Tag: decorating

Headboards, Mirrors, End Tables……Fork & Spoon?

Headboards, Mirrors, End Tables……Fork & Spoon?

I’ve kinda got a thing for those cool, old oversized forks and spoons you used to see on your grandma’s wall.  Sometimes they were made of wood, some were ceramic, some were metal.  Well, I’m in love with them!  Anytime I see a set or […]

Restocked Craft Booth

Restocked Craft Booth

I added a few new things to my craft booth today. It was mostly little things, filler type stuff on the shelves and some hanging items on the pegboard. Stuff like that is really where my heart is. I like to take something old and […]

Craft Booth Update

Craft Booth Update

I’ve been crafting like crazy over here. I want to pack as much stuff as possible into my little space at University Pickers. I want people to walk in and just fall in love with that special something, or somethings! I love those booths that are so full of crafty goodness that your eye just doesn’t know what to stop on or go to next. That’s what I want! I apologize if some of these pictures are repeats. I forget what I have already photographed, and sometimes I have to move stuff around to get a new piece in and shown to its best advantage so that will result in some items being photographed on multiple days. Anyway, take a look and drop me a line to tell me what you think. And stop in at University Pickers if you are in the area!

OH! I have a sign now! I love it, it perfectly sums up my style and the stuff in my booth. Lael said it’s kind of hard to read with the “L” covered in flowers, but people always stumble over Lakauai anyway!

Craft Booth Update

Craft Booth Update

Since I ran out of time yesterday getting my booth set up, I came back today to add some more pretties. A lot of this stuff was left over from an older craft booth I had at another store with a few new things I’ve […]

New Craft Booth – Lakauai

New Craft Booth – Lakauai

I’m starting a new venture and I’m so excited about it!!! I will now have a craft booth at University Pickers, one of my absolute favorite stores. If you live in the Huntsville area, you are in luck!  This store has the best of the […]

Lampshade Makeover

Lampshade Makeover

Another project crossed off my To-Do list, sort of!  I finished the fabric strip lampshade that I’ve been wanting to create since I saw it on Pinterest.  The problem is that the lampshade that I got the other day, (remember my Thrift Store Score post?) well, it didn’t work for the lamp that I had in mind when I bought it.  It was too small.  But, I still wanted to do the fabric strip technique, so I just went looking for another lamp I could re-do.  The lamp that sits in the computer armoire was a good size.  There was nothing wrong with the shade on it, it was just boring.  A plain old silvery white color.  So, the transformation began.  It took quite a bit longer than I thought it would to cut the strips and then tie all those buggers on.  But, in the end I love the way it turned out.  Now, the only problem is that I need a lower wattage bulb.  I don’t think it is a fire hazard, but it’s pretty bright shining through the fabric strips.  You can see the shine on the wall of the computer armoire in the big picture.  Also, when Todd came in to marvel at my work of art, he threw his hand up over his eyes.  I think he might have exaggerated a bit, it’s bright, but not quite that bad!!

fabric_strip_lampshade

Silverware into Art

Silverware into Art

This project is going on the wall on my kitchen that I’ve been wanting to re-do for quite some time.  It only has a poster print cheaply framed and a shelf now – BORING!  I still love the print, but it was one of the […]

Dots!

Dots!

I’ve had the paint for Lael’s walls for a long time, I bought it shortly after we moved here. I’ve been telling her I was going to paint her walls, yes I’m going to paint. I am going to start that project soon. I promise! […]

Paint – FINALLY!

I have been wanting to paint ever since we moved in.  All of the walls in our house were/are boring builders beige.  I bought paint for the kitchen several months ago and just never made the time to paint.  It is Fragant Cloves, by Olympic paints, a beautiful deep orange/red/rust color.  After painting a bit, I decided it would be too much for the entire kitchen walls.  So, I found a warm light brown, Warm Brown Sugar, also by Olympic and used the orange on the bottom of the chair rail and the brown over the top. 

After painting the kitchen and LOVING it, I decided to keep going with the Living Room.  Choosing this color was quite a bit harder than the kitchen.  I wanted a yellow, but not school bus yellow.  Plus it had to coordinate nicely with the kitchen colors since they are adjoining walls.  After several trips back and forth to Lowes with a little mixing and re-mixing, finally – a color that works.