Just another Faux brick in the wall.........

Hi there...so happy you could stop in. Our weather here in southwest Florida has finally cooled down, warm in the days and just right to sit by the fire pit roasting marshmallows. Not a drop of rain has fallen so we are in our dry season.

I have been busy with yet another faux brick accent wall. I can't help to think of the song by Pink Floyd "Another Brick In The Wall".  If you follow along here on STNSA you have seen a backsplash brick wall and also brick around the kitchen window. This time I covered the Painted slat wall into bricks. I also repainted the coffee table and end table with a shade of dark barn red. The whole room seems to pull together in happiness.

 Only three items were used to execute this faux brick. Brown paint, white paint and an everyday kitchen sponge......oh and lots of dabbing !   I had gotten a catalogue in the mail and I had seen a brick wall such as this and immediately had to craft one.  

The first step is I painted the whole wall white.

 

The second step was to dip the sponge in the brown paint and dab the brick design on.

 Once the bricks were dry I watered down some of the white and just gave the entire wall a white wash. If you do this always have a dry and damp rag on board your ladder , I just hang them on the side so they are there when needed. This is a messy job I'm not going to lie.

Keep in mind that this wall is actually a wooden paneled wall from the start. The last step is to lightly and randomly dab some of the white washed brick with the brown paint. No actual pattern or light or darkness of the brown just mixed it up and put some here and there.

 

 

 

I will be shopping for pillow and table runner material tomorrow along with some new sofa covers.  

 

 

 

Thanks so much for visiting!

Lisa

 

 

THE FLORIDA PAPER TREE........A CRAFTY TREE IT IS!

Welcome...hope I find everyone enjoying everything Fall has to offer...as I see it I think that it may be everyones very favorite season. Here in Florida we have no changing leaves or Acorns but we do have some magnificent pinecones and a recent discovery of The Florida paper tree. My daughter and her friends went to the woods to gather some wood for the outdoor fire pit and as I was passing the wagon of cut logs I noticed they resembled birch tree a bit so I went and checked it out better. One of the logs was peeling apart oh I thought this is very cool so I grabbed a few logs and brought them on in the house I peeled one apart.

 I thought I would try a couple of things first I covered a old floor board entirely. I used wood glue.

So I crafted this lodge sign just using some stencils and paint and attached these two?, sorry they look like a type of pine cone they were interesting so I gathered some.

 

 

 Then I thought I would peel off some big enough pieces to wrap around just a typical jar

 So with some cording and pine cones

 

Just a tealight and it looks nice in the evening...I will have to see what other crafts I can up with . I think I will cut some stars for my tree this year. When I was living up north I would put some boots on and wander into the woods and gather what ever natural treasures the woods had to offer.

                                       Thanks so much for stopping in today!
                                                                 Lisa

MY 5.00 rolling metal filing cabinet gets a new name as kitchen island....

Welcome nice of you to stop in.  I had shared the story of this rolling metal cart way back when this is the link if you care to take a peek    http://mrsblackstone.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-cutest-addition-to-my-kitchen-my.html   It was just a 5.00 fun piece that I picked up at the church thrift store, little did I know that it would become one of my favorite and useful pieces. I just needed a little something kind of island so I pulled it from the bathroom where it was the keeper of towels and brought it back to the kitchen for some cooking and storage fun!.   I gave it a total new look one with some fun ! 

First I gave it some paint and I love red so I just did the bottom shelf red as well as the rooster stencil.

 

I bet you cant figure out what I used for the top? A couple of months ago I found this sheet pan I had wanted one for a long time but when I got home and tried it in the oven it was too big to fit. So The shhet pan serves as a top for my little island. It works great because you can put hot pans right from the oven on it. The best part is the height is perfect for me. I am under five feet.

 The top has plenty of room enough for a cutting board a big bowl etc.

 The other plus is that It has wheels so I can put deserts and coffee on it and roll it right in the dining room!

 Wait theres more the top liftsup so it has great storage or even a place to put cookies , pies and cakes so that they don't get eaten until I say. Extra baking stuff can also be stored as well.

 My 2 huge stainless steel bowls have a new home too. I have only had it up since Sunday night and have already utilized it. 

Thanks so much for taking a peek on in today!  Come back again I have something very unexpected to share with !                                                 Lisa


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