Art Is Beauty Favorite Posts of 2015

Welcome back my Beauties!

Today I am going to show you my personal

favorite posts of 2015.

I normally wait another week or so to share, but I figure just like

me you guys are going to be Busier and Busier leading up to the New Year,

so I would show them to you now.

(kinda like opening a Christmas present early!) 

Its always fun to do this post because I get to walk down memory lane and see all the work

I put in this last year.

Sometimes I forget how much I have accomplished in a year,

and this is a nice little reminder.

So here they are, in no particular order.

Choosing a favorite of a bunch of favorites just seems too overboard. :)

#10

Faux ShipLap for under $30

#9

Gross to Grand Chair Makeover

#8

"Estherbelle" Vintage Dresser Makeover

#7

 Build it Yourself Farmhouse Coffee Table

#6

Old Coffee Table turned Upholstered Bench

#5

 DIY Build it Yourself Industrial Table

#4

 Finished 1/2 Bath Makeover

#3

Teal Buffet Makover

#2

 French Gray Cedar Chest Makeover

 #1 

 Before and After Creating my Art Studio!

 So there you have it.

I had so much fun this past year,

and I can't wait to see what the NEW YEAR brings.

I want to thank you all so much for 

joining me on this wonderful adventure

of mine and always being so Kind and Thoughtful with 

your comments.

I hope you all have a Beautiful Holiday Season!


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A Creative Life Magazine

Hello again my BEAUTIES.

I am so beyond thrilled to 

share with you 

some more exciting news here at 

the Art Is Beauty Home.

If you remember back a few months ago 

I made over my kids old playroom and turned it into my ART STUDIO.

Well a few months after that 

I was asked by KERRYANNE 

if I would like to be included 

in her Magazine

 Simply Shabbilicious Magazine – A Creative Life

I calmly SCREAMED yes!

So without further ado..

I would be honored if you would

head on over and 

check out what a fabulous job

Kerryanne did 

writing up such a BEAUTIFUL

article about my

Art Studio.

You can read the article HERE

I am beyond Grateful and Thankful!

Thanks for making my day BEAUTIFUL!

 

I have been blessed beyond Measure!

Play room turned Art is Beauty Art Studio for under $200 REVEAL

Well my Beauties, its finally HERE!

The REVEAL of my finished Art Studio.

I know you have all been patiently waiting to see it

and now the time is finally here.

If you remember, this is the BEFORE.

It was suppose to be a quick project of ripping out carpet, 

painting and moving in and making it my studio,

but then we found water damage......

So you know what that meant....

DECONSTRUCTION...

and then CONSTRUCTION!

You can see all of the first post HERE

You can see from this picture that I had gotten through with the hydraulic cement

and moved on to dry locking. 

That was fun!  NOT!!

Also I had sprayed my trusses.

I wanted to have and industrial feel in the room but still wanted the

white ceiling. This really lightened up the room,

but it was an ALL day process. That old pine soaked up the paint like water in the desert.

You can see on the wall where if my sprayer got clogged I would work spray graffiti on the wall

to make sure it was started back up. 

(hey when you are doing mind numbing work you need some entertainment) :)
Plus all the walls were going to be painted the same white as the ceiling :)

Now it was time for the FUN part.

I had never ever...ever never...never ever...painted  faux brick before.

But I didn't let that stop me.

Did I youtube it.?..NOPE...

Did I look on Pinterest.?...NOPE..

I just grabbed a bunch of paints and started working the wall..

I first put down a almost dark purple color.

I wanted to make sure my brick had depth.

Since real old brick has tons of different colors in it

I knew I had to have LAYERS.

I roller'ed on my purple paint not being too careful.

I wanted to make sure some other colors would show through in the end.

I then went over that with a Dirty gray.

That gave even more depth to the color.

After that I mixed up a custom Brick color that I wanted.

Not to red and not too orange. 

I again used a sponge roller to put that on.

I used the sponge roller after a couple different things because if you didn't fill the roller it left 

little gaps and let the other colors show through, which exactly what I was going for.

After all the paint was dry I used a dark glaze to antique up the brick.

Concentrating on certain areas of the brick to make it look OLD.

At this point I was in LOVE.

But I had a vision from the very beginning.

This was one of those projects that I could see in my head before I even started.

I KNEW what I wanted this room to look like..

I just had no idea HOW I was going to do it.

My inspiration had been old new york apt.  Vintage brick with what are called "ghost signs" on the brick

Vintage advertising.

This was what my head had seen when it envisioned my studio.

thanks to my friend Shelly from Shizzle.

It was finally going to be a reality.

She gave me this overhead projector YEARS ago.

Like....that's how I met her...

I was saying how I NEEDED one..

she lived by me and said...I have one..you can have it.

and we have been friends ever since.

And oh yeah...the projector has sat in my basement since then..

Hubby really LOVED that. 

He wanted to get rid of it and I said..NO...I know I am going to need it..

and I DID....

I used a graphic from "the graphics fairy"

and projected it on my wall.

I grabbed my brushes and paint and started laying it down.

While the paint was drying on the ad.

I started putting down my flooring.

We had gone back and forth on whether or not I was going to paint the floor.

But we had to rip out the tack strips from the cement and it left gouges and holes where

they had been. 

I found these cheap vinyl wood floor strips that are self stick at menards.

So far the only MONEY I had spent on the room was the drylock.

I had everything else on hand. 

I ended up doing the entire floor for $80 

and it was so easy.

We had it done in a day.

So now its time...

Time for the final reveal...

DRUM ROLL PLEASE!!!!!

TADA!!!!

Here she is..

In all her glory!!!

The paneling was painted...

the trim was up..

and I could move my stuff in.

