Suitcase Side Table

Pack it up, pack it in

Let me begin

To tell you about the Parade of Homes I'm decoratin'...

OK, I'll stop and spare you from my "white girls can't wrap" rendition of Jump Around. Anyway, my point is that I wanted to share my funky new end table for my Down Home DiY Monday Making project. It is the perfect marriage of a clearance item and rummage sale find.

The suitcase was on clearance, it was scratched, so I touched it up and no one will ever know. The wooden stand was from a rummage sale. I didn't know what I was going to use it for but I knew it would come in handy some day. Well, some day came a knocking and I needed a pretty little side table fast. Thus the fun little marriage between two salvaged pieces.

I love the colors and design on the suitcase and it has extra storage to boot. I used it to decorate for the Parade of Homes. I wanted something light and that could be easily carried. I had a lot of other beefy furniture to carry in. I just put two screws, washers and a couple of nuts in to secure it and I was done. Another easy peasy project.

I will share more pix of the rest of the eclectic little Master Bedroom I decorated later. I made a really cool headboard from a repurposed faux door...you can catch a tiny little corner of it in one of these photos. Stay tuned for more...

I posted this on DIY Day at Soft Place to Land. Check out all the awesome DIY projects.

Happy Monday and all it's Makings,

~MB
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Friday Favorite Accessory

As you can see from my latest posts, I am decorating for the Parade of Homes. When I work with a client, I like to pay tribute to the homeowners and family, the people who live in the space. In this case it is the builder. So, I incorporated a lot of unique industrial and hardware accessories throughout the home. This is my favorite.

Check out my napkin ring holders. Industrial goes glam. I love to decorate with the unexpected. So, this is one of my "shout outs" to the builder. He took a lot of time and effort into building the home so the least I could do was to acknowledge and recognize him in my design plan. What do you think??

I got these in the plumbing aisle at the Hardware store. You should have seen the look on the sales associates face when he asked "Can I help you?" They didn't have the vision and looked at me like I had 10 heads. Oh well. So, I was on my own in search of the perfect napkin ring holder. I think this did the trick.

I posted this on DIY Day at Soft Place to Land. Check out all the awesome DIY projects.

Happy Friday,

~MB
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Decorating on a Budget

$20 dresser after an extreme makeover

Have you missed me the last two days? I have been a mad woman working on the Parade of Homes. I am working with River Ridge Builders and their "Green Home". So, of course I couldn't just stage it with my typical furniture. I felt the need to go to local thrift stores, Goodwill stores, Habitat Restores, etc. to find items to reuse, refinish and refresh. Whoa! Big project. I refinished 5 furniture pieces on Saturday alone. Just a few more details and I am done. I will be finished by Friday for sure because the event is Saturday.

You have seen this buffet table before, check out my old post on JunkMarket Style.

I have a cool little decorating tip in this photo that I will share later with close-up photos...

In the meantime, enjoy this sneak peek at what I have been working on. Check out the details on my new Facebook page.






I will post some more details of the individual rooms and some great and telling before and after shots. There are some major transformations!

I posted this on DIY Day at Soft Place to Land. Check out all the awesome DIY projects.



~MB
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