Blog Every Day in July: Day 15, Upcoming DIY Projects

So we've made a bit of progress on the room:

The headboard came in and I asked my dad to attach it to the bed, and I am really loving the way it looks!

I also moved all my clothes from the other closet into the new one, and I moved all of my books onto this bookshelf.  I don't have a lot of books at the moment because I went through and donated a lot of books that I knew I wasn't planning on reading again.  I also have a lot of my text and reference books at school for obvious reasons.  I also reeeeally need to organize all of that music on the fourth shelf.  Yikes.  I'm scared to see what it will look like after I move home from school.

In the last two entries, I talked about how tired I was from being out and about all day.  That was because I spent my entire weekend shopping for furniture and pillows for my room.  We went to about ten stores over the weekend, and somehow only wound up with like....three things that I really needed.

It turns out I'm gonna have to do a couple of DIY projects to customize a few things.

I ASSEMBLED THIS MYSELF!  It took me two hours, but I did it!  We found this at the Christmas Tree Shops for a really great price, so I don't feel guilty about doing some minor alterations.  I'm planning on using this as a stand to put my makeup in, and I'm going to get some turquoise colored baskets or bins to put in the shelves.  As for the drawer, I'm going to replace the knob with something that will match the chest of drawers that I ordered and paint the face of the drawer turquoise, so the visual you get down the front is all turquoise.  I wanted to get as much of the blue onto this piece, so there would be a bit of symmetry when you are looking at the bed, because on the other side is this piece:

I am in love with this little telephone table that we found Roomers in Haddonfield.  Fate practically handed me this piece of furniture.  We had gone to Haddonfield specifically to check out the consignment gallery that was conveniently located by some public parking.  Except there was a big craft fair going on that blocked a huge section of the road, so we couldn't get to the parking lot and wound up parking far away and walking to the shop.  The consignment shop wound up being closed, and we had to walk back to the car, but my mom insisted that we walk on the other side of the street (which you couldn't see because of the fair) so we could see the crafts on that side.  We saw this telephone table in the window and saw that it was the perfect color, and figured that it would be great as a night stand and before we even get the chance to walk into the store, we look up and see a sign that says everything in the whole store is 50% off.  Right color, right style, and the right price..That table was mine.

I do want to modify it just a little bit, by changing the knob on the drawer (just like the other table) and painting the drawer white to tie it in with the other furniture.  And this piece has been painted to have a distressed look, which I really love.  I'm going to look up some techniques on how to get that look...but if it seems too complicated I'm going to skip it.  This is not the time to be pushing my luck!

You can also see the duvet cover and pillowcases that I bought for the bed.  I'm planning on using these with white sheets, to diffuse the turquoise a bit.  But so far I have a TON of turquoise happening and I need to get the coral in, in a way that makes a statement complimentary to what I already have.  I already ordered some coral throw pillows for the bed, but I also have a few other ideas.

-Wall art.  I looked through every piece of wall art at every single store we went to, and couldn't find a single thing that I liked.  It turns out that coral is not an easy color to find.  Instead I'm going to see if I can find some coral fabric and my local JoAnn Fabrics and stretch that over a couple of canvas frames.  I'll use that as the main piece of wall art over my bed.  I also have a couple of frames of wall art in my current room that would look great painted coral, so I'm going to get that done as well.

-My desk chair.  I've been trying to see if there are any nice upholstered dining room chairs or vanity chairs at my local Goodwill, because I would love to have a coral desk chair with maybe some turquoise upholstery.  I'm just waiting to find the right piece, since I don't want to spend a ton of money on a chair that I'm just going to paint over.  And as you could imagine, finding an already made coral chair is kind of rough.

-Lamps!  I did not find any lampshades or lamps that were coral, but there are a couple of options online.  I don't have any lamps at the moment, but I think if I can get the lamp on my nightstand to have some coral that will be a great way to balance out all the turquoise that I already have.


I'm getting so close to the end, and I feel like I'm sprinting to the finish line.  I can't wait to see what it's going to look like all put together!!