathroom!
Guess I'll have to settle with seeing it now and then. :-)<br />
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<b>What do you think? What's your favorite part? </b><br />
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<i>P.S. You can follow our Pinterest board for the room <a href="http://pinterest.com/erine85/ef-s-bathroom/" target="_blank">here</a>. I first talked about the space in <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/07/another-guest-bathroom.html" target="_blank">this post</a>, and gave a tutorial about our $5 DIY Vintage Sign <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/07/summer-pinterest-challenge-5-diy.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</i></div>
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Since we still have a bit to do with the bathroom before it's finished (life gets in the way), I thought I'd share a trip Mr. Great Indoors and I took over the weekend with our friend B. We took off from <a href="http://www.nps.gov/grsm/planyourvisit/clingmansdome.htm" target="_blank">Clingmans Dome</a> in North Carolina and hiked through the Smokies to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silers_Bald" target="_blank">Silers Bald</a>.<br />
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Everything was so luscious and green. Looking back on my pictures at home, it's hard to believe I was surrounded by all of this just a few days ago. We had beautiful, chilly weather the first day, in the seventies during the day and the fifties at night. The chilly weather made me anxious for fall in a few short weeks. Summer's been hot, y'all.<br />
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Good thing we had two experienced hikers in the group-- otherwise this sign on the ground might have made it a little difficult. You can get an idea of how far we hiked-- about 4.7 to Silers Bald, plus another halfish mile to our shelter for the night.<br />
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This is Silers Bald. The white arrows (or blaze) point hikers toward the AT.<br />
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About a half mile later, we arrived at our shelter for the night. We shared it with seven other people, which wasn't so bad until several of them started sawing logs midway through the night. Thankfully, it rained the rest of the night and drowned out all the snoring. :-)<br />
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Since the rain helped clear off some of the smog, the views of the rest of the mountain chain were even more beautiful when we hiked back the next day.<br />
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The Smoky Mountains are named for the smoke-like fog and clouds that hang over the range. We saw more fog than we did clear skies (the picture above was one of the few completely clear shots I got). It was a strange sensation to know we were so far up on a mountain that we were <i>inside</i> a cloud. Here's Mr. GI in front of the last, most vertical part of our hike. We were headed through the fog to the top of that mountain. <i>Inside</i> <i>a cloud</i>, I'm telling you.<br />
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On the way back in, we tried the trip up to the observation tower at Clingmans Dome. You can tell from this picture that there wasn't much to see from the top.<br />
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But on the way down from the tower, we caught a glimpse (from the paved path!) of a black bear. Little too close for comfort for us, but several other park visitors were trying to get closer to the bear. Natural selection at its finest.<br />
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About ten miles after we started, we made it back to the parking lot and headed home. But not before taking a triumphant last shot.<br />
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<b>What sort of adventures have you been on lately? </b>This was my first time on the AT, and it was only my second backpacking trip. My first trip was on the Outer Banks... four days of sandy, sunnny hiking. Needless to say, this weekend greatly improved my opinion of backpacking. Mr. GI, on the other hand, has hiked quite a bit of the AT, including the stretch we did this weekend. It's nice to see him so content. :-)Mrs. Great Indoorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11067541195408476086noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724227985436292820.post-13716517557301775062012-08-16T10:00:00.000-04:002012-08-16T15:40:58.119-04:00Master Bathroom: Board and BattenSo far in the master bathroom, we've bought $5 paint, repaired and installed drywall, and painted the top half of the walls. What's next, you ask? This:<br />
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<a name='more'></a>Sense a theme? You're so smart. <i>Or you read the post title... but I like to think all my readers are smart. </i> :-)<i> </i>I've been itching to throw up some board and batten in our house, and the master bathroom seemed like the perfect place to do it. First I plotted where I wanted the ledge and batten to go. We planned to just use the existing wall for the "board." The ledge ended up being about 65" from the floor, and I spaced the battens every 12" or so. I say "or so" because I adjusted the spacing slightly to make it even everywhere, like underneath the window and under the light fixture.<br />
