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Changes and Home Tour Page
Hello, Friends! I hope you are having an amazing week. You may have noticed that there have been a minimal number of posts over the past couple of weeks. To be honest, I’ve kind of been taking a vacation. From the blog, that is. Unfortunately, we are not relaxing on some exotic beach, soaking up the sun. (That would be the best!) However, we have been super busy with some very exciting new changes.
I want to share a new page I’ve added to the blog. It is our full home tour! You’ve probably seen parts of our home in the Fall-oween Home Tour Hop, the St. Patrick’s Day Home Tour, and the Spring Fling Home Tour, but this pretty much has it all. Everything all in one place. (You can also access it by clicking on the link in the menu bar at the top or on the right in the sidebar.)
Over the next couple of weeks, I will be spilling the beans on all of the new things going on. I hope you stick around to hear what we’ve been up too!
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Contributor Post: Monogram Chalkboard Planter
Hi Friends! If you missed my post on Monday over at Domestically Speaking, you must go check it out! I’m sharing this cute Monogram Chalkboard Planter. It is the perfect way to bring the outside in and makes a great personalized gift too!
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Primping the Powder Room
I must say that I am in love with our powder room. Currently, it is a calm, yet bright white/gray which makes the room feel bigger. It has been a rocky romance though, and only recently has this love come to fruition.
We’ve owned our home for over 10 years and this tiny bathroom has seen many changes. When we bought the place, the powder room was painted blood red. No kidding. It was like Dracula’s dream paint color. After reluctantly living with that for a couple of years, we painted it a very pale gray color, which was nice. However, as luck would have it, we then moved away for my hubby’s job and renters moved in. Of course, we moved back a couple of years ago.
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Indoor/Outdoor Carpet Coasters
Every once in a while, I will have an amazingly awesome idea for a project. However, this idea was not entirely my own. One weekend while at my parents house, I was trying to come up with some quick craft ideas. My brain was mush and I could not think of anything worthy of my time. Lucky for me, my parents are pretty creative people themselves and my Dad piped up with the idea of making carpet coasters. Genius! I took the idea and ran with it. (Thanks, Dad!)
After some more deliberating, I decided that the carpet needed to be a fairly thin, low pile piece so that glasses would be able to easily sit on top without spilling. It also needed to be cheap and waterproof. Here’s what I rounded up to make the carpet coasters:
- Indoor/outdoor carpet
- Mug
- Pen
- Scissors
The indoor/outdoor carpet I chose was just a very simple (and inexpensive) dark gray style that would go with most decor. I made sure that the bottom of it had a waterproof rubber backing, since I wanted to prevent any sweat from glass beverages coming contact with a table. The rubber also helps to hold all of the fibers in place after the carpet is cut.
To make your own, first use the open end of a mug and trace around it onto the back of the rug with a pen to create the shape of the coaster. You could choose any shape for your coaster, but I preferred mine to be round.
Next, using sharp scissors, cut out your shape.
In just a few minutes, you can have a set of four coasters cut and ready to go!
If you are making these coasters as a gift, you can continue to cut out sets from the existing carpet piece. However, I just needed four coasters, so I decided to cut the rough rug end to match the other and it is now perfectly useful in front of our door. So, nothing is wasted!
Aren’t these great? You could place them on an end table or coffee table to give your guests a spot for their drink or use them outside during a bbq. So easy and useful!
If you get ambitious, you could even add some fun designs, like stripes or polka dots with paint in a contrasting color to make these babies pop! Plus, there are tons of neat patterns and colors for indoor/outdoor rugs for you to choose from!
This post was originally published at Domestically Speaking on February 29, 2015.