Out With the Red!

About every 5 years I need change.

It has been 5 years.

I wanted to 

remove a lot of the red I have decorated with

and introduce newer colors and fabrics.

Here is the living room before:

And here it is now:

It only took about $100.

The red chair went upstairs and the two gold chairs came down.

I had leftover paint from Dunn Edwards called "Boat Anchor".

I found Dupioni Silk in a gold and grey buffalo check on

clearance for $9 a yard and made the drapes.  I used a new method

found HERE.  She uses about 4 posts to describe the process.

I bought a painters drop cloth at OSH for $10, sewed a

slip cover for my occasional chair and ottoman and it

changed the room instantly.  Slip covers are time-consuming

but worth it because they don't cost a lot and you end

up with a new piece of furniture.  Go HERE to learn how.

I spray painted some of my red accessories with 

cream and re-used most of what I already had.

I bought 1/2 yard of fabric and made the pillows re-using

the inserts from my old red pillows.  The zippers cost 

more than the fabric!  Next time I make pillows I will

post how to put in a zipper.  I make a pillow in 15 minutes,

zipper and all - it's easy once you "get it".

Next I re-used my frames but took transfer paper, clip art images,
a piece of paper,

and a nice artist charcoal pencil and created my own

$5 art that represents 

 the Salt Lake Temple

and the Nauvoo Temple

for more info on where to do this easy art,

go HERE

The family room isn't quite finished, and I still need to delete red

dining chairs, cover the ottoman and change the rug, but it's changing too....

Here are the windows before:

and after - sans valences.  Nice and clean.

Here is the family room before:

and after - new fabrics.

And the icing on the cake......

My new beautiful lantern.  I bought my own birthday

present and it was even hung before my birthday.  I 

love lanterns and this one completes my island.

The red bathroom is gone and now charcoal too!