A Little Friday DIY and Thank You's!

Is it Friday yet?  It is?  Oh, thank goodness, because it's been one heck of a long week playing catch up and miserable chilly rain with some thunder mixed in for good measure.  I'm ready for some sun and warmer temperatures - was it really just a week ago that I was sweating it out in shorts?  Welcome to Spring in the South.  Anyway, between my kiddo's barf sessions last weekend I tackled a short and sweet DIY.  I found these two remnants at Joann recently and snapped them up.

I had seen the nailhead corkboard DIY on Bryn Alexandra's blog amost a year ago and wanted to tackle it in my own home.  Since our house is on the market, I wanted to "neutralize" the inspiration board in my office area and make it seem more like art than a jumble of images that people don't really want to see that don't know me.  Here is the before:

 And here is the after (I decided not to put the nailheads on it because I'm not sure if I'm going to keep this fabric on the board when we move).

Now for the other fabric - I have a hand-me-down white wicker chair that have some pillows that just don't work.  So I just draped (for now) the fabric over the pillows to make it look prettier and blend with the room better - no one ever sits in the chair so it will stay nice and fluffy and in place.  It made all the difference in the world.  When we move I'll actually commit to a recover of the pillows ;o)

All in all, it took me probably about 45 minutes from start to finish.  Easy peasy!

Also, I've neglected a couple of thank you's for some recent giveaways.  Back in January I won a $25 gift certificate to ShoeClips.biz from the lovely (and super chic) Jessica over at Style Obsession.  Let me tell you I had F-U-N picking out my winnings - here's what I picked:

Lovely black chiffon flower shoe clips and some sparkly gold shoe clips.  I love them so much!  Shipping was fast and ordering was so easy.  Thank you Jessica!

Earlier this month, I won a $45 CSN gift certificate from the stylish Shea over at Bon Chic Bon Gastronomique.  I haven't spent it yet, but soon, very soon.  Thanks Shea!!!

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!!!

Jonathan Adler's fun Home Office via Apartment Therapy

You know I'm a total Jonathan Adler fan so obviously I think his home office is very fun and cool!  See more pictures and the article here.

Images via Apartment Therapy

Kerry Washington's home office

I was flipping through this month's Oprah magazine and it featured actress Kerry Washington's eco-friendly apartment makeover by designer Danny Seo. Most of the stuff they used came from JCPenney (so it sort of seemed more like an ad than an editorial feature, to me at least). It wasn't really my style, but I was struck by the home office, I love the pops of color and how they mix. It works!

Image via Oprah.com