Changes in Rebekah's Room

The "temporary" headboard was still in place in the guest room after nearly two years.

The headboard was made out of the head rail and foot rail of an antique crib. It was time to come up with something a little more permanent. I thought that I had a solution when I found a bed at the thrift store for $75.00. I thought it was a good match to my little footboard. It was a fail. It didn't match the footboard nor was it the same size as the mattress. It was probably one of those old fashioned sizes.

I almost went back up to the thrift store to get another bed. It was brass and it could have been cute but I was a little leery of it being the right size. It was only $25.00 and would have been darling if it was painted. Then I remembered we had a bed in the attic. I pulled it down with the intent of setting it up. As I pulled the old bed apart, it seemed like a good time to scrape popcorn from the ceiling. 
That was not in the plan today.
My sister in law wanted me to make a video of the process.
It was difficult to do this one handed but here goes.
Sorry about the sound. I didn't think I had it on.

Scraping popcorn is a pain in the neck but it isn't hard.
The part that takes the longest is clearing out the room, laying all the plastic and putting the room back together.
This video is for a dry technique.
No water squirted on the ceiling = no messy, soggy popcorn on the floor afterward. Some popcorn inevitably gets on the floor and I can't image wet popcorn in my carpet.
This method works in my house because my ceilings have never been painted. 
It may not work on painted ceilings.
I stand on the ladder as close to the ceiling as I can get. 
My head is about an inch from it.
Making sure that I have proper protective gear is important.
My mask is rated for asbestos even though I don't have any. 
I cover my hair with a bandana made out of fabric so I don't have dust in my hair.

My glasses protect my eyes.

It only takes about an hour to scrape it all off. I take a couple of breaks during that hour while dust settles. 
A sweet treat motivates me to keep going.

The results are so satisfying.

I'm not sure that I love the bed. It looks very fat and squashy with the pillow top mattress. The little washstand got a couple of coats of chalk paint. 

I'm not sure about the bed but I'm thrilled that the ceiling is done. 

I might have to go get that brass bed after all.
Tomorrow is the demonstration with Joanna Gaines. 
It will be so much fun.
Katie 

Thanksgiving or Christmas?

Hello, Darlings!
Friday is the big night. 
Does that mean you will start on Thanksgiving or Christmas decor on Saturday?
I'll start on some Thanksgiving decorating. 
Here are some images from last year.

We had an "over the river to Grandmother's house we go" theme.

I vote that we move Thanksgiving up to the 1st or 2nd Thursday of November instead of the last Thursday. 
That way we could enjoy our Christmas decor longer than we do our fall decor. 
 We'd need an act of congress but the retailers would go for it.

For years we didn't even have Thanksgiving decor.
We didn't host so I skipped right over it. That didn't work out so well in the long run. I got so sick of the Christmas trees and the "stuff" everywhere.

I've picked up a few more turkeys in the last few years even though I didn't shop early enough.

  
Last year all the Thanksgiving stuff was gone before Halloween.  

I finally found some cornucopias at Michaels.
I sprayed one white.

Using pinecones, leaves, acorns and dried flowers keeps it all within a neutral scheme.

I made another one out of chicken wire and a drop cloth

and another out of an old bed spring and burlap.

This year I'll be repurposing some small, vintage Native American dolls and a wild turkey print from an Audubon book of bird prints. I'll finally pull out the little plate that I found while out thrifting last January. (if I can find it...)

Isn't it cute?
What will you do? 
Do you decorate for Thanksgiving?
Katie  

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Target Chair

I fully realize that I'm not the slimmest pencil in the drawer but I certainly didn't not expect to break a brand new chair. 

Thank you random furniture maker in China for making me take a hit in the self esteem department.
"You get what you pay for" comes to mind.

I was putting on my makeup one morning when I heard a horrible crack as I scooted my chair up the vanity.

The board that made up the front of the seat cracked.

I removed the staples, pulled back the upholstery and discarded the offending, broken board.

Would you believe that it felt like Balsa wood?

Balsa wood is for toy airplanes not chairs!

Bill made a new piece for me and we put the chair back together. 
The trickiest part was screwing down the springs.

Now she is as good as new. 

I just hope that I don't break any of the other boards or this chair is out of here.

This is a popular chair from Target that retails for about $80.00.

I love the look of it but the quality is substandard in my opinion.

I'll be keeping an eye out for something a little more substantial - just in case.
Katie    
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Black and White Master Bedroom

I've been adding a little black to our almost all white and tan interiors.

I read somewhere that every room should have a little black. 

I added some black transferware in the kitchen. 

  

I brought some into the dining room and the living room as well.

I was obsessed with the Ebola news coverage last week. 
In between the latest developments, I pinned black and white interiors.

You can see my board here.

At some point, I'd had enough bad news so I went to Walmart just to see if they had some black that I could add to the master bedroom.

They had an adorable little comforter for $21.98.

It's a Full/Queen and will only sit at the end of the bed. 
We can pull it up on chilly nights but we really haven't had too many of those so far this fall.

  

They had a little black pillow and some black pillow cases to put over my existing white lace cases. The pillow cases were $5.98 and the pillow was $9.98. A new look for less than $40.00? I'll take it.

I was thrilled that even though I knew the dog slept on my bed this past weekend, there was no dog hair sticking to the pillow cases.
Remember this black comforter from last year?

Ridiculous amounts of dog hair stuck to that thing so I washed it and gave it away.

The bed was pretty well dressed except for an accent pillow.

Kohls and eBay had an adorable black and white pillow by 

Ralph Lauren but it was $55.00. 

Ummm, No.
Hobby Lobby would have fabric for much less than that.

So I stitched up some pillows.

 I think this grounds the room a little for the cooler months. 

I love it.

Katie

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