Here’s the before…





After spray painting bottle caps…





And a few extra steps (click  HERE  for full tutorial)…she created this…


 








LUV IT!

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It’s a great gift for someone who likes to cook.  It would even make a great teacher’s gift.  Here is how I did it.

First you will need a wire wreath form (2 sides), floral pins, floral wire, sphagnum moss, potting soil & fresh herbs.

In order for the herbs to thrive, you will need sphagnum moss to help retain moisture and potting soil.

Soak your sphagnum moss in water. 

Squeeze out excess water and then place into 1 side of your wreath form.

Tightly pack in the potting soil on top of the moss. 

Using the floral pins, wrap the moss that is hanging outside the frame around soil section.  Then secure top frame onto the bottom frame with floral wire. 

Now you are ready for your herbs.  You can do a combination of herbs like I did, or just pick 1 herb like thyme and make a thyme wreath.

Using any small, flat tool, create a little hole in the potting soil to plant each herb.

Once all your herbs are “planted”, keep outside in the sun on a flat surface and water regularly for about 5 days until the herbs are rooted.  Hang in a sunny area.  You could even hang a pair of scissors from it for easy herb retrieval.

Back when I had DIY Mondays in May (click here), I was inspired to start my own diy project. So I decided to tackle the makeover of our casual dining table. It is used everyday and was beginning to show some wear and was in desperate need of a facelift. Here are some before pics…








One of my goals was to modernize the mostly country-style table.  The light colored stain had to go.  I came up with a concept of staining the table with a dark stain so the wood grain will still be visible.  Then for the modern touch, paint a modern design on top in a bright white.  After some power sanding and hand sanding, I removed all of the original finish from the tabletop.  Then I applied 2 coats of ebony stain. 





Here is a close up of the tabletop with the new stain.





Now a lot of people would have stopped there and called it a night.  I wanted to take it a step further and make a unique look by hand-painting a design on top.  I looked at modern wallpaper designs to get some ideas and then with chalk in hand, I sketched out several different looks until I came out with one that worked.








Once I decided on the final design, it was time to get out the paint.  I used leftover white latex paint that we had from another project and purchased a few quality art brushes.  Following the chalk outline made this step super easy and the possibility of making a mistake less likely.  It took about 3 coats of the white paint to get the look I wanted.





Now the only thing left was to apply 3 coats of polyurethane.  This step took longer than I wanted because for the majority of the month of June we have had super soggy weather (hence the delay of the reveal).  But, finally I am very excited about the final results and ready to tackle the next project!








So there you have it a little country with a little modern makes a great look.  This gives me a little boost to continue to slowly update this old country house into a modern country look.  Hope you like it too.

This I can handle.  I have 4 bookcases in my family room that I plan to wallpaper.





So many creative uses for wallpaper–luv it! 





A divider makes a statement with a little wallpaper.  Little effort…big impact!





Revive a dresser!





Give storage a little personality.





Forget the walls…wallpaper the window shades for a designer look.  Another way to make wallpapering a little more palatable is to wallpaper a focal wall instead of the entire room.  Here are a few beauties that can stand hang alone.

















So many possibilities!  The stigma of wallpaper is gone.  Designers are creating the most fabulous designs that can improve the look of your home.


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