Features & Simply Creations Link Party # 46

Welcome to my link party!

before I share the features and start the party I just wanted to share a few things

I'm so sorry to my readers that I haven't shared any makeovers or projects, but I'm almost complete with the big custom painting job and working on a diy light fixture that I will share as soon as its complete.

With the Sowa Open Market coming up in May I will be busy painting lots of furniture, little decor and will be sharing everything. 

I'm also hoping to sneak in a room makeover as well.

and here are a few more goodies I recently received

Some metal bar stools, I really like the two matching ones. They need new seats but I like the rusty color on the base. 

this is what I'm really excited about. I've been researching, watching videos,getting books out from the library on upholstering for a long time now and all I needed was to find the chairs to start. 

Well I found the chairs, actually they came to me! They are old, the woodwork is beautifully done, made in the USA and free!

I will defiantly share my first time upholstering with all of you

now enough of me and on to the features

 

 Its a must you see the before photos on this beautiful kitchen done by The Decorologist for clients.

 Liz Marie always amazes me with her work, I just love the crisp white chairs against the wood.

Did I ever mention my favorite candies are Rolos, The Sasse Life made these Rolo cupcakes that I will be defiantly be making.

VanHook & Co made over this industrial stool that used to be multi colored.

Lovely wedding gift made by Diy Kinda girl....I'd prefer handmade gifts over store bought anyday.

and last but defiantly not least is a beautifully and fun spring decorated mantel by The Delectable Home

many thank yous to all how share your projects and more I appreciate you taking the time to link up

now on to the party

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Metal Cage Light fixtures and I'm Going To Make One

I just love the metal light fixtures I see on blogs, Pinterest and fancy stores online.

like these ones

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some of them are bought or someone made them, like these last two photos had me looking for wire baskets online. I found this one from the Container Store.

 

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Perfect look and a great price at $9.99 a basket. This one is also the right size I need. & in square and 5 in height. 

So I dragged the kids out and we went to the store and to make it more exciting for the kids I took them into the mall to have lunch. 

My plan is to make a these into a shade for our ugly lights in the mudroom. I will show more when I complete it, I need to make sure this works and so far its looking good. 

Home Depot have these old fashion light bulbs that will go perfectly with the look I'm going for.

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I have pinned all of these photos to my lighting board on my Pinterest, feel free to follow me!

http://pinterest.com/simplehomelife

It feels good to work on a little project for the mudroom, since its makeover got delayed. 

A Little Organization and Art

Sunday was my fun day. I needed a day out to do what I wanted with out the kids and just get out. Since I've been painting and busy with other things I haven't been able to go anywhere and I've been wanting to go to Ikea for a while now. 

I actually didn't buy much. A few storage bins for the closet to hold my crafts and a pillow for one of the boys and I only bought one item in the as is section which is this

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This is the Soder wall lamp and I found it for $8. I guess its normally $29.99. I have the perfect place for it also, my closet. My guy needs to put in outlet in there so I have to wait to get it up.

The rest of the day I spent cleaning the house. I finally hung the art I had to put in our bathroom. 

I painted the frames a long time ago, they happen to match the color on the back of my shelf I painted. You can read that old post here.

I hung this trash can from Ikea on the inside of the door under our master bathroom sink. 

I organized my drawers

I even cleaned out my make drawer and threw away old make-up. 

It feels good to be organized. Now I just need to do this to the rest of the house.

I also wanted to share some fabric I picked up on Friday at this discounted fabric store near me that sells amazing cheap fabric. This is the place I bought the fabric for my fabric rug.

I found this yellow and gray wide fabric, It cost $5.99 a yard. I have plans for this. 

This fabric was in the remnants section for $2.49 a yard. This is also wide fabric and I dont have plans for it yet but loved the orange and blue. The fabric looks better then in this photo. 

What did you do over the weekend? Are you kids home from school for the week? 

Big Sale!

I was told about a awesome Presidents Day sale happening at Overstock.com and I check it out and yep...there are a lot of awesome sales.

Like 15% off all rugs!

You can get this 8 by 10 chevron rug for $129.19!

Check out this link to see what else is on sale!

Overstock President's Day Sale

You can buy a set of these for really cheap

A pair of stools for under $70!

Just a few things

I changed a few things in my closet the other day. I had this mirror leaning against the wall and decided to hang it up to get more space on top of my dresser.

I also had the shabby chic organizer from Target sitting in my cabinet in the bathroom holding random items so I cleaned it out and placed it on top. As of now its not holding much but I also dont want to much clutter on the dresser.

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I also hung up the other picture.

The mirror was a cheap find at a local Savers. I kept it as is for now.

The frames for the art were also a cheap find at Target for $1.99.

You can read more about my closet makeover on a budget here.

I hoping to start sharing a few more of my projects I worked on and never shared this week. I feel bad neglecting my blog but I've been so busy. I'm also taking the day off tomorrow to go to Ikea. I've been wanting to take a visit there for a long time so tomorrow I'm going.

I'll be sharing my just a few things post at some great link parties, click here to find out which ones.