A Little Corner of Our World

It's been a long, long time since I showed any pictures of our master bedroom.  We put Duke the Deer up awhile ago.  We also re-did our TV stand/dresser.  We got a new bed a couple years ago.  We have since hung the art work that I made Bill for Christmas last year.  We've also added curtain rods and curtains (though they haven't been hemmed).  We bought and repainted a couple Craigslist night stands.  We still have a couple paint projects to complete in the room and we need to get a new comforter cover or duvet.  Here is one corner of our bedroom with a little IKEA update that my husband has yet to notice:

Here's a close up of the IKEA update, Bill:

I hope you had a great weekend!!  

Also, Happy Birthday Ben!!  We are all so proud of you and your latest creative project: Busker.  It feels so special to have a published novelist for a brother:)!  We can't wait to see you again!!

Duke is Finally on Display!

Remember this post from July, when I wrote about my eight pointer:

My Duke arrived shortly after that post, but he arrived damaged, with several cracks around one ear and a crack along its neck and side .  There were chips of resin missing from the deer.  I was sad.  I contacted the seller about the damaged deer, and I was shipped a brand new Duke in short order.  The new Duke arrived in perfect condition.  Oh Happy Day!  

The seller told me that he didn't need/want my damaged Duke back, so I decided to try to fix him. 

Here was the crack on his neck:

See the big hole?

There was another hole on the side of his head, and then this huge crack by his ear: 

I used an epoxy adhesive to fill the cracks and holes:

He's healed!

And then I grabbed a can of Krylon Dual spray paint in glossy white:

And here's the finished product:

If you look closely, you can see where the adhesive was placed, but I still think he's definitely worth keeping!!

And here are a couple pictures from further out in the room:

He's hanging above the tv and dresser in our master bedroom.  (Kiki, your second guess was right...you get to give Duke a middle name!)  I think he's amazing!!  And since I have 2 usable deer now, his cost dropped in half to $20 plus $4 in spray paint = $24 total.  So much cheaper than the other options I posted about here!  

I should also note that this project was 100% inspired by this image created by the very talented Bower Family:

Nursery Deer

Bower Power

Now, since I have a second deer, I need to decide where it will be hung.  I'm thinking of making the other one bright pink and naming her Duchess.  She could go in Lucky's room or the basement...or on my single precisely placed nail in the sun porch:).  The options are endless:)! 

Have a good weekend, and if you're local you might want to check out the Junk Bonanza in Shakopee, MN this weekend.  I went yesterday and will write a post about my experience next week.  Also, Target marked down a good chunk of home bedding, bath and rug merchandise yesterday to 75% off.  I picked up a few things (including the new comforter set we talked about for you Mom...$25 for a king sized set!) that I'll post about next week.  I missed out on this rug:

5' x 7' on clearance for $50!!

I actually saw a woman pick up the last one and put it in her cart.  I had been stalking this rug for weeks and was just a few minutes late.  B U M M E R!  Win some.  Lose some.

Have a lovely fall weekend!

Linking up to Home Stories A to Z.

White and Bright and Beautiful

I posted about this dresser that I found at a thrift store for $6.99 here:



Well, Bill has been hard at work priming and painting the piece using white paint and polyacrylic we had on hand.  (We did pick up a can of spray primer to speed the process a bit.):




When we sold our big black bed and nightstands in March, we knew that the dresser/tv stand (Hemnes by IKEA) would not be staying either. 



We sold the dresser on Craigslist in less than 24 hours for $175.  Then we replaced the IKEA dresser with our thrift store score that ended up being about $10 including the primer and the dresser:

Isn't it wonderful?  I just love how white and bright the new look is, and it fits in better with our new bed than Mr. Hemnes did:

I also love that we made money on the change!!  Eventually, I do hope to make some built in shelves for this area, but for now this works (TV components under the dresser and all:)).

I should note that Bill did the bulk of the work on this piece, and he did a fantastic job!!  Thank you B.

Have a great weekend...and if you need patio furniture, be sure to check out Target where you may find 50% off clearance prices!!