My Scrapbook Studio- Classroom Complete!


I know you have been waiting patiently!  I had an awesome open house last weekend and everyone was so excited for me and the results of our “makeover”  So, as promised now that the event is over I am posting pics.  If you don’t know the story of how all this began, click on My Creative Cottage for the back story.

How did this all happen? Why now? were the questions. Long story short. I share this space with my team of consutlants.  When Heidi and I were talking about dates she needed we started talking about projects I wanted to complete in there. I am always dreaming you know.  As it turns out, her hubby works in construction doing flooring.  So, it was born.  Adding the floor meant I had to move everything out. So, naturally we had to paint the walls. The color I always wanted was sweet leaf.  And it’s like “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie”. If I was getting that color on my walls all my furniture had to be painted. I love black for it’s elegance and dramatic effect. I have loved toile and this color palette forvever.  I am a classic girl I guess.
Keep in mind, this is still a work in progress and I will be posting a few more pics soon.

I chose sweet leaf for the walls. I actually took the cardstock swatch in and they matched it perfectly!  All of this was done (except for the floor) with paint and reorganization.
Here we cut the long shelves down and split them to create more of a design element and I needed an inspiration board. I trypically work here standing up. Everything is within my reach so it works out really well. I even organized my drawers so i can find everything. Imagine that! *wink!
This antique amore used to be a sea foam green, with doors. I painted it black and hubby added a shelf. I like it for open display. At one time we used this for our TV in our bedroom so it didn’t have a back. I left it that way and I really like the sweet leaf wall as the back drop for the artwork.

Again, here we split the shelves and added a cabinet in between.  I also painted my shutters black. Which serves as a great card display and the work really stands out with the black background.  The custom curtains really show now with the new floor. Those were made by my girl, Trudy. She is amazingly talented. She also made the chair back cover and bought me that cute pillow.  That chair was a “gift” from my hubby a few years ago. He found it on the side of the road and brought the poor, ragged seat thing home to me.  It was in good hands though. It looks great now!

I really could not have done ANY of this without my husband, and my partner in crime (just scraplifting-it’s ok) and crafting, Trudy. They dedicated a whole weekend to this endeavor and of course it happened to be on the HOTTEST and most humid days of the summer.  I was prepared with lots of chocolate (for my hubby of course) and endless bottles of water. Scott played “his” music from his Ipod and we literally ROCKED it out!!!

Here are some of the behind the scenes photos.
Thsi what it looked like before the mayhem of painting began.  Isn’t the floor beautiful? Guess what? when you drop a brad now, you can FIND IT!!

 

We couldn’t have done it without Krylon spray paint. It dries in minutes so you can keep truckin’.  If you look close you can see the red trigger sprayer thing she is using. This was GOLDEN! No painted fingers or cramps in your hands.  For only a few bucks you add it to any spray paint can and it works like a CHARM! I think in total we went through 15 cans.
Before the cabinet was painted. YIKES!

Thanks for looking and I hope you are inspired to pick up a can of spray paint. If you have any questions, please ask. I just love to talk design and trash to treasure.

Until Then-
Blessings-
Sarita


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