Are you renting??

Wow! I have really been slacking on posting.  I have been talking about posting since around valentines day. A lot has been going on lately.  I put up decals on the wall that I ordered online a while ago, I tried a new sugar cookie recipe and made valentine cookies (I've eaten way to many), and I found some great goodies at the thrift store. But most importantly, I have been working. What? What? Satori is the salon I work at and they are in need of a receptionist.  They offered me the position, but I turned it down.  However, I did tell them I would fill in for them until they find someone.  It's fun to be in the salon atmosphere again.  The down side of it is that I am not actually a stylist there. Every day I watch everyone with their clients and I just want to jump right in there and touch some one's hair! I know that may sound strange but sitting on the sidelines is kind of a bummer. It's 20 hours a week, and it's Monday through Friday.  I am so happy to have Saturdays off so that I can have one day I get to stay in my pj's for the entire day if wanted. Now I want to get back to talking about the wall decals.  These things are amazing! I absolutely love all of the designs you can do with the geometric shapes! The best part is that it ISN'T PERMANENT!!!! If you are a renter and like me, its sad to think you can't add a pop of color with paint. Sooooo... I was really happy when I found these babies to brighten my days.  I drew up a couple of patterns and finally came up with this. I love it! The small yellow triangles I cut myself from the left over large triangle that I had so if you order them. Just know that their small triangles are bigger than the ones in my picture. Well let's get to it. Here are the pictures of the patterns I drew out and our beautiful wall.  I'm not finished decorating the top of the piano so someday when it's complete I will post a picture with the piano against the wall.

Drafting

# 1

# 2

Here we go

Making progress

All done (whew, that was a lot of work.)

Thank you Walls by Murr for the great product! You can get their product online here.

DRESSER!

It's finally done and I couldn't be any more happy with the results! I'm in love!!! Here are the before and after pictures.  If you guys want me to post pictures of the process let me know and I'll do a semi tutorial.

This is after I sanded down half of the top. I love seeing how different it looked after. 

I had a little trouble finding knobs I liked. The funny thing about it though is that I bought the top four knobs at target on clearance a few weeks ago just because I liked them and I thought to myself, "I'll use these someday. I don't know what for yet, but I LIKE them!"... So I bought 'em.  I had some rewards from buying our dinning room table at World Market which means I got the other four for a very hefty price.  FREE! I didn't even think to put the two different knobs together on this project until I got home. I think the two different designs really make this piece. Enjoy!  

The best part is that it matches the chair I reupholstered. Winning!

My inspiration came mostly from this dresser I found on Pinterest of course. Unfortunately it didn't have a link to where the picture was found so I can't give photo or blogging credit. So if the person who did this sees my post. THANK YOU for the inpiration.  

I when I was struggling to get the pattern just right. This photo helped me get back on track. This photo was also found on Pinterest. You can find more about this dresser here.

What's new?

     So sorry for posting so late but I got a little carried away with a project today.  Don't worry I'm putting a couple sneak peek pictures up so you can get excited.  I can't wait to show you all when I'm done. :) Let's get down to business though! I finally finished decorating one room in the house. Yay! Can you guess which room?? The spare bathroom! I forgive you if you guessed wrong. I am loving everything about how it turned out.  I even explored around the neighborhood a while ago and took some photos, which are now displayed in the bathroom. There isn't anything too exciting about them, but I like them so that's all that matters I guess. Jeff is on a business trip in Fresno for a couple of days so I am really hoping to get some serious stuff done while he's gone so that I can keep myself busy.  So far Pandora has been my best friend. Now what you all have been waiting for pictures!! I'm too lazy to edit them so just pretend they are really pretty, bright, and fun photos. I know you all have creative minds. :)

This one looks kind of funky because it is a panoramic pic. I just took it so you can see the set up better.

And now for the quick looks at my upcoming projects. 

Sweet dreams everyone!!