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I painted the <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/08/master-bathroom-paint-kind-of.html" target="_blank">top half of the wall</a> a dark green/gray/blue, using painter's tape to keep the lines straight across. I figured it would be easier to paint neatly on this step, then save the messy stuff for the white paint on the bottom (especially since this stuff was paint/primer and my white paint was just lonely paint).<br />
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The ledge and batten installation was pretty simple. It required careful measuring and a good level. Mr. GI used the nailer on his air compressor.<br />
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There were a few tricky spots, like this corner next to the shower:<br />
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And these teensy weensy bits next to the bathroom nook:<br />
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It started to get real, though, when Mr. GI installed the battens. I didn't get a picture of the process, but he used Liquid Nails, a construction adhesive that's about $2.50 at <a href="http://www.lowes.com/pd_44906-12-LN-901_0__?productId=1087175" target="_blank">Lowe's</a>. <br />
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After that set, he used the air nailer again to provide a little extra stability. Before I painted, he caulked the heck out of it. I didn't get a good picture of it, but he actually modified the baseboard to fit the battens. The baseboard we bought for both bathrooms was thinner on top than the battens were, and it would have looked strange (although Sand & Sisal <a href="http://www.sandandsisal.com/2011/04/add-board-and-batten-to-beautify.html" target="_blank">angled the bottom of their battens</a> to accommodate that, which I pinned <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/257549672410747626/" target="_blank">here</a>). So Mr. GI ran the baseboard through his table saw to strip off the smallest top section of the baseboard, which made it flatter and a bit more modern.<br />
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You can actually see a peek of the new floors in the picture above, but I didn't think about taking a picture of just the floors. I was too taken with how well the B&B turned out. Can you blame me? I've been drooling over it....<br />
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Next up, the rest of the paint!! Someday we'll actually move into this bathroom again.... Life has seriously gotten in the way of this project. I had a big final project for my summer class and it held up the painting progress. One of these days I'll figure out how to work more hours into the day.<br />
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<b>Do you have board and batten in your house? Do you sing it to sleep like I do mine? </b> Just kidding... kind of.<br />
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<i>Read about this bathroom's <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/07/master-bathroom-humble-beginnings.html" target="_blank">humble beginnings</a>, <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/07/master-bathroom-mr-great-indoors.html" target="_blank">more drywall</a>, the <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/08/master-bathroom-paint-kind-of.html" target="_blank">first bit of paint</a>, and follow <a href="http://pinterest.com/erine85/master-bathroom/" target="_blank">my Pinterest board</a> for the bathroom.</i>Mrs. Great Indoorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11067541195408476086noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724227985436292820.post-89906199014617807242012-08-14T10:00:00.000-04:002013-03-22T17:26:37.788-04:00Master Bathroom: Paint! {Kind of}<span style="font-family: inherit;">This is more a tease than anything else. I can't show you the entire paint job because that would reveal the next step! So here's a peek at the new color we're loving. </span>This paint, as I mentioned in my <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/07/master-bathroom-humble-beginnings.html" target="_blank">first post</a> about the master bathroom, was a $5 find in the Lowe's oops bin. It's a multidimensional color-- when I first saw it in the store, I thought it was green. Then I put some on the walls and it looked gray. Light shines in the window, and it shows a little blue. So obviously the colors in these pictures vary, too.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It's Valspar paint and primer combo, and (as with the Olympic paint/primer on our guest vanity), I LOVE being able to take a shortcut that pays off. I think I'll go paint/primer from here on out, although we still do have paint in our stash that needs to be used up first.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I can also give you a tease with our new bathroom light. We did away with the Hollywood strip (shocker, I know), and thankfully this process was much easier than replacing the <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/04/guest-bathroom-polishing-up-our-5-light.html" target="_blank">guest bathroom light</a>. This is a mix and match fixture, so we chose the <a href="http://www.lowes.com/pd_321908-43501-FV09-042-5_4294737288__?productId=3152133&Ns=p_product_qty_sales_dollar%7C1" target="_blank">brushed nickel light bar</a> and the <a href="http://www.lowes.com/pd_322454-43501-FL09-014_4294737284__?productId=3160213&Ns=p_product_qty_sales_dollar%7C1&pl=1&currentURL=%3FNs%3Dp_product_qty_sales_dollar%7C1&facetInfo=" target="_blank">seeded glass vanity light</a> for a total of about $35. Not bad considering we got the paint so cheap and our only other full-price purchase was the flooring.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Have you had any experience with paint and primer combos? Do you color block paint in your house? </b>Maybe I'm starting a new trend or something....</span><br />
