I am a DIY DIVA!

OK , so this idea was not my own but when I saw the cute Crate Seats on the Boutins blog I knew I had to make some for the rec-room, these are mine:

I love how they turned out. I bought 6 crates from Wal-Mart on Wednesday (I have to get right on a project while I still have the excitement for it otherwise it will sit around and not get done!) for $3.47 each. The crates have a lip around the inside to hold hanging files (BTW I have one in my craft area with hanging files to store my scrap papers by color, I’ve used this system for 5 years and it is just perfect!) and I had my husband cut plywood to fit the inside so it will rest on the lip. Now what I recommend doing is buying sheets of batting and using a couple of layers for padding then stretching fabric over that and stapling it to the back…BUT what I did was layer lots of fabric scraps on the plywood then covered that with loose batting because that is what I had on hand and it worked just fine!  😉

Lay your fabric over the batting and flip the whole pile over and staple the edges of the fabric to the back of the plywood.

Plus I got to use up some old fabric scraps. Fleece works great as padding too because it is so squashy. These seats are light and easy for the kids to move around and you can use the bottom of the crate for storage too!

I have kinda been on a DIY kick lately, I’ve been watching the show Clean House and it is very inspiring to see how you can transform a space just by getting rid of clutter and painting the walls. I decided to go through my girls room and pull out two large garbage bags of junk then we painted it:

We only put things back on the wall that were pretty, the canvasses they painted a couple of weeks ago and the banners I made for their birthday party last year using the Pretty Banner SVG set from Lindsay’s Stamp Stuff.

I bought a gallon of Coronado brand paint. The man at the paint store said it was as good as the paint and primer all in one paint from the Home Depot and the flat was scrubbable. The paint was from Aubachan Hardware (color: Purple Possibility) and it is the industrial line from Benjamin Moore, it was $22 a gallon. So I gave it a go and it covered in one coat and looks great! I did not have to prime and I was going over green and pink walls.

I left one wall green because it is covered with pink and white wooden cubby shelf units from Target and it ties the other colors of the room together.

The inspiration for the room was the pretty eyelash fabric curtains that I got from a yard sale for $5. I decided the girls really needed a desk so I put the one my sister and I shared when we were kids in there. I was using the desk as a sewing table but my MIL doesn’t want here sewing table anymore so I will be using that one;)

 If you are wondering about the floor I let the kids paint it last summer and it is holding up pretty well! This room used to be my art room and I never replaced the floor when we turned it into the twins nursery.

Thanks for sharing a bit of my home today;) Til next time happy crafting!