Hanging Shells and Oars on the Wall

After I posted about our Master Bedroom Redo, 

I had several people ask how I hung the oars 

and shells on the wall.

For the oars, we screwed two short screws 

(make sure they are short so they don't poke through the other side of your oar!) 

in each end of the oar and then wrapped some wire around each screw. 

This was our make-shift way of making hooks.

Then we screwed some long screws into the wall and attached our "hooks" to the wall screws.

As for the shells, we used very thin nails and simply nailed through the natural holes in the sand dollars.

Jacob held the shells in place awhile I very carefully nailed my little nails through the holes.

For the starfish, I used the same little nails and nailed two nails under the "arms" of the starfish.

The starfish on a rope were actually purchased at TJMaxx a while back. 

They were sitting on a random shelf in a tangled up mess.

The white finger starfish immediately caught my eye, 

so I de-tangled it and snatched it up.

I think it would be pretty easy to replicate though...

Get 5 white finger starfish in varying sizes. 

Drill a tiny hold in the top of each one. 

Attach string through the hole and tie to a long piece of rope.

And there you go!

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Hopefully that answers some questions!

If not, shoot me an email at jezacharda@yahoo.com and I'd be happy to help :)

Kitchen Remodel Questions...Answered!

A few people have asked me some questions about the kitchen remodel in our first house,
so here are your answers!

Thanks for the compliment, Anna! 

The cabinets we went with were special order cabinets from Lowe's. 

Stock cabinets would have been cheaper, but they just weren't very good quality. 

We went with Shenandoah cabinets, which were on the cheaper end of the special order cabinetry, but were still good quality. 

The style of the Shenandoah cabinets we picked out was Winchester and the color was Maple Cream Glaze. It was a nice, warm cream color.

 We chose to go with Lowe's over Home Dept because they do FREE consultations and will draw up a kitchen plan for you (Home Depot charges for this service).

I'm happy to give you more info on the laminate, Missy!

We also ordered our laminate counters from Lowe's. We went with Wilsonart Laminate and the pattern was called Kalahari Topaz, which was a neutral light and dark beige combination.

This isn't the best picture of it, but it gives you an idea of what it looked like up close.

We went with the beveled edge finish, instead of the traditional waterfall edge that you see on most laminate counter tops. In my opinion, I think this is what made it look more like a stone counter top.

We had originally wanted to go with a glossy-finished laminate that looked just like granite. However, the expert at Lowe's told us that a glossy finish would show every single little scratch, so we ended up going with a matte-finished pattern. 

And we were so happy that we did!

Good luck with your kitchen remodel!!!