I like to move things around in my house. I think the quickest, cheapest, easiest way to makeover a room is to simply rearrange furniture. My entryway has undergone many changes in the past 2 years since the space has been remodeled. I think I focus on it so much because it’s part of our living room, so I end up looking at it. A lot. It has looked like this:
Eek. I look at that from a year ago and think yuck! It hasn’t looked like that for a while. That shelf is has been in the kitchen for a while.
I replaced it with a dresser for a long time and then the entry looked like this, zoomed in. Sorry, I am so bad about getting photos before I change things around:
The shelf at the entryway looked like this:
The shelf was free. Hubby got it on the curb one day and I think it was the color and the beaded board backing that made him know my heart would pitter-patter when he brought it inside. He’s a keeper if he’ll stop and get something on the curb that he knows I’ll love.
On with the transformation. I moved the dresser out and it now lives in the dining room as a buffet and I keep all my tablecloths and such in the dresser drawers. It just feels right in there, so back it went and it really works much better there. I moved it and the wall at the entryway sat empty for a while. I liked the reddish color of the shelf because it matched my roman shades in the living room. But I am planning to move those and use them in our new master bedroom, so my wheels started churning about the soon to be out of place shelf in the wrong color. I have also found myself wanting to lighten things up a bit around here, so I decided to paint it white. Plain, simple, don’t have to worry about matching.
I wanted to add some more orange to the room, to pull from the floor and my favorite striped chair. So, I made some more DIY wall art for above the shelf. The orange and turquoise is a nice complement to the furniture in the living room, that you can see in this living room makeover.
Under the shelf, I added what I think is supposed to be a chest for a bedroom, but, well, I am not all that well known for using furniture as it is intended. I like it as a bench, so it’s being a bench. Until I change my mind again. I snagged it at goodwill for $14. Storage and seating in one! I consider it a thrifty victory. Yes, I could’ve painted the bench, chest, thingamajig. But I didn’t. I think it looks fine as is. Besides, it took me 3 weeks to paint the shelf. Yes, really. This project would be done by Labor day maybe if I had decided to paint that as well.
Total makeover for $15. $14 for the “bench”. 50 cents for the scrapbook paper and 50 cents for the canvas that I got at a yard sale. Free shelf and some photos that I printed here at home and put in frames I already had. Plus a shell from the beach. It feels lighter and cozier. Until I change my mind again.
I am linking this post up to The Inspired Room’s Beautiful Life Party and Hooked On Houses Hooked On Fridays party. I am also adding this to Kimba’s DIY Party
This post was published yesterday. I tried to edit it this morning and instead I deleted it. Oops! Why I should not be allowed to do anything before drinking coffee!!
This post really inspire me. For the cheap cost? Ahhh… your lucky & smarty!
Have great blissful day!
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How clever of you! This is great use of one’s imagination and creativity. I just love it.
Charla
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That is a wonderful change! I love the vibrant colors. Such a cheery way to enter your home.
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Looks very nice, Emily! I was thinking as I looked at the red shelf, hope she paints it white, and you did.
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It looks great, Emily! Isn’t it funny how some of the things we look at from a few years ago, we say, “yuck?”
And your hubby is a keeper – what a great find.
( I made that wall art too…but never blogged about it…gasp)!
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LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it!! It turned out FAB!
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Looks great–very fresh and modern. Love that wall art! The colors are so fun. Hope you have a wonderful weekend, Emily!
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Wow. Let the sunshine in! What a stunning vision, and makeover.
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Beautiful Emily! I suddenly crave a glass of orange juice.
I love the color orange and oranges. So vibrant and full of LIFE!
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mmmmm… delicious, cheery and sunny. Lovin’ it!
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What a transformation! WELL DONE!
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So pretty! I love it!
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ohhhh very very sweet and inviting – much improved and just love the white over job – so clean and fresh – thanks for sharing le
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Love it!! I have a coffee table with three deep drawers that works as our entry bench. I am sooooo going to steal your diy art idea! Blessings!!
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I love how fresh and clean it looks now. (Not that it looked dirty before.) That little chest makes a perfect bench, I might need to find me one. And your DIY art is pure genius!
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Very cheery! I think you should hang the art on the wall below the shelf . . .
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I love your wall art but the link to it isn’t working, nor is the link to your furniture. Could you please repost or email me?? Thanks!
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I am all about doing makeovers with what you have already. Isn’t there a great sense of satisfaction when you can create a new look and not spend hardly anything.
You made such a fun and useful space, grat job!
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I love it! You definitely have a good eye for design.
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Looks fantastic! And I LOVE that yellow color!
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I LOVE what you have done in the entry. The circle art is amazing!!!!
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I love your thrifty makeover. That shelf and chest are so cute. I’m looking for something like that chest to put shoes in and be able to sit on. My Goodwill never has anything that neat.
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Love the homemade art. How did you stick the scrapbook paper on the canvas? Also, in one of the earlier photos you have black and white photographs on what looks like stone or times. Can you tell me where you got those and what they are made of?? Beautiful! Thanks for the ideas.
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You have inspired me to work on our entry. It is a huge wasted space that has plugs in odd places and I’ve never put much effort into finding a piece of furniture for it. I’m taking the girls to the thrift store in search of a bench or small dresser. What you did looks very welcoming and warm!
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Beautiful transformation! Such a cheerful spot! Great job!
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I love the yellow wall color in your entryway! Do you have the name of it handy?
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