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<i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Read about this bathroom's <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/07/master-bathroom-humble-beginnings.html" style="color: #66cc99; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">humble beginnings</a>, the first <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/07/master-bathroom-mr-great-indoors.html" target="_blank">drywall-rific step</a>, and follow <a href="http://pinterest.com/erine85/master-bathroom/" style="color: #66cc99; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">my Pinterest board</a> for the bathroom.</span></i>Mrs. Great Indoorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11067541195408476086noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724227985436292820.post-24777795871511946822012-07-27T17:00:00.000-04:002012-07-27T22:54:08.220-04:00Master Bathroom: Mr. Great Indoor's Favorite Things {Dry Wall!}You might remember that I came home to this on the first day of Mr. GI working in the master bathroom. Seems like progress...<br />
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And indeed it was a sign of progress! The first thing Mr. GI did was rip everything out, including the floor, the old trim, and the mildewed sections of drywall. The two main sections of mildew were next to the toilet (which we yanked out during our work in the guest bathroom) and on the exterior wall. I was a little scared that the mildew on the exterior wall meant that we had an even bigger problem, but Mr. GI could tell when he ripped out the drywall that it was confined to the original master shower issue. Whew! Everything he ripped up got tossed through the window into the backyard for easy transfer to the trailer.<br />
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He did have to clean the floor pretty well before reinstalled the dry wall, and he used cleaning spray followed by a bleach solution on the tougher spots. Some highlights from the ripping:<br />
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We're bound and determined to uncover every wallpaper that was original to this house. <br />
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A little explanation of the sump system in our house. This is a picture of the crawl space between our master shower and guest bath tub. We have a gravity drain sump system, which means that there's a low place in the foundation with a pipe that moves the water to the field line (i.e., away from the house/foundation). At least that's what I'm understanding in layman's terms! The problem with our system was that the master shower leak was overwhelming the sump, so we had a lot of moisture. Plus there was water that seeped between the concrete foundation and the flooring. Since Mr. GI did his <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/05/guest-bathroom-water-we-doing.html" target="_blank">quick fix</a> to that leak, we've noticed much less moisture in both bathrooms. Thank goodness!<br />
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Another mirror bit the dust. We were all ready to frame this one, but Mr. GI had to take it out for some of the wall repairs and didn't have much luck with it. Good thing I have a <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/06/five-dollar-faucet.html" target="_blank">$1 mirror</a> to play around with!<br />
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Right next to the trash pile in the backyard are the beginnings of my hydrangea bushes! Mr. GI's Nana gave us several cuttings from her plant, and two of them actually rooted. Yay!! <i>Yes, we still need to put mulch over this landscape fabric, but what's the point when construction junk is going to land on it, anyway?</i><br />
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Then it was time to build everything back. MR. GI used a bed sheet to cover up the doorway so we wouldn't have quite as much drywall dust enter our bedroom. It also helped that he had a window to open in this bathroom. We did have a little bit of dust build up in our bedroom, but it was <i>nothing </i>compared to the mess we cleaned up after the guest bathroom!<br />
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Boy, this makes it look like it didn't take Mr. GI any time to do the mudding. Trust me, he still did plenty of work, but he is certainly more skilled at it by now. He used a different joint compound this time around: <a href="http://www.lowes.com/pd_172819-272-JT0107_4294858286__?productId=3182059&Ns=p_product_qty_sales_dollar%7C1&pl=1&currentURL=%3FNs%3Dp_product_qty_sales_dollar%7C1&facetInfo=" target="_blank">ProForm Joint Compound</a> ($6 from Lowe's). It supposedly reduces dust, which might have helped us, too. He also used corner tape (the yellow bits on the top left picture), which he loved.<br />
