Yellow Treasure Hunt…Before and After $0

Yellow 

seems to be all over the place

 for summer.  

But this year it seems they are pushing

  bigger ticket items like yellow lamps or this sink below?

I don't want to commit to that!

I love yellow too, 

but instead I went on a

 yellow treasure hunt around my house

 to see what I could find that would satisfy my craving for bright yellow this summer.

Here are some of the things I found

so far….  $0

The majority of the items I found 

were from my Kitchen

and my Study.

 I focused my attention on these two areas

 and added little touches of yellow.

I created a bright and inviting

 Tea and Coffee station

for the corner of my Kitchen.

 Last year I made this chair for my Son's room,

but I used it to inspire

a makeover

for my Study.

Here is my Study

 BEFORE:

And my Study

AFTER: $0

I found simple things from around the house,

like these badges I made into magnets,

and a bunch of yellow pens and pencils.

Zach's Chair looks great in the Study now.

 It was not drastic,

but it was free

and can be changed again easily.

 This can be done with any colour for any season.

The best part is it cost me nothing to do!!

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I also painted this frame yellow

and added a pineapple print I found online.

This can now go in the Study 

to satisfy my pineapple crush too.

From one room to Another...

 My Son recently wanted a new desk in his room.  Which meant that we needed to get rid of his white Expedit shelf from Ikea.

 I have wanted shelving around the TV for some time now, so I thought I would take the shelf from his room and the other one from the study and just see how they looked.

 Not bad at all!  And free!

I think I will keep it this way for awhile.

The shelves have a nice homey feel and allow me to display some of my favourite objects.

The next step was to balance out the shelves in the kitchen.  

I took this old 80's shelf and painted it white.

Now, it looks lovely and a bit country in my modern kitchen.

A great place to make a tea or coffee in the morning.

 I am getting some of the Christmas decorations up for this year.

  I love Christmas in the Summer. 

 That is why I took this neon pink star I painted and added it to my door wreath,

 just to change it up a bit this year.

Why not?

Let me know if you have taken furniture from one room and given it a new purpose in another room.
Or if you are wondering just how to go about it, please email me.

Stay cool in this heat!!
Niki

"Baby to Boy" Room Makeover

Before
The room was full of Teddy Bears and toys from when Scott was a baby.

After
The theme revolved around
 travel and transportation

         The Brief:  

          

          To take Scott's room

           from a

             BABY's Room

                to a real 

              BOY's Room.

Before
A cluttered dresser top
and Teddy Bear art.

Woody and Buzz had to stay
They are now on the top shelf in the corner.

After
We installed red shelves to display
some of Scott's lovely toys.

Staging to accent
colours and shapes
can have a really
impressive impact.

I met with Dana weeks prior to brainstorm about
 what art work she wanted
 and what she could make.
We came up with some ideas,
 and she made
 4 of the 5 pieces of art in the above photo.

She also made all the art below.

So simple,
Scott's toy plane is now mounted over a map of where they once visited
and framed in a box frame.
Perfectly matching the traveling theme.

Pinterest was very handy with ideas.
How cute is this?

Dana also made this lovely canvas.
She covered it with fabric,
and used a sticker and made his name
out of the remaining bits.

She had these awesome vintage style crates,
and we needed a shelf solution,
So we attached them to the wall
and created an art collage around them.

Scott is thrilled with his room makeover.