Craft Closet Makeover

 I will keep something straightened up if I take the time to decorate it.  

My craft closet/office was a complete and utter wreak. 

It's off of the living room and it's been stash central ever since Bill gave the space to me.

You think this is bad? You should have seen it at Christmas.

There have been times when it was so bad, the vacuum cleaner wouldn't even fit inside. 

The piano was a great place to put stuff until sorting.

I decided to paint two feature walls in Robin's Egg Blue or Tiffany Blue.

 This is 1/2 Drizzle by Sherwin Williams mixed with plain white from Glidden.

I was so glad I cut it because it's pretty dark as it is.

It didn't take long to paint but it took forever to sort stuff and bring it back in. 

My brother and my dad made the little Modge Podge Chest for me for Christmas. 

I was 13 so it is very groovy. All my old sewing patterns were stored in it. Now it holds stationary. 

They filled it full of sewing notions. It is one the top gifts I've ever received. 

Bill and Bekah both made wood pictures with pop top hangers as children.  

Bill turned this space into his office when the house was full of teenagers.

The chalk board is simply plywood painted with chalkboard paint. 

Two decades of photo albums got new binders.

In 2006 we got digital cameras. There's been no more scrapbooking for me since then.

The snake is a long standing joke between Bill and I. 

We had one on our Honeymoon and occasionally he rears his head again. 

The crib spring memo board found a home in here. 
I saw this idea for the first time over at Funky Junk Interiors.

The blue with the light green chair is funky and fun.

I'll keep you posted on how well I do on keeping this clean.

Katie   

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Guest/Room Office Reveal

About a month ago I told you that Bill and I weren't thrilled with the guest room/office. 
It was awash in creams and golds and I was over it.
The room was just so dark.
One thing led to another and I ended up painting it with a white that reads a little gray.

    

I switched focal points so now when you walk in the room you see the bed and breakfront instead of the desk.
  

It's much brighter and lighter.
I love it.

I picked up the Pottery Barn pillow cover after Christmas thinking it was on sale because it was on the sale table. Silly me!

It wasn't but I loved it anyway even though I had no idea where I would put it. 

The suitcase came from a thrift store in Galveston. 

The art has to coordinate with our antique Blue Bonnet paintings.

I told you how prized they are. I took some photos of bluebonnets on our way back from the coast.

Individually they are pretty ho hum but when the hillside is awash in blue, it is amazing.

Seeing the Bluebonnets should be on everyone's bucket list.
Read about it here.  
I'm serious. Come visit Texas Highways during the later part of April. April is a great time to visit Texas anyway because it isn't so hot that you think you will self combust. 
Do not visit us in August. JUST DO NOT! 

Bill is not that thrilled with the blue and white German porcelain and said it wasn't "manly". 
I contest that Meissen porcelain was probably designed by a man.

All the bird prints came from a book I found at the Half Price Books super store.
Bill asked: "Bird prints?" " Bird prints aren't very manly."
Me: "John Audubon was a man." "I tried to pick out manly birds." 
The bird prints are birds commonly seen in Texas. 
The state bird, the Mockingbird, wasn't the correct colors so it didn't make the cut. 
The frame started out with a series of hunt prints and hunt folderol nailed to the frame itself. [faux horse shoes, a riding crop and a bit.] Cheesy and probably made by my grandfather or my mom. She could have made it for my granddad's mancave. It needed a new life.
 One of the prints was actually a cover for a department store shirt box. 

The gun came from the creek behind our house years ago. Rebekah found it. I think it is a b.b. gun because part of it is plastic. 

 

The desk chair was Bill's dads. 

I love the gold chair now that it isn't lost in a sea of gold.  
The desk got some attention. I straightened up the clutter.

The desk was Bill's breakfast room table growing up. 
Bill picked out the cute desk lamp at Lowes. 
The shelf was a DIY copycat we made from one we saw at Pottery Barn or Crate and Barrel. (I really can't remember which.) I suppose I could do massive amounts of research to find out for you but I don't care that much. :)

The barrel lamp came from a garage sale. I think the bowl his grandfather made filled with baseballs is very manly. ;) 
Instead of being an irritation every time I walk by, this room is put together and cute.

I love the hint of red, white and blue for summer. 

I hope you all had a great Memorial Day weekend.
Katie   

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