Shabby Gals

Friday, March 30, 2012

New Space at Birdcage Antiques

Hi everyone! We recently moved into a new space at Birdcage Antiques!! We are really excited about it. We have been with Birdcage Antiques for about a year and a half. We started with a small space to see if we could break even or even make a few bucks. We were not even sure we could sell our stuff....was it good enough....would somebody else want to actually buy it?? A few months ago a large room opened up (which we had been eyeing up for awhile) and our "landlord" asked us if we wanted to upgrade our space. We were not able to paint the walls or do anything that was permanent with the first space. We asked if we could paint the new space and he gave us the go-ahead. After negotiating the terms....we decided that we wanted it!!! Here's the space before....The walls were a dark red/beige before....

Here's our new space now! We couldn't be more pleased with how it turned out. After a few coats of pink paint on the walls and a few coats of gray for the trim, this is what the room was transformed into. If you notice on the trim we made a few quotes with the cricut machine out of contact paper and put them all around the room. It took many hours to get our new "space" looking just right and to our liking! Although, it was fun "work" and good company to be with!!

Here are a few more close up pictures of specific sections of our work around this room. Sometimes the most fun part of having a space is to be able to rearrange and organize our furniture to give people ideas of how to put these pieces together.

The saying in this picture says "whatever you do in your decorating...be brave". Isn't that so true? We like to try bold and bright colors because they are different and so pretty. We figure that if it's not something we like we can always change it, it's just paint. :)

The quote above this door says, "Every exit is an entry somewhere else". Also another one of our favorite quotes.

We hope that you enjoy seeing where the majority of our projects are being displayed. Maybe you can come visit us someday. We are having so much fun refurbishing furniture and creating projects!

Have a great weekend!!!

~The Shabby Gals

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Thursday, March 29, 2012

One More Window

Hi everyone. I'm posting a little late this Thursday. I just got off of work and I had a busy day and this is the first moment I had to tell you about another project that I did with old window. I just love the shape of this window. I left the glass and frame as I found it. Last Christmas I had painted fun snow scenes for my girls on some similar old windows and gave them as presents. So this time I thought that someone would enjoy welcoming friends to their home and having it said in an old vintage window. Here is the before picture of the window frame:

I started by drawing a design on paper and including the saying Welcome to our home. When I was satisfied with the final drawing, I taped it to the under side of the glass or the other side of where I was going to paint. I started painting the design by filling in the lines with Burnt Umber acrylic paint. It took three coats of paint to fully cover so that the glass would not show thru. I than dry brushed the wood frame with gold acrylic paint so the wood grain would be noticeable. So here is the after picture:

I was happy with the results. What do you think?

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http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/

http://chiconashoestringdecorating.blogspot.com/

http://www.alittleknickknack.com/

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SMILE!

Hi! I can't believe it's Thursday already....I have a simple little idea to share with you tonight. I have already blogged about these green shutters. I simply just sprayed them green and currently have them sitting on my mantle in the living room. Just a reminder that this is what they previously looked like.

I thought they would look cute with a simple banner hanging from them. I love the color yellow and tied with green just screams spring...(to me anyway). I thought the word "smile" would be cute spelled out. I used my cricut machine to cut out the letters. I used contact paper so that I could just stick them on and take them off when I get tired off the word...smile...although it's a good daily reminder!! Right? Here's the after picture....I like the way it looks....although I am partial to shutters and banners.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Mudroom

So today I repainted the little room that you walk into from the garage. It is a really little room, it makes it feel a little claustrophobic when everyone is coming in at once. Also the door went into the wall and we had to re patch the wall. I also had put this bench with a little shelf underneath, hoping that is where all the shoes that we don't wear on a regular basis would go.

Well let's just say the bench was just taking up valuable space.

I actually liked the green color on the walls, but that paint was all gone. So I went with the boring beige, but actually like how it came out. I feel like it looks cleaner and more open and not so dark. I also painted the door a white so I think that opens it up even more. I was pretty impressed that my husband actually appreciated the change too...and let's be honest they don't usually notice the small things.:)

So here are the after....

A little more room to walk in, a little basket for the hats, gloves, and even my son's little shoes. The shelf is getting used so far...so no tripping over the shoes. I hope you like it. Until next time...Kim

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Shutter Love

It is Tuesday morning and March is back in full swing around here. The 80 degree weather has decided to leave us again for a while. Hopefully not too long, I was really starting to get used to it. Today I am going to share with you another use for a shutter. When we moved into our house I didn't realize how large and dark my fireplace was. I had a terrible time trying to lighten it up and make use of the space on my mantle. I took an old shutter that my sister had painted for me and put it up as a backsplash. Since then I have not taken it down because I love how it takes up space and lightens up the entire area. There are many different ways to use shutters in your home, I just love how this turned out. Here are the before and after pictures. Have a fabulous day!! Jessica