Reveal: My craft room/office

When we moved into our house I knew I wanted a place to do my crafting. There was an extra room with closets full of shelves. I knew right away I wanted those shelves for my crafting stuff. I went in, took down the doors and painted all the ugly brown shelves a stark white(worst job on the planet), I then painted the room a turquoise blue but had always wanted to do a chalkboard wall somewhere and knew there was no better place to do it then in my craft room!
Here it is...drum roll.........My happy place. The place I watch Gilmore girls as I do projects. The place where after one minute Sawyer will be getting into everything so I will have to take him away. I only get time in here when he is asleep or Eric is watching him....but every minute in here is magical :) It all started with some inspiration from Kate Spade.

I made the Triangle art and utah art. I found the awesome gold frames at Michaels for $10 dollars for both.

I found this amazing globe in Porland and had to get it for my souvenir. It had pink, turquoise and gold in it, the perfect colors for my room. Now when I look at it I think of traveling with my sweetheart. 

I painted one of the walls with a chalkboard paint, one night shelby wanted to help out so I had her follow a tutorial and make me that tassel banner. 

Some spray painted, handy pegboard at Lowe's for 6 dollars was perfect for organizing my craft tools. 

-my cork board is where I hang things that Inspire me. I got the calendar at target on a clearance rack for $2

-I made my "hello" cup with some gold sharpies 

-One of my favorite things is my gold rhino that is holding my magnify glass :) 

I made some "diy" vintage marquee letters that light up! It cost about $24 dollars to make them and they add tons of fun to the room

-I got this chair on ksl for super cheap and painted it metallic gold

-the pillows are from society 6 

I f-ound a roughed up glass table at DI for 10 bucks....brought it home and spray painted it metallic gold! It made a world of difference!!! 

-I made this feather dipped banner using my friends tutorial found here: http://thecopenhaven.blogspot.com/2012/10/diy-gold-glitter-dipped-feathers.html 

-I found this random blank pink framed board at tjmax on a clearance rack for $1 (still have no idea what it was suppose to be for), I bought a wood "&" sign and painted it metallic gold adding it to the blank art. 

-found the table at DI for $15 dollars. I painted it mint and did the top and inner hearts a metallic gold. 

-found the heart shelf at DI for $1, painted it pink and the inner heart a metallic gold

-made the "Leave a little sparkle wherever you go" sign out of some paper and glitter. 

-Over the last couple of months I have saved sawyer's formula containers. I spray painted them pink and metallic gold. I then found some magnetic numbers at walmart for $1 dollar. I spray painted them and added them to my containers. I filled the containers with my craft supplies. 

-I bought the "craft" letters from joann's and decorated them using paint, glitter and leaf paper

Eric's mom gave us 3 mismatched stools that she didn't need anymore. With a little bit of pink & gold paint they are now perfect for my craft room! 

-I got the starburst mini mirrors from target on sale for 15 dollars for all three!!! 

 -I love my gold own holding an hour glass 

I fell in love with this bar cart at target a couple months back and kept checking back. It finally went on clearance for 50 dollars and I had to snatch it up! 

I found these awesome turquoise folding chairs at target for $10, I bought 4 for whenever I have friends over to craft with me. 

My favorite part of the room is this beaded chandelier. Nothing made this room more chic then this lighting fixture change(thanks to eric) 

Featuring: Ikat modern Living room

     So I recently realized that my project are never going to feel complete. I need to come to accept the fact that I am always going to feel like there is more I can do to make them look better. So this week I have decided to finally feature some of the things I have been working on, even though they may be imperfect. Today I want to feature my Living room.
   

     Room Inspiration: When we moved in the room was very bland. Everything was ivory and there was no color. It had an old feel. I wanted to keep the curtains because they were beautiful and I knew affording curtains like these was going to be impossible. When I found some brown couches at a RC WILLEY doorbuster sale and pulled out the mustard bookshelf and desk that I refinished that I wanted a place for, I was on the adventure of finding a way to bring all of these things together. How was I going to bring ivory, brown and mustard together? I pictured adding a rust and turquoise color. My mom and I headed up to "Calico Corner", a fabric store in salt lake. When we entered the store I immediately knew I had found the fabric that was going to bring my room together. My mom agreed to make some accent pillows out of the fabric I had found. After a couple of months of finding little things, here is how it all turned out........

view when entering our from door. 

The ikat pillows that inspired the room. Thank you mom for sewing them for me. 

Fabric: Calico Corners $25/yard

Rust pillows: Jcpenney $13 dollars for 2 

Coffee table: KSL $40

Modern rug: Walmart $20 

"Im walking on sunshine" sign...Hobby Lobby $12 dollars

Poppy Sign: Lowe's $15

suitcase: four chairs $50 

Flower basket: Thai Pan $12 

picture shutter: Archivers $20

I want to give a shout out to my awesome handy husband! 

