Showing posts with label vintage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vintage. Show all posts

Friday, July 26, 2013

chalkboard coffee cart

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We go through weird phases of crafting obsessions on our blog. For a while it was bleach, then studs, then embroidery, and now I guess we are a little bit obsessed with chalkboard paint (I've already thought of our next project!).

Last summer I found this old ugly cart at a thrift store for only a couple bucks, so I brought it home and spray painted it this beautiful aquamarine. This summer, with chalk board paint on the brain, I walked by my beautiful little cart and had an epiphany, What if the top of the cart.... was a chalkboard?!?

So I acted on destiny, whipped out our chalkboard paint, scrubbed down the cart, and began painting. Once done I added the age old question, "tea or coffee," with my chalk, though you could ad labels for specific kinds of coffee you brewed ("hey this one is decaf!) and so on. I absolutely adore the way it turned out, don't you?

Have you had any crafting epiphany's lately?

-Leah

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Thursday, June 27, 2013

this little home of ours--living room shapshots

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We are currently in that wonderful state of comfort in this little home we share. It is always such a blessing to come home to a decorated home and after a long day of work, I love coming home to my puppy dancing on his back feet in order to be closer to my face and venture in farther to find that Erin has cooked me a delicious meal as well as cookies to eat afterwards (I think she is trying to fatten me up).

My favorite room of the house, as far as decor goes, is most definitely our living room. It is probably the room we have spent the most time on together decorating. It is just so cozy and inviting with all of the plants and artwork. I love curl up on our vintage purple sofa with a cup of coffee and look at all of the delights around the room.

Do you have a favorite room in your house?

-e plus l

Rug is from Urban Outfitters// Artwork by Leah and Erin// The rest is mostly thrift or vintage (or gathered from Leah's house)

Thursday, April 18, 2013

DIY recycled sweater pillow

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Not going to lie, we were going to share some pretty awesome shorts that we made today, but for some reason it just felt wrong to share something so springy and fun on such a cold and miserable day. I swear, Kansas likes to fool us all. Plus the shorts are still wet from the wash last night and it would have been pretty uncomfortable to model them to take cute pictures. So instead we bring you the recycled sweater pillow.

This craft is great for when spring finally hits (or hit at one point and turned back into winter) and you are able to go through your winter sweaters and decide to get rid of some.

You'll need: An old sweater, scissors, a sewing machine, and stuffing.

DIY recycled sweater pillow
DIY recycled sweater pillow DIY recycled sweater pillow

You'll first need to take your sweater and lay it out flat on the ground (or if you live in a real home with a work table, lay it flat there) and cut across the front of the sweater right under the sleeves.

I then sewed along the opening with the buttons to ensure that no stuffing would come sneaking out of in between them once it was finished.

Then turn your sweater inside out and sew along the top and the bottom. Make sure to leave a hole on one corner for a place to add the stuffing. Next turn it inside out, stuff it, and sew up your hole!

DIY recycled sweater pillow

^^don't fret! Your favorite old sweater will be just as snuggly once in pillow form!^^

DIY recycled sweater pillow

This is the first of many pillows we are making for our new apartment. We can't wait to start moving in in 13 days!

For the rest of your sweater, Elsie and Emma over at A Beautiful Mess have some great DIY's for old sweaters, such as this one and this one.

-e plus l 

Monday, March 11, 2013

house wishes


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Because of our recent investment in an apartment we have spent countless hours imagining what it will look like. In a perfect world, our apartment would magically look like a nice compilation of all these inspirational pictures. Sadly, it is not a perfect world and we don't have unlimited amounts of money. But we are excited to decorate with the stuff we have as well as grabbing a few more "reasonable" things on our wishlist.

#1. The perfect vintage couch. Forget those big poofy reclining couches you can find at Ashley's Furniture, we want a couch with buttons and flowers. Ideally we would find one that is a fun color (green, blue, pink, orange?) that has as much character as possible for less two hundred dollars. Dream big, eh? Some pictures for your brain images: 1//2//3//4

#2. A small round dining room table. Ideally it would be white, but of course we could paint it in the end. Our kitchen is pretty tiny though, so we don't want it to be too large.

#3. Small kitchen accessories. We still need a few things to cook with yet. We haven't been able to compile these while living in the dorms, sadly they lack kitchens. Ladles, spatulas, a large soup pot, vegetable steamer, rice cooker, crock pot, cookie sheets, knives, a microwave, as well as some other dish ware. In a dream world this list would contain a kitchen aid mixer... Specific items we are drooling over: 1//2//3

#4. Patio furniture. We would like to be able to sit outside as much as possible, and we have been loving the idea of getting old metal chairs to put out on our little patio. Here are some cute ones that are kind of what we are looking for: 1//2

The trouble with moving into our first apartment is that we want to buy everything cute and adorable but we are slowly realizing that that may not be entirely possible with our budgets. So we are sticking to the necessities first.

Can you tell how excited we are?

-e plus l