Pinned to Perfection!

It's my third installment of 

"Stop Pinning and DO Something!"

Here is the Inspiration picture Pinned from Pinterest a while back.

Pinterest.com

 I fell in love with the Plates over the bed and thought that our Master Bedroom needed something just like that to snazz it up a bit. 

We painted about a month ago and I have been trying to make small changes a little at a time.  I love Ironstone and have been collecting it at Antique shops and Thrift stores when I find a piece I like.  I love the creamy color and the weight of the plates.  

I measured the space from the bed to the ceiling and the width of the Rod Iron Bed and cut a piece of Butcher Paper the same size.  I ran out of paper so I used wrapping paper too. I measured the halfway spot and marked it with a Sharpie.  I set out my plates until I found a pleasing arrangement. 

 And, then I traced around the plates with a Sharpie and hung it up on the wall to see if I liked it!

From this point I called in Mr. Beaux!  I'm not that tall and I couldn't see putting a ladder on top of the bed!

He put a nail hole where he thought each hook would be and when we took the paper down you could easily see the holes to hang the hooks.

Just a little bit of tweaking and in the end I decided that I didn't like the two plates on the bottom so I left them off.  But overall I am very happy and even though there is a lot more "tweaking" to do in the room I like the results of this episode of 

"Stop Pinning and DO Something!"

Beaux R'eves!

XO Cindy

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Inspired by Pinterest!

This weeks Pinterest Inspiration was one of the first pictures that I Pinned in my Pinterest File.  Guess it's about time I got around to doing it, right?  

Here is the Inspiration photo:

pinned from Pinterest

It's a lovely stairwell with all black frames exactly like my stairs going down into our basement; except mine is devoid of any lovely decorations like the ones in the photo.

BEFORE

 The Charcoal drawing of my daughter was done on the Spanish Steps in Rome... Love that picture. 

AFTER

A trip to Michaels and JoAnne's and a little Stencil paint 

and there you go! 

Embellished Stairwell!  

 I can keep adding as time goes on.  

 It's not a HUGE change, 

 but sometimes it's the details that matter...

 And there you have my Pinterest

"Stop Pinning and DO Something" 

of the Week.

Ta Da !

Beaux R'eves!

XO Cindy

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Susan at Between Naps on the Porch for Metamorphosis Monday
Beth at The Stories of A2Z for Tutorials and Tips Tuesday
Linda at Coastal Charm for Nifty Thrifty Tuesday
Marty at A Stroll Thru Life for Tabletop Tuesday
Keeping it Simple 
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Kristin at My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia for Tuesday's Treasures
Kim at Savvy Southern Style for Wow Us Wednesdays  
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Five Days...5 Ways
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The Brambleberry Cottage

Stop PINNING and DO Something!

Ooops sorry, that was my inner dialogue speaking...

Are you ADDICTED to Pinterest like I am? 

Hours have been lost to Pinning my favorite rooms or wonderful new craft ideas.  I had to ban myself and I can only PIN if I am walking on the Treadmill. I use my IPAD and just PIN away!  It's working so far...

The problem with all that Pinning though was, besides Inspiration for Design Ideas, what was all this Pinning getting me?  (well hopefully my backside will move a little up to the North).  

So, I decided to pick something each week and put these ideas to the test.  Probably not a NEW idea but I figured it would be fun.

pinned from Pinterest Realsimple.com

 Cleaning Silver

After visiting an Estate Sale this weekend with Mom I had a reason to break out the Pinterest idea file.  Somewhere in there I had Pinned a tutorial for Cleaning Silver.  I had purchased a couple of items at 1/2 off as it was the last day of the sale and they just wanted to get rid of everything.  Didn't see much that interested me except a couple of silver bowls that were hidden down in the basement.  

Let's clean them up a bit:

Tutorial says:

" To polish silver: Wash items, then place on aluminum foil in the bottom of a pot. Add a baking-soda solution (¼ cup soda, a few teaspoons salt, 1 quart boiling water) and cover for a few seconds. The result? A chemical reaction that gets the black off the gravy boat."

Lets see the Result:

 WOWIE!!!

 What a difference!  I still need to get in and polish up the inside a little bit, but, overall I think it looks fantastic. 

 Good enough for Company or just a bit of tea for One...

Have you Pinned anything that you've given a try lately?  I'd love to know!

Side note: I looked up my bowl (the one on the left) on ebay... The EXACT bowl is for sale "Vintage Gorham Silver Plate" with the same markings as mine for $24.95.  I guess at $1.00 I got a good deal.

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