An Outdoor Wedding
I wanted to end the summer with an outdoor wedding. It's not one wedding, it's a fantasy of what an outdoor wedding could be using my favorite pins from my Wedding Details board.
If you study some of the images you can see how much thought went into the details....and love is in the details.
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| Martha Stewart Weddings |
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| Nantucketweddingsunveiled.com |
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| Style Me Pretty |
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| Seattlebridemag.com |
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| Style Me Pretty |
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| Style Me Pretty |
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| Style Me Pretty |
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| Style Me Pretty |
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| Rachelevents.com |
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| Style Me Pretty |
Happy Labor Day!
Meet Claire
Today, I have a new friend for all of us to meet. Claire has been blogging away at
Hi to all of Linda's lovely readers! Claire here, guest posting from my usual home at the blonde bargain. I am so honored today to be sharing with you my DIY for Greek inspired pelmets. Linda is quite the DIY queen, so I am so glad she thought of my DIY project as worthy!
Hi to all of Linda's lovely readers! Claire here, guest posting from my usual home at the blonde bargain. I am so honored today to be sharing with you my DIY for Greek inspired pelmets. Linda is quite the DIY queen, so I am so glad she thought of my DIY project as worthy!
I have three windows in my room -- two standard 43" x 67" and one large 63" x 67". After browsing through some window inspiration as well as discovering the difference between pelmets, cornice boards, and valances, I knew I didn't want to just create a plain rectangular pelmet. It would be much too boring in plain white fabric with black ribbon. I wanted to do something with a little more pop, so I figured a shape with ninety degree angles would be easier to do than curved edges, right? So wrong. But they turned out looking pretty darn good after all. Dontcha think?
First, I drew out a sketch of what I wanted my pelmet to look like. I decided for the large window I wanted the pelmet to overlap five extra inches on each side of the window, and two and a half inches on each side for the small window. Making the pelmet larger than the size of the window helps to create an optical illusion and make the window look larger. I made the greek inspired corners to be 5" by 1.5" for the large window pelmet, and 3" by 1.5" for the small pelmets.
After this step was done, I headed out for my list of supplies. Doing the math first is crucial to purchasing the correct amount of fabric, batting, and foam core. This will [hopefully] ensure one trip to the store for all of your supplies. I have included a visual picture of all the materials that I used, but most of the tools -- ie. rulers, hot glue gun, staple gun -- I already had. If you do not have these items on hand, I have included some links below of where to purchase online.
transparent ruler | L square | cork backed 36" ruler |x-acto knife | fine tipped Sharpie | ducktape | foamcore | batting | ribbon | staple gun | 3/8" staples | epoxy | shelf brackets | hot glue gun
*tip: when buying your foamcore, chose a brand name that will be more durable [I bought a few pieces from dollar tree that ended up being too flimsy -- the staples didn't stay in them as well]
Once I rounded up all my supplies, I got down to business. These are the steps of I followed for creating all three of my pelmets:
1. Using duck tape, tape together the total length of foamcore needed to make the front width of your pelmet.
3. Using your x acto knife, cut foamcore on drawn lines.
4. Reinforce the seams with a piece of foamcore and ducktape.
5. Cut small rectangles and ducktape to ends of front of pelmet to create the depth.
6. Cut piece of batting and fabric with about 1-2 extra inches on all sides to wrap the foamcore; lay on floor with fabric face down, batting, and foamcore on top.
7. Start wrapping edges and stapling down using staple gun. See below for best way to cover corners of the pelmet.
*tip: make sure you are pulling taunt so you will not have wrinkles in your pelmet when complete. *tip: if you notice that you have a large amount of extra fabric at the location where the L brackets are going to go, then cut before stapling down -- this will allow the L brackets have hard surface to adhere to. 8. Use epoxy to glue L brackets down the same distance from the top of the pelmet. 9. Hot glue ribbon to top of pelmet by starting at the inside to hide the edge. Apply hot glue to edge closest to top of pelment while wraping around all three sides of the pelmet.
Thanks Claire, I am sure we can all appreciate how much work and math planning that was. If you have a moment, go over and visit Claire's blog...
We all love to get a comment!
When in Doubt, Paint it Black
I am in such a 'paint it black' phase. You may have seen my Chippendale chairs going under the black spray paint can on Instagram, well I haven't stopped there. I have a little army of furniture pieces standing in line to join the group.
"Every room needs a bit of black", as they say. By the way, I can't find the original source for this quote.....anybody?
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| Masterpiece Design Group |
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| Darci Goodman Design |
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| Haddon Interiors |
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| Kate Collins |
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| Urrutia Design |
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| LDA Architecture & Interiors |
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| Tiffany Eastman Interiors |
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| Simple Details |
Do you have a bit of black in every room in your home?
Before you click away, I need your help. I have had this wooden dog in my garage for fifteen years. I found him at a London Flea Market, and could not resist him. Actually, I was looking at him when the seller said with a deep British accent, "Go on then, tell me what it is you want to pay".
I think it may be time to paint him...and even bring him inside. I love this one that I saw on {Flair} Vintage Decor.
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| Alison Pincus and Hillary Thomas via Flair Vintage Decor |
A Shingle Style Home
This beautiful home is located in Boston. I love the barrel portico over the door. It's no surprise that I found it on an architectural firm's site. Notice the double pillars flanking the windows in the center. I can really appreciate when homeowners take the extra step and expense to add those extra touches.
I really love this powder room.
Notice that small niche for the chandelier.
That outdoor fireplace is amazing.
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| All Photos Courtesy of Jan Gleysteen Architects |
I don't know which I love more.....studying beautiful homes or beautiful gardens?
Which would you rather look at?
Project Update & Free Supplies
I finally finished
. I am in a garage organizing mode, and I was not going to trip over this thing one more time. How's that for motivation. Since it isn't mine, I made an
top in a style that would suit my friend.
I used a remnant piece of tapestry that I knew my friend would love.
I finished it with antique gold
nailheads
for extra interest.
Now that this project is over, I have decided to clean out some of my supplies...
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and you can have them, if you want. This stool used 33
nailheads
, so I made packages of 40. I also have too many cord cleats and plastic rings for roman shades. And about 500 drapery hooks.
If you would like any of the supplies, just leave a comment...
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first come, first served basis (one bag of
nailheads
per person). Please make sure I have your email address. This is for the US and Canada, only.
I'll be pinning the stool to my
...leave your
ID if you want to be a
pinner
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Enjoy the last full weekend of August...wow, did I just type that :(