Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Spring Whites

This week I'm going to try to share the rest of my photos from Leola's Vintage Home and Garden Spring Open House. They're too much fun for you to miss. So if you don't mind, you may be on a little "overload". Today I want to do some of the Spring Whites for you. I never get tired of seeing all their great ideas and displays. Here goes...






















see ya tomorrow for 


I'm linking up with the always inspiring White Wednesday 
at Faded Charm, thanks Kathleen!
xoxo,


Master Bedroom Paint Reveal

I can safely say that I am no longer embarrassed to share photos of my Master Bedroom. Not only am I not embarrassed, I'm really happy with the way it looks. The new taupe paint really hit the nail on the head. Just what I was hoping for, even though it took me several days of hard work to find it.



It's not too dark, not too light,
just right, as Goldilocks would say!


Now the gold paint doesn't overwhelm the room with color,
but the taupe lets the rest of the color and pattern balance out.
Nothing is overpowering now...


I even like the goldy-brassy accents. 
They highlight the room without clashing.




I changed up my llittle gallery areas, using some "new" old prints.


The pics aren't very good,
I should have been using my tripod.
It's still hard to take good photos in here.




Now my attempt to shake up the space with a sunburst mirror
does what I wanted it to do...look a little modern and stylish.



This area really is my favorite now with the old stacked suitcases
and the little French painted table with hat boxes.






I bought this table about 4 years ago from a good friend
that I shared a space with.


The painted scene has chipped and faded
but if you look closely it still has lots of frenchy charm.


I'll get better photos of this someday
 when I can move it to another place with better lighting.


There's a little balcony off the french door here.









I made the tapestry pillow last Fall and still have a lot of the fabric left. I need one more for my Dining Room church pew. I bought the vanity wicker bench from Pier 1 years ago and painted it out in Expresso. A faux mink throw is the seat cushion.


So just in case you didn't see the before photos here are a couple.


Ohmygosh, get your sunglasses on!


I'm thinking about some kind of valance for the blinds, but I want to make sure it's not so dated as what I had before, something more organic, like a heavy off white linen, maybe in a faux Roman Shade. I'm looking...
I think the best thing to come out of this, besides it's so much lighter and brighter is that I really do love my wood furniture now. Before it was all too dark and dreary in there. Now the furniture has some contrast to the walls not being overpowered by them.

(Paint is Stone Hearth at 125% by Benjamin Moore)
Actually the paint is just a bit darker than it reads in these photos.
I had to lighten them up in my photo editor.

I'll be linking up with these fun parties this week: 

Picture Perfect Room Reveal at Funky Junk
Table Top Tuesday at A Stroll thru Life
Nifty Thrifty Tuesday at Coastal Charm
Tuesdays Treasures at My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia
Primp Your Stuff at Primp
What's it Wednesday at Ivy and Elephants
Wow Us Wednesday at Savvy Southern Style
Cowgirl Up at Cedar Hill Ranch
Share the Love Wednesday at Very Merry Vintage Style
Open House Party at No Minimalist Here
Thriftin' on a Thursday at Savvy City Farmer
Show and Tell Friday at My Romantic Home
Simple and Sweet at Rooted in Thyme

Soooo glad this painting is done! 

Also remember the Monday Marketplace runs all week
so it's not too late to link up and feature 
your Etsy and Online Boutique items.
Hope you'll come by to shop too!

Just scroll down to the last post


xoxo,

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Monday Marketplace # 4 and a Winner

Hi Everyone, hope you had a great weekend. Our one day painting marathon of the bedroom and master bath  turned out better than I hoped. They feel like completely new rooms and I'm looking forward to finding new curtains and accessories. My husband said, "You know, it makes the house look so much more up-to-date".

Did I mention that it was my husband who said that?
 Yep, He's coming along!

Pictures coming soon!

So now let's link up our Etsy and Online Boutique Items.
I'd love for you to display the 
Monday Marketplace button somewhere on your blog
to help spread the word,
and please be a follower of Common Ground.

Here are some of the wonderful links from last week.



Linen Beach Cottage Pillow Cover
from the Cottage Workroom



from the Shabby Chateau



Adorable vintage style lace overlay dress 
that would be darling over jeans 
from Miss Flibbertigibbit


from Cottage in the Oaks

from The Vintage Bag Lady



from Rochelle My Belle


vintage framed card from Rosekraft


Drum roll please...


The winner of the Gift Certificate from French Bleu Vintage 
Congrats Susan!



If you have an Etsy Shop or Online Boutique
come on over and link up to two of your individual items.
Just link up your item title like you would any
individual blog post to a linky party, then choose your photo
and you're in!

Thanks everyone who has blogged and posted about this new
selling venue, I really appreciate your support!
OK, so let's see what you have for this week.

This Monday Marketplace is sponsored by



xoxo,

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Finding that perfect color...

This post falls under the category of 
"wish I'd known this last week"

Whew, what a weekend, I'm pooped. The Master Bedroom and Bath are done, more on that this week, but just wanted to do a quick post inspired by an email from Catherine from Freddy and Petunia. She told me about a great design tool available with Behr Paint to find the "just right" color. So I'm sending you over to F&P, she has some super info that all us die hard DIY'ers will find pretty handy!



See ya tomorrow for Monday Marketplace,


hope you've had a great weekend!
I'll announce the winner of the give away
from French Bleu Vintage tomorrow morning.

xoxo,

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