Primp Your Stuff Wednesday Linky Party #56

Happy Wednesday! It's time to link up all your fabulously primped projects, including anything you have made, or made to look better, or anything you have found to {primp} your space.

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Primp Your Stuff Wednesday Linky Party #55

Happy Wednesday! It's time to link up all your fabulously primped projects, including anything you have made, or made to look better, or anything you have found to {primp} your space.

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this is the post where I get to show off my union jack fever while at the same time being patriotic

I've had union jack fever for a while now, and have seen the design used in so many creative ways in home decor.  With the London Olympics starting in just a few days I wanted to make a bunting that would feed my fever and also help us get into the Olympic spirit.

I couldn't find a pre-made bunting, so I grabbed a pack of small British flags and sewed one myself.

 

 

I've seen some really cool furniture painted in the union jack design. And while I could never justify painting a large piece of furniture, I have finished some smaller projects in the past, including this pillow,

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and this stool,

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Here are some other favorite union jack designs as found on Pinterest:

{Diary of a Quilter via Pinterest}

{Unknown via Pinterest}

{What would Martha Do via Pinterest}

{Bad Rabbit Vintage via Pinterest}

And because my toes didn't want to be left out:

I'm looking forward to watching swimming and soccer. What will you watch?

keep primping, and Go USA!

Primp Your Stuff Wednesday Linky Party # 54

Happy Wednesday! It's time to link up all your fabulously primped projects, including anything you have made, or made to look better, or anything you have found to {primp} your space.

Here are my favorites from last week's party:

Dear Emmeline primped this beautiful silhouette and fabric dresser.

Town and Prairie showed off her unique and pretty swiss army desk.

Thanks for the inspiration!

Now it's time to be inspired again.

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Primp Your Stuff Wednesday Linky Party #53

Happy Wednesday! It's time to link up all your fabulously primped projects, including anything you have made, or made to look better, or anything you have found to {primp} your space.

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french farmhouse bathroom

Here's a glimpse at our newly {primp}ed bathroom.

Summer time is super busy for me with all the kids {and neighbor kids} around all day long.  This summer I am focusing on a couple of bigger projects rather than many smaller ones.  This bathroom redo has been on the to-do list for a while, and it includes many of my favorite elements: toile, galvanized metal, beadboard, numbers, vintage accessories, etc.

My absolute favorite thing in the whole room are these new galvanized metal farmhouse lights from Lowe's.  I hated the original light fixture from the beginning, and after a little finagling and hole patching, these lights are just perfect!

This is the kids' bathroom and it is quite small and very hard to capture on camera, thus the odd angles.

I bought these number thingies ages ago and didn't realize until near the end of the project that they would be perfect above the towel hooks.

The walls are painted in a very light gray called "isle shetland gray" which is the same color I painted the girls room here.

I could never find a big enough toile shower curtain that didn't seem chintzy, so I sewed one myself.

 

 

{Rug and hand towel--Ikea}

 

 

 

 

Thanks for taking a look. It's so nice to finally get this one done.  For my next big project, we'll meet outdoors!

keep primping,

Primp Your Stuff Wednesday Linky Party #52 and Happy Fourth of July!

Happy Fourth of July! And Happy Wednesday!

It's time to link up all your fabulously primped projects, including anything you have made, or made to look better, or anything you have found to {primp} your space.

Here are my favorites from last week's party:

Pinecone shared these super cute patriotic pinwheels, perfect for the 4th of July.

Winder and Main showed off her newly redone boys bedroom.

and last but not least,


Artsy Vava  made a really cute calendar out of an old window and some colorful washi tape.

Thanks for all the inspiration!

Now it's time to be inspired again.

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