The color transformation files...

As I get ready to sell off my furniture which is housed in an expensive storage unit, I was able to look through the pictures and see my projects I loved doing.  I must part with some of my pieces now.

I love buying a table for less than $20 and painting it a fun color to mix with my other furniture. I gave my coffee table and matching side tables to a friend and will be getting rid of pretty much all my pieces, save for one or two.  I am downsizing in the biggest way possible and have some future plans I can't share yet.  My sofa and a couple of pieces that belonged to my grandparents will be going as well.  After all, its only stuff.  I think it was George Carlin who said: 'you get rid of stuff and then you get more stuff' - ain't that the truth!!??!  Are you feeling the 'spring cleaning' bug yet??

Here are my fave projects:

Laura Ashley fabric

New Maine Cottage fabric - I'm not selling

this, I just loved the transformation! (wink)

Old music/magazine cabinet-looks very rough

After with Sherwin Williams paint, 'Spa'

Tan cabinet

Turquoise Sherwin Williams paint- 'Spa'

See the little table in the corner? It was bought at LL Bean

and it was dark green. I painted it turquoise as well and gave 

it to a friend...

I bought this dresser above for, I think, 25 cents from my neighbor!!

I painted it with Sherwin Williams low

VOC Harmony paint 'Rejuvenate'

This old table needed a bright facelift...

With primer - it has nice lines...

Beautiful yellow - I don't remember what paint this is...

In my living room from a few years ago when I 

loved the red/yellow color combo together...

So, do you have an old piece you want to paint? 

Time to get cracking with spring here - although

its very chilly here in Downeast Maine today...

I will head to the beach soon-

I have a couple of nice pillows for sale in my 

shop listed under the header - free shipping

with everything! 

See ya later!!

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Saturday in the kitchen...

I have a busy day ahead of me and have been remiss in posting the last few days, but this sweet little kitchen caught my eye. Aren't the colors gorgeous together? Hope you all have a fantastic weekend!

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Blues on Sunday...

This is where I will be for the next few hours...in bed watching Wimbledon at the Olympics. I will be rooting for Andy Murray to bring home a gold medal for Great Britain...love this gorgeous turquoise bed with the vintage table, lamp and decorative wallpaper don't you? Have a great Sunday!

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Gotta have these...

Good morning! Thank you for checking out my new blog design, however, there is some technical difficulty with the links on the header, so please bear with me as I wait to have these fixed this week.  I will also be changing or adding content as well.

On another note, its time for another peek at design deals going on this week that I want to share with you.  I'm always looking for new lighting and other stuff and because I am in a new (well, really not) place, its time for me to spiff things up around here.  I will show you what I am doing and have done around the cottage. For now, have a great Sunday and happy shopping!

Check out this gorgeous lamp from JC Penney for $40!! 

Go HERE for coupons!

ZGallerie is offering this fab sofa, great indoors or out for $799.99

Don't forget Etsy! How about adding an instant

library of purple books to your design scheme?

Andrea is offering these for just $30 here 

Thanks for stopping by - have a great week!

(images jcpenney.com, zgallerie, etsy)

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Yes please...TURQUOISE...

If I haven't mentioned it before, I LOVE turquoise...in fact, I'm wearing my favorite turquoise necklace and earrings right now. I  just love this color not only for jewelry, but clothes too - so I found some great photos courtesy of the fabulous Pinterest  - tell me, what is your favorite color and why?

These are GORGEOUS!!!

Love a scarf ;-))

How great would this jacket be with blue or white jeans??? -

Oh and I love turquoise for a wall color too -

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Have a happy Friday!! 

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I spy with my little eye...

I used to play this game with my Mom when I was little to guess what item in a room someone was thinking of. Well, you won't have to guess what I'm thinking when you see this gorgeous piece for the bedroom. As some of you may know, I have brought orange and turquoise into my bedroom - I painted an old dresser orange, painted my bedside tables pale turquoise, put 'Urban Walls' up to jazz up the wall behind my bed and bought a turquoise comforter from Target, which brings me to this point.  When I saw this, I had that, 'oh, why didn't I buy that?' moment...

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Kind of blue...

Well, it has been an eventful few days...we did lose power for 2 days and thankfully, it came back on Monday at about 1am.  I love this designer and the colors in this room and you might recognize it as the work of Carleton Varney. If you know Mr. Varney, he LOVES color and I thought this beautiful blue room was worth another look.  'Kind of Blue' is also one of my favorite CD's by Miles Davis, so I thought it the perfect title for my post today.

Cook's Blue paint by Farrow & Ball;  China Seas fabric is Potalla; I love the mix of blue with the black and white -

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Going green...

I love to support Etsy and the wonderfully creative artists who paint, make jewelry and sell all kinds of handmade items.  This artist and her green jewelry really caught my eye as it was recently featured on the main page. Apparently the artist Tami is also a dentist! Check out the lovely necklaces and earrings here  -

Such gorgeous shots of the jewels don't you think?? The colors are so inspirational as well - it would be great to do a room with these colors as accents. I can't decide which I love best how about you?

Hope your week is going well! Thanks for visiting me here, see you next time!

(images poppylaynestudio on etsy.com)

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Transforming the bedroom part 2...

Here is the other cabinet I painted in Sherwin Williams' beautiful 'Spa' and placed on the other side of the bed. It is now a pale blue/turquoise riot in the bedroom! I absolutely love it and have purchased some new curtains I will be showing you soon. Have a great weekend!

You can see how 'tatty' this looks before...

After the primer...

Spa!

It was so sunny, I hope I captured the beautiful blue!

I will be changing the red lampshade...

New wall, new comforter, new blue side tables...

The dark pillow covers are actually navy blue, but they look black in photos...

Close up...that's my husband's stuff in there...sorry it isn't cleaner...

The soothing blue view...

Hope you all have a fabulous weekend! Don't forget to follow me on TWITTER and find me on FACEBOOK!!

(images by Sarah for Monaco Interiors)

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Transforming a bedroom...

I spent most of yesterday afternoon painting an old cabinet I decided to add as a bedside table instead of one I don't like that we are using. I have now painted both bedside tables as well as a small L.L. Bean table in Sherwin Williams' gorgeous robin's egg blue called 'Spa.'  I still have more work to do as I need new curtains, a new lampshade, new rug and will be replacing one desk with another and painting it orange. I will also be painting a bureau orange. I can't wait but it is all one step at a time. Here is the first bedside table and little plant stand:

I love this cabinet but it was a strange color - kind of tan and white...purchased for about $20 a few years ago...

Here it is on the back deck ready for painting...notice the funny little bun feet...

Ahhh, primer...

I didn't bother painting the inside...it started raining so it got moved to the basement, where I finished it over the past week, including the bun feet.

The little L.L. Bean plant table...

 

Voila! the beautiful new blue cabinet!

I love how it looks now...its been given a new life...

And there in the corner, the L.L.Bean table in blue too...

Hope you are all having a great week out there in blogland...I will have more transformation pictures this week!  Don't forget that you can also follow me on TWITTER and join me on my new FACEBOOK page...thanks for visiting me!

(images by Sarah for Monaco Interiors)

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Fresh new pillows...

I bought these two pillows in the last week - the floral indoor/outdoor at JC Penney Home and the turquoise at Target - I just love them and they will go nicely in my little summer cottage...

 

Do you love that the turquoise pillow has two different designs? these are just what I need to freshen up my space for the summer...hope you are having a great day!! Have you bought something new for your house this week?

(images by Sarah for Monaco Interiors)

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