Decorating Projects

Easy Breezy New Pillows Made from 2 cotton napkins (from Target and World Market):

I transformed two side tables from Goodwill into a coffee table:
What I bought:

Transformed into:

http://cottagebluedesigns.blogspot.com/2013/06/goodwill-coffee-table-project.html


I took some cheap old Target curtains from our guest room and spiced them up:
What we had:

How I changed it:

 

http://cottagebluedesigns.blogspot.com/2013/06/jazzing-up-plain-jane-curtains.html

I took a sofa pillow and made it prettier:
What we had:

How I changed it:

 

http://cottagebluedesigns.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-few-little-updates.html

I made an ugly warped bench slightly more attractive:
http://cottagebluedesigns.blogspot.com/2013/05/newest-project-redo-ugly-bench.html

 



I made some fun modge podge and placemat artwork for my office:
http://cottagebluedesigns.blogspot.com/2012/07/mod-podge-artwork.html

I really wanted bold blue striped curtains and couldn't find them- so I made them myself!
http://cottagebluedesigns.blogspot.com/2012/06/painted-cabana-curtains.html

I painted two $16 furniture pieces (for both of them!) a fun shade of blue for additional storage for my home office:
http://cottagebluedesigns.blogspot.com/2012/08/16-storage-is-my-kinda-storage_21.html

I painted an inexpensive white cotton rug from Ikea:
http://cottagebluedesigns.blogspot.com/2011/12/paint-rug-why-not.html

We made a magnetic chalkboard for our son on his bedroom wall:
http://cottagebluedesigns.blogspot.com/2012/06/magnetic-chalkboard-for-kids-room.html

I made an easy Ottoman Slipcover in under 2 hours. Click on the link below to see how:
http://cottagebluedesigns.blogspot.com/2011/06/two-hour-ottoman-slipcover-project.html

I arranged our family black & white photographs and hung them in a somewhat grid arrangement:

http://cottagebluedesigns.blogspot.com/2011/06/white-frame-black-white-photo.html

 

I  Made an Oyster Shell Mirror

I was inspired in an awesome home decorating store near Oak Island, NC last year. They were selling an oyster shell mirror (a larger version) for $600! I thought to myself, that is crazy!!! I loved the mirror though. I've made many shell mirrors in the past but never one solely using oyster shells.

Here's the last mirror that I made which was inspired by one I saw in the Pottery Barn catalog and an amazing mirror I saw in a restaurant at our hotel in Sanibel Island, Florida a few years ago: