Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Best of 2011

My favorite posts this year have all had to do with decorating our mantel...





While the most viewed posts of 2011 were...

My tutorial on how to make a Vintage Decorative Clock Face...


Making my own striped curtains after accidentally shrinking my drop cloth drapes....


The virtual plan for our Living Room Redesign...


And the completion of our Coastal-Inspired Master Bedroom Redesign...


But the most exciting post (for me) this past year was announcing the launch of my Virtual Redesign Services!

 


Thanks to the loyal followers of 3 Meadow Lake Cottage who have supported this little ol' blog and have encouraged me to keep it going this year. I'm looking forward to sharing lots more projects and inspiration in 2012!

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Monday, December 19, 2011

A Christmas Greeting

From our family to yours...
Merry Christmas!

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Friday, December 16, 2011

Christmas Mantel 2011

I'm a little behind the game on posting about our Christmas mantel this year, so let's just pretend I'm fashionably late :)

This year I wanted to incorporate hints of red, yet keep it budget-friendly by using stuff I already had. So here is what I came up with...


I almost always have the mirrors and the shutters up on the mantel, so I just kept them up. 
The book page wreath is one I made a while back using a tutorial from Jones Design Co.  
The lanterns are from Ikea and were only $7.99 each. They were originally black, so I spray painted them cherry red and filled them with some extra ornaments and pinecones we already had.
All of the glass hurricanes were purchased from Ikea a few months back and I just added some red gingham ribbon to a couple of them using double stick tape.
And last, I made the red Christmas sign using a leftover board (from some other project) and some red and white paint.


I purchased all of the stockings last year. The embroidered ones on the ends are from Pottery Barn and the 3 smaller ones in the middle were from Target. To label them with the kids' initials, I made tags using round scrapbook tags, red scrapbook paper and some glitter and tied them on with some gold ribbon.


 

Cheap. Simple. Festive. My kind of mantel.


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