Black is beautiful!

I'll be honest with you, I would've never considered painting any of my walls black in my house until I saw the master bedroom done by The Design Daredevil during the One Room Challenge at Calling it Home.
I love the dramatic effect that the black walls gives to the room.  The deep color provides such a great presence to all the lighter objects in the room.

Here are more example of dramatic black walls...

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I have a narrow hallway just like this hmm...

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What do you think?  Have you painted your walls black, if not, would you?

Thank you for stopping by!

Sherry

How to remove ink stain on clothing

Hi there! I am so happy to share with you my little discovery, I'm sure most of you already know this little tidbit but, this is new to me (I get very excited about things like this!).  The other day,  I saved my shirt from going into the garbage because of yet another ink stain.  I really like this top so I tried washing it few times with different cleaners but I had no success.  I was finally giving up, the shirt was washed and dried in the dryer so many times I figured the ink stain is really set in.  Then, I came across this this solution...

As soon as I sprayed the hairspray on my shirt which was a blend of polyester,  the ink started to disappear.  I then gently rubbed the hand sanitizer and the soap on the shirt and in an instant the ink was completely gone!  Although, it would have worked totally with just hair spray and hand sanitizer.

Look at this! As it was never there!

Then, I figured how about a different kind of fabric, like cotton, would the stain get out that easily? I took one of my knock around shirt (doesn't everyone have one of those)? This time deliberately wrote on the shirt, okay went a little crazy... At first, I sprayed the stain with the hairspray and the spray broke down the stain and spread it out.  Then, I put the hand sanitizer on it and it took out I would say half of the stain, but not completely.  Lastly, I rubbed the shirt with the Dawn dishwashing liquid and instantly all of the stain came out.  For the cotton, it needed all three ingredients to get rid of this tough ink stain and for the polyester, you could just use the hairspray and hand sanitizer.

Fantastic, right?

To think, how many shirts could I have saved!

P.S. I heard rubbing alcohol works well too, but I haven't tested it out.  

Thanks for stopping by!

Sherry

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Transition to a Teen Bedroom

Hi there! I am about to embark on another headboard project, this time for my daughter's room.  It all started because I received a text from my friend who makes commercials and needed pictures of my daughter's room and the first floor living space in my house to see if they could use it in a future commercials.  No problem! I took some pictures right away and sent it off.   Anyway, when I saw the pictures of my daughter's room,  the room appeared so empty without a headboard.  I really have to finish off her room. I had planned to make the headboard and had even posted about it here over a year ago.    No more procrastinating, here is my daughter's room now... Isn't it screaming out for a headboard?

Here are the jewels I had purchased awhile ago for the headboard.

This is a mural I painted for my daughter a few years ago, I am hoping that she won't grow out of it for awhile!

Now, only if we can decide on a color for the headboard!  Should we go with a bold color, pastel colors or off white?  I am not sure,  I would love your input!

Sherry

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Stellar Designs!

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! Have you checked out the finale at One Room Challenge at Linda @ Calling it Home?  This event just gets better and better every time.  It is quite amazing the incredible talent that is displayed by these designers and bloggers.

Okay, these gals are all so fabulous, here are some of my favorite rooms...

I am totally drooling over this room by The Design Daredevil, this room is so decadent, well thought out and dramatic.

Take a look at this chic office space by Waiting on Martha, absolutely stunning!

Check out this beautiful closet by Mimosa Lane...

Beautiful bedroom by Abby M.Interiors... Love all the attention to detail!

Such a dreamy kitchen by Design Manifest!  I love, love the way the backsplash compliments the counter, it is just beautiful!

Well, these were just a few of the 20 invited designers by Linda @ Calling it Home to take part in the ORC.  There are another 91 participants who joined in this spectacular event that you must go check out.  These are some seriously talented women!  So, get yourself a cup a coffee or glass of wine, get cozied up and check out some great inspirations!  Enjoy!

Thank you for stopping by!

Sherry

Styling your home

Hi there!  I have been switching things around a bit in my kitchen... I have an open corner shelf cabinet in my kitchen that I feel is such a waisted valuable space.  I would have rather had a closed cabinet with doors for storage instead.  Nevertheless, this is what I had chosen and its in desperate need of some styling!  As you can see, I need a backsplash too, that is another post!

So, to bring some interest to the corner, I styled it with some shells, a sea fan, beautiful bird's nest coral and a few objects from my kitchen.  I really like the way it looks now.

Lets see some more ideas...

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You can see more on styling the home on my Pinterest.

Thank you for stopping by!

Sherry

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Easy Halloween Costume

My daughter had a Halloween party at school last week and of course, she couldn't make up her mind about what she wanted to be until two days before the party.  She decided to be a mime, thank goodness it was an easy enough costume to put together!  I normally don't like to buy the costumes, its so much more fun to make them or put them together.

We bought a thigh high black and white striped stockings, white gloves and suspenders from a party store and a striped shirt from a clothing store.  I also bought red sequin fabric at a local fabric store for $1.50 per 1/2 yard for the scarf.  She already had a black and white sequin striped cap from a previous dance costume, score!

This was really an easy peasy fun costume to put together, especially if you don't have much time.

What do you think, isn't this costume so cute?  I love it!  Have you made any costumes for this Halloween?  I would love to see them.

Thanks for stopping by!

Sherry

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