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The link to the Studio 5 segment is: http://studio5.ksl.com/index.php?nid=71&sid=17928118
Here are a couple of pictures from two other areas of my home:
This is my landing coming from the main floor to the second floor.
Right across from the landing is this reading area I designed for my kids. Now I read with my grandkids there. You can’t see but the shelves above the seating area store our favorite books.
I’ve enjoyed showing you my remodeled rooms! I love to look at ideas and get inspired, so I thought sharing some of the projects I’ve done would be fun.
I remember going to a trade show, and people were surprised at some of the booth pieces I had created. I guess they just thought I was an organizer – not the creative type! Being creative is something that brings me a lot of joy and happiness. I know I have more energy and I’m happier when I’m creating!
I just thought I’d share some of my favorite spots here in the Salt Lake City, UT area. That way, if you’re ever passing through or visiting, you’ll have some destinations to add to your list of places to go.
Second Hand Chic: Kelly is the owner and we’ve bonded over our love for vintage! I’m a regular there – never leave empty handed! 2006 South 900 East Open 10 AM - 6 PM Monday – Saturday (801)433.0044
Home Again: has two locations: 2100 S 1019 E Salt Lake City, UT 84106-232 (801) 487-46682 and 7490 S 700 W Midvale, UT 801-255-5457 ( I shop at the Midvale location every hair day!)
Abode: 1720 South 900 East Salt Lake City, UT 84105-3202
(801) 486-2633
Emilie Jayne – 801-359-3356 - 801 S 800 E Salt Lake City
Sandy Antique Mall: Randy and Jane – owners 8672 S State Sandy, UT 801-568-9840
The Vintage Butterfly: 2030 S 900 E SLC - 801-230-1038 Anita is the owner.
Star Mill – Daniel is the MAN! 147 E 600 N American Fork UT 801-369-2422
Now and Again: Michael - 501 E 300 S Salt Lake City, UT 84102(801) 364-0664
Aunt Elsie’s Trinkets and Treasures: Denise is the owner and she is located at historic Gardner Village - 1100 West 7800 South
We are in restored home “No. 2″
on the South side of Village
West Jordan Utah 84088
801-561-5557
Recently found places that are worth going to:
Just a Bed of Roses: Brenda - 15 East State St. Farmington, Ut 801-451-2556
About Time Antique Mall: 538 So Main Street Logan, UT 435-752-9150 Connie
Hope you get a chance to visit any of these great places when you’re in town!
Renee
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In the Studio 5 segment – they showed the bed in my guest room . When Jenn and I went out looking for something fun and unique for the headboard, we found this vintage metal cover for a window. I loved it, but knew it wasn’t wide enough. We decided we’d keep our eyes opened and try to find something to go on both sides of the metalwork. After shopping, I left Jenn to go to my hair appt. There’s a place called Second Hand Chic I go every time I get my hair done because it’s right next door. I walked in after my appt. and there was the solution for my bed. Kelly had just brought these two pillars in off of an old home. I bought them on the spot! Kept them chippy and just wiped them off. Kelly usually doesn’t have things like that in her shop – but it was destiny!!! Problem solved…same day!!!! 
We had some dead trees in front of our home, and my husband asked my son to chop them down. I went out because I was nervous about the whole thing. I told him to move our bench, and he kept reassuring me the tree was going to be falling another way. Well… we all know that “Mother knows best!” and yes, the tree fell and broke the bench in half. So – I had him remove all the broken pieces and the cast iron ends of the bench became the end of my bed. Might as well make a bad situation into a good one!!!!!
I found these metal shutters and fell in love with them. The old hand made metal basket below holds the extra pillows when someone is sleeping in there.
This is my grandmother’s wedding dress. I loved that she gave it to me to keep. It has such fine hand work on it – hard to see in the picture – but beautifully simple!
I found this table and two old chairs – the one chair was already painted the color of the room – bonus!!! Love old suitcases to display things in.
This radiator use to be in a building my dad owned. When they were going to level the bldg to build a parking lot (sad) I would have taken all the radiators – but being newly married and having no place to store them – I only got one. We have dragged it around our whole married life and finally it got the room it deserves. They are SO HEAVY – it took 4 of us to carry it upstairs!!!!
