I love my husband, but go-getter isn't necessarily an accurate description of him. Maybe that's unfair, but when it comes to my honey-do list, he tends to put my things at the bottom of his to-do list! Thus, for three weeks now (I feel like it would only be fair to explain that we do own a heating and air-conditioning company, so with temperatures approaching 100, he is pretty busy when he's at the office and does totally deserve his down-time once he comes home), I have been patiently waiting for several things to get finished up around here (some items to be hung in the playroom, cable to finally be installed in the playroom, a sofa to be secured for playroom, curtain rod to be hung in the laundry room, refrigerator/cabinetry to be purchased for laundry room in case you're interested). I even tried myself, but I'm not exactly handy with a drill and let's just say there's currently a drill bit stuck in our ceiling as a result...oops!
Anyways, the point is, once he does tackle these things, I promise to have lots of good stuff to show you: my final playroom reveal and laundry room progress, including a fun DIY ribbon trimmed curtain tutorial. But until then, my DIY bones were getting antsy, so I decided to conquer another much-needed project for the laundry room. Check this out:
Not the basket (luckily that can and should be removed promptly!)...I'm talking about the ugly dryer hose sticking out above. It had to be hidden, and luckily, I had a spare canvas waiting around. I painted the canvas yellow and then whipped out some clothespins. I used both regular sized ones and mini ones (that's what the package says, but I've seen smaller...the ones I used are 1 3/4 inches long). To go with my color scheme for the room, I used pink, white, and the blue paint I had used to paint the laundry room. I just used my clothespins like stamps...dabbed them in the paint and then placed them on the canvas. I had no strategy when it went to stamping my clothespins, and while I am usually the type that loves me some order, I must admit I like the chaos of this guy. Check it out:
And gloriously hiding the ugly dryer hose:
True...the room still needs a lot of work, but it's a start, right! And it was such an easy (and cheap, as in $3 for some pink paint and mini clothespins...I already owned everything else) project...my favorite kind! So, what do you all think? Anybody else been up to fun, easy DIY stuff lately?
July 22, 2011
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dude - that rocks. and it's theme-y without being TOO theme-y.
ReplyDelete(yes, theme-y is a word)
Hi! Newest follower :)
ReplyDeleteI love this idea, might have to think up a way to brighten up my boring laundry now! Looking forward to reading more...
Have a great day :)