The Options Have Expanded

If you've browsed various diy blogs, you'll see

this rug pop up here and there.

FYI...I LOVE it!

It was my original choice for our family room.

However, needing an 8' x 10', it was often out of stock.

Well, jump on it quick people, because it is now on

Overstock.com

(one of my fave shopping sites btw)

in this color

this color

this color

and even a purple kind of color I can't find again!

You think they would give them all the

same title description, huh?

It makes me laugh because it kind of looks

like me finding a fave shirt,

and then wanting to buy it in every color!!! Lol ;-)

Do you have a favorite?

~Anneke  :-)

The Rug...and a few lessons.

Well first of all

WELCOME

to everyone new following along here!

SO happy to have you!!!

If you've been following a little while,

you know I've been trying to be patient in

getting our living room put together.

Dare I share my lack of success??? :-/

So...we got the rug. One.little.problem.

Do you see it?

Well, I knew I got a little smaller rug than

our previous one, but I thought the size would work fine.

Nope. Even with getting a smaller rug pad,

it just doesn't look right.

But THIS is the problem I'm talking about.

A little closer for ya.

It unfortunately arrived like this in the mail. :-(

Thankfully RugsUSA has been great.

The result? I was given a full refund for damages,

no UPS inspection, SO, basically a free rug with a hole in it.

Hm? What am I supposed to do with it???

They said I can donate it, throw it away, whatever.

It's too small for the room, I don't know if I really have a different

place in the house for this rug where I could 'hide' the rug....?????

I'm wondering if I should be a little thankful since

I didn't go with my gut on getting the bigger size?

Lesson learned!!!

Anyway....here are the next couple of pieces in the works!

I picked this up over the weekend and am SO excited!

I've been looking awhile for something like this

with these lines and have a very specific idea for it!

This is an amazing quality Stanley dresser.

Everything functions perfectly.

It is going to be a beautiful high gloss coral color, and I totally

envision it in a girl's room!

The center door opens to 3 drawers. Nice! :-)

Here's Annabelle helping with some work for

her Operation Smile fundraiser!

She's only $166.00 from meeting her goal!!!

Thank you for your support so far! :-D

I hope you're off to a great start to your week!

I'm definitely feeling quite contemplative over

some big decisions right now. That's why I love

my time working on furniture...gives me time to think. ;-)

~Anneke

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Kayla J Photography Studio Reveal!

Ok FINALLY!!!! PICTURES!!!

I am such a terrible blogger....seriously. Don't try to flatter

me, but thank you for understanding I'm a stay at home mom! ;-)

For those of you jumping in, awhile back my sister,

who is a professional photographer, aquired a new

studio space that need some major design help - guess

who got to help out?!!! I told her first thing (because we ARE sisters!)

"Ok....I'll try not to drive you nuts. Just trust me."

HA!!!

I hope you LOVE it!!!

Mostly pictures from here on out!

Seating area for clients

BEFORE PICTURES:

New carpet was needed.

Prop storage in the old bank vault = SUPER COOL!

Oh, the colors! :-[

This is the desk area and client seating. That wall was

definitely a design challenge...pretty unsightly!

This is where the photos will be taken.

Gallery wall.

Bathroom and client viewing room.

PROGRESS:

My sister said she just wanted it to feel light and bright.

I think she thought I was CrAzY when I said

she should paint the long wall a dark charcoal gray!

Notice the lighting/fan - those HAD to go!!!

Moving all the stuff in (and out!).

A LOT OF DREAMING!!!

THE REVEAL

Client Seating

Front Right Window Displays

& Huge DIY Mirror (more to come!)

Large Portraits Over Muslin Fabric,

Hung with nailhead trim. Different lighting elements.

This is very special...a picture of my sister and our dad

who passed away in 2003 and old family camera.

Seating area.

Craiglist dining table repurposed as a desk!

Stainless legs and ashwood top.

Gallery Wall as viewed from her desk.

(Kayla was fixing the mounting this day)

I was very excited to make this console table for Kayla.

I found a similar one online and knew I could make it

for a fraction of the cost and that

 it would fit the space perfectly!

"Floating" hardwood floor for the shooting area

and traverse rod for backdrops

(that would be my kid btw) ;-)

Old Bank Vault as prop storage.

I'll ask Kayla for a picture of the inside.

It's SO cool and perfect for her storage!!!

Client viewing room with screen projector.

Still need to update the couch, but it works great for now!

Oh  my goodness, I'm ridiculously excited about this mirror.

This cost about $125 to make, and people - it.is.HUGE!!!

Like 42" x 96"

(give or take - I can't remember!)

Be on the lookout for a tutorial. :-)

A glimpse of the new chandeliers we picked out!

So modern, elegant, AND chic!

This is the picture from Overstock.com

I hope it feels light and bright enough like Kayla had imagined

and that her clients find it to be an inviting space.

This project was SO fun!!! It was a mix of new items,

Craiglist finds, DIY projects, and a lot

of creativity on a budget!

I hope you enjoy the after!

Have a great day!

~Anneke~

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It's Gonna Be A BUSY Week

Nothing like starting the New Year off with some craziness, right? Especially from a super anti-get-crazy-busy kind of person like myself! But love prevails, and I am SO excited to be helping my sister semi-renovate and design her new studio space for her photography business, Kayla J Photography. Check out her amazing work at www.kaylajphoto.com! I have been browsing, shopping, measuring, researching, and building for her new space and having a BLAST!!!

All this to say, don't expect too much from me this week, but after her Grand Opening this coming Saturday, be prepared to be bombarded friends! :-)

I am still pretty active on the Facebook page, so check in when you get the chance - I love all of your input!

Since I didn't do any kind of Christmas decor post, I thought I'd leave you with a picture of my favorite decoration in my house this Christmas. The ladder was my husband's Great Grandpa's (we're still semi-verifying that!), but it's so cool! The real deal rustic. ;-)

Have a great week!


~Anneke


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Well. Now that I'm back and officially done with all of the laundry and cleaning, we ended up doing a little bit of rearranging between our living rooms. Unfortunately with rough times and our other house not selling we needed some extra money for property tax. Boo. Keeping it real on this end. :-( 

Anyway, we decided to go ahead with selling our nice leather sectional since it's been on my mind lately to open up our family room.

We started with this

Oh...that angled wall.... :-/

Sold the couch for what we bought it for two years ago

off of Craigslist. :-)

And now have this

You may remember me talking about selling

our other couch from our reading room here.

So with that in mind, we used our couches for 2 years,

sold them and made $400,

and bought the couch above for $100.

I'm feeling pretty good about that -

even though I have to use the cash for property taxes

and not for funner things.

It brings out the creativity, right???

As for the family room, we kept these Barcaloungers

SO COMFY!!! They just take up A LOT of space!

It's not "done", but what do you think initially?

I love having a rug there, which we didn't before,

and I love how open it feels.

We're planning to put move the tv to the wall,

add a media center, etc.

On another note, I somehow got around to building this today!

It's like CRAZY long!!!  Almost 95" for our entryway wall.

I'm planning to stain it a dark walnut or jacobean

and paint the boxes black or something.

They are from a toy box set!

Be on the look out for the finished picture. :-)

I hope you are having a great week!

~Anneke~

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