Thanks for joining me on a tour of the rooms that I’m finally getting around to re-modeling. It’s my creative outlet for now! My dream job would be having someone pay me to go and find “treasures” and re-purpose them! Do you think Frank and Mike from American Pickers would let me join them on their free-styling time????? It drives me crazy cause I see so many cool things they pass up for OIL CANS – REALLY!!!! Are you an American Picker fan?
Renee
Remember to comment here and Facebook to enter our contest for a Clip it Up Main Base! Tomorrow I’ll share some of my other favorite places to shop!
This is the “before” picture of my bathroom upstairs. It was dated and the only thing I had done since we moved in 25 yrs ago was to get rid of the wallpaper, remove the linoleum and replace it with tile and a neutral paint. BORING!!!
Before… (As you can see I’d already started patching things up and ripping up the tile baseboard) I’m not very good at remembering to take the “before pics”!
After…
One of my hardest things to solve – but then turned into one of my favorites was the floor under the sink.
I couldn’t find tile to match what was already in there. So I went to a salvage yard and found an old door with some rich color and panels. We cut the door to fit in the area under the sink and I love it!!!! I have three favorite things in this room. They were all areas that I had a hard time problem solving – but they turned out to be the best! The door on the floor is #1!
Another architectural piece above the sink that I got at the same place as the door. I loved how the sink looks and the old syrup bottle as the soap container.
My #2 favorite! I wanted something unique for my towel holder and I already had those cute funny crooked wheels from one of my outings and thought to pair them up with the pulley. Love how you can see it in the mirror as well as the actual piece hanging down. LOVE, LOVE LOVE this! It’s a “happy thing” for me!
There use to be a framed in doorway separating this part of the bathroom. I removed it and put the boards along the whole wall. Painted them and then used gel stain to antiqued them. I loved how it opened up the room and makes it look soooo much bigger!
Loved this vanity. It looks like wood, but it’s metal. Yes, I’m going through a heavy metal stage right now!
This chippy old screen door had a great green color on it. We used it in our booth at shows, so when we changed the booth –I found a great place for it to retire in. It’s a great backdrop for the chippy rusty metal stand that holds the towels.
#3 Favorite! As I was trying to come up with a unique TP holder – I had this light sconce so I added an old spindle to it, cut it off to the right length, then added a metal part of a lantern burner on the end that was cut. I was pleasantly surprised with how cute it turned out.
This is the view behind the door. I used old fork to hang up the hangers.
This is the other part of the door – I couldn’t waste it so it became the valance for the curtain. I used vintage spoons to hold my unique curtain rod.
Thanks for joining me on part 2 of the remodeled bathrooms! Don’t forget to leave comments on facebook and the blog to be entered into the contest for a Clip it Up Main Base.
Renee
Studio 5 is a local program here in Salt Lake City, UT. My darling niece Jenn does a segment on the show called “Trash to Treasures”. Jenn asked me if Studio 5 could come out and film my two remodeled bathrooms, so I agreed to do it ONLY if I didn’t have to be on camera! They ended up filming some of my other rooms as well.
Jenn and I have long been “partners in crime” together on many occasions. We are both thrift store/American Pickers/antique treasure hunters and we love to “up-cycle or repurpose” weird pieces we find. Our creative minds together can usually solve any problem either one of us would have.
The first bathroom is a really small half bath off the kitchen. It was a challenge because it is so small and I hated the cabinet the sink was in. I made this into my “wash and sew” themed bathroom. I think you’ll understand why as you look at the pictures.
This is the view looking in from the door. We had put in hardwood floors after moving in and the other cabinet use to be against the other wall – so that created a problem when we took the cabinet out. I found a board covered with rusted tin for $5 and used it under the “sink/tub” area to fill in and then added a couple of metal tiles to border it.
This view is as you walk in and turn to your right. I love the old green ironing board along with the old wringer washer above the toilet. It has really cool writing on it. The washboard on the wall is fun also. Doesn’t it make you grateful for washing machines!!!
My light is an old milk strainer with an vintage silver platter for the base. I’m lucky to have a friend who is an electrician who can take my wacky ideas and help me make them work! The rusted patina was already there and that’s why I loved it!