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While all of this mess is going on, we've moved our bathroom stuff into the guest bathroom. It's a little bit more organized now, but at first it looked like the bathroom exploded.<br />
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I've actually heard lately that Mr. GI doesn't mind dry wall so much any more. It might have something to do with the fact that he has now mudded two bathrooms and half a house (for family friends of ours).<br />
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Next up: paint! And let me tell you, it made a <i>huge</i> difference!<br />
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<i>Read about this bathroom's <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/07/master-bathroom-humble-beginnings.html" target="_blank">humble beginnings</a> and follow <a href="http://pinterest.com/erine85/master-bathroom/" target="_blank">my Pinterest board</a> for the bathroom.</i>Mrs. Great Indoorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11067541195408476086noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724227985436292820.post-90149593728670192762012-07-25T22:56:00.001-04:002013-03-22T17:26:37.789-04:00Master Bathroom: Humble BeginningsThat's right. In addition to working on <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/07/another-guest-bathroom.html" target="_blank">my friend's guest bathroom</a>, we're tackling our master bathroom. <i>I will have an update about E's bathroom soon; life has gotten in the way of blogging recently!</i><br />
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As a reminder, here's what our bathroom looked like a few summers ago after our first run-in with moisture a few summers ago (shoulda known then!).<br />
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The room pretty much had a split personality-- the red/brown Target shower curtain we got as a wedding present, then the blue vanity and bathroom nook. But our energy was going to other rooms in the house, so I wasn't incredibly concerned about it.<br />
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The mister built me this bathroom nook for our smaller bathroom things, and I still love it.<br />
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If you haven't been following along for long, you may have missed our <a href="http://tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/04/guest-bathroom-more-than-we-bargained.html" target="_blank">mildew fiasco</a> that caused us to tear into the walls shared between our guest and master bathrooms. Good thing we figured out what was at <a href="http://tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/05/guest-bathroom-water-we-doing.html" target="_blank">the root of the problem</a>.<br />
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While we finished the guest bathroom a few months ago, we wanted to allow some time for our house, bank accounts, and lives to recuperate before starting the master bathroom. It turned out that we had some gift card money and coupons to redeem, so about a week ago Mr. Great Indoors decided to jump feet first into the master bathroom reno! In our first trip for materials, we found a $5 gallon of oops paint (<a href="http://www.valsparpaint.com/en/find-the-right-product/interior/paint/signature-paint.html" target="_blank">Valspar paint/primer</a>) and figured we'd test it out with some flooring that matched. We loved it!<br />
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I had been playing around with the idea of board and batten on the walls (as evidenced by the many B&B pins on my <a href="http://pinterest.com/erine85/master-bathroom/" target="_blank">master bathroom Pinterest board</a>), so that's why I have Frog tape all over the walls in these pictures. We'd been living with it for about a month to make sure we liked it. There's a bit of the test paint over the bathroom nook. <br />
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Yep, I have a 12-year-old's trash can. It was a college purchase-- the cheapest trash can Wal-Mart had, probably. We took the doors off the vanity to replace a broken one from the guest bathroom <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/04/guest-bathroom-overhauling-vanity.html" target="_blank">vanity overhaul</a>.<br />
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Mr. GI swatted at some sort of stinging insect in the bathroom a few years ago, and we've been living with these janky blinds since. I'm planning to make a Roman shade a la <a href="http://littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com/2009/02/make-shades-out-of-mini-blinds.html" target="_blank">Little Green Notebook</a>.<br />
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This over-the-toilet cabinet has also been with me since college, and it's been reconfigured in every place I've lived since. For this go-round, Mr. GI lopped the legs off and bolted it to the wall. It's totally ghetto. And we're actually using pieces of it for future storage in our new bathroom set-up. Can't wait to show off that project! <br />
