Part 3 of creating a new look by changing colors and decluttering

Hello Sweet Friends,

So how are you today???

Doing well,  I hope!

Been a good week here so far,

Gorgeous day out, hot as blue blazes

but beautiful....did get to sit outside

earlier,  but can't take it for more

than 10-15 minutes, but need that

Vitamin D......  lol

Well.....

  on with Part 3 of this series..........

Last week I left off with the restyled

CD tower, and actually took a few
more shots (but just used one) so you 
could see that the contents actually
 show up better than what the last pic
 looked like.....

(cause I was standing up and I was

 blocking the light) 

Pic from last week-  see my
shadow.....lol

pic from this week.

and..... 

I don't think I have mentioned

that this room has a French

 theme going on, but maybe

you have guessed that already.

Before it had a French Garden

theme....now...I would just call

 it a "French, shabby, farmhouse

theme"  maybe.........lol

once yall see the completed

room,  maybe yall can tell me

what you think it is........lol

After the CD tower, I finally coraled
 hubby and we were able to put the

 new futon cover on by ourselves

as unbeknowst to me it was a little 

bit too big....

 It took so long to put in on because 

I kept thinking we would need our

 son to help, since the futon mattress

 is so heavy and as it was hard to get
 the old cover on other times when I

washed it and put it back on, but I
 kept forgetting to ask Scott, when he
 was here, or when he was here, hubby
 was busy working and couldn't do it.

So finally.............but then I didn't

like it!! It didn't fit right and it was

wrinkly and we had to tuck it in

and try to make it fit right and so
I tried putting all the pillows on
and still just downright didn't like
 it at all. 

Now keep in mind I bought the

cover 4-5 yrs. ago, before grey

 became the more neutral color.  

As my intention all along was

 to make this a more neutral

 colored room.  

So now what?? 

 I remembered
that I had a quilt that I used on
the living room sofa that was
now being used on my love
seat in our bedroom. You can 
see a little of it in the above pic,
it is a pink, blue and green
country looking quilt, but the
other side is solid white with
blue trim. So  put it on and it
brightened things up quite a
 bit and it also hung over at the
bottom, which made it possible
 to hide our laptop under the
 futon. See below, took this
without the lights on, so it
didn't come out all that great,
but it gives you can idea of
how this side of the room
 looks anyway.

 So add 2 new coral
colored pillows that I found
at Ross as I had decided the
accent color was gonna be
coral, then added some off
white and royal blue check
pillows I already had.

 and I was in happy land, accept
I thought it needed one more
pillow in the center, so I was
 thrilled as I remembered the 
sweet pillow the kids had given
 me for Mother's day, as it had 
some of the same colors in it 
and pics of all my fav people
 on it.....
so it was perfect!!

This shows the new changes to the
wall behind the futon as well, but
that came a bit later in the process, 
actually at the end.....  thought I had 
a pic of the before wall, but haven't 
found it yet........I just changed it
up a little bit.
Have to say I am loving the colors
in here..........


and here's a before shot (below) just 
so you can remember what it looked
like before.  Also if you missed
part 2 and would like to see it,
Just click here.

Well, maybe next week, will end
 this series...we'll see...........lol


Thanks for coming by.....


Hope you have a really great rest
of the week.


Love Hugs and last of
July Blessings, 
Nellie


Can't believe we are a week away
 from August...... Can YOU??


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