Get Outta My Head Please: making my house a home

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DIY Square Craft table {Imagine the Impossibilities}

The last few weeks I have been kicking butt at getting my basement turned into a Craft Area ,you can take a look back at the Reveal

Big Reveal {Imagine the Impossibilities}

I thought I should start the step by step's with the Square Craft Table . I have seen DIY sqaure table tutorials all over blog land but usually it included using these Square Storage Unit's like this :

Which I LOVE!! but I really wanted to do this project using what I had and spend no more the $100 on the whole craft room project from start to finish . So I Grabbed 2 white desks I got from target last year when we moved in one was for BIG and one for me I only spent $80 Total { Clearance Rocks my socks }.

Target does not have it anymore but if you are interested in finding one similar the company who makes it is called Delany .

*I Took both desk and put them Back to back

*Then I grabbed my Fabric which I love and only Paid $3 a yard for at Walmart

*The Desk's have a lip around the top so I took the handy dandy Glue gun and

and glued it underneath the lip all the way around I might add some trip around it.

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Big Reveal {Imagine the Impossibilities}

Here is a Look back this is what it looked like when we first seen our house before we bought it .

And Here is what it Looked like after a year of us living here { Head down in shame }

Thank you for the Ladies who started the Imagine the Impossibilities challenge as you can see I needed the

kick in the Butt .

So I got it all Cleaned well most of it there is still a lot of “Designing” but the hard part is over !

{ I will let the pictures speak for it }

Here is the Craft Area { I will go over the steps of what I did to get this look in another post tomorrow}

Tada!

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A look at the Before of My Craft Room {Basement}

A year ago we moved into my Dream House I love it only problem it wasn't my HOME yet it was still their house which is Ok with me since now I get the fun part of making it into a home . Im slowly getting there a couple weeks back I posted 3 Boys 1 Room we did a huge makeover on their bedroom . Next up was the {Dungeon} it was always suppose to be a "Game Room" but since Big now has a office upstairs ( I will post that makeover later) and the boys have their living room and are also scared of man eating spiders which is fine by me since now I get to turn it into my Craft {work} Room .
I thought I would give a quick Recap of Before pictures Here it is when it was "Their House"

Boys Room Part #5 + Free Printables ( 3 boys 1 Room)

Well its getting there just little touches left but I thought I would share some nice shots I took this morning of the room plus a nice Printable for you all to enjoy.

Here are some SO far pictures ... I cant wait to finish moving the TV and cords . The window treatments are not done yet and I need to Add a light above each bed and a Bean Bag for reading and some throw pillows and maybe a rug . I plan to go to Ikea Monday to hopefully finish it up.

The Next step in the Boys bedroom Project was putting a shelf up above each bed , I found a box of 8 of these unfinished shelf sets at a second hand store in town for only $12 that makes each shelf 1.50 I know what you are wanting to say "SHUT UP" . So I don't want to over load you with pictures so I didn't add the painting pictures its really simple I sprayed them black .

Guess what I found in the garage never before used. Ok I will tell you its a laser pointer thing (I'm not really sure the name of it ) we got it about 5 years ago in a box with a shelf from clearance at home-depot I totally forgot about it which would have came in handy with my Badly hung gallery wall .

Of course I lost the things that stick it to the wall , but no worries I have Scotch tape :)

Best tool EVER!

Best Helper ever!

Tad da!

The Bins on the shelf I got from the Dollar Tree the orange I actually had to paint since they only had teal and green . The Book Shelf I bought at Walmart for $15

What do you think?

Here are the Free printable's I made , I asked the boys what their favorite books are they ( Dylan and Lonnie) said Dr. Seuss so I made these with some of my favorite Dr. Seuss quotes I added their name to the tops in the download I'm attaching you will have a option to add a name to the top as well.

I would really love a comment on what you think :)

Dr. Seuss free Printable's download

To Look back from start to finish on the boys bedroom makeover you can find the posts under label 3 boys 1 room

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Boys Bedroom part #4(beds) 3 Boys 1 Room

Well we still haven't moved the T.v down or found a third head board but we are moving along . We got the boys beds so I was on a hunt for the green,teal and orange bedding .

I found the perfect! color sheets at Walmart they are mainstays fitted orange , teal and lime green sheet ( No Pillow Case Included), we put a fitted sheet on the box spring and the mattress to make it look cleaner , then I swear I spent hours and hours trying to find the boys comforters in these colors with NO luck and then one day I was at the wonderful Target and found these Lime green quilt sets they were $30 a piece which I think is a pretty Good deal .

Here is the Brand I bought the pattern on the quilt is slightly different but similar

Circo® Basic Quilt Set - Green

lets see what did I do next we found this black book shelf which isn't exactly like the one in my inspiration picture but I think its similar enough and once I get the T.v lowered and the cords hidden it will look perfect.

Well off to get the boys from school I will post later about the decor I added which isn't pictured below .

P.s. What do you think about the pictures being in a slide show like above instead of through the post?

To Look back from start to finish on the boys bedroom makeover you can find the posts under label 3 boys 1 room

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3 Boys 1 Room Part #3 ( Boys Bedroom)

yay! for Black Friday the only thing we got this year was a nice Big Tv for only $180 I know its a bit BIG for 3 small boys but hey they are going to grow up one day . So now onto hanging it on the wall the reason why I think hanging it on the wall is perfect for their room is because the layout of the room there really is no other way to put it where they can see it . Big found me a swivel wall hanger which is perfect. The only thing we need to do now is lower it , it ended up way to high we think plus the plug cant go flush against the wall right now since it is not long enough . I really want to do what what House of Hepworths did with her cords , brilliant stop over and check out her post .

So here is how it ended up for now it will

be lowered at some point I swear lol .

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Boys bedroom Part #2 (3 boys 1 room)

Last month I posted the start of the boys room makeover (3 boys 1 room) in that post I talked about how I came up with the design of their room using my new favorite design board site www.olioboard.com Here is what I came up with

Why I went with Grey well because when you have 3 boys at 3 different ages its kinda hard to pick a common theme plus I was over the themed character bedrooms its a waste of money in my house with how fast these boys change their mind and likes .

So I got to painting which I posted it about in my Part 1 post (3 boys 1 room)

Now I was on the headboard hunt I knew just what I wanted sine when we were buying bunkbeds a few years back I had seen them at the matteress store, well I got Lucky at GW and found 2 of these red metal headboards .