The Weird Nooks in our Homes

However we did make very good use of our nook, we call it the tv nook. That being said, it took me a while to get it where I wanted it. I will show you the before pictures and the final addition to this nook.

At one time, we did have a floating shelf above the stand, but that one kept falling off. This shelf was a stash that I picked up a while back, meant for another wall but didn't work. The candle holders were bought on clearance....fantastic steal!!!! at 5.99 each. So the update on the tv nook was done by shopping in our own home, so tweaking will be in order. Yahoooooooooooo something that keeps this brain busy, I love things I can physically change around myself. The photo is from my 17 year old daughter she took for class, it was taken from our back deck. She framed it and gave the photo to me....what a sweetie!!

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janet

Night Stands..not always a night stand

This is my favorite cabinet, it was a 10 dollar yard sale find that we painted. On the right hand side of my blog, you will see we did use it as a tv stand, which was perfect until DH wanted a larger tv. No way was it leaving this house, so now it sits on my side of the bed. I love the storage it gives me, not to mention all the space on top. I still need to make changes to the decor on top.....(another thing on my to do list.) I have also considered moving the mirror above the cabinet.

I like to use peices in places that they were not always intended for.

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janet

TAKE A PICTURE

Just one post below you will see my bathroom post "shoe string budget" well after looking at the pictures for a bit, something was not feeling right to me. If you take pictures of your decor it can really help you see what may not look right to your eye. So at 1:30 in the morning, im in the washroom making the changes, thank goodness that 2 dollar wall decal can be repositioned.

Its hard getting bathroom pictures when a bathroom is small, but in the one picture you will see the shower curtain in the mirror (rod must be replaced) but that curtain has been inspiration for the room. There is still much to do to bring this bathroom from boring builders, my next thing is to frame the mirror out...ah just never ends.

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janet

I like this look better...what are your thoughts? and do you also take pictures to see what changes would improve your design.

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janet

A touch of decor on a SHOE STRING BUDGET

Two post back I spoke about getting motivated, well Im really trying. We all know times are tough and I don't know about everyone else but doing anything big or not so big in our home is pretty much out of the question at this point in our lives. So I shopped at the dollar store, my linen closet and around the house to add some touches to this boring bathroom, I warn you, its not fancy smancy and some may even see it as tacky, but heck it cost me a big TWO BUCKS, for this wall decal. However, a few months back we did paint the walls a soft grey. Is it my decorated dream bathroom...HECK NO!! but i do like the small added touches.

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janet

A little motivation! LIVING ROOM

This has been a challenging room as its like a bowling alley, long and narrow. There was a couple changes made before christmas. The walls were BM butter cream, now they are BM Riveria Pewter, a nice soft grey and of course the wall paper behind the tv no longer looked so great with the new color so we also hung new wall paper (not sure about the paper, reminds me of spirograph art from my childhood)

Today I moved the chair from the corner (where the sticks are now but not staying) replaced gold curtain panels with charcoal grey, added a floor lamp at the end of the sofa (christmas gift) and a new table lamp on the soon to go end table or makeover.....love my new lamps!!!

Then there is that dreaded wall over beside my horrid but much needed chair, hung a mirror that we bought in 1983, but the wall was too boring so I added a wall tattoo around the mirror and oddly enough the wall tattoo has the same colors in it as the wallpaper.

If you look a little further down, you will see in my one post a pine hutch in our eating area, that got a paint job and is now being used as our tv stand and the one that the tv was sitting on (see side pic) is now beside my bed

I still have alot tweaking to do, but at least I have started.....there was a time when I would tweak constantly and hopefully my OCD tweak will come back

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janet

I NEED A KICK IN THE BEHIND

Once again another holiday has come and gone, gosh they just come and go faster and faster as the years pass. I have so many rooms that need attention and I have only accomplished a bit of decluttering. Come this summer, we will be in this house 4 years and I still feel as though I have not pulled off a homey comfy feel. However, I did manage to get some decluttering done and now Im at a stop again lol Wow, someone needs to give me a shove, does anyone have any pick up a go to share? I could really use some.

I hope the next time I write, I will actually have something to share, or shall I say something accomplished.

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Janet