Friday, October 25, 2013

Chevron Pumpkin




So Easy! 
All you need is a pumpkin and duct tape!
For my project, I chose a white pumpkin and gold duck tape which I purchased at Hobby Lobby, but Walmart carries gold duct tape as well. 


Simply cut stripes of equal length and start at the top of your pumpkin by making the chevron pattern and work your way down. I chose to do 3 rows of chevron since my pumpkin was not very large. 



You could do this with any pattern duck tape, or any size or color pumpkin! I think this is a lot easier than painting chevron stripes. All you do is, cut peel and stick! 






Thursday, October 3, 2013

DIY Rope Mirror



As we've been slowly settling into our new  home, I have been working on a couple of projects all at once, so I am in the process of getting them all on the blog! Here is a recent one that I just finished!





As my taste and design is evolving and changing, I'm realizing that textures are what gives a room dimension and personality.  I'm trying to add unique textures wherever I can.  I came across some really neat mirrors on Pintrest that a lot of other DIY'ers out that have tackled, so I figured I'd give it a shot! 


I first found a round mirror at Big Lots that was on sale from $50 to $30. I would have loved to found a thrifted mirror, but I have no clue where the good thrift shops are around here since we just moved! 




I picked up two roles of twisted Sisal Rope from WalMart. About $4 per roll. 



Hot glue is what I used to attach the rope to the mirror. I used A LOT of hot glue for this project! 






I started on the inside of the mirror and used dots of hot glue to attach the rope. 



Then I just started circling around the mirror with the rope and hot glue. 



I couldn't do it all in one sitting. It took me a few days to complete. 



Almost there! 




 Finally finished!  Just a swipe of Windex on the mirror and it was done! 






I decided to hang it in my entry way, which I just finished painting. I wanted to use a grey blue to go with my kitchen colors. The first color I chose was Ben Moore, Palladium Blue, which is a color I've used before and loved, but it turned out to be an awful sky blue in my room. I then chose Forevermore, an Olympic color but I used Valspar Paint. Love love love Valspar from Lowe's! It covers so nicely, even on my textured walls.
Much better! 



Love the way the Rope mirror looks against the this blue color!