DIY Curtains

I went to Hobby Lobby where I found this beautiful fabric and decided I'd make curtains out of them. I used my 40% off coupon so I got this nice fabric for $55!

I got 5 yards which was enough for 4 panels 80" long 25" wide. The fabric was 50" long so I just folded the 5 yards in half hot dog way and cut down the fold. Then folded the material hamburger style to get my four panels matching sizes. 

I folded over 4" on the top end and sewed that leaving enough space for a hole to go on the rod. 

Then folded up the ends 6" and sewed the ends and cut off the access fabric.

Easy enough! 

DIY pillow case covers

For throw pillows, I would recommend getting 5/8 yard fabric. My pillows were 18x18 and that gave me plenty of extra room. 

For the body pillow I got 1 1/3 yards and that was a lot extra. Only used a yard probably. Measure the pillow on top of the fabric to see how far in to make the seam. 

Have the fabric inside out fold it in a square so it is the right size but have the opening on the front facing side and overlap 4"

Sew a 1/2 inch seam the long ways where it will fold over, then sew the other sides together, making sure you are still overlapping. Make sure not to sew your pocket closed. 

Flip it so it's not inside out And stuff your pillow in! 

I love it you can't even tell I reupholstered them. 

DIY Mirror

You'll need 

4 boards 2x8x8 get them cut to 6.5ft

1 1/2 inch screws 

Pocket hole tool

Stain

Acrylic paint

Sand paper

Mirror 

Mirror brackets

Tape

Paint brushes 

Total cost $45

I had just been using the cheap $5 long mirror from Walmart and decided I wanted something nicer. I just recently redid my room and was excited to make it look put together. 

I found the tutorial on Pinterest for this project so that's what I based it off of.

At Lowes I got 4 boards 2x8x8 and got them cut to 6.5 ft. Then I got a thinner board 1 inch thick cut just barely shorter than the width of all four boards together. We had that board cut three times so there are three support boards on the back. 

My friends husband screwed some pocket holes on the 2x8x8 boards to screw them together before adding the boards to the back.

Then drilled 1 1/2 inch screws into the smaller boards on the back to support the structure. 

Then I laid tape down to get my design for painting. I just tore duck tape in different sizes to get different stripe lines.

I used acrylic paint and painted two coats of the design I wanted. 

I let it dry a few days then took the tape off and stained it. We used Early American color. 

After letting that dry overnight I used sand paper over the stripes. I did this because for one, the stain kind of changed the paint result of the stripes and two, I wanted it to look distressed. 

All that's left is mounting the mirror to the boards and you're set! It's extremely heavy so don't be crazy like me and carry it up two flights of stairs by yourself😪 Darn field ops taking my husband for two weeks! It's alright though, there's a very satisfying feeling that comes with doing things by yourself 😊

Refinished China Cabinet

I've been putting this task off for a while because I knew it was going to be very time consuming, but I'm so glad I took this on. It may be my favorite project yet! 

So I started out with this brown china cabinet that had been given to me.  Nothing wrong with it just wanted to paint it to give it some new life! 

It is extremely heavy and my husband is gone this week for work, so I decided to just paint it where it was- my advice- lay down something!!! I dripped so much paint on the floor! Such a pain! I made chalk paint which is an alternative to sanding and repainting! With all the detail, this would of taken forever to sand!

Mixing 1 1/2 cup paint, 1/4 cup Plaster of Paris, and 1/4 cup hot water Gave me my chalk paint! 

So I started on the white color, painted all the first coat, then after it dried did a second coat. 

Then I mixed up some blue chalk paint and did the stripes, I found a foam brush is easier for more control on lines. 

Then I went to Hobby Lobby and bought knobs, really easy just screw them on! 

That's all there is to it!! I distressed mine a little with sand paper and I'm still trying to decide if I want to leave it like that or paint it all white. But I'm super happy with how it turned out! And it was fairly easy!!