Scrapbook Room Re-Do Part 6

Hi Everyone!

I took some time today to finally apply the Butterflies and Definition wall vinyl that I purchased from Stampin' Up!'s Decor Accents line. I thought the nice dark brown vinyl would complete the look for my scrapbook room a.k.a. my "Creation Station" since it is a pretty small room.


In this picture I cut out all the butterflies and taped them in the location I chose with some painters tape. I then made registration marks lightly on the wall with a pencil for each individual image.

There are 23 butterflies total. Each individual image was then removed and the following process was followed.

Rub the grid side of the image with the applicator too. This causes the image to transfer onto the sticky part of the paper. I always rub from the inside out toward the edges.

Carefully peel back the grid paper SLOWLY to reveal the image.





Apply the image to the wall with the applicator using the registration marks made on the wall previously. Press down from the center toward the outer edges keeping the image smooth.

Slowly peel back the top paper revealing the final image. Rub the vinyl image lightly with your finger to make sure it is thoroughly pressed onto the wall.

Use a white eraser to remove the pencil marks from placement.

This is the final image. It looks very nice in person. Just the right touch for decoration on this special craft space of mine. LOVE IT!!!

I'll be posting some Halloween cards within the next few days. Check back for some Spooky ideas :-)

Darlene

Scrapbookroom Re-Do - Part 5 Cabinetry

Hi Everyone!

It's been a pretty busy place around here. My hubby and I have been working very hard assembling our oak cabinets for the scrapbook room. We used a beautiful warm stain with a satin urethane for the final finish. They will be installed against the east wall between the window. I will be able to store alot of my stamping goodies. I just became a Stampin' Up! demonstrator so I'm sure I'll have more supplies to store in the near future. I should be getting my starter kit maybe today so that is VERY exciting. I'll blog more about this later and give you info on my stamping website and business website too.


I did a few different layouts for this wall from my original sketch since I really need drawer space more than open storage. I ended up deciding on 11 drawers and 3 cabinet storage areas. That should work perfect for my use! This is not a very large room so the wall dimension is quite small.

These are the hardware pulls I chose. I am using the knob styled for the cabinet drawers and the other handle for all drawers. They are a pretty aged bronze finish. I found them at Lowe's and they were on clearance for $2.97 each. They will go really well with the warm feel of the room.

I have to sand the finish one more time and then put a final coat of finish on yet. Tom will install the hardware and then we should be ready to install them against the wall. We plan on putting a plywood countertop with oak veneer over both sets of cabinets since I will be having storage shelves mounted above them and then a black marble or granite slab set a few inches lower for my work area. I won't be using the area over the cabinets for a work area. I found it quite helpful to do a trial work area before I decided what I needed. I used my ironing board adjusted to the proper work area level sitting with my desk chair to make sure I felt comfortable working right in front of the window and having cabinetry to my left and right. It was perfect! Love the light from the window and love the availability of the storage on either side. I'll post more pictures when we install the cabinets so you can see exactly what I am referring to.

Well off to work!

Darlene

Organizing my Wooden Stamps

Hi everyone!

I've been pretty busy here getting my stamps organized. I took my lighted Curio cabinet that has a mirror in the back and glass shelves in it and brought it into my scrapbook room. I decided to organize my wooden stamps by size and display them in the cabinet. I used the bottom area to display my mini books. It works perfect for now but if I make more I'll need to put them in a basket instead.

It makes the room very cozy when it's evening and the lights on the cabinet are turned on. I'm loving this room!

I've also been making some cards and trying to veggie and flower gardens tended to so there doesn't seem to be enought time to blog right now. I'll give it my best and add some pics of my new projects soon.

Darlene

Scrapbook Room Re-Do Part 4

Tom finished installing all the molding/trim and I have filled the nail holes, sanded and painted them. It really sets off the colors I chose for the room. I painted the trim a "satin" finish which is the same color as the flat ceiling paint. It brings the whole room together. It's hard to see the exact color but the beige is a nice warm tone.






We added the register cover and vacuumed all the dust. We're very happy with how it looks so far. We now need to install the doors and then we will design the wall unit. This should be fun to decide exactly what we want and make it to our plans.








Sadie just relaxed once the vacuuming was done! She's a BIG help....NOT!





I also took a little time to create these fun 3D Origami flowers. I did some sanding and stamping on these so they could be used on more masculine scrapbook pages or cards. I really like making these!

See you in the near future.

The Wood Floor - Part 3

We have been working very hard on installing our Brazilian Cherry wood floor in the scrapbook room. It's been very easy to do as long as you don't have two dogs coming to visit every 5 minutes and helping. Seems like we have alot of canine supervisors lately. I was able to capture a couple of pictures of one of the biggest interruptions during this project!!!! By the way...I really am helping :-)

To back up a bit....