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We'll be using a different towel hooks. I've had these IKEA hooks since college (sensing a theme here?), but I never really liked them. They're really heavy and have messed up the walls in every place I've hung them. We also had a problem with the damp towels hanging too close to the wall, so we had a teensy amount of mildew build up on the walls behind them every few weeks.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">I'll leave you hanging for now with the first thing I saw when I got home last Monday. Looks like the mister got to work. :-)</span><br />
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I'm sure you're wondering by now if this blog turned into the journey of two people and their bathrooms. Perhaps it did. However, I have proudly refrained from most potty talk. Aren't you proud?<br />
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<i>Check out my <a href="http://pinterest.com/erine85/master-bathroom/" target="_blank">master bathroom Pinterest board</a> and go ahead and read about <a href="http://tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/search/label/bathrooms" target="_blank">all our bathroom adventures</a> to date! </i><br />
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<i> </i>Mrs. Great Indoorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11067541195408476086noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724227985436292820.post-76584754575985155732012-07-19T16:17:00.000-04:002012-07-19T16:24:49.099-04:00One Dollar, Bob<i>If you're looking for The Great Indoors, don't worry-- you're in the right place! It was about time for a little blog redesign. Bear with me if some of the features don't look the same. I'll be updating those over the next few days.</i><br />
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The price was way right for this beauty we found at a yard sale a few weeks ago.<br />
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<a name='more'></a>You might remember we came upon a few other awesome finds at a yard sale in June: <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/06/five-dollar-faucet.html" target="_blank">our $5 faucet and $1 vintage mirror</a>.<br />
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So this lovely chandelier was a fun find. As with the mirror, I'm thinking about painting it a funky color. We think it might be from the 1960s or 1970s? It's got original wiring but no identification. It is old school, hefty, though.<br />
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Mr. Great Indoors is rooting to put it in the kitchen, and I'm pulling for the guest bedroom. If it goes in the guest bedroom, I'll probably go with an indigo blue to play off my <a href="http://tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2011/07/around-house-guest-bedroom-closet.html" target="_blank">teal closet office</a>. <i>Check out my <a href="http://pinterest.com/erine85/guest-bedroom/" target="_blank">guest bedroom board</a> on Pinterest for some of my ideas on colors for the whole room.</i><br />
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The guy who sold us this sucker for A DOLLAR actually relocated to our area from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. He had all sorts of things when we were there, but it sounded like they'd actually sold most of their goodies on Friday. He seemed like he was pretty ready to get out of there-- it was hot, and his wife was barking orders from the air conditioning inside. Our negotiating went something like this:<br />
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<b>The seller</b>: I'll take a dollar.</div>
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"I'll take a dollar." Are you kidding? Best negotiation EVER. I didn't have to say anything-- and he talked himself down to a dollar. I was even willing to pay upwards of <i>five dollars</i> for it. <br />
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<b>Have you been to any yard sales this summer? </b>We took a few yard sale virgins with us that weekend, but unfortunately didn't come home with more than this and a few books for a teacher friend of ours.Mrs. Great Indoorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11067541195408476086noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724227985436292820.post-7124777765418010992012-07-12T16:42:00.000-04:002012-07-12T21:45:01.450-04:00The 12th of July...or, if I had posted this when I intended, the 4th of July! I thought I'd share our Independence Day decorations in case you're looking for future inspiration. I actually plan to keep these up for most of the summer since I'm enjoying them so much. The only money I spent on any of this decor was $2.50 for the little flags (which we intended to take to our local fireworks but forgot at home!). Other than that, I didn't spend a dime on this project. I just walked around the house collecting anything that fit the look I was going for. In this case: red, white, and blue.<br />
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First up, our cookout table setting. We had a few folks over to eat brats (totally un-American, I know), corn on the cob, and apple pie (<i>definitely </i>American), among other tasty things. <br />
