Well, I am making the wallpaper go away and then I am going to bring it back..in a very Darcy Pearl way. Both guest houses on the property are head to toe covered in horrible wallpaper. Even the light switches. 

If you missed part 1 and part 2, you can go there really quick and catch up!! Vada's dining room is not apart of the main living area, so it provided a good opportunity to change the wall color. She wanted the space to feel open with cool, fresh colors. We choose Clear to See PX-0697 from Behr. The dining room chairs are from a local design shop. Kasey recovered the seats with fabric from Cowgirls and Lace, painted and distressed them.  With my snazzy wheelin' & dealin', we got a kitchen table and 6 chairs for a great price. Wheelin' & dealin' is simply asking. You would be amazing how much money you can save by just asking...and having me there! The table that came with this set of chairs was not the style we were looking for so you know what we did, SOLD IT! The two chairs on the ends are from Restoration Hardware...again, on a super duper great sale!!  Sometimes staying in your budget is not the most important but getting exactly what you want is.....when you can do both. Jackpot! The dining room table is from Pottery Barn Outlet. It was a display and had scratches on the top and it was perfect. We wanted a table that was worn and had character.  Added an enamel antique white paint to the legs to match the chairs and the room was coming together.  Side note:  that enamel paint will burn your nose hairs and make you see Elvis...open the windows for sure.  We had Vada's dog bouncing off the walls.  The shorter antique buffet serves as a great display for her grandfather's cash register and other knick knacks he passed along to her. The wall above the buffet is waiting for Vada's vintage rolling pin collection.  A project she wants to do on her own time. Gotta love it when your customer gets inspired and takes ownership. The wall art is very special too.  It was hand made by Jo Momma's Junk  who has booth at the Wimberley Market Days with us. The colors are amazing and Vada loves to have scriptures displayed in her house. On to part 4 ..... Photography credit: Bold Photography    

Continuing from Part 1... Just a recap, Vada, the customer and now friend, contacted Kasey & I about decorating her house she recently moving into in 2013. The reason I was so excited about this project is because Vada had collected and inherited so many antiques it was like ToysRUs for "junk" collectors. Vada also made it easy for us to design her spaces because she knew exactly what she wanted....sometimes....well, let's just say she knew what she wanted but can not have 4 chandeliers in a dining room.  But that does sounds like a a great challenge for a future client...ok, back on track. Let's save the dining room for next week. Kasey & I started a secret pin board on Pinterest that we all three could add too.  I can not explain how great of a tool Pinterest is for design work. It gives a visual picture with out spending millions of hours cutting up magazines to paste to card board with 3 optional fabric choices. (old school, don't hate) Vada sent this pin to us and said, "I want my entry way to look JUST like this." (photo credit: FarmHousePorch)   Vada had already had the entry way table, so I painted it a light blue. Use left over material from the kitchen chairs, grabbed the metal candle holder from the top of her cabinets, and most of the rest came from my inventory. Hashtag is all about recycling the decor you already have to save money. Vada recently fell in love with old bed springs, and she had recently picked up some from the Wimberley Market, so added them to the basket underneath. Perfect! How did we do?  

  Even before Hashtag began, I loved fabrics. There is an old crate on the top shelf in my closet with the softest, oldest, vintage fabrics that I have fallen in love with over the years. The little old lady inside of me had to have those worn hankies, remnants, and colorful delicate tablecloths.  Never planning to use them, just loving the fact that they are mine. I got so excited when I was invited to the Austin Fabric Shop Hop 2014. Eight fabric stores in the Austin area participated.  They offered special discounts, freebies, and tons of "high fives". I promise you when I say I touched probably 80% of the fabrics I saw today.  So much inspiration flowed thru those patterns and textures. The windows below were my first projects with my new finds and tons more to come. Old Green Window $75 Burlap Garland $25