Isn’t this a cute double sink wash tub! The plumber thought I was nuts when I showed him what I was using for my sink!!!! Some people have NO vision!
I cut the top cover and used vintage hinges so I could access and use the right part of the inside of the tub to store clean towels and diapers for my grandkids. I added a vintage knob to use for the handle.
I love the metal color on the edges of the tub. The tub wasn’t high enough to clear the plumbing already there, so I had these metal holders and used them to put the feet in to raise it up. My motto: Where there's a decorating will, there is ALWAYS a solution!!!
The old storage box on the right is for starch, and the one on the left is a Palmolive Company Toilet Soap box. I think they’re so cute and perfect to put bathroom necessities in!!!
This shelf is an old rusted metal can that someone had cut in half lengthwise, then carefully folded over the sharp edges and added the shelves. I love it that someone was so thrifty and solved their storage problems with something they had on hand. I use it for my collection of old soaps. It’s a happy piece for me! I love it!!!
I found this old metal vanity with the mirror at a consignment store. It was the perfect thing to match the metal tub and to store more items on.
This is a grouping of three metal sleeve holders that I hooked together with old fabric buttons, vintage sewing notions and an old hanger.
This is my towel holder made from the metal end of something I had in my collection of “junk”, a metal quilt hanger wrapped in old binding tape with some old crocheting thread.
Thanks for going on a tour of one of my quirky bathrooms. I will post the other bathroom (my favorite) on Saturday. I will then post some of the other rooms and areas they filmed for Sunday and Monday. As you can see, making organizational products satisfies the “organize” side of me – but these things help satisfy the “creative” side of me!
Make sure you leave a comment on Facebook and our blog to enter yourself to win a Clip it Up Main Base. We will pick the winner Monday and announce it on Tuesday morning! Good Luck everyone and thanks for visiting the blog!!!
Renee
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Hello everyone! I am super excited to share an altered item with you today that I have been working on for a while!!
I don’t consider myself much of an “altered items” type of scrapper. I’d much rather do layouts. But when I get an idea for a project, it consumes me and I really put my heart into it! That’s what happened when I got my Clip It Up Wall Mount. I knew right away that I was going to use it for something other than holding supplies, and I also knew that I wanted to make it so that it was visible in our house and that I could move it around.
I went to my local craft store and found a piece of unfinished wood with a nice shape (I brought my wall mount to the store to make sure it would fit!). I thought that if I adhered the wall mount to a piece of wood instead of directly to the wall that I could move it around in my house.
I painted the wood with black paint, and then a crackle finish and a clear top coat. The letters I cut out on my Cricut using the Storybook cartridge, and the hearts are from a punch. I made sure that my letters would fit between the two end brackets of the wall mount before I glued anything down!
You will notice that the Wall Mount is actually mounted upside down. I did this so that the word FAMILY would be easier to see.
For the strands, I purchased some small wooden panels that are about 3”x4”, and some wooden house shapes, too. I painted each of these black and then added some patterned papers to them.
The house I decorated with papers and some chipboard pieces. I then printed off my photos 2.25”x3” and adhered them to the panels. I used a strong paper piercer to poke a hole in the bottom the panels big enough for a clip it fit through, but a small drill would work, too.
For the words “Live, Love, Laugh”, I used my SCAL program on my Cricut to cut some chipboard and papers to cover them. I covered each word with a few layers of Mod Podge to make them a bit more sturdy. Each word was then glued to a circle punched from paper, and that circle was glued to a piece of ribbon. The ends of the ribbon strip were looped and hot glued so that a clip could hang from them.
I made a few bows out of ribbon and hot glued them to the front of the clips. Because of the way the clips are angled when you get them, I had to use a pair of pliers to bend the clips so that my photos would hang straight.
I am so SO happy with the way this turned out! I need to find the perfect place to hang this my house. I think I might start working on another one for a Christmas gift!
Supplies: Papers: We R Memory Keepers; Ribbon: American Crafts; Chipboard: Maya Road; Punch: Fiskars.