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I've found recently that I prefer a casual table setting (i.e., plates and utensils stacked for people to grab) because anything else feels too stuffy. After Mr. GI finished our <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/02/lusting-over-our-reclaimed-barnwood.html" target="_blank">big ol' table</a>, we had a few dinners that I went all out with table settings, chargers, extra plates, you name it. The men in the group were thoroughly confused about what to do with the extra stuff. :-) So for this get-together, I stacked up the plates, wrapped utensil sets with our DIY fabric napkins and twine, and stacked up drink coasters. The utensils were stuffed in painted soup cans and wrapped with red, white (and silver), and blue ribbon. Easy, peasy!<br />
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The centerpiece was just a placemat, charger, some red tissue paper, and a citronella bucket candle I picked up for cheap at Wal-Mart on clearance last year. And of course, some wine corks for texture, since <strike>we're alcoholics</strike> we have those in spades at our house.<br />
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And, as with every season, I changed up our living room shelves.<br />
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The Georgia-shaped basket was a Christmas gift from Mr. GI's parents a few years ago, and I usually stash it full of stuff on our dining room bookcase. The blue placemats along the back on the third shelf were from Wal-Mart a few years ago for pretty cheap; I
just pinned the center one to the wall and stuck the other two behind
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The Bulldog Red is from a winery close to our hometown, and it was my 21st birthday gift from my mom.<br />
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The beautiful blue card of the Shenandoah Valley was also from my mom a few
years ago, and I use it to decorate all the time because of those
magnificent blues (which shows how well she knows me-- the note inside
says that I should use it to decorate...). To bring a little "summer" in, I plopped some sidewalk chalk and drink
umbrellas in a blue pot snagged from the $1 bin at Target a few years
ago for a bridal shower. <br />
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If you've been reading for a while, you know I love to use books in my decor. And can you really have a red/white/blue book stack without The Cat in the Hat? I think not. <br />
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I put a few touches elsewhere in the house, like these candle votives that would also look really summer out on the patio. And the rustic stars fit in just right in the bathroom.<br />
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Oh, hey. There's a photographer behind this blog! <i>P.S. Thanks again to my sister for loaning me her big girl camera to play around with. :-)</i><br />
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<b>How did you decorate for the 4th? Did you watch any fireworks? </b>I've read a few fireworks how tos since the Fourth that make me want to seek out some more fireworks soon.<br />
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<i>For more seasonal shelving goodness, check out the shelves in <a href="http://tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/04/springing-around-house.html" target="_blank">spring 2012</a>, <a href="http://tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2011/12/merry-little-christmas-part-i.html" target="_blank">Christmas 2011</a>, and <a href="http://tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2011/09/decorating-for-fall.html" target="_blank">fall 2011</a> (plus with a little <a href="http://tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2011/11/diy-week-fall-bunting.html" target="_blank">bunting</a>).</i>Mrs. Great Indoorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11067541195408476086noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724227985436292820.post-66168896382767999272012-07-10T10:18:00.000-04:002012-12-14T20:18:23.779-05:00Summer Pinterest Challenge: $5 DIY Vintage Sign<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's that time again! The fearless ladies (and fellas) behind Young House Love, Bower Power, Centsational Girl, and Ten June announced this summer's Pinterest Challenge last week. I made some <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2011/08/pinterest-challenge.html" target="_blank">window art</a> last summer, <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2011/11/diy-week-and-pinterest-challenge-paint.html" target="_blank">framed paint chip art</a> last fall, and the always fabulous <strike>redneck</strike> <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/03/winter-pinterest-challenge-mason-jar.html" target="_blank">Mason jar chandelier</a> this winter, when Sherry and Katie were nice enough to ask me to host! So I was definitely on board with a challenge this go 'round!<br />
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E had talked about wanting a cute sign to put on the door into her guest bathroom, so we knocked around a few ideas and ultimately decided on "The Facilities." She thought it sounded fun but formal, and I think it fits her perfectly. <i>It reminds me of the line from Cake's "Short Skirt/Long Jacket": "She's playing with her jewelry / She's putting up her hair / She's touring the facility / And picking up slack. I want a girl with a short skirt and a lonnnnnnnng jacket."</i> <br />
