Holiday Decor Cont...

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.

Fresh wreath and a peek of garland

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!

Marking off the tail to be dip-dyed

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.

Krylon silver spray-paint from Amazon

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

Giving the garland a good spray!

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!

Finished garland laid out to dry

Arranging the finished garland

I really like how this looks!

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! :)

Holiday Decor!

The holidays are coming and I couldn't be more excited about my holiday decor this year. I have ordered my materials for the projects I have planned and am sharing my list below for anyone who would like to get a head start.

10' strand of magnolia garland from the Magnolia Company

89" Eucalyptus Garland from Knud Neilson Company

30" Bunches Wreath, Magnolia Company

10 gold glass Christmas ornaments

20 Assorted glass Christmas ornaments

I am planning to decorate our dining room table and living room with these greens and ornaments. The magnolia garland can be used to decorate a mantel. Since we do not have a mantel, I plan to put this beautiful garland on top of a cabinet, but you can effectively put it anywhere that you have a flat space - tabletop, bar, be creative!
My last item for this project is silver spray paint and some checkered ornaments. Looking forward to putting it all together!

Upholstery 2.0

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