We had a beautiful oak hardwood floor in this room but it was just awfully worn out. This home was built in 1967 and even though it has been updated throughout most of the living area this floor hasn't been touched since then. Tom and I enjoyed alot of discussion and decided that it would be faster, less expensive and also less messy if we layed down a new floor rather than renting 2 sanders (1 large and 1 edger), restaining and finishing the existing floor. Now that the project is done I think we made the right decision!

We purchased 7 boxes of flooring going by the graph on the floor package and to our wonderful surprise we are able to return 2 boxes. This manufacturer was very generous with their square footage estimates. We will get approximately $85 back so we can go buy the door and floor moldings and not spend any extra money.

The process of each row went quite quickly.

The floor is now done and we just LOVE it. Tom is putting in the transition strip to go from our hall carpet to the new wood floor and then we can begin installing the molding.

Everything is coming together just as I visualized it to be. How exciting!

I'll post more updates on the molding and installation of new closet and entrance doors. We will then move onto designing the wall shelving unit. That will take a bit to finish I'm sure.

Scrapbook Room Re-Do

Part 2

I have been working pretty hard on this scrapbook room. I had an old wallpaper border that of course decided to NOT be strippable like advertised. So I spent a few hours with my Paper Tiger tool, wallpaper stripper and some elbow grease. I finished removing all the old paper and then washed the entire room with a cleaner and degreaser. Finally I had clean walls!

I decided to paint the ceiling a nice tan color. I have always had white ceilings in my home so I took a deep breath and painted it a color. Wow to I love it! What a new look for such a warm cozy room. It brought out the dark metal in my ceiling fixture (that is what I was hoping for) and it will coordinate well with the new dark wood floor. This has been such an exciting project for me. I can see each little piece of my vision coming to fruition a step at a time.

I had fun doing the wallpaper too! Every time I do a remodeling project in this house I talk out loud to myself about the builder (and not in a good way!). I can't believe that from the ceiling to the floor on a corner of the room was off by 1". Of course I would not have ever noticed that if I hadn't decided to wallpaper and needed a plumb line for the first piece. Wow what a surprise. With the wallpaper choice being a subtle stripe behind the damask print I would have really been in trouble if I had cheated on the first piece and didn't use a plumb line. The room would have looked like it was in a fun house instead. Now it's nice and straight. It looks wonderful and I am very happy with the results so far.

The final piece.............yippee!

I love the texture on this damask print.

Another close up pic.

The flooring is the next step. We had success with finding our flooring today and opted for a nice Brazillian Cherry. I can't wait to get started putting it in with my hubby.

More updates on the floor soon :-)

Darlene

A Few More Organizational Goodies

I added a few more labels to my roller organizer yesterday. I have a couple extra drawers. It is nice to have a backup in case I still need to seperate some items later. I'm sure once this room is totally completed I will make a few small adjustments with where I have things placed but mostly everything will be perfect the way it is for how I work when I scrap and craft.





I've been working on my wall unit sketch for the East wall of the scrapbook room. It will be made out of hardwood and stained walnut to compliment the dark damask wallpaper accent wall I will have. I want the melon wall color to show through so I am not putting a back on the shelving units. They will be secured to the black countertop however. We sure don't need to worry about too much weight toppling any shelves down!

I have a nice window located approximately in the center of the wall so I will totally fill the wall with shelves and a nice work space for everything I think I need.

This is my rough ( really rough LOL) sketch of the wall unit. It will run completely to the ceiling so that I get the maximum storage.



A few accent items like plants placed here and there should give it a nice comfy touch. Of course my tiffany lamps and some copper containers will be placed throughout too.

TFL....off to strip more border :-). I took yesterday off!

Darlene

Scrapbook Room Re-Do - The Closet... continued

I've been working most of this past weekend setting up all the supplies into the closet. It feels very good to actually know where everything is now. This was a big accomplishment for me to achive. It's been haunting me for years.

This is where I store the Sizzix and die cuts.



My glitter and embossing powder area. This area will grow because you can never have enough glitter! haha





My camera, tripod and scrapbook albums are stored on this side shelf.



My little shipping supply area for Etsy sales.

I store all my stamp pads, rub ons, bling, stickers, etc. in individually labeled containers here.

I'm just beginning a ribbon collection so I am storing those in clear glass jars for the time being.

I'll post a few more pics of the closet when it is totally completed. As stated before I still have some paper organizers and magazine organizers to purchase and it will be pretty well done.

I've now moved onto the wallpaper border. Hmmm...........funny how my strippable border paper turned out to be NOT strippable. I'm preparing to get out the elbow grease and start stripping wallpaper now! Geezzzz.......this was supposed to be an easy room to redecorate!

I'll be back soon with a reason for a manicure I'm sure!

TFL......Darlene