Master Bedroom: Phase II plans

We "finished" the master bedroom earlier this year and while we are still happy with how it turned out, we really didn't do much to the actual room its self because we just added new furniture and accessories. So, next year we're going to go all the way and really finish. My plan is simple, create some kind of texture on the wall either with planks like this one from Table and Hearth

or panels like this from my favorite blogger, Jenna Sue Design.

The other thing, we're going dark! We plan to used Valspar Ocean Storm like we used on the laundry room. I'm not sure if we will do the whole room this color as it might make it too dark, or if we will just do the wall with the headboard and paint the rest of the room in Valspar Frappe or reverse and do 3 walls Ocean Storm and 1 wall Frappe. Decisions, decisions.

Next, we'll change out the curtains to something nicer, possibly these from Ikea, paint the bathroom doors, create a rustic wood frame for the mirror over the dresser and change out the ceiling fan to the same one in the guest room and man cave. Here's the visual

Here's what it looks like now.

[Sorry for the crappy phone photos. It was dark when I took them and my phone sucks.]

The power of paint is amazing and Im telling you this room is going to transform with it! I also may change the duvet and shams, I might also change the bench and headboard to something more simple because I'm feeling like its too light for my style and want to go more cabin/rustic than airy farmhouse. This is what I'm thinking...

I'm planning to re-use as much I can and just re purpose it, like the headboard. I will reuse the frame and padding and just remove the tufting and nail head for something simpler. The bench should be easy because Ill just remove the padding and place a piece of wood on top instead of recovering it. All the other things are small things I can replace on the cheap. We'll see.

We are hoping to get started just after the holidays. Anyone else have DIY plans for the new year? Tell me all about it in the comments!

xoxo,
Jackie

Colorado Vintage Markets

For all you locals or maybe just adventurous neighbors looking for a fun road trip, I've complied a list of the awesome vintage markets coming up in 2017! There's quite a few so I know that it can be confusing as to which are the best so I'm also going to throw in a quick review of the ones I've been to, what you can expect, address, dates and entrance fees. Lets get started!

1. Old House Vintage Market 
January 13-14
5280 Arena Cir, Loveland, CO 80538
Friday 5-9 $15
Saturday all day $4

*Haven't been to this one yet!

2. Rebel Junk 
February 24-25
5280 Arena Cir, Unit 100, Loveland, Colorado 80538
Friday 6pm-9pm $15
Saturday 10am-4pm $7

*Haven't been to this one yet!

3. Vintage Whites 
March 31- April 1
4655 Humboldt St, Denver, CO 80216
*tickets not yet available but last year it was
Friday 5pm-9pm $30
Saturday $6 pre-ordered tickets $7 at the door

*Absolutely my favorite market hands down. They had the best vendors, the MOST vendors and pretty affordable stuff. I can say, its the busiest market I've been to. I went on Saturday [didn't want to pay the $30] and I could barely walk. There were so many people there, you waited in LINES to get into each booth. My friends mom paid the $30 and went Friday night. She said there was no one there and it was easy to shop. I think that's probably what Ill do this year.

4. Vintage Market Days -North Central Colorado
1209 Manford Ave, Estes Park, CO 80517
May 19-21
Friday-10am-5pm $10
Saturday 10am-5pm $5
Sunday 10am-4pm $5

*purchasing the $10 ticket gets you in all 3 days
*Haven't been to this one and probably wont since its quite far from my house.

5. Vintage Market Days- Colorado Springs 
June 23-25
1045 Lower Gold Camp Rd, Colorado Springs, CO
friday 10am-5pm $10
Saturday and Sunday 10am-5pm $5

*purchasing the $10 ticket gets you in all 3 days
*Haven't attended the one in the Springs but I went to the Pueblo one this year and it was cool. Very small but still really cool. Lots of great farmhouse decor to choose from and awesome prices. Lines weren't long at all.

6.Vintage Market Days- Central Denver 
500 Fairgrounds Rd, Castle Rock, CO
August 25-27
Friday 10am-5pm $10
Saturday and Sunday 10am-5pm $5

*purchasing the $10 ticket gets you in all 3 days
*This one is probably my least favorite, when my friends and I went this year there were some great items but there were also a lot of really odd things too. Basically, there were a lot of "vendors" there that had actually just bought a cheap piece of wood from Hobby Lobby and smudged a cheap stencil on it and they were selling it for high prices. I wish they had been more selective about the vendors they allowed because it felt like a waste of money when there were only a couple cute booths. I will probably check it out again this year just because, but my expectations will be low.

