Mood Board Mondays: Colorful Chic Teen Room!

Unfortunately, my room was

never this cool when I was a teen.

Window Panels: Chipper Candy Pink White Premier Prints Fabrics, $12
CSN Stores - Furniture, Home Decor, Tools, Office Furniture, Bedding,..., $218
Book Shelves and Desk: Carson 5-Shelf Bookcase - Espresso : Target, $120
Carson Anywhere Desk - Green : Target, $100
Carson 3-Shelf Bookcase - Espresso : Target, $90
White Ceramic Planeters for organization; IKEA KARDEMUMMA, $1.99
Poster Wall Decor for Any Room Serena & Lily
Upholstered Bed Walmart.com: Tufted Twin Headboard with Upholstered Rails, Duck..., $300
Storage Bins: The Container Store > Newsprint Bins, $9.99
Lighting: Venus 15" Pendant Chandelier in Hot Pink Translucent Capiz Shell by...
Desk Chair: Costco - Liner White Office Chair
Black and White Pillows:Madeline Weinrib Atelier


For info on how to put this room together on a budget, contact me (Jess) at Zocal_Creative@yahoo.com

Easy Updates: Easy Artwork.

My daughter's room has this empty wall:

Solution: Cheap & Easy Wall Art.

Supplies: 2 black wooden picture frames (Dollar Tree, $2)

2 white picture mattes (Dollar Tree, $1)

pretty notebook cover (Walmart, $2)

I played around with the placement of the

mattes before I cut the notebook into 2 pieces.

Then I taped each piece in place

and placed them in the frames.

Done!

A close-up:

And the doggie purse hook from last week found a nice home too ;)

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Fabrics on Friday: Navy & Yellow.

High & Low priced Fabrics: Navy & Yellow

Navy is classic.
Yellow is cheerful.
Together they're a stunning pair.

Premier Prints Suzani Slub Texture Yellow/White - Discount Designer..., $6.98
Garvanza Home Waffle Cloth Stripe White/Navy - Discount Designer..., $3.98
Designer Fabrics for Nursery, Kids Room, Play Room Serena & Lily
Designer Fabrics for Nursery, Kids Room, Play Room Serena & Lily
Fabric - Stockholm/Sungold - Fabrics For The Home - Calico Corners, $25
Premier Prints Chipper Slub Texture Corn Yellow - Discount Designer..., $5.58

Happy Thanksgiving.

Wishing you a lovely Thanksgiving!

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Easy Updates: Custom Media Boxes.

We're trying to become a mostly digital houselhold. But we still have some media that we just don't plan to get rid of; namely VHS tapes and Nintendo games.

The problem:
I am not fond of those media towers.
So how do we store them?

Solution: Media boxes!

While media boxes tend to be inexpensive, they tend to only store a few at a time. And they are not always attractive. But I knew I could make my own with a little creative thinking.

So enter two empty boxes that were headed to the recycling bin. I removed both lids, then I covered each box in scrapbook paper.

I tried a colorblock pattern with the largest box. I simply cut large rectangles of the color paper and taped them in place using masking tape.

After their scrapbook paper makeovers, each box found a new home.

The larger box was missing something,
so I added a monogram letter!...my favorite finishing touch!

Total cost: FREE :)

Mood Board Mondays: Coastal Chic

I love Coastal Style.

A High and Low Cost Costal Chic Living Room

Williams-Sonoma Home Hyde Sectional, $1,850
Shag Pouf :: POUFS :: HOME :: Calypso St. Barth, $425
Pier 1 Imports - Annie Wing Back Chair, $250
Parallel Nesting Tables west elm, $199
floor natural 23 pillow - Natural Pillow, $50
Madeline Weinrib Atelier
Seaside Inspired nautilus linen pillow from SeasideInspired.com
Seaside Inspired linen starfish pillow from SeasideInspired.com
Madeline Weinrib Atelier
Reflections...
Model Ships
Adobe Ticking

Thrifty Thursdays.

This hanger was 3 bucks.

It's awesome because:

1. funky color combo.

2. cute polka dot dog with handsome bow tie.

3. $3, enough said.

Ofcourse I bought it.

It will live in my daughter's room.

She said she wanted a dog ;)

I love a bargain.

Mood Board Mondays.

Today's mood board is for my first design client!

Style: Simple & Transitional

Her master bedroom

has great pieces of furniture.

She just wants a little icing for the cake ;)

1. We will do a wall treatment of stenciled chrysanthemums behind the bed.

2. Floor length window treatments will be added.

3. We're trying out different options for benches at the foot of the bed.

4. She has a large ottoman that I will recover in cleanable fabric. ]

Budget: $200

I love a challenge ;)

Welcome.

Welcome to my blog.

I love design.

I love to save money.

I'm learning how to combine the two without compromising either.

Watch me work.

Jess

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