French Chic Lotion Dispenser

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bathroom, craft, DIY, french chic, home decor, master bathroom, master bedroom, master suite, Mod Podge, powder room, repurpose

Years ago, I showed you my Chambord Soap Pump and Disarrono Soap Pump. I hate cluttered bathroom vanities so it only made sense to replace my lotion bottle.

Vanity Makeover – Lotion Bottle

The pump is repurposed from a disposable hand soap dispenser, and the bottle is a repurposed Disaronno bottle.  I replaced the straw with the longer one from the lotion bottle and trimmed off an inch. I resized and printed a French Chic image and Modpodged it onto the front of the bottle and sealed it with a few extra coats.

In the future, I’ll make sure my lotion is purchased in a squirt bottle so my glamorous dispenser will be easier to refill.

XOXO,
Young Wifey

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French Chic Tissue Holder

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bathroom, craft, crafting, DIY, home decor, master bathroom, master bedroom, master suite

Hide your ugly cardboard tissue boxes with a custom French Chic Tissue Holder.

When I found an oil-rubbed bronze tissue box on clearance, I knew I wanted to customize it. I had resized and printed a small vintage French label from every crafters’  God Mother, The Graphics Fairy. Then, I quickly trimmed it out and ModPodged it onto the front. DIY home decor in under 5 minutes and under $10.

French Chic Tissue Holder

I’d like to find a rectangular, oil-rubbed bronze tissue holder to decorate one for the powder room.

XOXO,
Young Wifey

French Chic Wall Art for Ensuite Bathroom

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art, bathroom, crafting, crafts, decor, DIY, en suite, ensuite, french chic, home decor, master suite, triptych, wall art, wall prints

Perhaps you remember the French Chic (Monogram) Wall Art I made for our family room. When I created it, I immediately planned to create more pieces in the same style (Mom, I know I still owe you and Dad a monogram one…). I’ve had my plan and materials ready, but kept them pushed aside until now.

Young Wifey’s French Chic Wall Art for Ensuite Bathroom

The Prints:
Of course keeping both poems in their native French, I chose one poem by Baudelaire and another by Apollinaire. The Apollinaire poem was a bit longer, so I split it in half to create two pieces. The text (using a script-like font in grey) created the background image on off-white paper. On each print, I layered Victorian clip art of three perfumes bottles with atomizers from The Graphics Fairy (Thanks Karen!). These images were printed in black ink. Once dry, I sprayed my prints with a layer of clear acrylic sealer.

Framing:
I had thee 8″x10″ bronze frames for my triptych of prints. I layered each print with a white mat that provided a 5″x7″ window for my prints. Once assembled they were ready to hang.

How do you like my wall art project?
What home decor projects do you have in progress?

XOXO,
Young Wifey

Spray Paint Series: Bronze Faucet

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bathroom, bathroom makeover, bathroom remodel, faucet, fixture, makeover, master bathroom, remodel

Due to family health reasons, I’ve been on a long hiatus… hopefully, I’ll get back in the routine of posting again.

Master Bath Makeover
The master bathroom is the last room to finally get painted (except I have to still paint the trim in most rooms). I decided to take some of the momentum and finally start the bathroom makeover… staring with the faucets.

During my spray paint series, I’ve painted many different surfaces yet never something that gets used heavily throughout the day. I’ve read several blog posts about painting faucets, but I’ve been skeptical about how well the paint would hold up to frequent use. Since I could easily replace them if needed, the sink faucets were the perfect way to give it a try.

I used Rust-oleum Metallic in “Antique Brass Metallic” as the base coat and topped it off with Rust-oleum Universal Metallic in “Oil Rubbed Bronze”.

Step 1: Clean fixture

Faucet Before

Step 2: Tape fixture

Tape Fixture

Step 3: Protect surrounding area

Step 4: Spray paint, allowing to dry between coats

Base Coat

Step 5: Once final coat is dry, remove tape & admire new faucet

What do you think of the finished product?
Have you been working on any indoor projects?

French Chic Wall Art

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art, bathroom, crafting, crafts, gift, gift giving, gift idea, home decor, monogram, postaday2011, powder room, wall art

Two summers ago I met a woman selling her work at a local craft/art fair. She had some cute framed pieces where she had layered a bold silhouette image over a page from an antique book. None of her pieces appeased me, but I did appreciate the artistic concept.

I’m working on a French Chic powder room makeover and I wanted to create some wall art that would give it a personal touch. I had planned for this piece to be in that powder room. However, since I used a monogram, it looks really good in many different rooms of our home… Decisions, decisions.

Step 1
Type a personal message and translate (optional). Print in a lighter color on aged paper. Or tear a carefully selected page from your favorite novel, script or sheet of music.

Step 2
Choose a silhouette in a bold or dark color and print centered on top of script page. Try using The Graphics Fairy for great ideas.

Step 3
Add matting and frame.

Voilà! Ready to hang and enjoy!

I translated a poem about marriage into French and choose a curly font in a light color. I printed this in a light color on a natural colored piece of paper. I printed darker color D and used a black thin-tip marker to track over a few piece, I wanted to make the monogram dual-tone. Then I add the white matting and bronze frame! So easy to make, that the decisions are the most difficult part of the process.

These would make great Christmas gifts or wedding gifts for a newly wed couple!

If you could choose a page from any novel or script, what would you choose?

Spray Paint Series: Salvaged Heater in Powder Room

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bathroom, heater, painting, postaday2011, powder room, spray paint

I really thought we’d have to tear out and replace this heater, it wouldn’t be too expensive to replace, but we wanted to see if we could salvage it first. I’m not even sure why we have this type of heater in the powder room, I know it doesn’t have any floor vents hooked up to our heat pump, but it’s a small room that in completely interior…

I really wish I’d taken a before pic. I think the original color was tan, but I couldn’t tell due to the vast amount of rust that had taken over the heater. It was so bad you needed a new tetanus shot just from looking at it. I cleaned off the heater and sanded it down. Then cleaned it and sanded it again. Lather, rinse, repeat… After many attempts I was able to get it mostly smooth. And then I covered the walls & floor carefully and applied a few base coats of Rust-Oleum.

Salvaging the Heater

After about 6 coats, it finally looked like a heater again. Thanks Rust-Oleum!

Have you salvaged anything rusty recently?

Spray Paint Series: Lighting for Powder Room

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bathroom, home decor, light fixture, lighting, postaday2011, powder room, spray paint, vanity

The powder room is where I got bad at taking before photos, maybe I was in a rush to get this bathroom started.

Here's a Peek at our Powder Room Before

I had plans to replace our hideous light fixture (can you see it up there?), when Hubster suggested that it was similar in shape to the one I had been eyeing. I had been blinded by the brass; I do not like brass, especially faux brass. I do however love bronze…

Hubster removed the light fixture from the wall. I tried to remove the globes to protect them from the paint (and thoroughly clean the nooks and crannies), but apparently they were extremely well attached. I had to be very creative in covering the globes with paper and painter’s tape, since I’d have to spray the fixture from several angles. So with a few coats of the “oil-rubbed bronze” spray paint, I was able to transform this light fixture and spare its life.

Bronze & Beautiful

I can’t wait to show you the entire transformation, just a little more work…

What do you think? Are you a brass or bronze fan?