Hope this helps and if you know of any others that I haven't mentioned please leave the info in the comments and I'll add it to the list! Happy Holidays!

xoxo,
Jackie

Guest Room Reveal

Okay, this might actually be one of my favorite before and afters yet! If you remember, we started out with a room that was tiny, dingy and just all around not inviting to guests.

So, we sold all the furniture, painted [Valspar Frappe], changed the light to a ceiling fan [the same one we got from Walmart for the man cave, buy it here] and added in furniture and accessories, and here we are now...

I am in looooveeee. All I want to do is sit down in my pretty faux leather chair and stare at it all day! Our first guests to try it out will be here tomorrow [finished just in time] and I cant wait to see what they have to say about it.

xoxo,
Jackie

DIY Faux cowhide rug

I reallllyyyyy wanted a cowhide rug for the guest room, but after searching high and low all I found were hides that were way outside my budget [$100]. I even searched for fake cowhides which were either still high priced or were way too small. I was starting to feel like maybe I should find something else instead when alas I stumbled upon this post from Hometalk about how to DIY a cowhide rug for less than $50! I was sold.

Immediately I went to Fabric.com and searched "cow" . It came up with a bunch of options, all of which looked awesome.

After a little back and forth I decided on this one as I think it is more the color/style I had originally planned on.

I followed the instructions and ordered 2.5 yards. Now, the post says you can make it under $50 but my fabric came to just over that at $52.37 so maybe you cant make it under $50 but you can definitely make it for around $50. Same difference to me. Moving on, I literally just followed teh tutorial by folding the fabric in half...

drew on the shape I wanted....

cut the shape out...

unfolded the fabric and did a heat seal around the edges to keep it from fraying...

and voila!

This project took less than half and hour and only cost me a fraction of the cost for real one, win-win for me. To see it in action check out the guest room reveal... coming up next!

xoxo,
Jackie

About me

Hi there, and welcome to my blog! 

I'm so happy you're stopping by! 

This is me, Jacqui and my pack of crazy dogs

Salem, Stryker and Margot.

  

We moved from Colorado Springs to Pueblo and bought our first home in 2017 

and spent three and a half years changing everything I could get my hands on. 

In 2020 we decided to move back to Colorado Springs and build our dream home. 

We closed in August 2020 and immediately started making her our own. 

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When it comes to describing my decorating style 

I lean towards transitional design 

In other words:

traditional and modern with mixed metals, oak wood and creamy whites.

That's me in a nutshell. 

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Now that you know me a little better

kick off your shoes, put up your feet and poke around the blog a bit. 

Don't forget to check out the Tour tab to see the house in full. 

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xoxo,

Jacqui

How to find free art to print yourself

Fining affordable art is hard, I have been searching for a couple weeks now to find a print of cattle that wouldn't cost me $80, then I stumbled upon this, which states that, as long as the photo is listed as "labeled for reuse" or "labeled for reuse with modification" you can print that photo without copyright infringement. I thought, no way there's going to be any free images that I want, but I was totally wrong! Not only did I find the exact style of photo I was hoping for but I was able to also choose a quality of photo that could be printed in a very large size ! Let me show you how I did it.

1. Go to google.com [I am using google chrome for this]  search for your image, I searched "cattle", then click images

2. click on search tools 

3. go to size> larger than> 4MP

4. go to usage rights>labeled for reuse or labeled for reuse with modification [choose this if you plan to edit the photo in ANY way, I planned to turn it black and white so this was the option I chose 

5. find the photo you want, right click and save as. Its literally so easy! After you have your art saved you can print any where prints are made, I use walgreens.com because its easy to upload the photos and pick them up later when I have time.  

I'm sure many people already knew this but I just figured it out and I'll definitely be using it in the future! Stay tuned because next week I have a really great money saving tutorial for you and you wont want to miss it! Til next time! 

xoxo,

Jackie

*Disclaimer, if you use any photo that is not labeled for reuse you are stealing someone else's art and you are responsible for any repercussions. If you plan to sell the art you need to look up the rules for your area. I am not responsible for any damages created by using this method.*

Christmas Home Tour

Yup. Its November 10 and I have had my Christmas stuff up for 2 days now. No shame here. After last year I realized that putting up my holiday decor on November 26 and taking it down January 1 meant I only got to enjoy it for a little over one month! I have spent money and time getting these items and putting them up and by God I'm going to enjoy them as long as possible!