Cameos & Cardigans

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Before/After: Dresser Remodel

Before

During the remodel process, after sanding.

After!

This beautiful dresser is why I've been MIA for the past few days. I spent all day yesterday sanding this (along with multiple other things) and then today painting and adding my brand new drawer pulls.

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Punch of Color

I always feel like I'm breaking some unspoken rule when I blog twice in one day...like I'm not supposed to do it. Realistically I'm just being productive but you know, just feels funny.

Anyways, I had a pretty great day today. I got to work on some DIY projects that I've been wanting to do for such a long time now. My main project today was reupholstering the chair above. I got the chair at a yard sale about 3 years ago and it was not the most lovely thing I've ever seen. It was finished in white leather and had light colored wood arms. Thankfully I gave this thing new life with a punch of color and a coat of paint.

The sofa of my dreams

Vintage tufted back; rolled arm; chartreuse sofa: $50.00!

Maybe it was a little irresponsible of me to purchase this large chartreuse sofa today but I just could not help myself. From the day I started using pinterest I would always talk about how much I wanted a sofa like this so when I stumbled upon this is my local consignment shop today I was so excited! (Even more excited when I saw that the price was listed at a steal of $50.00!!!)

So this is my new baby. I will probably never part from this gorgeous vintage sofa and I can promise you that you will be seeing more of this...

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

White Out

Shoes: Guess

Jewelry: Forever 21
Pac Sun

Skirt: Forever 21
Top: Love Culture
Necklace: Forever 21

Today's *outfit challenge is called "white out". I paired my favorite white lace skirt with a white button up blouse. My makeup (not pictured) featured hot pink lips to top off the whole outfit!

* Check out the blog prettyshinysparkly to find your own style blog challenges.

Monday, March 19, 2012

Sequins

Sweater: Forever 21
Button Up: Pac Sun

While searching for some inspiration these past couple of days I came across a great blog called Pretty Shiny Sparkly. The blogger, Kristina, came up with this great idea where she posts fashion challenges every so often ( Bloggers Do it Better; Note the badge on the sidebar). Unfortunatley for me I was a little behind the bunch but I decided to do all of the old challenges anyway. So here's the first mission completed....Sequins.

* Please excuse the wild hair...Not feeling good always equals a lazy day.

Sunday, March 18, 2012

What's Old is New.

With today being Sunday (lazy Sunday at that), I spent most of my morning in my pajamas with my hair in an unattractive messy bun. After doing some spring cleaning and browsing a few other blogs I felt inspired to mix up some of my old clothing that I had essentially forgotten about. Here's my favorite look that I came up with...