I have been chipping away at our holiday decorating moving towards Thanksgiving - I am early! This weekend the magnolia garland, ornaments and wreath arrived. They look beautiful! I ordered everything shown here from One Kings Lane (www.onekingslane.com) and purchased their shipping pass for $19.95 to get free shipping through 12/31.

First project - dip-dyed silver magnolia garland

I loved the idea of creating a dip-dyed silver garland to lay across the cabinet that my dad made for me. I store china in this cabinet and since we do not have a proper mantle it was a good place for some holiday dressing!

First, I draped the garland and marked off the tail for spray paint. This garland is 10' long and was $79 from One Kings Lane.

I used silver spray-paint, but you could use any color in the metallic family.

With the paper barrier in place, bring the garland to a well-ventilated area and give it a few good coats of metallic spray-paint!

I love how this garland turned out, but I also love how everything in these last pictures were made by me or my family! My mom made the sweater I am wearing, my dad made the cabinet, James and I made the woven leather chair (previous post) and I painted the monkey (previous post). Everyone including James has gotten into the crafting spirit! :)

I am so impressed with Patio Lane and the work they did on these cushions! Outsourced completely to their website (www.patiolane.com), including the Ralph Lauren fabric that was my ultimate choice, these cushions were delivered in what felt like only a handful of weeks.
You may remember what these chairs used to look like - nothing special in drab gray, and not that comfortable either!

The waterfall upholstery style maintains the continuous look of the fabric over the front of the chair and the piping along the edges makes them look more refined.
In the background, I added a towering bookcase to save space and consolidate our growing book collection.
Here is the finished look!

Ralph Lauren Westcliff Tattersal Camel LCF65792F