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Kids come home everyday with a backpack full of 'masterpieces'. As moms we love them, but we don't know where to put them. The fridge only holds so much. My 4 year old nephew Kaden loves all of his artwork and remembers each one. He'll dig through the garbage once a day to make sure his mom didn't throw any out. Now everyday after school Kaden hangs up his pictures for display on a Clip it Up Wall Mount.
Here are my cute nephews Camden and Brock displaying some of their awesome art work. Letting them hang their own is a great way to involve them in deciding which ones go up and which ones come down.
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up." -Author Unknown
Don't forget that if black is not your color you can always paint it to match the design of your room.
Carolyn ~ Simply Renee
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Hi everyone! Happy Spring! I am so excited and looking forward to the warm weather. Today I would like to share my first attempt at a reverse canvas. It measures 20” x 20” and is somewhat like a GIANT layout! I had so much fun making this project because I used so many different elements. Below are a few steps describing how I texturized the frame of my canvas.
your project.
STEP 2: After the gesso dries, apply a layer of DecoArt Texture Stucco, a paintable texture. I would suggest allowing the stucco to dry overnight.
STEP 3: Once the stucco is completely dry, paint the texture with acrylic paint. Although the stucco medium is a firm texture, be careful not to chip off any pieces. Apply as many coats of paint as desired.
STEP 4: Next, apply a crackle medium. I used a two-step crackle made by Folk Art. Allow to dry.
STEP 5: Spray the frame with Glimmer Mist and allow the ink to seep between the cracks.
STEP 6: I also added a little Distress Crackle Paint. I randomly painted areas of the frame with the white paint.
STEP 7: Once the paint is dry I coated the entire frame with a clear acrylic sealer. It helps prevent the paint and stucco from chipping. I chose to use a matte sealer instead of a glossy sealer because I wanted the frame to have a worn look. Once the sealer is dry, the surface of the frame will harden and become easier to embellish.
All of the chipboard elements, including these ornate corners, are made by The Dusty Attic. I inked these corner chippies with Glimmer Mist and randomly embossed them using Distress embossing powder. I embellished each corner with mulberry flowers as well as floral vines made by Prima and pearl flourishes by ZVA.
I used a template to give me the basic shape of this stitched flourish, but I added additional stitches to achieve greater detail.
The white ferns are also chipboard elements and were painted white and covered with glitter.
This flower is made by Prima and was originally a light blue. I inked it using Glimmer Mist to match my papers. The swirly vine chipboard element was painted and inked in several colors to give it a distressed look.
This is the actual cap that my daughter wore in the hospital. :o) I can’t believe how tiny it is! It is amazing how quickly children grow.
I tend to do a lot of hand-stitching on my layouts. I love the added texture it adds to any project.
To create the masked flourish on the photo, I used a Prima mask and Distress Ink. The pearl flourishes are made by Prima and ZVA, and the green foliage is a chipboard element that was dry embossed and inked.
A little lace was stitched beneath my photo to add a softer feel to my canvas. The decorative frame chippie were altered the same way as the ornate corners.
This is my twisted lacing technique. I love to add lacing to my projects. You can find the tutorial for this lacing on my blog.
The title is made from Thickers alphabet stickers. The smaller letters are foam Thickers that were inked and coated with Glossy Accents to give it a crackled effect. The fence is made out of real wood. I painted it white and inked it to give it more of a worn look.
I really enjoyed working on this canvas. It was slightly different from creating a traditional layout. I look forward to making another one soon... but perhaps not SO large. :o)
Before I go, I’d like to share how I store my paper scrap. Originally, I had my scraps organized in file folders and sorted by color. To be honest, I never once used my file box full of scraps. I just found it to be a pain to sort through all of those little papers just to find the one I need. But then I realized that it was silly to waste an entire sheet of cardstock just to make a tiny flower. I also realized that the problem was how I ORGANIZE my scrap paper. This is when I found the perfect use for the Clip It Up Swinging Wall Arm.
Swinging Wall Arm in an extended position. Either way, this Clip It Up works perfectly for organizing my scraps! Now I have no excuse for wasting an entire sheet of cardstock. My scraps are now within reach and I am finally using up my stash!
Thanks for taking the time to stop by and read my post. I am looking forward to sharing more projects with you, and I also hope to share more about how I organize my craft studio.
Have a beautiful day!
Natasha
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