It is Finished!

remember when I showed you these cute plates?

and promised I would share the plan I had for them?

... well I know It has been a while, but better late than never, right?

So here is the deal...

I have been in my house for 3 years and still not decorated the way I want it.

I have known for forever that I wanted to hang plates behind the wall on my kitchen table, but never could find the right plates and wasnt really sure how I wanted to arrange them.

I decided I wanted a color behind them...since my walls are tan. The living room and kitchen run together, so unless I wanted to tackle a HUGE paint job, painting the actual wall was not an option.

I put my thinking cap on and here is what I cam up with...

My mom had an this big, old, Huge frame. (How's that for proper use of adjectives;0)

I took the picture out and got a piece of sheetrock to fit the frame, then painted the sheetrock. For anyone who knows me, you can probably guess my color of choice...

yep... red!

I then got plate hangers and hung the plates on the framed sheetrock

then hung the whole frame on my actual wall.

Minimizing holes and side stepping having to paint over it for resale purposes in the future!

I am very happy with the finished product!

Next up on the home improvement list...

Living room curtains!

I am picky and cannot find curtains I like that do not cost a fortune.

I decided I would just make my own.

I rounded the corner in Hobby Lobby, saw this material...

 It was love at first Sight!!!

I went and bought the fabric yesterday. I had a really great conversation with the lady that works there, and she gave me an extra discount!!!

I walked away with 6 yards of home decor grade fabric (originally $25.99/yd) and  6 yards of material to line the back of the curtain panels with ($2.79/yd) for $84 bucks! Do the math. It should have been much more! I ended up getting the 30% off advertised, then they let me use the 40% coupon in the paper on top of that! (should have been one or the other)

Being friendly pays off!!!

I am so excited to get started on these. Will post more pics as soon as they are finished.