I will go to him and ask him to help me create something and he will help me make it happen! 

I am in love with this "Hello" sign he helped me create! Thanks eric!!

Love how it all turned out!!!! 

Upcoming Features:

-Modern Yellow/Teal Master bedroom 

-Chic Gold Office/craft room 

-My Project life New years resolution 

-Gold Dot Iphone Case Inspired by Kate Spade 

Thanks for reading! PLEASE come back soon :) 

Love, Erica 

Sawyer's Nautical Nursery

AHOY!

So...Those of you who know me well, know that I have quite the obsession with NAUTICAL stuff. When I found out I was pregnant with a little boy I knew exactly how I wanted to do his nursery. I had previously done a Ships Ahoy, It's a boy!! shower for my cousin. I was kind of living through her when I did it because it was always the theme I wanted to do for my baby boy. I kept all the decorations I made for it and my baby nursery stemmed from there. 

Before........

we took this on move in day. 30 weeks pregnant. 

In Process......

we weren't even in the house for a week when we painted his nursery a beautiful, Nautical blue.

cost= paint $28  

After.......

I started out by painting a yard sale crib this beautiful white color. 

cost=crib $20, paint $20, Primer $10

I painted this sailboat and these picture frames and filled them with my nautical maternity pics. 

cost= frames $2, boat=already owned.

I have an obsession with chevron, who doesn't? So we found this awesome chevron fabric and my mom made valances out of it. Isn't she so talented and aren't they perfect?

cost=Gift from nana 

I am not an artist by any means but I attempted to paint some alphabet canvases and some Nautical canvases....inspiration here: http://www.etsy.com/listing/101785326/nautical-theme-whale-childrens-wall-art?ref=sr_gallery_20&ga_search_query=nautical+canvases&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=US&ga_page=4&ga_search_type=all

cost=canvases $10, paint $5 and letters $12

My mom had these old chest-a-drawers that were perfect. 

cost=$0

My mom is incredibly talented. When she found out I was pregnant she decided she was going to make his crib bedding. We put our heads together, picked out the fabric and after 2 days at the sewing machine, this is the turn out of the crib quilt. PERFECTION. 

cost= Gift from nana

I was overdue and bored so my mom and I used some leftover fabrics and made him a little accent pillow. We all know I have an obsession with accent pillows. 

cost= leftover fabrics $0, leftover pillow form $0

Coral & Mint Dining room/Living area

I don't know if you know who Dear Lizzy is but her craft line, Lucky Charm,

was the inspiration of this room. I know, random. I have always been a huge fan of her craft line and I saw this line and fell in love with it and I knew I wanted my focus colors to be Mint & Coral and her craft line included these colors beautifully! So here it is....my favorite room in the house...my other Happy Place! 

Before......

After.....

The MINT wall is where is all started. 

cost= paint $32

I painted this chalkboard from Hobby Lobby CORAL and 

made a cute, little welcome banner out of  Dear Lizzy's craft line,

Lucky Charm.

cost= chalkboard $20, leftover paint $0

My grandma gave us her old wood dining table and I painted it a black vinyl and my mom found these beautiful black chairs on ksl for 25 dollars for all 6!!! I topped the table off with a Burlap table runner,and a Mint vase with  Coral flowers. 

cost= table $0, vinyl paint $10, chairs $25, burlap runner $4, vase 50cents, flowers $3

I already has this beautiful MINT Chandelier, I made these canvases with the Dear Lizzy paper craft line, Lucky Charm.

Cost: chandelier already owned, canvases already owned, Dear lizzy paper $10

I have a dish obsession! So obviously I needed a dish shelf! I found the perfect Mint dish set for 8 at Ikea. I made the mugs with a pinterest tutorial, I painted mason jars with leftover paint, and made a cute banner with leftover paper. 

cost: shelf $30, dishes $30, mugs $2 

My mom and I painted an accent wall the perfect Coral color. My mom bought us an armorer on ksl  and I painted it a black vinyl. We found the beautiful ottoman at Gordman's to add the tan accents into the room. 

cost= Armorer gift from mom, coral paint $20, ottoman $60

I used my gift card to Hobby Lobby to buy that beautiful lamp. I searched several Joann fabric stores and found fabrics for the accent pillows that my mom sewed. My favorite thing in the room is my Anthropologie vase with my beautiful silk "poppy" flower. 

cost=lamp with gift card, fabrics $30, pillow forms $0, anthropologie vase $35, poppy flower $9

I found this awesome geometric rug at Ikea !! I found a wood coffee table at DownEast Home and painted it a dark Mint. 

cost= rug $70, coffee table $40, and paint sample $5

Thanks for stopping by! 

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