All my furniture
was from Garage sales and Goodwill.
The Easel and Everything.
The Mid Century Mod Italian Chair. I got for 6 bucks.
I looked it up and they are Rare and sell for over $150
I am so glad I hung onto it until I could use it in my studio.

The kids old playroom shelves now held my art supplies.

I used Gold stencil cream to stencil on one of my fave quotes right on the wall as you walk

in and then just framed it with a gold frame.

I put my antique school desk in and started hanging some of my paintings on my

gallery wall.

and my desk is filled with all things that make me happy.

Even these vintage water color pencils.

My father in law found them for me.

I had them when we were kids.

They were my favorite pencils.

He found them NEW in the box.

Some old art teacher was selling her stuff and

he thought of me.

He is pretty sweet :)

I honestly LOVE my new art studio!

It is my favorite room in my house now.

I find myself just sitting in here even when I am just drinking coffee.

It is truly "where I want to be"

It turned out exactly how I had envisioned it in my head.

I can't believe I finally have my own creative space.

A place to call my own and my refuge when I need some Me time.

I look back at the old pictures and I can't even believe it was the same room.

So from a quick makeover 

to a full on construction that ended up costing me under $200

Dry lock    $35

Vinyl floor $80

Trim           $50

That's a lot of transformation for not so much money!

I couldn't be more thrilled.

I hope you enjoyed the reveal.

If you wold like to keep up with 

what I am up to IN the MOMENT 

(many who follow me on instagram got to see previews of this room)

You can follow me on many of the platforms.

Just click on the links and you can just click follow.

INSTAGRAM

PINTEREST

FACEBOOK

I would LOVE to have you follow me.

Until next time,

Go make someones day BEAUTIFUL

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Favorite Projects of 2014 BLOG HOP!

Come join us for a Blog Hop Showing off a group of ours favorites of 

2014!

Can you even believe that 2014 is at an end?

I am always amazed as I get older how FAST 

the years go.

This year was no exception.

I thought I would reminisce a little and 

go over some of my favorite projects to 2014.

Going Back all the way to almost the beginning of 2014

Somewhere around February 

was this Rescued Bench.

This was a fun project because it was an old beat up brown bench

and by adding the bright color and the graphic it changed it into

something I almost had to keep for myself :)

You can see the full makeover HERE

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The next favorite was a dresser I needed to do for my Baby girl.

You can see the whole makeover of her NEW ORLEANS Purple dresser HERE.

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Next up was this simple little vintage Cosco Rolling Cart.

You see them all the time but I wanted to give mine a fun little

spin.....:)

I gave this beat up old rolling 

cart a MOD makeover into a cocktail cart.

You can see that full transition over HERE

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Another of my favorites was the ANCHOR DRESSER

This was  really fun.

As I look back I see how much I was influenced by my dads old Navy uniform.

I had no idea when I did it, but now as I look back I can see

how much of an impression his photos and old coats had on my brain.

You can see the full transformation HERE

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Next up was this fun little BEACHY BENCH MAKEOVER

Nothing crazy, just a simple and quick makeover, but it made all the difference for this bench.

You can see that makeover HERE

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I also would be CRAZY if I didn't add my PATIO MAKEOVER

to the list.

After the whole Electrical fire and painting of the exterior of the home

this was one project that really was fun.

Looking back at this really has me missing summer.

watching the kids run around like maniacs in the back yard and friends over

for grilling out.

You can see how awful this space looked before and how it was transformed into this

HERE

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Another favorite was this IKEA HACK

I was asked to HACK this Ikea dresser and I decided to go MOD with it.
You can see the FULL transformation
 HERE.


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Another Favorite which also almost became a keeper was this

Rescued Red Cabinet

I called her a Diva because after what I went through to transform her she kind

of did get a little DIVA-ish. :)

But she deserved it.

You wouldn't believe what she looked like before.

You can see the full DIVA transformation HERE

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Last but not Least, how could I NOT include

the ART STUDIO makeover

in the roundup!

After all the work that went into this room

it HAS to be my absolute FAVORITE of the YEAR!

Plus the fact that is totally and utterly for ME..

which is hard to come by around here,

makes it even more special.

You can see the full transformation HERE 

It really is so good to do these year end roundups.

As I was writing it up and looking at the first projects of the year, I had NO IDEA in my mind even

that I would have my own Studio by the End of the year.

Honestly, it is truly amazing what can happen in a single year. 

It also shows me how hard I worked. 

It allows me to see that even though I was having fun and being creative;

that I truly was putting my blood sweat and tears into my work.

I was never really a BUSINESS person, but I see now the whole YEAR END REPORT

reasoning.

A way to look back to see if I was putting my heart into it still.

I believe the answer is 100% yes. :)

If not more!

So I guess, until I start doing these  year end reports and not being happy with what I see..

I will keep on doing what I love.

I want to THANK YOU for allowing me to do what I love and

reading about it and following me along.

I don't always put my best effort into 

the Social Media part of it,

So I guess that's the part of the report where I may get a below average mark..

But I am OK with that. I am not super woman..I know that and I know 

that all I can do is try my best.

I hope you will continue to join me on this amazing journey.

If you would like to HELP me on my SOCIAL MEDIA
portion of the report I would love it.
You can do that by following me on the many platforms.
INSTAGRAM
PINTEREST
FACEBOOK
HOMETALK
G+

I figure you and I together can get me a better Grade next year on my Social Media
portion of the report.
Sound like a Plan?

You want to see some more Favorites of 2014?
Then be sure to check out some other fun favorites!

Anastasia Vintage Home

Art is Beauty
Denise Designed

Dragonflies and Lilypads

Run to Radiance

Shelstring

Good....then until NEXT YEAR......
Go have a Super Gorgeous Wonderful Terrific BEAUTIFUL, Day!

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