The progress is a little slow in the kids' rooms. My husband's work has kept him busy, so I've been going at it alone thus far. So far these are the things I've accomplished:
-moved the twin bed into my son's room and have had 3 out of 3 successful nights and 1 out of two successful naps. This was the part I was dreading, so I'm totally thrilled with how this is going.
-Purchased "reflecting pool" by Sherwin Williams for my daughter's room and have painted all of a swatch on the wall. The baseboards were not looking so great, so I decided to caulk and still need to repaint those. This put us a bit behind, but I'm thinking the painting maybehopefullymight get done this weekend.
-fabrics for little accents are picked out and purchased. The first project with this is done! Check out the fabric covered magnetic bulletin board for little gal's room:
I was inspired by my friend Tonya's magnetic art board diy and decided to go for it with a pretty, vintage frame my sis-in-law gave me. While it wasn't the smoothest of projects for me, it was fairly swift and I love how it turned out.
First I got all my supplies ready: metal sheet, tin snips, spray paint, hot glue, scissors, craft paper, fabric. Then I spray painted the frame (forgot to get a true before picture):
The oval shape of the frame was stumping me as to how I was going to get the metal to fit, so I made a pattern from craft paper. I then traced that onto the metal with a marker:
I was not, however, so careful with the sharp edges!
After I bandaged my hand, I ironed and cut the fabric (handpicked out by the 7-year-old... It has some sparkle to it that doesn't quite show through.) and hot-glued it to the back of the metal oval (I'm no fabric connoisseur, so I'm hoping this is sufficient):
Last I secured it in the frame with its existing hardware. I think I'm going to put a few nails in the back to be sure it holds for the long haul. Voila!
Now on the the rest of the room!
11 comments:
what a great project....even though i am truly sorry for your injury!
reflecting pool even sounds like a beautiful room. i love the names of paint colors, don't you?
& opi fingernail polish too!
hope all is well with your precious family....i've been so bad lately & gotten behind in my blog visits
xo
Oh no, your finger. I like the wall color and the fabric for the board is just adorable. Looks like it's going to be so cute when it's all done. And yeah for the sleep in the big bed!!!
E, you are so tricky!!! Love the magnet board. Can't wait to see the finished product. how fun! Will you come do Sam's room?
fun idea! love that frame...
sorry about your poor finger!
Love that magnet board! I'm hoping to do a chalk board this weekend for my pantry door (finally).
Good luck with the painting! :o)
How cute is that! And your poor finger! =( The price we must go through for cuteness!
SO cute. Totally worth the injury no?
your diy board is awesome! ouch on the hand but i guess that comes with diy territory. have a great weekend.
Great site. A lot of useful information here. I’m sending it to some friends!
I can't believe you took a picture of your cut before bandaging it! Lol. What a committed blogger!
Magnets will be great - less finger pricking or lost tacks in the carpet (my major woes of hanging up kitten posters in my childhood bedroom!)
Yes, I love the blue! I'll have to start with this color and see where else I go. Great explanation!
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