From Beige to Beauty

My bathroom was looking a little drab even though I had just bought some great silver metallic pieces to give it a little bit more of a fancy feel that I was looking for. I live in an apartment where I can't paint, but can wallpaper so I decided that was the best option and then I came across this wallpaper, I knew it was exactly what I was looking for the turquoise/blue colour that can be seen throughout my apartment, and the metallic that I was looking for to draw in all of the accessories.

Thanks to my handy dandy boyfriend, this project definitely took under an hour and was really easy to do. The total was only $20 thanks to the sale on the wall paper. We simply immersed sections of the wall paper into a big bucket filled with room temperature water and stuck it on the wall where we wanted it, and smoothed out with a sponge to get rid of bubbles.

Here is a photo of the plain beige bathroom before:

And here is the finished product with the wall paper :) 

 I love it! I think it makes it a lot more lively and looks a lot more luxurious!

Thankfully, I also got a free tile floor rather than the previous laminate a couple weeks later! I love my bathroom!

An updated chair and bench

Well I never thought I'd be blogging, but I've been searching blogs all over for ideas and DIY projects galore, so I thought what better way to commit to following through with some of them then blogging about it :)

So lately I've been finding a need for more mobile furniture for my living room. I have a fairly open concept space so it's tough to divide the room into a living room, dining room and seating area. I found a few different pieces on Kijiji and decided on these:

 Clearly, the pink and blue/green plaid fabric was not a fabric choice I was looking for and these were not in the best shape, however, they were $70 for both pieces, which was a bit expensive I thought, based on their condition, but they were exactly what I was looking for and how can I complain about seating for under $100 total. I decided to paint them white to match my white focused living room and to freshen things up a bit and add more fabric.

This is the bench after a coat of white paint in progress...I decided to get fabric from fabricland since they had a buy 1 yard of fabric, get one free deal going on. I purchased 6 yards which was more than enough and I will have extra fabric on hand for future projects. I also purchased decorative studs for the exterior to not only hold the fabric down, but also for decorative value. I love the look of studs.

And the final product:

I love these pieces! The fabric was fairly thick and this took a few hours to complete but I think it was well worth it, and for a first project and tackling the ever so tricky reupholstery, I am proud and happy with the end result!

Thanks to http://yearofserendipity.wordpress.com/2011/11/02/coffee-table-transformations/ for the great idea!