welcome to our home! i can't believe that next week will mark our one year anniversary in our new house! after moving in all of the furniture and decor we had since we got married, i took a look around at a lot of the dark furniture and accents and just felt like it didn't really represent us and our style. i really wanted our new house to feel like a home and to surround ourselves in each room with things that represented our interests and brighter colors that brought more cheer! that being said, i also didn't want to spend a lot of money, especially since furniture prices can get expensive and there was so much i wanted to do!
my first project was our entry table area. so. much. black. and not at all us!
as you can see in the before photo, the first thing i started with was the mustard and ivory chevron entry rug from target and it kind of ended up being my inspiration for the rest of the project.
i painted the table a bright white that i had leftover from when i made over my office (those pics to come!) and added some $3 brass knobs from home depot.
with the help of a $6 can of gold metallic spray paint and some new threshold shades from target, the lamp makeover only cost about $50 total!
i again used some leftover paint, this time from my coffee hutch makeover, (see below), and painted this old pier one mirror frame fieldstone grey. such an easy fix for a dramatically different look!
the personalized prints i found on etsy and those were a total of $15... the frames i put them in are old black pottery barn frames i had in the closet that i did a quick paint job on. yep, i was a paintin' fool!
the small grey frame and key tray i also found at target, both on clearance for under $10 each! do you see a trend here? seriously... a tad obsessed with target and threshold brand!
oh! and our new home is filled with those standard bronze "boob lights" as i like to call them which i'm not a big fan of. i replaced our two entry boobs with these cute allen+roth lights which ended up being my biggest splurge for the makeover at about $50 each.
next up was a project i had been wanting to do for what seems like forever! i had an old cabinet that i got from my grandmother's house years ago that i LOVED for sentimental reasons. again, it was black, AND because i'm not really a fine china gal, i never had much of a useful purpose for the piece. i've always wanted a designated coffee bar area, so that was my mission! by the way, i'm totally kicking myself for not taking a before photo of it, but here are the "afters" of our coffee hutch in our dining area...
i removed some glass sliding doors on the right and gave the cabinet a good sanding. i was desperate to have my keurig fit, so my dad cut the bottom shelf for me and made a little nook, (holllllaaa dad!). i painted it fieldstone grey by benjamin moore, added some new knobs and voila!
love these anthro looking plates that i found on what... yep clearance at target!
these cute little sugar and cream containers were also on clearance at target, (gah, this is getting kind of embarrassing!), and the little mugs and vase holder i found at world market.
i made the print and put it in an old frame i already had.
the tea bag holder is also from world market. i'm such a coffee junkie though, so they rarely get used... anyone want to come over for a tea party?
that's it for today! next up... one of my favorite spaces... our living room!
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