My Son's Bedroom Makeover #5

Ahhh, here is the almost complete picture.

All the walls recieved new paint and the room recieved a much needed cleaning.

I had removed about 2 years worth of trash and junk.

I purchased the black bedspread to tie things together and I am dying the old curtains black to match.

Another example of recycling here!

My Son's Beroom Makeover #4

Here is the almost finished project. Here we have removed the tape and the opposite wall has been painted.

I am still unsure of the colors, but it looks nice!

My Son's Bedroom Makeover #3

Now adding the 3rd color a almost mint or seafoam green.

We started to "cut in" the green on the opposite wall too.

My Son's Bedroom Makeover #2

I decided to add the black boxes to even the color out.

Each square was taped off with "blue" painters tape and 2 coats of paint was applied to each square.

You can see some of the mess!

My Son's Bedroom Makeover #1

My sons bedrrom has been a huge mess for sometime so we decided to give it a makeover.

He chose the colors and I chose the pattern.

True Family Fun

This is funny! This is what my dad does after Thanksgiving dinner.

This is Carol (L) , myself and Kim (R). How embarrassing? We really do not look like this.

Cheap and Creative Bedroom Makeover

Are you tired of a spare bedroom's look and desire a new look without spending a fortune?

Well, then we may have a simple in-expensive solution for you.

We gave this room (pictured) a brand new look by applying new paint, utilizing a old closet door, styrafoam, cushion foam, fabric, hot glue gun, staple gun and a little sweat equity....and wala....a fresh new look for a real low price. Your friends and family will never believe you did this your self!

Head Board for queen size bed:

We found a used closet door and cut the length down to 64 inches long, glued on 2 inch foam on te front face, wrapped in fabric and stapled from the back. We used "J" style mirror clips to hang the head board to the wall.

Window Valance to match:

(measure window trim, outside edge to outside edge and make the inside opening of the valance to be approx 2 inches over size)

We cut and glued 3/4 inch strafoam (basement insulation) together forming a box (4 sides: top, front, rght side and left side....there is no back or bottom). After gluing the styrafoam together with a hot glue gun, we wrapped in fabric and glued to foam. We dressed the bottom edge with lace for a finished look. To install the valance over the window, we set it on the window trim...it is very light...sometimes you may have to nail it to the wall from the top side.

We chose a velvet olive and gold stripped fabric for a more elegant feel. This head board works great as a back rest for sitting in bed and reading or watching TV, because of the 2 inch thick foam.

Check with us in the future for more "trash to treasures" ideas, we are full of them :-)

Cottage Living Room Remodel

This is a picture of our cottage living room on Hess Lake.

We remodeled it and removed a wall between the kitchen and living room to open things up and also removed a closet next to the door.

We also removed the carpeting and installed the wood flooring here and in the kitchen.

We had knock down texture applied to the walls and I choose these light colors to compliment the furniture.

We also had new trim installed on throughout and it looks great. Final touches included new plantation wood blinds.

Paint "washing" with plastic bag

This was my interesting paint scheme for the bathroom at our cottage.

The technique I used here was to use a two headed roller that came with a divided tray for separating colors.

Working on small area at a time, I would then use a plastic bag and give it the "wash" look.

I chose to look to match the marble floors and bisque colored tub and toilet.

The antique dresser was spray painted black as was the vanity base, picture frames and towel bars.

The antique dresser was just sitting in my basement and decided to recycle it?

Make old new again

This dresser in the kids room of one of our vacation rentals, it was given to use and was broken.

We fixed the broken drawer guides, sanded it down and spray painted it blue and also painted the sail boat on it along with the sun.

This is really a cool looking dresser and we only have a little time into repairs and painting. It took less than a couple of hours.

Even the futon bunk bed was recycled and repainted. Watch for new recycling ideas here.

Fishing Hess Lake

The fishing continues to be good on Hess Lake and area waters. These little guys continue to locate the crappies.

Hess Lake is an all-sports lake with a perimeter of 5.75 miles, consisting of 755 acres with a maximum dept of 28 feet. Major game fish include blue gill, speckled bass (crappie) Largemouth Bass and Northern Pike.

Newaygo County has over 230 natural lakes and 350 miles of rivers and streams, 2 huge dams remain, Croton and Hardy. Hardy is the largest earthen dam East of the Mississippi. The Muskegon River continues to be the main attraction for summer cottage residents and fisherman, who find it nearly the best source for steel head in the spring and salmon in the fall, anywhere in Michigan.

Deer Hunting

The hunting has been good this year! Our family has taken a nice five point and a spike horn.

The guys hunt the Manistee National Forest in Newaygo. To learn more about hunting in Newaygo visit the DNR

Upcomming events include mussle loading, ice fishing cross country skiing and more.

If you are interested in booking a family vacation in Newaygo, visit Hess Lake We provide quailty and affordable year round vacation rentals on Hess Lake any area water ways.

Introduction

My name is Sherri, and I created this blog to post my families activities on Hess Lake. My family owns a cottage on Hess Lake and we also run a vacation rental business called Hess Lake Vacation Rentals. You may visit our website and book your own family vacation.

I will chronicle all the happenings on Hess Lake and introduce some craft ideas to keep the kids busy or even share some of my decorating ideas.

I hope that you will bookmark me and return often.