Switching It Up

The last few weeks we've been working on switching out some things around the house. We decided Sophia could go into one of our queen beds that we've had stored, and so we moved her daybed into the study. Now we have either a queen bed in her room for guests or the daybed/trundle in the study. Of course with moving those things around, I had to get some new bedding to coordinate!! And then, I needed some new decorations!! So, I went rummaging through what I already have, and updated some stuff in addition to making some new stuff. Here's what we ended up with!

These are some wooden corbels from Home Depot. They run around $9 a piece, but that's because I got big ones. When we put the daybed in the study, we had to move furniture around, and I didn't really want to re-hang the gazillion black and white photos I had on the wall. Instead, I wanted shelves to just prop them on. But I didn't want to pay for big black shelves, so I made some. Started with these corbels, and a free piece of wood we had leaning against the wall in the garage, and voia' la..............

I got these beauties! They are big and look perfect on the wall. It was super easy to do....I had dear old dad cut the wood in half, and I just drilled some holes into the corbels and screwed them into the wood from the bottom so there would be no holes in the shelf. Then I busted out my fave paint.....Behr paint-n-primer in one.....and painted away (2 coats). Now, hanging was another story, but I had Sean's help with that one.

Painted this old little side table we've had since we've been married. It was just ugly wood color, and now it's cute and black! Gotta get something fun for the vase still (which was a steal at an estate sale). Here is what the "new" side of the study looks like! The armoire is on the other wall now.

I wanted something fun for the bedding, and I found this bedspread at Wal-Mart on clearance for $17!! It matches perfect. I picked out 3 different fabrics from Hobby Lobby the last time I was out of town, and my talented mother sewed the pillows for me. I love the combination of the 3 fabrics together.
Now this mirror (this is a horrible picture by the way) was an ugly green, and it was given to me for free. I mod podged some fun Amy Butler paper to it and it's now sitting propped on top of the armoire. It needs a better home, but for now it's out of the way.

And Sophia's new "big girl" bed (even bigger than the last!) Her room is really fun. I just got her duvet in yesterday and put it on this morning. It's white with light pink polka dots from Company Kids.