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This is a pretty simple project that took about two hours and cost less than $5 since we had a few things on hand already. You'll need:<br />
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<li>Stain of your choice, plus gloves and a clean cloth. <i>We used Minwax's "Ebony"</i></li>
<li>White acrylic paint</li>
<li>Polyurethane, if you choose. <i>Since this board is going inside, we chose not to go the extra step with poly.</i></li>
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To decide what size board to buy, I eyeballed some measurements on our door and made a template to test the size. I settled on 24" x 6". It just so happens that Lowe's has pre-cut "craft" wood in that size. I sanded the wood lightly along the edges and wiped it clean. Then I set up a staining area outside. We'll pretend that the distortion on this picture was intentional. Actually, it was <i>super</i> humid outside and fogged up my lens. Blogger fail.<br />
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<i>Work 10 minutes</i><br />
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If you're a staining virgin, here's a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OYMUKkcJyY" target="_blank">great video about staining</a>. I used some Minwax Ebony we had on hand, but I didn't want it too dark, so I only did one pass. Pine is a soft wood, so it soaked up the stain pretty quickly. It also turned out a bit splotchy, but that wasn't a big deal for this project. If you're a perfectionist, use a hardwood like oak, which takes stain better, or you can use a pre-stain wood conditioner. This part of the project took about 10 minutes.<br />
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You'll want to work in a well-ventilated area, and wear gloves if you don't want your fingers to look like this later. I wasn't too worried about it. (Although please do be proud, Mom, that I haven't chewed my nails in weeks!)<br />
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It started to sprinkle just as I finished, so I scooted my project space back toward the house. Someday we'll have a garage with a work space. For now, we do all our stinky projects on the back patio. The directions said the wood would be ready in 15 minutes, but I
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<b>Stencil and Paint</b><br />
<i>Work 1 hour </i><br />
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For the letters, I used a font called <a href="http://www.dafont.com/neuton.font" target="_blank">Neuton</a> that I downloaded from dafont.com. I blew the letters up to 250 font in a regular Word document, and that fit the phrase on my 24" board. Then I cut out each letter with an Xacto knife, leaving a bit of the A intact so the middle of the letter would come through. Here's the stencil before I cut it (bottom) compared with my paper template (top). This definitely was the most painstaking part of the project.<br />
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Tape the stencil down. I used painter's tape along the edges so it wouldn't scootch around. <br />
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I held down the edges of my stencil as I painted. You might try printing your phrase on cardstock, since it's a little stiffer to start.<br />
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Here's the whole guy painted. I let mine dry for about 30 minutes before peeling the stencil off.<br />
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I had a few spots to touch up after the stencil came up, so I lightly sanded along the edges of the letters. See that spot on the A I mentioned? It was easy to fill in with paint when I did the touch ups.<br />
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Here it is before and after I touched it up. I then let the sign hang out overnight.<br />
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<b>Install hanging hardware</b><br />
<i>Work 5 minutes </i><br />
We used two picture hangers to make sure the sign stayed put. Mr. GI measured 1.5" from the top of the sign and 4" from each side, and used that mark to center the hanger. I'll let the pictures do the talking for this process. You can find the hangers at Lowe's <a href="http://www.lowes.com/pd_99644-37672-121126_0__?Ntt=99644&productId=3048681&rpp=16" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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<i>Work 5 minutes</i><br />
For extra credit, we used a tip E found on Pinterest and pinned <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/142426406936133241/" target="_blank">here</a>. Use painter's tape (we used electrical tape) to mark the distance between your hardware, then stick it up on the door. We made sure to take into account the distance of the hardware from the top of the sign.<br />
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<b>Admire!<i> </i></b><br />
This is officially the first project completed for E's bathroom, and we're both pretty excited about how it turned out.<br />
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You could also place a sign like this on the back of your toilet. Isn't it cheeky?<br />
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<b>The Breakdown </b><br />
Our budget:<br />
$3.09 wood<br />
$1.48 photo frame hardware<br />
On hand: stain, acrylic paint<br />
<b>Grand total (with tax): $4.89</b><br />
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Time: <br />
Stain -- 10 minutes of work, 2 hours of waiting<br />
Stencil and paint -- 1 hour of work, 30 minutes of waiting<br />
Hanging -- 10 minutes for hardware installation and hanging<br />
<b>Grand total: 1.5 hours of work, 4 hours total</b><br />
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You know you want to continue the madness, right? Visit the hosts' pages to see (and pin!) their projects, too:<br />
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<a href="http://www.younghouselove.com/2012/07/summer-pinterest-challenge-paint-party/" target="_blank">Young House Love's Paint Party</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.tenjuneblog.com/2012/07/pinterest-challenge-mod-podge-nursery.html" target="_blank">Ten June's Nursery Art</a></div>
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Check out all our ideas for E's bathroom on <a href="http://pinterest.com/erine85/ef-s-bathroom/" target="_blank">our Pinterest board</a>, and read a little more about <a href="http://www.tatumgreatindoors.blogspot.com/2012/07/another-guest-bathroom.html" target="_blank">our decor options</a>. We still haven't decided on the look for the room, so help us pick one by casting a vote!Mrs. Great Indoorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11067541195408476086noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724227985436292820.post-8341391432873861702012-07-06T16:35:00.000-04:002012-07-06T16:39:35.400-04:00Another Guest Bathroom......but I'm not paying for it this time! One of my good friends has challenged me to make over her guest bathroom, given a $60 budget. I'm always up for <strike>spending someone else's money</strike> decorating someone else's house! :-)<br />
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My friend E is in a rental house, and this bathroom used to be her roommate's. Now she's got the house to herself, and she's excited about changing things up.<br />
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She'll be keeping the bones of the room -- the tub, toilet, vanity, and storage unit. Her roommate still has some things to clean out, like the shower curtain, towels, and decals.<br />
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Everything else is ours to play with! We may or may not paint, depending on how we feel once we start decorating.<br />
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E and I had a little shopping trip to HomeGoods and Target last week, and we've been brainstorming on Pinterest with a <a href="http://pinterest.com/erine85/ef-s-bathroom/" target="_blank">shared board</a>. I was finding it tough to narrow down our options, so I played around with a few different options on Polyvore. It didn't make things any easier, unfortunately, because I love every single one of these. So what's your vote? (<i>Click on the pictures or follow the links to Polyvore for product info.</i>)<br />
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<b>Option 2:</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.polyvore.com/efs_bathroom/set?.embedder=850394&.svc=copypaste&id=52615120" target="_blank"><img alt="EF's Bathroom 3" border="0" height="513" src="http://cfc.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-set/.sig/4TDWWsEpwqQ0X1QvrCjgfA/cid/52615120/id/6RtqLajhQluAOR6BEiSMMg/size/c600x513.jpg" title="EF's Bathroom 3" width="600" /></a></div>
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<small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/efs_bathroom/set?.embedder=850394&.svc=copypaste&id=52615120">EF's Bathroom 3</a> by <a href="http://erine85.polyvore.com/?.embedder=850394&.svc=copypaste">erine85</a> on <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/">polyvore.com</a></small></div>
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<b>Or Option 4:</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.polyvore.com/efs_bathroom/set?.embedder=850394&.svc=copypaste&id=52615132" target="_blank"><img alt="EF's Bathroom 4" border="0" height="487" src="http://cfc.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-set/.sig/poxR20rxirMUUaNUeb7Mlg/cid/52615132/id/OlkKB0RNSlC0reycZMtjAg/size/c600x487.jpg" title="EF's Bathroom 4" width="600" /></a></div>
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<small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/efs_bathroom/set?.embedder=850394&.svc=copypaste&id=52615132">EF's Bathroom 4</a> by <a href="http://erine85.polyvore.com/?.embedder=850394&.svc=copypaste">erine85</a> on <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/">polyvore.com</a></small></div>
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The one thing I kept in each of them was the fun "Bath" sign, which I'll probably whip up. I varied everything else, although I'll probably pick and choose once it comes time.<br />
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<b>Which option would you pick?</b> Of course, in the end it's up to the lady with the pocketbook. :-)<b><br /></b><br />
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P.S. Check out <a href="http://pinterest.com/erine85/ef-s-bathroom/" target="_blank">the Pinterest board</a> where we've been stashing all our ideas.Mrs. Great Indoorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11067541195408476086noreply@blogger.com7