REDECORATING ON A BUDGET - PAINT & REARRANGE YOUR ROOM

What do you do when you want to 
give a room new life and do it cheap
 inexpensively? 

PAINT of course! Then shuffle 
everything up to give it a new look!   

BEFORE
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The traffic pattern is congested or 
do I mean choked. 

The sofa looked like it was under arrest,

and in a lineup against the wall from the 

time we had moved into this condo 

(three years ago)! 

Bland walls, not much life, just holding 

up the ceiling (which by the way REEEALLY

needed a fresh coat of paint).  

It was too much of a maze. Having 

young "grands" that love to chase 

each other through the room... 

"hazardous" 

may be a more descriptive  word. 

(You know they all do it.) 
   

AFTER
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We LOVE the new look and feel of the room. 
It's so peaceful and pleasant. Lots of light, 
there's more focus on the fireplace and 
when you raise the blinds you can sit 
and gaze out at our "Golden Pond"
that lives out front. 
   

Everytime I come into this room I feel 
like I can "sigh" a bit of relief and 
enter a little piece of heaven. 
  

Regardless of where you sit you can 

have a normal conversation without feeling 

you have to scream. The room is open and 

airy and the little "grands" are safe 

from harms way!
  

The view is great from any seat in 

the room now. The rearrangement 

of our artwork looks so wonderful. 

These photos don't do it justice of course.

  

My next project will be something special 

for my Country French bench that I adore.

It needs something sassy and unexpected,

wouldn't you agree?

I love the shape of this chair.

A new location for my cabinet  
that holds my crystal.

We used a Valspar paint from the 
Waverly Home Classics Collection 
called 

 Light Marine WV34007. 

It's a warm blue so you don't get the 

cold feeling of the grey blues.

Wes likes to refer to it as Tiffany Box Blue!

I agree whole heartedly. 

  

Budget find - fab new blue pillow 

from Burlington for $12.99! 

LOVE this pillow and all the hints of colors 

to compliment our old sofa 

AND the new paint color.

(who doesn't love a bargain?)

Even "my assistant" is astounded at 

what one pillow can do, it even compliments 

her coat! 
 

The soft furry throw you see was from 
Target on Clearance for $14.99. 
WOO-HOO I love a deal! It's large 
and oh so cozy. 
 

      I think it's a big hit with my critics!!

Favorite family lamps have the 
perfect look. The old lampshades are 
spruced up with tulle on a spool wrapped 
around the shade to camouflage discoloration 
and wide satin ribbon graced with a gorgeous 
sparkly vintage pin give new life to 
these old shades.
Cost for 2 shades about $5.  Already had 
the vintage pins  - FREE.      

Our reupholstered family heirloom chairs 

look fabulous with these adorable 

J.Queen of New York pillows for 

only $7.99 at Burlington!

   

It makes me truly feel so Royal!

LOL

An old crystal vase filled with silk 

flowers we already had... FREE!

(let's celebrate the beginning of spring)

A stack of old books from my Mom's 
bookclub collection looks pretty 
snazzy tied up with a pretty ribbon
.... FREE!

 

Three wick candle in frosted mercury 

glass holder ... $4 Kohl's Christmas Clearance.

A collection of "whites" to give 

a calming yet interesting new look 

to our black bookcase ... FREE!

(Collections can go on the tops of 

bookcases too, cloches and such.) 

  

A great display area for treasures that 

had been tucked away. It's good to 

rotate your collections of chatchkies 

to give you a fresh new look ... FREE! 

Wes' little collection of pale yellow 

vases look so sweet in front of 

my old white chippy birdcage 

from my childhood.   

   

The chairs look so lovely and warm on 

each side of the fireplace.

(Oh that fireplace! Another sore subject 

and hopefully a future facelift in store.) 

The glow in the fireplace is from a vintage 
gas heater that was refit with flickering 
electric light bulbs. I love that the fireplace 
is always glowing and cozy looking. 
Yard Sale find - $25.00 
(It was the find of the decade for me!)    

VOILA! 

It finally looks like the pleasant cohesive

room we knew it could be!  

What a difference some paint makes... 

just a couple of gallons. 

It took my hubby a whole week to do 

this instead of a weekend project like when 

we were young and had more energy!  

But at our age the paint goes on a 

bit slower but it does go on!!

Remember... it's only paint and you can 

change it if you don't like it! A small 

investment for a brand new look!! 
At Lowe's you can get a small jar of 
Valspar paint in the color you'd like to try 
for only $2.98. A great way to try it on!   

Hope you enjoyed this segment 

of "REDECORATING ON A BUDGET"!  
Thanks so much for stopping by. 

Stay tuned to see more of Budget 

Decorating and treasures & delights 

from Marie's studio. 

Love and hugs to all of you! 

Sherry & Marie

XOXO  

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Thank you for your continued prayers for Linda! 

The first battle of the war has begun. 

It's a long journey she's on but she has 

Our Heavenly Father to lead her to victory!