My Dining Table ReDo

While we were moved out of our home for 7 weeks I took on a project. Our dining room table was that horrible outdated golden (orangy) oak color, so I brought out my trusty spray paint and MinWax Mahogany Gel Stain. I still need to put on a varnish to protect the finish, but for now...here is the before & after.

Before

Lots of sanding



Primed & Painted the Base Black


And Voila.... the After

I want to get a round piece of glass cut to sit on top of the table to protect it. There is a leaf that we use a couple times a yr, but the majority of the time we just keep it how it is.

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Home Sweet Home

YIPPEE!!!!!!!

HURRAY!!!!!!!

YAY!!!!!!

We are finally moving back HOME!!!!

Our home is all fixed and ready for us!!!!!
(for those who don't know what happened Click Here)

Our Lakefront English Tudor Cottage

Home Sweet Home

7 weeks was a long time to be away from our home....so we are all EXCITED to be coming HOME!!

I'll post interior pics soon.

Pottery Barn Look-a-Like

Do you have some extra hardwood flooring planks that you haven't been able to throw out...because you just know that someday you'll find a use for them? Well I do! We just had hardwood floors installed and we have some extra planks that I wouldn't let hubby throw out. I didn't know what I would do with them...but I knew there had to be something I could use them for and I just discovered it!!

Michelle from Three Men and a Lady blog shared a GREAT IDEA!!

This was from Pottery Barn

And here is her version....

Voila!!!

Go to her blog to get the complete instructions and be sure to check out all her other creative ideas!

Now I have to go figure out what design I'm going to put on my hardwood floor.

Have a great weekend!

We are moving back home this weekend...yeah!!!

Darlene

Hey Pumpkin!!

Have you been thinking about a creative way to decorate your pumpkin this fall/halloween? If your like me....your tired of the same ol' pumpkin that you carve every year and need to jazz it up a bit this year.....so here's a bunch of ideas to get your creative juices flowing!

Here's my pumpkins....


No need for carving here...just decorate with different size pumpkins and pop some votives in the small ones.

Ok, I know alot of you have some chalkboard paint left over....get it out and paint your pumpkins!
Have you all used the InkChalk pens yet? I just bought mine at Michaels.

Who says you can't monogram your pumpkin? Go for it!


Decoupage anthing you want on your pumpkin!



Give that pumpkin some BLING!

OK, this does require carving...but had to include it! It's so adorable!

How about a swirly damask pattern? Lovely!
That white pumpkin with the black swirly pattern is so classy!

Black & White...Tres' Chic!

How about an Argyle Pumpkin? Perfect for your preppy friends!

Harlequin Design.....is this cool or what?!

Add some stickers to spell out anything you want!

MumPumpkins....Beautiful!

Can't go wrong with Polka Dots!

What says Fall better than Leaves on a Pumpkin...just get out that decoupage glue!

Put your kids to work making metal swirls
& stick them in your pumpkin to create this fun modern design!

(This would look so cool on a black pumpkin)

Glitz & Glam Pumpkins
(everything looks better with glitter, right?!)

Cut off the top & pop in some flowers...instant creativity!
If your feeling really creative you can carve some leaves out of an elongated pumpkin like shown in the photo.

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I had to throw this one in there even though it requires some major carving....isn't it cool or should I say "HOT"! (haha)

Well did I inspire you?
(I hope so!)

Monogram It!!

Just thought I would share the rug we made for the winner of our 1 year blog-anniversary. The winner of a custom rug was the sweet Melissa Miller from Melissa's Heart and Home. She just posted the custom rug on her blog yesterday so some of you may have already seen it, but for those who haven't seen it yet..........here it is.

Melissa chose baby blue with a dark brown border and an initial "M" inlay. This is not a printed rug, it all inlaid by hand.

I think it looks fabulous...even if I do say so myself!

Don't fret...you too can have a custom rug of your very own! Just contact us: darlene@creativecarpetdesign.com

Creative Photography

Did you all have a good weekend?

Hope so!

We had a beautiful fall weekend!

Saturday we went to an annual hot rod/street rod show. Hubby LOVES hot rods and since his fellow hot rod buddy couldn't go with him to the annual rod run, the girls and I went with him. It's not really my thing, but I decided to make it fun. The girls and I looked for parts of the cars that looked like letters. I took the close up photos of anything that resembled a letter and will put the letters together to form words.

Here is what I've done so far.......

This was really FUN! Can't wait for the next car show!!

Shhhh, don't tell my hubby...I'm going to get the photos matted & framed as a gift for him. Do you think he will like it??

Wrapped In Your Arms

Sunday Song...I just bought a new christian cd for my daughter's birthday and this is a beautiful song from the cd. The band is called Fireflight. The song is called Wrapped In Your Arms