pink & appropriate...

I think it is only appropriate for me to start

the new year with a little blog about a

DIY/pink project.

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This time it´s the bedroom...

I felt the room needed to be more

feminine!! .....so what did I do?

I just added a little pink color to the room and

v o i l a !!!

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I had bought this statue of Jesus some months ago,

It needed some work, and Jesus got a pink dress!

plus I made him this wooden pedestal

to stand on.

I painted this old console table white, and put up a mirror that I

had made long time ago and bought this nice pink glass

for candles.

Then my mother gave me these old jewelries, they

belonged to my beloved grandmother, I made

this tiny pink pillow for them to sit on.

I will guard them well.

Made new pillows for the bed, some pink ones,

(but still have two big ones to make ;)

This hanger I made, from old wood, simply got

painted white and then sanded to give

it that old, used look.

I think displaying jewelry's and pink summer dresses

is good for me, specially when it's so

dark and snowing outside!

And this old chair got some

white paint & pink cover!

Here you can see what Jesus looked like

when i got it from a flee marked

(I still have Marie to do).

It's made from porcelain, so I painted it with

several layers of gesso (old recipe), and then

it was sanded down again, just to make it

look more like clay or stone, and finally

I painted and sealed it.

p.s. must tell you that my husband did approve

on these pink changes in our bedroom,

and YES, it's definitely better ;)

Happy new year to you all and,

wishing you...

A big thank you to all my followers

and everyone who has visited my blog.

Love auskula

white & red...

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Few

things I have

been making in december,

and as you can see I have used

white & red a lot, which is new for me,

..........but I must say, I kind of like it..........

;)

this old wood...

I was fortunate to get my hands on this old wood recently.

It comes from an old carpenter that used to collect

all kinds of old things like wood, doors,

windows, etc. and he often wrote on them where

they came from, on this he wrote Bægisárkirkja!

which is an old church buildt in 1858. The church has

been renovated through the years (1931,1954 and 1983)

and this old wood has probable been replaced with

a new one.

I am really grateful to this old carpenter for

having kept this for all these years.

(Bægisárkirkja 1858)

thank you for stopping by...

going for red...

I usually decorate my house with

white things for christmas,

(and maybe a little bit of soft pink ;),

but for this christmas,

I'm going for red!!!

So now I'm getting inspired by these

lovely pictures.

thank you for visiting my blog...

( ops!! I forgot to take notice of where I found

these lovely pictures, so sorry ! )

bohemian beauties...

wow! what a great style...

love it

sources: browndresswithwhitedots, parisapartment,

encoreuneminute, J'adore, zsazsabellagio and google.

thank you for stopping by...

new life...

I love to find old chairs that are in need of a make-over,
It's a passion of mine.

(I like to think that I'm giving them a second chance in life ;)

I have already quite many chairs and I have completed

redecorating some of them, while others

are waiting for the right moment to

get their new look!

this time I began making the textile

(for me that's the fun part ;)

I painted the chair with ( just) one layer

of white primer and then I sanded

it down again to give it a used look,

to get the patina I used two colors

of wax.

I't needed a new cover badly,

first It got some white linen,

which I stabled on, and then

I made some loose cover over

the linen so it will be easy

to use and wash !

a new life !!!

the chair before...

I'm already looking forward for the next chair make-over!!

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog.