Before & After -Our Office Desk: Maple ! :)

Hi there! How was your Easter weekend????? Ours was pretty good. We got a lot done, we refinished our desk that we brought from the Green Project for 25 bucks & spend about 25 bucks refinishing it, we worked on the garden, and organized some stuff like, the shed & the office ( still working on).

 I would like to introduce you to Maple. She is Candian, and that is why we named her Maple because the Maple leaf is on the Candian flag ( Sr. is the one who came up with the name because he is random like that. I would have never thought of Maple which is such a great name!.).Nevertheless, She was a little sad before. She was homeless. Now, she has a new look & a place to live- right in our home office! I heart her soooo much! Tell me what you think about her transformation:

Before:

We sanded her down with a rotary sander. We used grade 40 & 60.

We used Mission Oak stain & poly. yep, it's the same stain we use on almost every piece of funiture that we refinish.. I mean if it ain't broke then don't fix it..lol :)

The method we use & love is to rub in the stain in the wood with a rag. If you want to try this then make sure you use some REALLY good gloves!

 After:

What do you think??? What have you been working on??

I will linking this to: one project at a time, before & after link party, & savvysouthernstyle

Wallpaper Entire Room

Good Morning Peeps! :)

We are in the process of working on our home office, and I came across a great deal on some wallpaper. I paid a BUCK for some paintable wallpaper from Lowe's reg. price was 15 smack a Ros! All they had was four rolls and I got all four which is enough to cover our entire office. I hadn't even budgeted for wallpaper; however, God is GOOD! :) He knew that's what I wanted. He is some good to me ! :0

Wallpaper is making a huge come back. I remember a time when wallpaper fell out of grace so to speak.Now it's back bigger then ever. However, most people wouldn't dare do a complete room. They would  only do one wall like this:





One wall with wallpaper is nice & adds character with out being over powering.However, I am a very daring individual, so I going cover an entire room with wallpaper. Well sort of, The wallpaper  is paintable, and we are painting it white, so it's barely noticable.  I guess I'm not that daring..lol

 Here is some inspiration:



Beautiful, but I'm am always redecorating, so I won't dare go sooo bold. I have to make decisons based on the fact that I might get bored with it more sooner then later, and I would want to change it.

Here is some paintable wallpaper:











How do you feel about wallpapering entire rooms?? Have you ever used paintable wallpaper? What do you think about it?

Inspiration for Our Home Office

We are about to start working on our home office. I  have so many ideas. I just can't wait to start bossing around Sr.(lmao)! We are starting to realize we have a very  eclectic design style. which consist of a mix of rustic, romantic, traditional, modern, mid century & a itty bit country( really little! & I don't mean chicken & rooster wallpaper. It's more like stained wood country) .The room color now is a very ugly unique green color. Sr. loves the color. I hate it, so we are most likely going to go with a shade of white.  Here are some inspirational spaces:

 (via hgtv.com: Sarah's house)

I love the desk & the post it board!

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Talk about eclectic! :)

My Ideal space!

(source: Devil Wears Prada movie)

I heart the picture wall

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that desk!

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I love the desk & picture wall.

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The stack of books are nice &they are a great conversation piece!


What projects are you working on?