Shelf and Mirror makeover

Hey guys!

Tuesday's project was to makeover my mirror/getting-ready-in-the-morning area, and also spruce up my bookshelves which were very bare. I already had a few pieces and ideas I wanted to try, but I went on a thrifting run and found the perfect pretty things to finish these spaces!

Here's how my mirror area looked before:

And here's my makeup and jewelry... On the floor...

Ta da! I finally switched out my awful wavy mirrors for a sweet little vintage one that I already had at my house. I put all my makeup in a little cabinet my grandma picked up for me at a thrift store, and then my styling tools I put inside a vintage bread box I found while thrifting. I collaged on some coat hangers and put them on the wall for my go-to purses and placed my jewelry-tree on top of the bread box.

The best part is... Organized. Ahhhhh.

My bookshelves aren't quite as dramatic a change, but I took apart a bedside lamp that I use every night and placed it inside a vintage birdcage I found while (big surprise) thrifting. I found some pretty frames to put on the wall and utilized the space on top of my bookshelves to store my typewriter...

I found this pretty book and cedar box while out thrifting with Deanna. The book is breathtaking, it's an autograph book from the 1930's and it is full of writing to someone named Mimi or Marie. I think she was called both, because everyone who wrote to her called her one or the other. It's so magical to read sweet little notes from so long ago! It makes me want to know who Marie was and what her story is. I wonder if she's still alive...

Be back in awhile with another project. :)

Here comes the weekend!

-Kierna

P.S. Cast list is up, and happy news: I got Cinderella! So blessed and excited to be part of this show. I literally can't wait for rehearsal this weekend...



Project room redo!

Hey!

So over the weekend I've made TONS of progress on my room interior. I picked up my shipment of fake brick paneling from Lowe's on saturday. (Fake sounds not so good... Should I say faux? Hmmm.) Then my best friend and I worked together to put it on the wall! It was pretty easy, since my dad coached us through the whole process... I think we would probably have failed without him though. Yay for construction-savvy dads! Here's a picture of the final product. I'm really embarassed of the drift of stuff that is visible in the bottom half of this... But hey. There was construction going on, I have an excuse. Right?

The second sucessful part of my weekend happened on sunday, when I went out to do various errands. I decided to check one of my favorite antique stores that's close to my house for a bookshelf to go in my room. I've been looking for one for quite a while, and it seems dumb now that I think about it since it's just a bookshelf! I mean really, how hard is it to find a cute bookshelf? I was hoping to find a corner shelf because the space I wanted to fit it in was... Well... A corner. And so I was shopping, and then, BAM. I had the best idea. I decided to buy three small pieces and stack them on top of each other! They didn't match, which made them ten-thousand times better... Oh yes. So I purchased the three pieces I wanted (for great deals, I might add!) and set them up in my room. I'm so glad I found these!

Now to just find the perfect cool things to put on/around these shelves. This is my favorite part of a room re-do... When you're done looking for the big stuff and can just keep an eye out for anything small that might add to your room. Yay.

Happy Tuesday, everyone!

-Kierna