THE CAVENDER DIARY

Yes, those are 2 of my favorite fabrics.

And also my new favorite blog.  Burlap & Denim

While surfing on Pinterest a few weeks ago, I found this ceiling picture….

Breathtaking, Isn’t it? Why is it that when I tried to do “pallet craft” it wasn’t nearly this sophisticated?

And so, of course, that amazing ceiling picture led me to Amanda’s blog. Burlap & Denim

Take a gander at the rest of the powder room as well…….

Open shelves, jars of things, stacks of white towels, and that stenciling…Everything about this room gets my heart pumping. See the details on how she did the ceiling and the vanity here.

When I started digging around Amanda’s blog, I found more and more that I plan on borrowing. Just look what she does with an old sugar mold. Succulents? When everybody else is doing candles.

We have plans to paint our garage door with chalkboard paint next week. Amanda shows just how to do chalk script like a pro.

We plan on coping a little of that for ourselves.

Here’s a lamp that Amanda made with a section of salvaged barn beam (a freebe from Craigslist, of course) ….WOW

And how about this Paint By Numbers style mural of the Delicate Arch ?…….that she painted…….By……Herself.

Taken directly from the Utah license plate.

That isn’t the only mural Amanda has tackled. Look at this “amazingness” she airbrushed/painted in her son’s room….

If I were a boy…(If I were a boy? like I’m a platypus now.) If I were much, much younger, this would be my dream bedroom…the mural, the surfboards, that boat bed……. and especially that denim patchwork quilt. I would love that in my home right now. In fact, I’m going to make it a goal to make my own.

Thanks Amanda, for all the inspiration….

I’m headed to the thrift store now to buy old jeans……