Dream on Bad Boy!

Sid has always had a bulletin board that he claimed was his "dream board."  Here's a picture of the poor thing:

How glycemic index facts are a "dream" is beyond me, but that is definitely not a dream I want to have.  Let's just leave non-delicious food components out of this.  So, as a Valentines Day present, I decided to revamp this dream board a bit.

Here's what you'll need:
-Roll of cork board
-Hot glue gun
-Modgepodge
-Frames
-Acrylic Paint/Paintbrush
-Scissors or boxcutter
-Push pins
-Things Dreams are Made of!
-Maps (optional)
-Letters (optional)

This is obviously pretty subjective and you'll add personal touches.  Anything I didn't have I got at Michaels.

Step One:
Paint the frames

Step Two:
Unroll the cork and hot glue to your frames.  Because I bought rolled up cork, I had to lay some heavy textbooks overnight to flatten it out.  See, you totally will use those college books again.  Totally worth the $500/semester I spent.

 Step Three:
I hot glued ribbon onto the large cork board, and then modgepodged the maps I got onto cork board, with the idea to pin all the places Sid and I have visited together. 

Step Four:
Hang your pieces up.  I got letters to spell out D-R-E-A-M.  You could do whatever, get a little R-E-S-P-E-C-T action, whatever you're into!

And that's pretty much it!  I put this up over the desk in our office space, so it would give us motivation whenever we need a break from work.  Yeah, because I totally work after work hours.  Psh.  On a serious note, I think it's really important to keep track of your personal and professional goals and dreams.  This, is of course the finished product minus the dreams!  But I can guarantee you the glycemic index sheet will not be on here...

  

Romantic Reading Nook

Sooo I moved into a new house - Sid's house!  He bought it just so I could make it fabulous with my crafts.  Not really, but it's pretty cool that I don't have a renters crafting/decorating limitations!

One of the bedrooms that we turned into a living/office space has this odd little corner space.  You can see it on the right side of this picture below.  After some contemplation, I decided I wanted to create a reading nook. 

Originally I was just going to get a reading armchair for the corner, and have some library-esque accents.  I literally spent a full week trying to find the perfect armchair, and it is seriously impossible!  Another obstacle is the width of this nook is just about 37 inches, so I had some width limitations.  Finally so fed up, I said I'm just going to make one!

Materials:
-2 Plywood Sheets cut to specifications
-2 Foam pieces cut to specificiations
-Staple gun
-Fabric

So this project was really easy, but pretty expensive.  In comparison to an armchair it was more reasonable, but still not as thrifty as I would have hoped! 

I got the foam pieces first from DJ Liquidators that will cut your foam to size.  I had two pieces at 36x36x4.  The two pieces were $53 total.

 Next I got the fabric from JoAnn's fabrics.  I wanted something with a white fur, or a velvet.  This fabric was on sale for 40% off, so was about $10.19/yard.  Not terribly expensive, and is a bit thicker/more durable.

 The plywood sheets are cut to size at Home Depot, and was only $8 for the two pieces.

 Collecting the materials is the toughest part!  The final step is to staple fabric to the plywood.  Lie the fabric face down on the floor.  Layer the foam, then the plywood.  Wrap the fabric around like a present, and staple.  That's it!

 I moved the two pieces into the nook, and decorated with pillows, a stack of books, and an imitation card catalog on the windowsill from Marshalls.  Side note, I am obsessed with card catalogs but they're so pricey and rare.  So if anyone is a card catalog hoarder, please let me know!!