Saw It. Pinned It. Did It: Striped Wall

I am linking up with Steph again for:

 

 

This week I attempted:

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and I could not be happier with the results!

We went from the blue wall:

(excuse the crappy photo.... I just wanted to get this done and only used my phone to document this change).

 

We originally wanted to do a chevron wall but changed our minds last minute because what the heck can you hang on them? I didn't want it to be too busy and this is my only wall to showcase any art work.

 

So we primed and painted the wall white. I used Devine Pleasure by Behr.

 

 

It is actually the white that you will find throughout our house. It is not a true bright white, kind of a creamy or marshmallow color.

 

Then came the fun part. The only part where I dragged my husband into this project. We decided to do 10 inch stripes. Our wall was 101 inches - not counting the wide baseboard on the bottom. So we started the pencil process I will call it.

 

Mike figured that we could just make 3 marks along the wall and then tape along the marks. Okay - great idea, maybe in a new house where everything is square.

 

Our house is old, therefore our walls, our floors and our ceilings are far from square anymore. So we got a level out and ended up drawing a line across the whole wall. Okay wait I made that sound too easy! First I went and looked up how to paint stripes in an old house... nothing. How to paint stripes on an unlevel wall... eye ball it. Ha! So we did a combination of using the level, eye balling and measuring.

 

The problem mainly landed in the corner above the door way. The door frame was level, but the ceiling was not.

 

After we tackled that issue it really was smooth sailing from there.Just 3 marks on the wall and then tape on the marks. We were just assuming that the painters tape was straight!

 

 

Mike was being a smart ass and put tape in the middle of the lines that I should not paint! It actually helped.

I just painted the stripes with West Coast Grey by Behr. Our yellow walls we didn't change which are Melted Butter by Behr

Overall I am impressed that the lines are straight!!! I still have some touch ups to do on the yellow wall, but that's a simple fix!

I love how it has changed the total feel of the room. Now it has some class and style. It is fresh and just what I wanted. I still need to find some art work for the wall, as well as some curtains. I plan to make chevron place mats for the table.

Here is the finished product:

 

 

 

Fantastic Friday

Thank you for all of your supportive words yesterday!! They have helped in ways I didn't imagine!! I am slowly becoming more comfortable with my new position!

I am seriously loving this weather!! I am looking forward to getting the patio furniture out this weekend!! Not to mention the lawn is ready for it's first cut as well!!

Last night we celebrated my FIL's birthday!! He requested no presents, but sure enough he got a bigger remote control helicopter, therefore M got his early too so they can still fly together!! The ones from Christmas have been repaired a few times, so it will be interesting to see how they do with these! They were seriously like little kids with these helicopters! Loved it!

Did anyone watch Grey's last night? What is with these over dramatic season finales... they get me every time!!

For those who do not have me on instagram... I made my first pillow cover yesterday! After numerous issues with my sewing machine, that involved calling my MIL over come fix and my automatic needle threader to break, that I now need to order a new part for, but I finally got it working!! And voila:

A navy and white chevron pillow cover and believe it or not, but the chevron's match up on the sides!! If I am being honest I am not even sure that happened...

 

M had his first baseball team in town last night! I wasn't there, but I didn't miss much because they lost! This is the new league he is playing for, referred to as the Boston Pizza Team. That's who they play for!

 

Tonight he has the first game for the team he is running!! I'd be lying if I said I wasn't excited!! I love watching his baseball, and it's nice because this team is full of our friends and guys he's been playing with since they were kids!!

 

Happy weekend friends!!!

Marathon Shopping

I survived my first weekend away from my hubby, as well as my first 20 kilometer shopping weekend!! Hard to believe we covered 20 km in walking while shopping, but I definitely feel it!!

Before I left, I made M his favorite cookies, along with a sweet little note, however, I ran out of time leaving and didn't get a picture! I couldn't find my passport, M had in a place I would have never guessed! Then to top it all off, I forgot my socks and had to hand wash mine in the sink with shampoo/conditioner. Yup...

My weekend was great!! We left home around 5:30 and were in Buffalo by 7:30. We hit a few delays with traffic and a wait at the border. We hit a few places Friday night with some coupons! Like Joann's where I bought:

 

And then Kohl's where I bought the sweater. The shorts and chevron nightgown were from TJ Maxx on Saturday.

 

 

It was pretty rough going to sleep by myself!! I won't even lie about it!

 

 

I slept like crap, tossed and turned all night. Woke up to my bed looking like this:

 

 

Saturday we went to Hobby Lobby, where I bought:

 

 

And Target:

 

 

I just couldn't leave this in the store!! I think it will bring spring to the bedroom and chevron of course!!

 

I found these chevron blankets at Burlington Coat Factory:

 

 

We stocked up on hats and mitts as well!!

 

We had lunch at Chili's. It was great! Canada needs one, just sayin'!!

 

 

 

I also got this basket for the counter to put our mail in!!

 

 

 

We ate at The Cheesecake Factory for dinner!! It was great!!

 

I had an appetizer size ceaser salad and it was huge, I couldn't even finish it and I didn't react at all to the salad dressing!! Amy and I split a piece of chocolate cake to go. We were to full!!

 

Sunday we hit up the outlet malls

 

These are all from Old Navy obviously!

 

I got these skirts from Rue 21

 

The black and white one is a high/low skirt and the coral and black chevron is a maxi skirt!

 

I bought M 3 hats, and a few shirts as well, but I don't know where he put the hats.

 

Oh and I bought socks, but not until Sunday because I only like one brand of socks (Puma) and couldn't find the right ones anywhere. I finally broke down and tried them on and bought a bunch!

 

I got a lot of great deals and didn't really spend a lot! I only paid full price for the duvet cover, but I LOVED it and it was $40! I am a clearance/sale rack shopper.

 

The weather was amazing this weekend!! +18!!! Yes please!!

 

 Last night when I got home M and I watched Heartland... um season finale... ended like that? What?Not impressed!! Jack better be okay!! We enjoyed a soak in the hot tub and then I watched Kim and Courtney Take On Miami finale as well. I am watching the AMA's right now.