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. 

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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! 

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! 

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